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Mid-IB at a glance

The summer vacation is the time to strengthen your learning and prepare for the year ahead. In July and August Oxford Study Courses will once again hold its Mid-IB Summer School for students half way through their IB Diploma（国际预科证书）.

We’ll be back giving another generation of IB students a unique opportunity to sample a way of life enjoyed by students at famous universities.

Students who have completed the first year of their IB Diploma can join us and we can help them prepare for their important second year.

Students can choose how many subjects they study. Each subject is studied for one week. You can attend up to 5 weeks.

The Mid-IB Summer School is held at Cambridge University in the UK （between June 20th and August 1 st） and at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT）in Boston, USA （between July 6th and July 25th）.

Student comments

◆ “The classes have shown me new approaches to learning. I have also learned how to approach exam questions and now feel confident in doing so.”

◆ “It was cool creating tight and close relationships with other students from around the world, realizing we all had a connection to each other.”

◆ “I really enjoyed the level of independence, although I felt like people were watching out for us. I also felt like an Oxford student!”

◆ “I have enjoyed the learning style and the course work has been extremely beneficial academically.”

Enjoy the summer

Our Summer School gives you an action-packed social scene with visits to the fun places in the area, organized sports and social events, and advice on how to enjoy your free time in these amazing cities with your new friends. Welcome to contact us at ose@ose-ib.com or on +44（0）1865 521802!

1.The Mid-IB Summer School is intended for the students who ________.

A. have finished their first year of college

B. have completed the first year of their IB Diploma

C. don’t know how to spend their summer vacation

D. intend to apply for Oxford University

2.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Students will visit many fun places around the world.

B. Only students from England and America have access to the school.

C. A student can at most choose 5 subjects.

D. Students can obtain their IB Diploma when they finish their studies.

3.Which of the following about the Mid-IB Summer School is true?

A. It is held in three universities.

B. It provides only academic courses.

C. It begins in July.

D. Students attending will study for 5 weeks.

4.The text is most probably a（n）_________.

A. news story B. advertisement

C. travel guide D. speech

The gray-haired lady can’t wait to leave the building to search for her dad. Unless watched, she will walk in the streets in an effort to find her father, who died 30 years ago.

Not all cases of Alzheimer’s disease look like this, but Alzheimer’s is a serious disease that is said to be the fourth or fifth leading cause of death for people over age 75. It is said that about three percent of the U.S. population over age 65 have Alzheimer’s. In the early stages; people may exhibit short-term memory loss. Some may experience changes in personality, easy to be angry. As the disease progresses, patients might lose the ability to move and may be unable to speak or move at all. This progressive disease generally lasts 8 to 10 years before death occurs.

While no one is certain what causes these changes in the brain’s nerve fibers, their effect is certain. Alzheimer’s destroys not only the patients, but also spouses（配偶）, friends and families.

What should you do if you notice progressive memory loss in yourself or a loved one? Have the person examined by a doctor who is a specialist in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Though many reasons other than Alzheimer’s disease may cause memory loss, its early diagnosis（诊断）and treatment may delay some of the most serious effects.

What feeling will you likely experience if a loved one suffers from Alzheimer’s disease? A person will often go through the various stages of sadness, shock, anger, and so on. If the spouse develops the disease, you may experience hurt and disappointment when he or she doesn’t remember you are married.

Life for the Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones will never be the same as the disease progresses, bringing a deep sorrow, loss and even anger towards God. No matter what feelings are present, facing them honestly will serve one better than burying them.

1.What can be inferred from the passage about the gray-haired day?

A. She has been living with her father.

B. She suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.

C. She can’t search for her father without being watched.

D. She was sad about the death of her father.

2.When people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, ________.

A. their families and friends will experience mental sufferings

B. their families and friends will suffer from the same disease

C. they will certainly die in 8 to 10 years

D. they will forget everybody but their spouses

3.Memory loss occurs ________.

A. from Alzheimer’s disease and nothing else

B. for a number of reasons

C. from sadness, shock, anger, and so on

D. with changes in personality

4.From the passage we know that .

A. early treatment may stop Alzheimer’s disease occurring

B. when one suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he will be buried

C. nerve fibers in the brain will cause Alzheimer’s disease

D. it is still unknown what causes the changes in the brain’s nerve fibers

When the population of the port town began to suffer from poisoning, the police came to find the cause of the poison. They thought someone was poisoning the people on purpose but no one knew how it was possible. Soon people took the position that the pork was poisoned. It was a popular food everyone ate and it could have possibly made everyone sick. Anyone who had possession of pork would throw it out. Even the poorest of the poor wouldn’t eat pork. Signs were posted on poles and letters were sent to everyone to warn people of the pork. Shortly afterwards, even policemen in high positions were also getting sick.

Soon it became political and popular. Politicians rushed to the town to talk about politics and promised how they would find the solution if they were elected. Everyone was so sick that they didn’t care about politics. Everyone was in a position where he or she didn’t know what to do anymore. They went to the post office to mail posts out asking for help. The poor town didn’t know how to deal with the situation.

One day, a well-known scientist from New York came to the town with a huge box containing many instruments and his possessions. He went to pools and the port and made measurements. He was quiet and polite. Then one day he made a speech at a newspaper meeting-room to announce his findings.

“I’m sorry to say your water supply is so heavily polluted; it is poisoned. I know who has been poisoning you all for such a long time. It is you who have been poisoning yourselves with pollution. A great deal of rubbish has been thrown into the water day after day. No one here has taken good care of the environment. It is no wonder all of you have been sick.” Shocked at the news, the people present were lost in thought.

1.Which is the correct order of the events that took place in the story?

a. People suffered from poisoning

b. Politicians came to make promises

c. People began to realize the real cause

d. Pork was thrown away

e. The water there was polluted

f. scientist came to check the water

A. e, a, d, c, f, b B. e, a, d, b, f, c

C. a, e, b, d, f, c D. f, c, d, b, e, a

2.What does the underlined phrase “ took the position” mean in the passage?

A. held the opinion B. took the place

C. took the job D. made the plan

3.Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Everyone was so sick of politics that they didn’t care about those politicians.

B. According to the scientist from New York, not all the population in the town have taken good care of the environment.

C. The reason why the people in the town got sick was that they ate the pork poisoned by heavily polluted water.

D. If the people in the town hadn’t polluted the water supply, they would not have suffered from poisoning or sickness.

4.After reading the passage, we can infer that ______.

A. pork was the main food of the people in the town

B. politicians took every chance to make themselves elected

C. people in the town were not well-educated

D. even some police officers were getting ill

You Did More Than Carry My books

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark ____ down and helped the boy pick up these articles. ____ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _____ the boy’s name was Bill, that he ____ computer games,baseball and history, that he was having a lot of ____ with his other subjects and that he had just broken ____ with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was ____ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ____ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ____ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before ____, Bill asked Mark if they ____ talk.

Bill ____ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ____ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I ____ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱) ____ anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to ____ my things. But after we spent some time together ____ and laughing, I realized that ____ I had done that, I would have ____ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You___ my life.”

1.A. fell B. bent C. lay D. sat

2.A. Although B. After C. Since D. Until

3.A. realized B. discovered C. said D. decided

4.A. played B. made C. tried D. loved

5.A. questions B. ideas C. trouble D. doubt

6.A. up B. out C. off D. away

7.A. called B. helped C. invited D. allowed

8.A. peacefully B. pleasantly C. freely D. willingly

9.A. continued B. agreed C. forced D. offered

10.A. movement B. graduation C. separation D. vacation

11.A. would B. should C. could D. must

12.A. reminded B. told C. spoke D. asked

13.A. even B. usually C. ever D. never

14.A. checked B. took C. cleaned D. put

15.A. over B. into C. with D. for

16.A. find B. pack C. pick D. hold

17.A. talking B. playing C. reading D. watching

18.A. before B. as C. while D. if

19.A. lost B. passed C. left D. forgotten

20.A. helped B. changed C. improved D. recovered

I work in a big factory in a town 1. is quite far from my home. One day, after a whole day’s work, I 2. (go) back home by bus. That day was 3. long, hard one for me as the stress from work weighed heavily on my mind.

A girl, who I didn’t know, sat next to me. She asked me some questions 4. (casual) and we had a short conversation. I thought to myself that she was just a 5.(strange) to me and didn’t take much interest.

After a while, she suddenly handed me some chocolates and said that it was 6.(she) birthday. I immediately responded with a smile and my heart felt free 7. the stress that I had been carrying. In a single moment I felt the heaviness of the day 8.(transform) into lightness of a feather. Her simple act gave me joy 9. I didn’t particularly enjoy the chocolates as much. The only thing I could do was to wish her a long life. I can’t remember her face now but 10.(recall) the incident makes me happy.

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修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My mother is a teacher work in a key high school. She is too busy that she often has to get up early and stay up late. In addition to this, she hardly has any times to take exercise. She has been on poor health for some time. My father and I are worried that she may fall ill if she works too hard. These days I’m thinking why to develop my mother’s interest in playing sports. Considered that today is Mother’s Day, I decided buy a pair of jogging shoes for her. I secret put them on the desk in her study. When my mother entered into her study this evening, she looked surprised, but she immediately realized my intention. She promises that she would go jogging every evening.

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Pink has never been one of the favorite colors of the fashion industry,as it's often seen as silly and not cool enough.But this spring,it's having its moment in the spotlight,all thanks to the fact that the color is no longer all about being girly and sweet.Instead,pink is taking on a new meaning of independence and power.

This shift happened last month during the Women's March.Tens of thousands of women filled the streets of major cities in the US and in countries all around the world to protest（抗议）against the disrespect to women.What was unusual about the protests is that a lot of people taking part were wearing pink hats,making the streets appear like a "sea of pink".Even though the hats were without any slogan（标语）,their pink color is thought to have sent out a message that is louder than any words."We women have power and we're not going to sit down and shut up," Aileen Gildea,one of the protesters in the US,told The Boston Globe.

Now young people are changing their attitudes to pink.They are no longer trying to escape pink,but give new meanings to it instead.

"Women who came before us ...to be taken seriously they had to get away from the symbols used to make women seem less capable.Younger women don't have that reaction.They're more interested in breaking and rebuild those symbols,"Audrey Gelman,a businesswoman in the US,told The Wall Street Journal.

So sometimes it's not the thing itself that needs to be changed,but the way we look at it.And in the case of pink, what used to be seen as silly may be turned into something really serious.

1.In general,people tend to relate pink to .

A. independence B. weakness

C. power D. sadness

2.According to Aileen Gildea,what were their protests meant to convey?

A. Women actually prefer pink to any other color.

B. Women need to get away from those symbols of silliness.

C. Women ought to have a bigger voice in society.

D. Women should have the right to choose whatever colors.

3.The last paragraph implies that sometimes it is necessary to .

A. change our traditional concepts

B. show greater respect for women

C. have doubts about the so-called "truth"

D. tell something silly from something serious

Recently,people in US education have gotten extremely worried because a new report has shown that American students have a math problem.

The 2015 Program for International Student Assessment（评估）(PISA) shows math scores in the US getting lower and no improvement in science or reading.PISA tests 15-year-olds from different countries and regions in their math,science and reading skills.About 540,000 students from 72 countries and regions took part in the assessment in 2015.

US scores in reading and science were about the same as three years ago,leaving Americans near the middle of the bigger group.But the situation in math is much more worrying.The US average score was 470,be;ow the OECD（经合组织）test average of 490,meaning the US was No.40 among the 72 countries and areas.It was 12 points lower than in 2012 and 18 points lower than in 2009.So,what is going on with American students' math skills?

One reason may be that the US does not teach math in enough depth."Students are often good at answering the first part of a problem in the United States,"said Andreas Schleicher,director of education and skills at OECD."But as soon as students have to go deeper and answer the more complicated part of a problem,they have difficulties."In comparison,many high-performing countries and regions in math teach a lot less but focus in much greater depth, especially when you look at East Asia,Japan and Singapore,according to Schleicher.

Another reason may be the fact that many people in the US are unwilling to travel to foreign countries to learn better teaching practices."One of our biggest challenges in the US is that the teachers are not going out and seeing what high-performing countries do differently,"said Wendy Kopp,who started Teach for America,in a news program.

1.When it comes to the 2015 PISA results,people in US education are more concerned about .

A. the US average score

B. the differences from the previous PISA

C. American students' performance in math

D. American students' situation in science and reading skills

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. American students are not interested in simple math problems.

B. American students are unwilling to go abroad for further study.

C. American math teachers envy high-performing countries better teaching skills.

D. American math teachers seldom teach students how to solve complicated problems.

3.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To inform people of American students' 2015 PISA results.

B. To analyze the causes of American students' problems with math.

C. To stress the importance of learning math well to America students.

D. To give American math teachers some advice on how to teach math.

Floods are second only to fire as the most common of all natural disasters.They occur almost everywhere in the world,resulting in widespread damage and even death.Consequently,scientists have long tried to perfect their ability to predict floods.So far,the best that scientists can do is to recognize the potential for flooding in certain conditions. There are a number of conditions,from deep snow on the ground to human error,which cause flooding.

When deep snow melts it creates a large amount of water.Although deep snow alone rarely causes floods,when it occurs together with heavy rain and sudden warmer weather it can lead to serious flooding.If there is a fast snow melt on top of frozen or very wet ground,flooding is more likely to occur than when the ground is not frozen.Frozen ground or ground that is very wet cannot absorb the additional water created by the melting snow.Melting snow also contributes to high water levels in rivers and streams.

Rivers that are covered in ice can also lead to flooding.When ice begins to melt,the surface of the ice cracks and breaks into large pieces.These pieces of ice move and float down the river,They can form a dam in the river,causing the water behind the dam to rise and flood the land upstream.If the dam breaks suddenly,then the large amount of water held behind the dam can flood the areas downstream too.

Broken ice dams are not the only dam problems that can cause flooding.When a large human-made dam breaks or fails to hold the water collected behind it,the results can be devastating.Dams contain such huge amounts of water behind them that when sudden breaks occur,the great force of the water is like a great tidal wave.The dam waters can travel tens of kilometres,cover the ground in metres of mud and litter,and drown and crush every thing and creature in their path.

Although scientists cannot always predict exactly when floods will occur,they do know a great deal about when floods are probably going to occur.Deep snow,ice-covered rivers,and weak dams are all strong conditions for potential flooding.

1.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

("P" stands for "Paragraph".)

A. B.