Answering the Community Needs of Our City
The Silver City Council recognizes that citizens have certain needs. To better meet your needs, we have made several changes to community facilities in 2004. This chart shows how we have tried to make your life better.
Transport
☆Some facilities at Station Street Hospital have been upgraded.
☆Three stations for the suburbs have been added to the western train service.
☆20 new buses for the southern line were purchased in January.
☆50 percent of city bus-stops have been upgraded.
☆Buses to the eastern suburbs will run every 15 minutes.
Education
☆Textbooks will be free to all primary students in 2004 !
☆Rental for private schools has been reduced.
☆Teachers report that the 'no hat - no play' rule has been successful.
Communication
Protection and Security
☆Broadband cable is now available to all parts of the city.
☆All of the new Government buildings are ' smart'-wired for better computer service!
☆Extra police now patrol (巡逻 ) the tourist areas.
☆50 new police officers graduated in July and have taken up duties in the city area.
Medical Facilities
Entertainment / Recreation
☆The new state-of-the-art Nightingale Hospital was opened in June.
☆To overcome a shortage of trained medical staff at Dover Hospital, 10 doctors have been employed from overseas.
☆The John Street basketball courts have been re-surfaced !
☆The new Central Community Building opened in May.
☆5,000 new fiction books were bought for the Silver City Library.
67. The public notice is from _________.
A. the community B. the local government
C. the citizens D. a travel agency
68. The notice is mainly about _________.
A. the work carried out by the people of Silver City
B. the facilities available in Silver City
C. some improvements in Silver City
D. information for interested tourists
69. All the following are true EXCEPT that ___________.
A. both residents and tourists can enjoy more security now
B. Station Street Hospital had out-dated facilities before 2004
C. primary students had to pay for their textbooks in 2003
D. Dover Hospital is still short of trained medical staff
70. Which of the following changes would tourists to Silver City be most happy with?
A. Travel books are provided in the new library.
B. Traveling by train is more convenient in Silver City.
C. Free medical treatment is available at Station Street Hospital.
D. There are more police officers on duty now.
I graduated from a small public school in Michigan. One day,Mr. Ledy,our football coach,asked me to play football. I couldn’t help 36 :me,play football? I was six feet tall and was not much __37__ a hundred pounds in weight. I thought that they might just need 38 fool to increase the number of the players. However,he was persistent(坚持的) and __39__I joined the football team. That 40 to be one of my best decisions as a kid.
Our worst game __41__ was the one against Crystal Falls. They beat us 56 to 6. Yeah! That was a football not a basketball _42__. We played them again when we were seniors. They __43__ us again but the score was much more _44_,30 to 20.
Coach Ledy would not let that __45__ again. He encouraged us to beat them,to pay them back. And we did so in the last game we played before __46__. I had scored 6 points alone in the game. Coach Ledy praised me. It was a huge _47 for me.
Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No,I couldn’t __48__ it without our team. The thing I learned through football was __49__. We won as a team and we __50__ as a team.
I think Mr. Ledy would be __51__ of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic __52__ at the University of Michigan. I’m __53__to him as I would not have today’s honor without him. I’ll __54__life’s final war with pain to win the victory;I’ll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I’ll __55__ working hard so as not to let him down.
36. A. shouting | B. screaming | C. laughing | D. applauding |
37. A. up | B. over | C. more | D. out |
38. A. another | B. other | C. some | D. any |
39. A. immediately | B. secretly | C. personally | D. finally |
40. A. took out | B. turned out | C. gave off | D. gave out |
41. A. never | B. once | C. ever | D. again |
42. A. game | B. team | C. story | D. score |
43. A. won | B. met | C. beat | D. fought |
44. A. accessible | B. comfortable | C. sensitive | D. acceptable |
45. A. happen | B. succeed | C. spread | D. develop |
46. A. liberation | B. closing | C. graduation | D. school |
47. A. honor | B. hope | C. success | D. surprise |
48. A. take | B. manage | C. solve | D. explain |
49. A. courage | B. devotion | C. teamwork | D. contribution |
50. A. united | B. appeared | C. prepared | D. lost |
51. A. proud | B. fond | C. full | D. kind |
52. A. time | B. record | C. date | D. ability |
53. A. pleased | B. grateful | C. hopeful | D. loyal |
54. A. fight | B. join | C. desire | D. enjoy |
55. A. take on | B. put on | C. rely on | D. keep on |