We provide summer English courses and you will enjoy learning about American culture and improve your English. The courses last for 4 weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are very experienced. They teach English classes for 4 hours a day. You can choose between small groups of 2 or 3, or larger groups of up to 15. We provide weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your language skills. We also provide books and other materials.
As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the USA. You live with an American family and take part in American life. You have meals with them and do some activities with them, too. This is the most interesting part of the course. Many families create friendships with the students. Of course, if you prefer, we can arrange hotel accommodation.
Of course, you can do many things in Los Angeles. Every day we have activities after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also go to various shopping centres, sports centres, movies and concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San Francisco and other places of interest in California.
Well, if you’re interested, please fill in our application form where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins.
【小题1】 How long do the English courses last?

We provide summer English courses and you will enjoy learning about American culture and improve your English. The courses last for 4 weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are very experienced. They teach English classes for 4 hours a day. You can choose between small groups of 2 or 3, or larger groups of up to 15. We provide weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your language skills. We also provide books and other materials.

As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the USA. You live with an American family and take part in American life. You have meals with them and do some activities with them, too. This is the most interesting part of the course. Many families create friendships with the students. Of course, if you prefer, we can arrange hotel accommodation.

Of course, you can do many things in Los Angeles. Every day we have activities after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also go to various shopping centres, sports centres, movies and concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San Francisco and other places of interest in California.

Well, if you’re interested, please fill in our application form where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins.

1. How long do the English courses last?

2.Why do organizers (组织者) advise students to live with American families?

A. Students are not rich enough to live in hotels.

B. Students can have meals with American families.

C. Students can experience life in the USA.

D. Students can teach American how to cook Chinese food

3.What’s the title of Paragraph 3?

4.What’s the passage about?

 (A)

Mr King comes from the USA.His family lives in a village called Hylas. It’s near the town of Ashland. It’s a nice and small village.Hylas is a little nearer than Gum Tree from Richmond.It’s about four kilometers away. Mr King has a building.There are six floors in it.There isn’t a lift in it.Mr King likes going up and down on foot.He works in the city of New York.He is going to China next month again.He says the Chinese people are friendly and the food is nice.

(   )1.Mr King is_________

     A.an American  B.an Englishman   C.a Chinese   D.a Canadian

(   )2Which of the follow is not true?

     A .Hylas is a small village.

     B Hylas is near to Ashland.

 C.Hylas is four kilometers from Gum Tree.

  D. Hylas is four kilometers from Richmond.

(   )3.Mr King lives ______

A.      On the sixth floor of the building

B.      in a six-floor building. 

C.      in Ashland   D.in Richmond

(   )4.Mr King goes up and down the building _______ .

     A.by lift  B.by car    C.by train  Don foot

(   )5.What is Mr King going to do next week?

     A.He’s going to have a holiday.

 B He’s going to move to China.  

 C. He’s going to China .

 D He’s going to find work in China.

Come and meet the Indian(印度的) elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you. The giraffes from Zambia(赞比亚) are waiting to look down on you.

(    )6. How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？

A. Four        B. Five        C. Six        D. Seven

(    )7. Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other aged 10. How much are the tickets all together(总共)?

        A. ＄4.00      B. ＄2.00     C. ＄3.00    D. ＄1.00

(    )8. Which of the following is a visiting time?

         A. 8:30 a.m. Monday.               B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

         C. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.               D. 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

(    )9. From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _____.

         A. fat         B. long          C. tall        D. strong

(    )10. Which of the following can we do in the zoo?

A. Take a few nice photos.         B. Give some food to the fish.

C. Touch the monkey on the head.   D. Throw things everywhere.