Welcome to Language upon Thames. This brochure has been designed to give you an overview of our Language School and the courses we offer. If you have some additional questions please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

    At Language upon Thames, we feel it is important to be flexible, in order that students can decide what period of study suits them best.

Small Group General English Courses

   These courses are aimed at students who wish to improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and are offered at the following levels:

    BEGINNERS

    ELEMENTARY（初级）

    PRE-INTERMEDIATE

    INTERMEDIATE

    UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

Studying one of the above courses will enable you to use English more confidently and competently （适合地）on a daily basis.

Try our free online test to see which level you are at —CLICK HERE

Exam courses

   These courses are aimed at students who wish to gain academic qualifications in English and are offered at the following levels:

University of Cambridge exams:

ADVANCED1—FCE（First certificate）

ADVANCED2—CAE（Advanced）

ADVANCED3—CPE（Proficiency）

Studying one of the above courses will enable you to continue your education or enter university in this country. （Students wishing to gain admission to a British university are normally required to have the Cambridge Proficiency Certificate.）

Speaking, Listening & Pronunciation

   This course builds on communicative confidence and competence and is aimed at students who wish to develop the important skills of speaking and listening.

    Emphasis is also placed on pronunciation, with activities designed to meet the needs of students of different nationalities, who need to focus on different areas.

    CLICK HERE to register for a General English course.

Other Languages

At Language upon Thames we offer a wide range of cafes, restaurants, shops and bars. Most importantly, we have foreign language classes of French, Japanese, German, Spanish and Italian during the day, evening or on a one-to-one basis.

45．What does this passage mainly talk about?

       A．An overview of the language school.

       B．Ways to develop students’ language skills.

       C．A brief introduction to some English courses.

       D．Solutions to build students’ communicative confidence.

46．If you attend Exam Courses, you will           .

       A．use English more confidently and competently

       B．gain academic qualifications in English

       C．have better pronunciation and deal with everyday English well

       D．be able to get admitted into a university for further education in this country

47．Judging from the description, we can tell that this passage must be taken from         .

       A．a newspaper     B．a magazine       C．the Internet      D．a guidebook

48．According to the passage，we may conclude that the English courses offered by Language upon Thames      ．

       A．are flexible but with few language activities designed for students of different nationalities

       B．are flexible and will meet the needs of students at different levels and with different

       backgrounds

       C．place much emphasis on language skills but pay less attention to the needs of learners

       D．are all aimed to improve students’ communicative competence by giving classes on a

       one-to-one basis

After being on         unemployment for a time due to the financial crisis, he was offered

             job he now holds.

       A．/; the B．the; a C．the; the     D．a; a

-- Who do you think ___ the book here?  

--- It may be John. He was sitting here all the morning.

       A. has left      B. leaves C. had left             D. was leaving

Many policemen and soldiers are ______ the forest _____ the prisoner escaping from prison.

    A. searching for; searching                  B. searching; searching

    C. searching; in search of                    D. in search for; searching for

Give them a hand this time and I am sure they will offer theirs ______ in the future.

       A. by turns           B. in turn          C. at turn               D. in return

________ from space, the earth , with water_______ seventy percent of the surface , looks like a blue ball.

  A. Seen ; covered                       B. Seen ; covering

  C. seeing ; covering                     D. Seeing ; covering

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A device that stops drives from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.

    The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%—40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.

    Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drives or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel(方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver's response.

    Tiredness is directly related to a driver's response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.

    In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver's response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.

    The device has been delivered to the department's laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months' time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.

56. According to the text, Driver Alert ______.

   A. aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents   B. aims to prevent drivers from sleeping

   C. has gone through testing at laboratories     D. has been on sale for 12 months

57. How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?

   A. By sounding a warning.                 B. By checking the driving time.

   C. By touching the wrist hand.              D. By pressing the steering wheel.

58. We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is _____.

  A. about 400 milliseconds                  B. over 500 milliseconds

  C. below 500 milliseconds                  D. about 4 minutes

59. When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert ______.

  A. moves more regularly                   B. opens the window for the driver

C. stops working properly                  D. sounds more frequently and loudly

How hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.?

At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you “young lady”. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you-this young lady-heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.?

But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say; “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.”?

“No”, they say, “your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.” Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.?

Another time you tell your grandma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.”?

“Good, now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.” To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl can’t do such easy work.” You wish then you were a child again.?

But the fact is, you are growing up, and you can’t help it. That’s the way it goes!

66.The passage is told about _______ problems.

   A. a growing-up boy’s    B. a teenage girl’s   C. an old woman’s       D. a grown-up’s

67.It is clear that the writer, as a teenager, ________.

   A. is pleased with the present life   B. is unhappy about growing up

   C. doesn’t think her, present life happy enough   D. knows happy life will come to her soon

68.How does she know her prayer has been answered?

   A. People treat her as a young lady.    B. She is no longer a kid.

   C. People begin to call her teenager.   D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.

69.From what her parents say, we know _________.

   A. they don’t believe she is already a teenager   B. it’s dangerous for a girl to spend money

   C. they love her more than before             D. they still regard her as a child

70.Having heard her grandma’s criticism, _________.

   A. she has to lie in bed, doing nothing    B. she knows she has already worked the whole afternoon

   C. she wishes she were not growing up   D. she finds it isn’t her turn to do knitting

第二卷 （共30分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每一行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正。该行多一个词；把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线（\）划掉。该行缺一个词；在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。该行错一个词；在错词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没错的不要改。

Between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River lie                    76. ________

Washington D.C. It is about 220 miles in the south                           77. ________

of New York City. The pleasantest and easiest ways to                         78. ________

get there is by train, which spends a little more money                        79. ________

than the bus journey and a little less than flying. It’s not city                        80. ________

that has been grown up accidentally as most big cities have.                    81. ________

It was carefully planned for the nation’s capital by a                         82. ________

Frenchman, Perril Enfant. The city was named                             83. ________

George Washington, the first president of the United States.                    84. ________

In 1791 he himself bought the land which the city was built.                   85. ________

— Dad, I'd like to go to the cinema with you.

    — Sorry, dear, but the film is _____ adults only.

       A. intended for      B. made up of C. protected from   D. taken in