By improving reading skills, you can read faster and understand more of ____ you read.

 _____ tomorrow, our ship will set sail for Macao.

What I want to do most is to have____ quite interesting book, and ____ time to enjoy it.

－Have you read the novel?

－Yes. I ____it three times while I was in university.

－What an amazing story! It’s the most impressive story I’ve ever read.

－But I’m sure it won’t interest ____.

 His parents put a lot of effort into getting him ____ to a key school.

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-1NTERMEDLATE

UPPER-INTERMEDLATE

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

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

Exam Courses

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

University of Cambridge exams：

ADVANCED l — FCE (First certificate)

ADVANCED 2一CAE (Advanced)

ADVANCED 3一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 cafeterias，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.

68. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. English courses.

B. Ways to improve students’ English.

C. The best way to improve your skills.

D. The importance of English.

69. If you attend Exam Courses，you will     .

A. use English as fluently as a native speaker

B. deal with everyday English well

C. . have better pronunciation of English

D. be able to continue your education or enter university in this country

70. 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

71. The following statements are true EXCEPT     .

A. Only Englishmen can attend the courses.

B. The courses are designed for learners of different levels.

C. . One can learn French even in the evening.

D. Language upon Thames is a school aimed to offer help with language learning.

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，在该行右边的横线上画一个（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：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。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的此下划一横线，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。

After I finished the school this year, I began to                                     76._____

look for work. Now several month later, I still hadn’t                      77._____

found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday morning,                       78._____

I received a phone call from a man calling him Mr. Smith.                         79._____

He said to me on the phone, “I hear you do very well in your                   80._____

studies. I may provide a job for you. ”I entered                                            81._____

his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped that I                                      82._____

will go through the job-hunting talk today and he would                           83._____

take me on as a lab assistant. But to my surprised,                                  84._____

what he said disappointing. He only needed a model.                                85._____

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The public have been reminded to be _______of how the disease spreads.

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I hardly forget the time _________we took a training course in England.