King’s College Summer School
King’s College Summer School is an annual training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of king’ s College and other colleges in New York . Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
Application date
●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18,2007.
● Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16,2007
● Foreign students should send their applications before July 10,2007.
Courses
● English Language
Spoken English :22 hours
Reading and Writing : 10 hours
● American History : 16 hours
● American Culture : 16 hours
Steps
● A letter of self-introduction
● A letter of recommendation (推薦)
* The letters should be written in English with
all the  necessary information.
Cost
● Daily lessons :$200
● Sports and activities : $ 100
● Travels: $ 200
● Hotel service : $400
* You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.
Please write to :
Thompson , Sanders
1026 king’s Street
New York, NY 10016 , USA
E-mail : KC – Summer – School @ yahoo. com
小題1: You can most probably read the text in __________.
A．a(chǎn) newspaper B．a(chǎn) travel guide
C．a(chǎn) textbookD．a(chǎn) telephone book
小題2: Which of the following is TRUE about king’s College Summer School? _____________.
A．Only top student can take part in the program
B．King’s College Summer School is run every other year
C．Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program
D．Only the teachers of king’s College give courses
小題3: If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school_____________.
A．$ 200B．$ 400C．$ 500D．$ 900
小題4: What information can you get from the text ?
A．The program will last two months.
B．You can write to Thompson only in English.
C．As a Chinese student , you can send your application on July 14,2007.
D．You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B  

試題分析：本文介紹了King’s College Summer School，的廣告信息，設(shè)置的課程，費用，如何申請。
小題1:文章出處題：這是一則廣告，幾個選項中只有報紙上可以登這樣的廣告。選A
小題2:細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized.可知答案是C
小題3:細節(jié)題：從表格cost里面，可知如果和親戚一塊住，就交500.選C
小題4:細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. 可知答案是B
點評：本文集中考查細節(jié)題，解答這類問題時要求學(xué)生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對性方法進行閱讀，因為這類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到。有的題目還要一些簡單的計算題。
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