Question

Summer Term in the School of Life will start on Friday 25 January 2015, in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia and will become the first international school to open its doors.

To make everyday life rich, the writer Alain de Botton has worked hard at getting the best ideas and the School of Life is his brainchild（構(gòu)想). Since it began in London in 2009, more than 50,000 people have taken part in its programs and its new way of life-long learning is now well-known all over the world.

Summer Term in the School of Life is a 10-week project offering a selection of the UK’s most popular programs, led by Australia’s thinkers. “We are very excited to start the School of Life in Australia. We can’t wait to start receiving our first guests（客人）,” says Alain de Botton.

Summer Term will include different classes, workshops and other special events held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 25January and 31 March. The conversation Café onsite will serve up a daily conversation menu, light food and of course, delicious coffee.

“There has been a growing need among Australians to deal with the problems in life like love, creativity, work, money, nature and death. The School of Life Australia will provide a space for us to explore (探測) these subjects,” says Sara Tiefebtun, Project Director of the School of Life Australia.

Program details for the School of Life Australia’s Summer Term will be announced in December 2013. For more information sign up to our mailing list at: www. theschoollife.com/

world/Australia. Updates will also be shared regularly on Twitter@ theschoollife and Facebook www.facebook.com/TheschoolofLifeAustralia.

1. The School of Life will start to _______.

A. make more friends in Australia.

B. serve up a daily conversation menu.

C. improve the quality of everyday life.

D. offer the UK’s most popular programs

2.At the School of Life Australia, the following will be explored EXCEPT_________.

A. work, nature and death

B. love, work and creativity

C. creativity, money and nature

D. money, nature and fashion

3. People can get more details for Summer Term by _________.

A. letters B. the Internet

C. telephone D. newspaper

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. The School of Life in London.

B. The School of Life in Australia.

C. Summer Term in the School of Life.

D. Some National School to be started.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主語講述的是澳大利亞的生活學校他們想用更新的、更好的方法來讓人們的日常生活變得更豐富。他們經(jīng)常組織一些活動，讓人們對生活中的一些話題進行探討，讓人們對生活有更好的理解。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段中的內(nèi)容To make everyday life rich,可知，生活學校想要開始使日常生活變得豐富多彩。他們想用最新的，更好的方法使人們的生活品質(zhì)得到提高。故選C。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中“There has been a growing need among Australians to deal with the problems in life like love, creativity, work, money, nature and death.可知，生活學校要探索的話題包括愛、創(chuàng)造、工作、錢、自然和死亡。根據(jù)選項我們可知沒有提到的是D選項。故選D。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后For more information sign up to our mailing list at: www. theschoollife.com/world/Australia. Updates will also be shared regularly on Twitter@ theschoollife and Facebook www.facebook.com/TheschoolofLifeAustralia.可知，我們可以通過一些網(wǎng)站來獲得關(guān)于生活學校更多的信息。故選B。

4.主旨大意題。這篇短文主語講述的是澳大利亞的生活學校他們想用更新的、更好的方法來讓人們的日常生活變得更豐富。他們經(jīng)常組織一些活動，讓人們對生活中的一些話題進行探討，讓人們對生活有更好的理解。故選C。

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