San Francisco is a great city. Below are some...

San Francisco is a great city. Below are some ideas for educational activities and programs in San Francisco for this summer.

The San Francisco School: Summer Programs

There are summer camps for the children from pre-kindergarten through middle school at the San Francisco School. With programs such as “Fearless Writing”, “A Green World” and “Re-Making Clothing”, San Francisco becomes a great place for children to learn and have fun in the summer. Registration starts in the spring. Call 415-749-4550 to know more.

San Francisco Art Institute: Community Education

From children to elders, all people are welcome to sign up for all sorts of art classes all year round, such as “Adult Continuing Education”, “Pre-college Programs” and “A Young Artist”. Check online for schedules, class types, age groups and more or call 415-749-4500.

San Francisco University High School: Summer Program

This is a three-summer commitment and a great program preparing kids for college. It provides language and art classes in the morning and social studies such as sports and history in the afternoon. There are also fun activities such as a field day, a party night, a talent show, ect. 30 to 35 tenth-grade children are chosen each summer, so you have to fill out a form. Call 415-749-4558 to know more.

Rudolf Steiner College: Summer Programs

Rudolf Steiner has summer programs for those who want to take courses such as teaching grade courses 1 to 8. Registration is at the beginning of April. Call 415-749-4560 for more about it.

These activities and programs are usually popular, and if you are interested, get up and join us!

1.What can we know according to paragraph 3?

A. Time for registration is only in summer.

B. Kids can sign up for art classes in any season.

C. The school provides writing lessons for children.

D. Pre-school kids should sign up for classes in spring.

2.Which school offers its timetable on the website?

A. Rudolf Steiner College

B. The San Francisco School

C. San Francisco Art Institute

D. San Francisco University High School

3.If you want to know more about a talent show, you can call　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ?

A. 415-749-4550.　　 B. 415-749-4500

C. 415-749-4558.　　 D. 415-749-4560.

4.For whom will Rudolf Steiner College provide summer programs?

A. Children from any school.

B. Students from high school.

C. Kids from pre-kindergarten.

D. Those who want to be teachers.

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If you’re new to San Francisco, paying the city a visit, or simply looking for a new playground for you and your dog, here are four of the finest dog parks in San Francisco.

Corona Heights Dog Park

Often visited by residents from all over the city because of its nearness to the Randall Museum, Corona Heights Dog Park offers pets and owners breathtaking view after a steep hillside climb, and a fenced dog area that allows dogs to let loose without a leash（狗链）. Owners will also enjoy the playground, tennis courts and basketball courts.

Dolores Dog Park

The grounds of Dolores Park once served as camps for those who were left homeless by the 1906 earthquake, but now are often visited by crowds of Mission District people. Four-legged friends can also wander about carefree off-leash while making friends with other members of the doggie community.

Pine Lake Dog Park

Famous for its place as a rest stop for hundreds of species of birds to fly to and from warmer climates, Pine Lake Park is also prized by city dogs and their owners for their nice hiking paths, picturesque lake suited for swimming, and off-leash area on the park’s west end that lets dogs run free.

Buena Vista Dog Park

With a history of 146 years, Buena Vista Park is San Francisco’s oldest park. Dogs and owners with plus energy will love burning it on this park’s steep paths and winding staircases. Dog owners should have good control over their dogs, as it’s quite easy for dogs to get separated when going through Buena Vista’s many twists and turns.

1.Why do dog owners take their pets to Dolores Dog Park?

A. To let them socialize.　　 B. To give them rescue lessons.

C. To help them lose weight.　　 D. To increase their physical activities.

2.Which dog park is popular with bird lovers?

A. Dolores Dog Park.　　 B. Pine Lake Dog Park.

C. Buena Vista Dog Park.　　 D. Corona Heights Dog Park.

3.What is special about Buena Vista Dog Park?

A. Dogs can go climbing.　　 B. It is close to a museum.

C. Dogs must be on a leash.　　 D. It is suitable for swimming.

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—Which city is the first ________ plastic shopping bags?

—As far as I know, it is San Francisco.

A. banned　　　　　　　 B. ban

C. banning 　　　　 　 D. to ban

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A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000．The bank officer says　 the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.

The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”

Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for $15?”

1.The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _________.

A. borrowing $5,000　　 B. meeting the loan officer

C. finding a place to park his car　　 D. showing how rich he is

2.The loan officer is puzzled because _________.

A. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B. he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C. he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D. he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

3.The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_________”.

A. security　　 B. payment

C. reward　　 D. deal

4.Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A. Honest.　　 B. Clever.

C. Rich.　　 D. Kind.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

SAN FRANCISCO—A phone app（应用程序）in San Francisco gives information about open parking spots．City officials in San Francisco introduced the app to try to reduce traffic jams in the city, but some say it raises safety concerns．

In this city, drivers searching for parking spots lead to 30 percent of all downtown jams, city officials think．Now San Francisco has found a solution — a phone app for spot-seekers that shows information about areas with available spaces．The system, introduced last month, relies on wireless sensors（感应器）fixed in streets and city garages that can tell within seconds if a spot has opened up．

But the system could come with serious consequences．Some people say that drivers searching for parking could end up focusing on their phones, not the road．“It could be really distracting（使分心的）,” said Daniel Simons, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois．

City officials admitted the hidden problem．They are urging drivers to pull over before they use the city’s iPhone app, or to do so before they leave home. Nathaniel Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said safety could actually improve if drivers quickly found a spot instead of circling and getting frustrated．

San Francisco has put sensors into 7,000 parking spots and 12,250 spots in city garages．If spaces in an area open up, the sensors communicate wirelessly with computers that in turn make the information available to app users within a minute, said Mr. Ford, of the transportation agency．On the app, a map shows which blocks have lots of places(blue)and which are full(red)．

More than 12,000 people have downloaded San Francisco’s app, which is available now only for the iPhone.

1.What is the phone app mentioned in the text mainly aimed at?

A. Benefiting iPhone users.

B. Preventing traffic accidents.

C. Making the traffic flow smoothly.

D.Making full use of the parking spots.

2.According to the text, San Francisco city officials ________.

A. don’t consider the app distracting.

B. are aware of the app’s disadvantages.

C. advise drivers to park cars slowly.

D. believe more parking spots are needed.

3.The phone app mentioned in the text ________.

A. is a bit slow in reacting

B. hasn’t been put into service

C. was introduced several years ago

D. can’t be downloaded to all phones

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. A phone app has been introduced to relieve the pressure on traffic in the city.

B. Safety concerns are voiced about a phone app aimed at helping drivers find parking spots.

C. Looking for parking spots contributes greatly to downtown traffic jams.

D. Drivers’ attention is distracted in one way or another when they are driving.

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The people below are looking for someplace to enjoy some entertainments in Beijing. After the description of these people, there is information about places A — F. Decide which place would be the most suitable for the person mentioned in1---5and write down the correct letter ( A — F ) on your answer sheet. One place is not suitable for all.

_____1.Stephen studies art in Beijing University. He shows great interest in paintings and he is especially interested in those oil paintings that reflect the variety of life.

____2. Mark has just come to China and he is very interested in Chinese culture. He has been waiting for a long time to have a chance to see a wonderful Chinese acrobatic (杂技的) performance in China.

____3. Oscar is a student from Yangzhou University, visiting his friends who share the same interest in music. They are planning to find someplace to enjoy rock and roll and pop songs.

___4. Charles works in Philips Company, Shanghai Branch. He is going to Beijing on business in middle September. He will be free in the evening, so he wants to go to someplace to enjoy some music performed by foreign bands.

____5. Carol studies Chinese in Beijing. She is free recently during the day time, so she would like to find someplace where she can attend some kind of activity so that she can learn some details about Chinese modern literature.

Time: 9 a.m. — 4 p.m., daily.

E. The Olympic Center: "The Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock" is set to bring back fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals.

Time: September 16.

F. Grand Theater of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities: La Petite Band, the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium, will perform as part of activities across the world to commemorate (纪念) the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death.

Time: 7:30 p.m. September 11 — 14.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

---I’m going to San Francisco for a couple of days

---_________.I wish I could get away for a while.

A. It doesn’t matter.  B. Forget it.

C.I really envy you.    D.I can’t agree more.

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Below are some classified(分类的) ads from an English newspaper.

●FOR SALE

Come to our moving sale — Plants, pottery, books，clothes, etc. Sat, Dec. 14th — 9a. m.---5p. m. 1612 Ferndale, Apt. 1. Call 800 4696.

Used fur coats and jackets. Good condition. $ 30 -- $ 50. Call 800 0436

Moving: Must sell. TV21, $ 50; AM/FM radio A/C or battery, $ 15; cassette    tape recorder, $ 10. Call 800 0739

●LOST AND FOUND

Found: Cat, 6 months old, black and white markings. Found near Linden and  South U. Steve. 800 4661.

LOST: Gold wire rim glasses in brown case. Campus area. Reward. Call 8002896.

FOUND: Nov. 8th — A black and white puppy in PackardJewett area. Call 8005770.

●PERSONAL

OVERSEAS JOBS—Australia, Europe, S. America, Africa. Students all

professions and occupations, $ 700 to $ 3000 monthly. Expenses paid, overtime

Sightseeing. Free information at Students’ Union.

The International Center plans to publish a booklet of student travel adventures. If you’ d like to write about your foreign experiences, unusual or just plain interesting, call us (800 9310) and ask for Mike or Janet.

●ROOMMATES

FEMALE ROOMMATE

WANTED: Own room near campus. Available December 1st. Rent $ 300 per month until March 1st. $ 450 thereafter. Call Jill for details, 800 7839.

●DOMESTIC SERVICE

Early hour wake up

Service: For prompt (on time), courteous (polite) wakeup service, call 800 0760.

●HELP WANTED

Babysitter — my home

If you are available a few hours during the day, and some evenings to care for 2 schoolage children, please call Gayle Moore, 800 1111,

Person wanted for delivery work. Own transportation. Good pay. Apply 2311 E. Stadium. Office 101, after 9 a. m.

Waitress wanted 10a. m. --2 p. m. or 10∶30 a. m. --5 p．m. Apply in person.

207 S. Main, Curtis Restaurant.

Help wanted for house cleaning 1/2 day on weekends. Good wages. Sylvan Street. Call 800 2817.

1.Where will you post a notice if you need someone to look after your children?

A. PERSONAL.              B. ROOMMATES

C. DOMESTIC SERVICE.      D.HELP WANTED.

2.A secondhand jacket will probably cost you________.

3.To have your travel notes published, you may contact________.

4.If you want to have someone wake you up in the morning，you may call________.

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The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco，California is one of the world's most beautiful bridges. It is also one of the most visited places in the world. More than 1800 hundred million vehicles have used the bridge since it opened more than 70 years ago.

The bridge was painted “International Orange” because that color went well with the natural surroundings. The color also is easier to see in the heavy fog that often covers the area. But the Golden Gate Bridge was not named for its orange color. It was named for the body of water that it crosses, the Golden Gate Strait, which is the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean

Planning for the bridge began in the 1920s when the area around San Francisco was growing. People living in the area needed another way to get to the city besides small ferries. Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer for the project. Work began in 1934.Mr.Strauss demanded the strongest safety protections in the history of bridge building. These included the first use of “hard hats” to protect the workers' heads and special glasses to protect their eyes. A special safety net was suspended under the bridge. This net saved the lives of 19 men during the construction.

The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937.It extends 1280 meters across the water. The total length is 2737 meters. It was the largest suspension bridge(吊桥)in the world until 1964.That is when the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened in New York City. Today, the Golden Gate Bridge is the ninth longest suspension bridge in the world.

1.What was the Golden Gate Bridge named after?

A. The Strait it crosses　　 B. The color of a paint

C. The local climate　　 D. Its natural surroundings

2.How did people cross the Golden Gate Strait before the bridge was built?

A. By plane.　　 B. By train.

C. By road.　　 D. By boat.

3.Why was a special safety net suspended under the bridge?

A. Because it can protect the environment

B. Because it can prevent workers from falling

C. Because it can make construction easier

D. Because it can save building materials from falling

4.What do we know about Joseph Strauss?

A. He built the first suspension bridge in the world.

B. His safety measures were not of practical value.

C. He attached importance to the workers' safety.

D. He demanded strong measures to ensure the safety of the bridge.

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A direct air route _______ Chongqing and San Francisco is expected to open next month．

A. linking        B. being linked          C. link         D. linked

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析