Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.

In Britain and other countries, young people usually take a “gap year”, a year off between high school and college. This idea never gained a big following in the United States. Recent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing, though there are no official numbers.

Charles Deacon, the dean of admissions estimates that in the current first-year class of one thousand six hundred students, only twenty-five percent decided to take a year off. He says this number has not changed much over the years. He says the most common reasons to have a chance to travel, but international students may take a gap year to meet requirements at home for military duty.

Some high school graduates see a year off as a chance to recover after twelve years of required education. But it can also give students a chance to explore their interest.

Many colleges and universities support gap-year projects by permitting students to delay their admission. Experts say students can grow emotionally and intellectually as they work at something they enjoy. The Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Web site called “Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation”. It praises the idea of taking time off to step back, think and enjoy gaining life experience outside the pressure of studies. Of course, a gap year is not for everyone. Students might miss their friends who go on directly to college. And parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time off. Another concern is money. A year off, away from home, can be costly.

Holly Bull is the president of the Center for Interim Programs. Her company specializes in helping students plan their gap year. She notes that several books have been written about this subject. And she points out that many gap-year programs cost far less than a year of college.

1.How do many colleges and universities support gap-year projects? (No more than 8 words)

2.According to Charles Deacon, how many students in the current first-year class of his school decided to take a gap year? (No more than 8 words)

3.What is the purpose of some high school students taking a gap year?( No more than 6 words)

4.Why do parents worry about children’s gap year? (No more than 15 words)

The Museum: The Charles Dickens Museum in London is the world's most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian novelist and social commentator．The only surviving London home of Dickens （from 1837 until 1839） was opened as a museum in 1925 and is still welcoming visitors from all over the world．On four floors, visitors can see paintings, rare editions, manuscripts, original furniture and many items relating to the life of one of the most popular and beloved personalities of the Victorian age．       

Opening Hours

◇ The Museum is open from Mondays to Saturdays 10:00-17:00; Sundays 11:00-17:00．

◇ Last admission is 30 minutes before closing time．

◇ Special opening times can be arranged for groups, who may wish to book a private view．

Admission Charges: Adults: ￡5．00; Students: ￡4:00; Seniors: ￡4．00; Children: ￡3．00; Families:￡14．00（ 2 adults & up to five children）

Group Rates: For a group of 10 or more, a special group rate of ￡4．00 each applies．

Children will still be admitted for ￡3．00 each,

Access: We are constantly working to improve access to the Museum and its collection．Our current projects involve the fitting of a wheelchair ramp for better access, a customer care kit and an audio tour for visitors with impaired (受损的） vision．Our Handling Sessions are also suitable for the visually impaired．The Museum has developed an online virtual tour through the Museum．Click here to visit all the rooms in the Museum online．

Hire the Museum: The Museum can be hired for private functions, performances soirees（社交晚会）  and many other social occasions．

Find Us: The Museum may be reached by using the following buses: 7, 17, 19, 38, 45,46, 55, 243．And by these underground services: Piccadilly Line; Central Line．For a map, please click here．The British Museum and the Foundling Museum are within walking distance．

1.The passage is probably from a（n）          .

A．book   B．website   C．newspaper        D．announcement

2.Compared to going there separately, if a family with two adults and five children go to the Museum together they will save

A．￡25．00   B．￡14．00   C．￡ 9:00       D．￡11．00

3.In the Charles Dickens Museum, people can not find          .

A．paintings                B．rare editions     C．manuscripts    D．cars

4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The Museum is not very far from the British Museum．

B．In any case people cannot visit the Museum after 17:00．

C．Visitors with poor vision cannot enjoy the Museum．

D．Anyone cannot hire the Museum for other users．

5.The passage is written to         .

A．persuade readers to visit London．

B．inform readers about the history of the Charles Dickens Museum．

C．offer readers some information about the Charles Dickens Museum．

D．tell readers how to make use of the Charles Dickens Museum．

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Dear editor,

Several days before, my fellow college students and I visited the local Cincinnati Blind and Deaf School. We had a party with some of the disabled students there. We played games together and had a fun. I met a girl at the party. She can’t speak, or can she hear. We “talked ” with each other by making some gestures writing on each other’s hand. Soon we became good friends. When it was time for us to say goodbye , she wrote on my hand, “Please come here as more as possible.” Tears floated down my face. Many people are concerning about disabled people, and give money to them. But these disabled people may want communication with ordinary people too more than money .

Editor, I want to tell people this: “If you know any disabled people, don’t forget to visit them regularly. They need friend.”

Many thanks !

                                    Charles Edwards

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Sir,

Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.

Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.

You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.

I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.

Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.

Yours faithfully,

SIMON WALKER

1.Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________

A．show his anger to Cosmo Books Ltd..

B．complain about getting books he didn’t want.

C．advise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd..

D．urge for the final solution to the problem with the unwanted books.

2.The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for ________

A．unlimited number of Cosmo Books.

B．a set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare.

C．fifteen pounds and fifty pence.

D．a book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare.

3.Mr. Walker answered the advertisement because ________

A．he wanted a set of Shakespeare’s works which was a good bargain

B．he claimed that the books were being offered at a remarkable price.

C．he had ordered the set and had been waiting for them to come for some time.

D．the set he already had was not particularly attractive.

Charles Babbage is generally considered ____ the first computer.

A. to have invented        B. inventing                C. to invent                   D. having invented