SHEFFIELD |
LINCOLN COLLEGE OF ENGLISH |
Classes for foreign students at all levels |
3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course |
Open all year |
Small class (at most 12 students) |
Library, language laboratory and listening center |
Accommodation with selected families |
25 minutes from London |
Course fees for English for one year are￡1, 380 (with reduction for shorter periods of study) |
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1.Lincoln College of English _______.
A. is at the centre of London
B. accepts students only at the beginning of the year
C. takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced
D. lies far away from London
2.While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.
A. the school where you study B. the family you have chosen
C. your classmates D. your own parents
3.If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.
A.￡1, 380 B. over ￡1, 380
C. much less than ￡1, 380 D. nothing
4.According to the introduction above, which is NOT mentioned？
A. Course fees B. Accommodation C. The size of class D. Teachers’ work
The Christmas gift when I was seven years old has been a pleasant memory. other gifts, it came without wrap（包装）.
On September 11th that year, Mum gave to Richard. After she brought him home from , she put him in my lap, saying, “I you a gift, and here it is.” What a/an ! I seven a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night and told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was ! I cried for it. Mum wept（流泪）and told me that the little thing had been sent to a hospital because of a fever. For several days, I heard mum and Dad whispering such as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded .
Christmas was coming. “Don’t any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the I hung in the living room. “ your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so . And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran . My socks still hung there , but I knew they were filled with !
1.A. Like B. Unlike C. As D. Except
2.A. life B. treatment C. freedom D. birth
3.A. hospital B. illness C. shop D. danger
4.A. bought B. offered C. promised D. ordered
5.A. surprise B. honor C. wonder D. pity
6.A. grew B. got C. became D. turned
7.A. stolen B. gone C. broken D. Hidden
8.A. nice B. naughty C. poor D. Ugly
9.A. words B. feelings C. predictions D. results
10.A. impossible B. dangerous C. fearful D. difficult
11.A. think B. expect C. forget D. buy
12.A. clock B. pictures C. socks D. bag
13.A. Unless B. If C. Only D. After
14.A. once B. already C. never D. often
15.A. see B. receive C. hear D. answer
16.A. hung up B. held up C. got up D. stood up
17.A. anxious B. worried C. crazy D. happy
18.A. downstairs B. upstairs C. outside D. inside
19.A. alone B. flat C. high D. untouched
20.A. dolls B. thanks C. kindness D. love
_______ you get on well with a number of people, you are usually friends with only a few.
A. Since B. As C. While D. Even
Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.
A. oughtn’t B. shouldn’t C. won’t D. needn’t
As is announced in the newspaper, the 20th World Cup __________ in 2014 in Brazil between June and July.
A. is held B. will be held C. will hold D. will be holding
The buses, ________ were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.
A. most of them B. which most
C. most of which D. that most
