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1、 college studies independence school creditThese courses are free and available in English or French. There are courses designed for local people and Deaf people as well.RequirementsTo take these courses you have to: be an Ontario resident be 16 years old or older have reading, writing and math skil

2、ls below the grade 12 levelLearn in a classroomYou can take these free classroom courses at more than 300 locations across the province.Find out more by contacting Employment Ontario.Learn onlineYou can learn online as one way of the Literacy and Basic Skills program.Four different organizations in

3、Ontario offer free online courses tailored to you. Find out more about learning online: in French in English as a local person as a Deaf person1What will the program fail to help you prepare for?AEmployment. BCollege studies.CEntrance exam. DIndependence.2How many ways to take the courses are mentio

4、ned in the passage?ATwo. BThree.CFour. DFive.3In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?AEntertainment. BEducation.CHealth. DScience. On a sunny spring day, a group of children, four to seven-year- old, sit on their bicycles.They wear helmets to protect their heads and gloves to protect thei

5、r hands. Their mothers, watch them closely for fear that the children will fall off their bikes. The children are ready to learn how to ride.Rachel Varn still remembers how she felt riding a bicycle for the first time. Now her job is helping children experience that moment. Rachel Varn left her job

6、of selling bicycles to become a trainer for bicycle riding last year. She founded Pedal Power Kids to teach bicycle education.Before starting a ride, she teaches the children how to make sure the bicycles are in good condition for safe use. She calls it “the ABC quick check.” A is for air, she expla

7、ins. “We have to check our tires before we ride.” B is for brakes. We want to make sure our brakes work before we find ourselves on the top of a hill about to go down. And C is for chain. She says the chain must be clean.The rest of the training is more fun. The children learn riding skills, from ba

8、lance and pedaling to turning, starting and stopping. And they learn to keep their eyes up and look ahead while riding. Varn says many children struggle to do this. They look down at the pedals （踏板） instead. She adds, “Obviously that doesnt allow them to see whats going on around them, and it also d

9、oesnt allow them to turn properly.”Varn says watching where you are going helps you turn easier.Learning to ride a bicycle can open a whole new world to children. It gives them a sense of success and freedom. They become more sensitive to their surroundings and better able to make safe, smart decisi

10、ons going from one place to another.Varns goal is to get more children on two wheels. Since starting Pedal Power Kids last year, Varn has helped around 250 new riders.4How do the mothers feel when the children are ready to learn riding?AConfident. BNervous.CExcited. DRelaxed.5What is “the ABC quick

11、check” aimed to do?ATo check if bikes are in safe condition for use.BTo check if the tires are safe for them to use.CTo make sure the brakes work.DTo check whether the chain is clean.6What will make it easier to turn the corner when riding a bike?AStopping to look around. BLooking down at the pedals

12、.CLooking where they are going. DKeeping their eyes up and looking up.7What benefit can riding a bicycle bring according to the passage?AIt opens a new world to the mothers.BIt gives children a sense of achievement.CIt helps children stay away from video games.DIt makes children familiar with the su

13、rrounding. I used to live in South Africa and recently went back to Botswana to visit the Central Kalahari Game Reserve with my friend Oscar. There is nothing quite like the vast African wilderness.Our jeep broke down suddenly along the too-hot-to-touch sand. With such an engine, it was tough work.

14、The dry heat was fierce and the only break came from using our precious water for brief bucket shower.With no supplies available within the parkit was a sort of no mans land with the occasional cowits necessary to bring all your fuel, food and water with you.We camped in a small open space of the bu

15、sh. At the height of the dry season, shade was in very little supply, so we angled ourselves near a lonely leafless tree. As the sun was setting, we drove towards the watering hole a few miles away, and were reminded just why wed chosen to spend weeks experiencing this difficult, unpleasant, and pai

16、nful exercise on ourselves. Realizing our arrival, a lone lion stopped his drinking. He yawned （打哈欠）, then carried on drinking.That night, sleeping on the roof of the jeep, we felt his roar （吼叫） as much as we heard it. All movements and activities stopped, but when bright satellites flashed across t

17、he blackness, the vast African skies offered the only sign that the outside world hadnt come to a standstill.In the morning we saw that the lion had walked on the road overnight, his paw prints pressed into yesterdays tyre tracks. We set off for another morning inching through the sand: another day

18、of shifting landscapes and raw （原始的）, wild beauty; another night lit by fireflies and shooting stars.8What can we learn from the passage?AThe author and his friend toured the Reserve without difficulty.BThere were many cows in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.CThe lion walked along the tyre tracks

19、and attacked the jeep at night.DThe author and his friend suffered much heat in the daytime.9What does the underlined word “precious” mean in the passage?AClean. BEnjoyable.CValuable. DEnough.10What can you infer from the last paragraph?AThe jeeps tyre was destroyed by the lion at night.BThe lion di

20、dnt get close to the authors jeep at night.CThe author didnt think the reserve worth visiting.DThe natural beauty appealed to them to go on bravely.11Which of the following is the best title?AA Roaring Lion BAn African Wilderness TourCExtremely Hot Weather DAfrican Wild Beauty On a winter day in ear

21、ly March of 2018, a group of teachers were sitting in rows in a meeting room at the Bethlehem school district center. Mary Doe Donecker, an educational expert from an organization, stood in the front of the room, calling out words:“Tell me the first sound you hear in Eunice?”This was a class on the

22、science of reading. The Bethlehem district has spent about $3 million on training, materials and support to help its early elementary teachers any principals learn the science of how reading works and how children should be taught. In the class, teachers spent a lot of time going over the sound stru

23、cture of the English language.Since the starting point for reading is sound, its important for teachers to have a deep understanding of this. But research shows they dont. Michelle Bosak, who teaches English as a second language in Bethlehem, said that when she was in college, she was taught almost

24、nothing about how kids learn to read. Bosak was one of the first group of teachers in Bethlehem to attend the new, sciencebased classes.For many teachers, the classes were as much about forgetting old ideas about reading as they were about learning new things.Firstgrade teacher Candy Maldonado thoug

25、ht she was teaching her students what they needed to know about letters and sounds. But that was it. She didnt think it was important to talk in detail about how words are made up of sounds and how letters represent those sounds.Maldonado had been a teacher for more than a decade. She had no idea ho

26、w kids learn to read. It was “almost like its automatic （自动的）” to her.So her first reaction （反应） after learning about the reading science was shock: Why wasnt I taught this? Then guilt: What about all the kids Ive been teaching all these years?12Who were the classes intended for?AThe high school tea

27、chers. BThe elementary students.CThe educational experts. DThe elementary educators.13What do we know about Michelle Bosak?AShe deeply understood reading science at first.BShe teaches English as mother language in Bethlehem.CShe was among the first teachers to attend the classes.DIn college she was

28、taught about how kids learn to read.14How did Maldonado react after she attended the reading science?AShe was pitiful and shameful. BShe was shocked and excited.CShe was worried and guilty. DShe was shocked and guiltly.15Whats the main idea of the whole passage?ATeachers learn the science of reading

29、. BTeachers have trouble in reading.CWhat teachers do with reading. DHow teachers learn reading English.二、七选五 As spring comes to half the world, many people can enjoy the new growth that comes with warmer weather. This is a great time to get outside and get dirty! 16 This outdoor activity gives us b

30、eautiful plants, pleasant smelling flowers and fresh fruits and vegetables. Morever, it also gives us many health benefits.Gardening reduces loneliness. It connects people. When you are gardening, you are outdoors. 17 Gardeners usually enjoy showing people what they are growing. And most enjoy shari

31、ng advice and stories about their gardens.Gardening is a great activity to do with children. It gets them outdoors and off computers, televisions and other electronics. 18 Gardening can teach a child about where food comes from and healthy eating. It can also help them to understand the limits of natural resources.19 This means you are getting vita