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Swim Birthday Parties

Ages 3 and up.

Pool parties are during recreation swim in the 25-yard pool. Each party consists of an hour of celebration in a private room. Parties are for 1〜5 children. All non-swimmers or children requiring flotation must be at arms length from the pool and accompanied by an adult or a guardian.

Please contact Sarah Hagan 762-8384x210.

Fee: Members $ 175/Non-members $ 225

Youth Fitness Birthday Parties

Leave the party activities to us! Your party package includes: 1/2 hour set-up, 1 hour programme time inclu?ding equipment, props, etc. ， 1 hour party time for cake, presents, etc. ， 1/2 hour clean-up time and 1 or 2 hours specialists. Parents supply decorations, food and paper goods. To schedule a Youth Fitness Birthday Par?ty, call Mary Ann Genuario (x282).

Fee: $ 295 for up to 10 children, $ 10 each addi?tional child―16 children maximum. Non-member price available upon request.

The Art Spot Birthday Parties

The Art Spot offers a variety of creative fine art parties for Ages 4〜Adult! We supply the invitations, a balloon bouquet(花束)，paper goods, project materials and a party host; all you need to bring is the cake！

Parties are one and a half hours: the first hour the group create their art projects, and last 1/2 hour is for cake and presents ！ Parties are usually held on Friday nights and weekends but weekday parties are available.

Cost ： $ 21 per child.

Rain or shine, there's no better place than the Art Spot for your child's next party! Nursery School Birthday Parties

If planning a party is not your thing, let us do the work for you! We offer a variety of pre-planned parties to choose from. You may also do a combination of 2 par?ties for boy/girl parties. All parties are on Saturday af-ternoons between the hours of 12 ： 00 pm and 4 ； 00 pm and are one and a half hours in length. Parties include a craft or activity and paper goods. You may arrive 15 mi?nutes prior to your scheduled time to set-up. To sched?ule a party please contact Kim Murphy (x214).

Fee (up to 15 children):   $ 200 Members/ $ 250 Non-members, $ 15 each additional child. 

5.  The phrase " be at arm's length" probably means

A.    be as careful as possible

B.    be as long as an arm

C.    be as near as possible

D.    be as faraway as possible

6.    If 12 children take part in Youth Fitness Birthday

Parties, they will pay     .

A.  $ 455     B.   $315      C.   $ 200      D. $250

7.    If your child joins in the Art Spot Birthday Parties, he will .

A.    swim in the 25-yard pool

B.    spend half an hour to clean up

C.    create his own art project

D.    do activities with other kids

8.    What information can you get from the passage?

A.    You can schedule the party when it is convenient for you.

B.    The number of people for these parties is limited

C.    You need to bring nothing to join in the birthday parties.

D.    All of these birthday parties centre on a special theme.

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文介绍了四个举办不同主题的生日聚会的广告。

D 词义推測题。be as careful as possible尽可能小心；be as long as an arm 一臂之长；be as near as possible尽可會g接近； be as faraway as possible尽可會g远的。文中强调的是不会游泳的人要离泳池远一些，故选D项。

B 推理判断题。根据Youth Fitness Birthday Parties部分中的"Fee: $ 295 for up to 10 children, $ 10 each additional child—16 children maximum."可知，12个孩子共要295 + 10 X2 = 315美元，故选B项。

C 细节理解题。根据文章The Art Spot Birthday Parties部分中"…the first hour the group create their art projects...，，可知，第一个小时团队创作他们的艺术作品，故选C项。

D 细节推理题。根据文中Nursery School Birthday Parties 部分的内容可知，幼儿园生日聚会在星期六中午12点到下午4点钟举行，故A项错误；通读全文可知，广告中的任何一个聚会都没有提到聚会的人数有限制，故B项错误；根据文中The Art Spot Birthday Parties部分的内容可知，在该生日聚会中你需要带蛋糕，故C项错误；D项"所有的这些生日聚会都有一个中心主题"，文中四个聚会有四个主题，可知D 项正确。