Sunday, October 5

Clear, 69°F

My wife, Eleanor, and I took the train from Paris to Strasbourg, where we were met by our driver and guide, and the minibus which goes along with the boat. We stopped off in Barn for an hour on the way. Then we were taken to Nancy where the boat was kept.

After the other passengers arrived, we had our first dinner on the boat. After dinner we walked into downtown Nancy, a village with a large square and wooden houses.

Monday, October 6

Rained last night, cloudy in the morning,   69°F

We spent about two hours in Nancy, then sailed on the Canal de la Marne au Rhine. Kind of a lazy day, eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. After dinner we watched a tape on Baccarat, where we will visit tomorrow.

It was pleasant to sit out on deck (甲板) and watch the scenery go by at about 3 mph.

Tuesday, October 7

Light rain, 64°F

This morning we drove over to Baccarat and toured its museum and the church, which has this unbelievable lamp that is going on a world tour the next day. We did lots of shopping, then walked across the bridge to see a very, very modern Catholic church with special Beccarat windows.

We drove to the top of the Voges Mountains and started down the eastern side, Later we drove to Sorrenbourg to see the 13^th century church at the Cordeliers. It contains the largest window by Marc Chagall – 24 feet wide by 40 feet high.

Wednesday, October 8

Cloudy, 65°F

Today we sailed from Schneckenbush to Saverne. We went through two caves, an extremely unusual part of the journey. This river scenery is very different. We were in a mountain valley with grassland on one side and a forest beginning to show some color on the other.

Thursday, October 9

Cloudy, 66°F

Our dependable minibus was waiting to load the luggage and take us to the hotel where everyone went their separate ways. Our boating days are over until next time.

1.Where did the author get off the train?

A. Paris.     B. Strasbourg.    C. Nancy.     D. Barn.

2.On which days did the tourists spend most of their time on the boat?

A. Monday and Tuesday.       B. Tuesday and Wednesday.

C. Wednesday and Thursday.    D. Monday and Wednesday.

3.From the text, we learn that Baccarat and Sorrenbourg are the names of _____.

A. towns    B. churches    C. museums    D. mountains

4.What does the author think of the tour?

A. Tiring.    B. Expensive.    C. Enjoyable.    D. Quick.

Do you enjoy reading? Here readers of your age from all over the United States recommend (推荐) great books for you to read:
My favorite book is Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel. I love all her books, but this was the first one I read and I have to say, it is by far my favorite. It doesn’t end like other books, and I cried while reading.
I think Nancy Drew is great! Nancy is a detective (侦探) who has many fantastic ideas! I love it because it’s a book from when my grandma was my age, and I can share the fun with her!
I highly recommend Skinny Bones by Barbara Park. It is funny so please add it on your book list. You don’t want to miss out funny stories！
I would suggest ______ by Judy Blume. It is based on real things that happened to Judy Blume. It is about a girl, Alice, who meets some girls at a new state. They become friends, make a club and meet once a week. They stop after two weeks because they all like a boy in their class and put him as number one. I think every girl should read this because it is about our growing up.
I read a book called Neela: Victory Song and it was so good I read it twice! It takes place in India in 1936 and this 12-year-old girl named Neela tries to save her father! It has lots of history in it! I also learned a lot about different cultures! The author’s name is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
44. According to the reader, Skinny Bones can be described as a ________ story.
A. sad                     B. history                   C. funny                       D. detective
45. From which book can we learn different cultures?
A. Skinny Bones.        B. Nancy Drew.          C. Don’t Die, My Love. D. Neela: Victory Song.
46. The best name of the 4th book is ________.
A. My Secret   B. Growing Trouble   C. Three Friends  D. Alice Learns a Lesson
47. Which is TRUE about Nancy Drew?
A. Both the reader and the reader’s grandma love this book.
B. It’s based on real things that happened to the author.
C. It’s about a12-year-old girl who tries to save her father.
D. It doesn’t have a common ending like other books.

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．Nancy comes from China and wants to join a club that can help her know more about   America．Her major is linguistics which requires her to know the cultural differences．And she is busy on weekends because of her part—time job．

Catty is an outgoing person．She loves nature very much and always goes cycling around the university．Since she is not familiar with America，she wants to know more about it．

Both of Margaret’s parents are doctors．She has been wanting to be a doctor since she was a little girl．She hopes that the club will help her get to know more about the recent development on medicine．

Thompson always gave a performance in his middle school whenever there was an event．He loves music and movies very much．But he is busy finishing his course and has no time to attend the club meetings．

Lucy always keeps an eye on the daily life problems that happen around the campus．She is ready to help others and she hopes that she can help more people through the club．

The information about extra curricular activities

A．Asian—American Students Union

Set up for more than thirty years，this club has been mainly focusing on the cultural differences between Asia and America．The members in this club should come from Asia or America and they will hold a meeting every Thursday evening to discuss the interesting points they have found in their daily lives．Besides，they will conduct some surveys among their classmates to dig the roots of the differences．

B．Yale Film Society

Students who are movie-lovers come here to enjoy wonderful movies together and they will learn the actors’ lines．More than that，some nice films produced by themselves will have the chance to be praised by teachers and students on the campus．They will get together every Friday night to hold a small meeting where they will have their opinions exchanged and may recommend some new movies．

C．Yale AIDS Watch

All the members in this club should have some basic knowledge about AIDS and be interested in the serious headache for the people all around the world---AIDS. They will collect the latest reports on the development of the study of the disease．At the same time，they will have some leaflets printed to give out to the students．The time for them to meet is Friday afternoon twice a month．

D．Society of Women

The members are female only and they will pay attention to the problems they come across in their school lives and outside the campus．All the girls are welcome to this club as long as they want to protect their rights as women．They will get together every Sunday afternoon to deal with the letters from girls and try to solve their problems．

E．Yale Pop Band

This band has been very popular among students who are keen on pop music．The members introduce latest albums and most of them are good at singing and each of them plays a key role in any party．They have no regular meetings but keep in touch by mail．

F．Yale Camping Club

There are many opportunities for the members to go hiking or sightseeing．If the weather allows，they will camp along the seaside or river banks．It attracts many students who come from abroad because this will give them opportunity to see more places in the US．

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few weeks ago, we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL. A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept the IELTS exam. IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It was developed by the University of Cambridge ESOL examiners.

Cambridge ESOL says the test measures true-to-life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration or employment. The IELTS tests listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. It uses a mixture of accents and spellings, including British English and American English.

The test is used by government agencies, schools and professional organizations in one hundred and twenty countries. And, yes, that includes the United States. The many American schools that accepted the IELTS can be found on the Web at felts.org.

Some schools accept both the TOEFL and the IELTS, but the graduate school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for example, says it prefers the IEITS.

The listening and speaking parts are the same for everyone who takes the IELTS, but people have a choice of reading and writing tests -- either academic or general training.

The listening test takes thirty minutes. There are forty questions based on a recording. The reading test takes sixty minutes. Students answer forty questions based on three written passages.

The writing test also takes sixty minutes. Students have to write two essays. One essay has to be at least one hundred and fifty words long and the other at least two hundred and fifty words. The shorter one is description of something; the longer one has to support and argument.

The speaking test takes less than fifteen minutes. The score is based on a recorded talk between the student and a test examiner.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. If you have a general question for our series, write to special@voanews.com. I'm Barbara Klein.

1.What does TOEFL stand for?

A. The Voice of America            B. The International English Language Testing System

C. The Test of English as a Foreign Language

D. The Test of English as a Native Language

2.The International English Language Testing System commonly takes _______ in all.

A. less than 160 minutes                       B. more than 165 minutes

C. no more than 160 minutes                     D. less than 166 minutes

3. According to the passage, we can infer _______.

A. IELTS is efficient and necessary if you want to go to English-speaking countries

B. IELTS is completely different from TOEFL

C. every American needs to accept TOEFL      D. IEITS isn't used more widely than TOEFL

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How can the readers write papers to the VOA programme?

B. It talks about some ways to pass TOEFL.

C. It introduces IELTS.                                          

D. How can the readers pass two kinds of tests?

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When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it.  36  , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  37  faced by the typical low-income woman：“If she goes for a job interview  38  dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says，“But without a job, she can’t  39   good clothing.”

      A few weeks later, Lubin  40  Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate（捐献）used business clothes that were  41   in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer  42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  43  in a Greenwich Village church basement（地下室）,which now  44   as the organization’s main office.

     Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they  45  a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  46   after being on welfare（福利）for years.

     _47  Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given  48  . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired  49    a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good  50  ,”she says.

     Donations are now  51  in, including jewellery，6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of  handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her  52  on hold is opening Dress for Success  53  in other cities.

“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never  54  again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”

36. A. Anyway      B. Instead       C. Fortunately      D. Meanwhile

1.A. situation         B. shops         C. pollution        D. position

2.A. particularly   B. easily        C. beautifully        D. poorly

3.A. make        B. find          C. wear            D. afford

4. A. reached      B. called        C. founded          D. built

5. A. only         B. already       C. almost           D. still

6. A. demand      B. remain        C. fit              D. need

7.A. space        B. support        C. tailors           D. methods

8. A. regards      B. serves         C. looks            D. lies

9.A. buy         B. sell           C. receive           D. watch

10.A. office        B. industry       C. wealth           D. force

11. A. When        B. Once          C. Although         D. Since

12.A. trousers      B. jewels         C. jobs              D. success

13.A. as           B. for            C. to                D. into

14. A. impression    B. work          C. place             D. progress

15. A. giving        B. pouring        C. showing           D. leading

16.A. own business   B. new project    C. law career         D. personal time

17. A. competitions   B. trades         C. races             D. branches

18.A. wear         B. have           C. donate            D. mind

19. A. problem      B. belief          C. idea               D. office