There is plenty for kids and teens to do in the Syracuse area during the summer, including some great educational opportunities. Here are the top four.
Rosamond Gifford Zoo Camp
The zoo offers separate camps for kids. The camps for kindergarteners run from 9 am to 12:30 pm, and cost $115 for zoo members and $135 for non-members. Kids entering 7th and 8th grades will have half a day from 1 pm to 4:30 pm. The cost is $149 for members and $160 for non-members. All camps feature numerous educational activities and animal encounters. The camps run from August 14 to August 19. Registration starts from July 10 for members and July 15 for non-members.
Active Learning Services at Christian Brothers Academy
From August 1 to August 5, Christian Brothers Academy will host Active Learning Services from USA Chess. Topics of learning will include Chess Camp (age 5-15), and Video Game Creation Program (age 8-15). Chess Camp promises improved chess skills through chess instructors utilizing demo(演示) boards and historic games. Half day sessions will cost $280 for the Computer Camps. A full day of Chess costs $400, and a half day of Chess followed by a half day of Computer Camps cost $430.
Syracuse University Summer College
From July 5th to August 12th , Syracuse University will host pre-college programs for high school students. The Summer College will offer a wide variety of programs including architecture, engineering and computer science, public communications, and eco-fashion. The programs are taught by the teachers of Syracuse University and include hands-on activities. The costs range from $2325 to $7642.
The Sheldon Institute at SUNY Oswego
The State University of New York will hold two-week educational enrichment programs for students entering grades2-4 from July 25 to August 5. Children will have a set program featuring art, science, technology, cultural appreciation and writing. Tuition for the programs is only $320 and a downloadable application is available.
小题1:If a preschool boy and his 8th-grade brother attend the Zoo Camps, they should
pay___________| A．$264 | B．$275 | C．$295 | D．It depends. |
小题2:When should a child start to attend the Zoo Camps?| A．On July 10 | B．On July 15. | C．On August 14. | D．On August 19 |
小题3:What do we know about the Chess Camp from the passage?| A．Children can learn improved chess skills through it. | | B．Only children aged 8-15 can attend it. | | C．Whole day sessions will cost $250 for it. | | D．It will last for two weeks. |
小题4:Where can children attend the largest number of programs with low cost?| A．Christian Brothers Academy | B．The Sheldon Institute | | C．Rosamond Gifford Zoo | D．Syracuse University |
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小题1:根据The zoo offers separate camps for kids. The camps for kindergarteners run from 9 am to 12:30 pm, and cost $115 for zoo members and $135 for non-members. Kids entering 7th and 8th grades will have half a day from 1 pm to 4:30 pm.描述,可知付费情况要看情况而定,故选D
小题1:根据The camps run from August 14 to August 19.可知这个夏令营在8月14日开始,故选C
小题1:根据Chess Camp promises improved chess skills through chess instructors utilizing demo(演示) boards and historic games.描述,可知选A
小题1:根据最后一段Children will have a set program featuring art, science, technology, cultural appreciation and writing. Tuition for the programs is only $320描述，可知选B |
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Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person"s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.www.examda.com
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays.
This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.
小题1:Which of these sentences best describes the writer"s point in Paragraph 1?| A．To some extent, intelligence is given at birth. | | B．Intelligence is developed by the environment. | | C．Some people are born clever and others born stupid. | | D．Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment. |
小题2: It is suggested in this passage that_______.| A．unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence | | B．close relations usually have similar intelligence | | C．the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence | | D．people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence |
小题3:Brothers and sisters are likely to_______.| A．have similar intelligence | B．have different intelligence | | C．go to the same university | D．go to the same factory |
小题4:The best title for this article would be_______.| A．On Intelligence | B．What Intelligence Means | | C．We Are Born with Intelligence | D．Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence |
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One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big 36 on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been 37 your growth in this company passed 38 . We invite you to join the funeral prepared in the 39 .
In the beginning，they all got 40 for the death of one of their colleagues. 41 after a while they started getting 42 to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The 43 in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were 44 to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement 45 up. Everyone whispered to each other:“ 46 on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they 47 inside it, they 48 became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in 49 , as if someone had 50 the deepest part of their soul.
There was a 51 inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that 52 : there is only one person who is 53 to set limits to your growth：IT IS 54 !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of 55 ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
| 小题1: | | A．card | B．post | C．sign | D．1etter |
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| 小题2: | | A．encouraging | B．helping | C．building | D．limiting |
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| 小题3: | | A．on | B．by | C．away | D．down |
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| 小题4: | | A．office | B．gym | C．way | D．meeting room |
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| 小题5: | | A．sad | B．excited  | C．afraid | D．calm |
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| 小题7: | | A．ready | B．pleased | C．curious | D．serious |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprise | B．anger | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题9: | | A．admitted | B．forced | C．forbidden | D．ordered |
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| 小题10: | | A．heated | B．woke | C．turned | D．kept |
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| 小题12: | | A．walked | B．looked | C．got | D．turned |
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| 小题13: | | A．suddenly | B．gradually | C．merely | D．extremely |
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| 小题14: | | A．sorrow | B．order | C．silence | D．person |
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| 小题15: | | A．stolen | B．touched | C．attacked | D．seen |
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| 小题16: | | A．1etter | B．book | C．mirror | D．appeared |
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| 小题17: | | A．wrote | B．read | C．showed | D．reflected |
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| 小题18: | | A．sure | B．eager | C．afraid | D．able |
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| 小题20: | | A．punishment | B．praises | C．changes | D．blame |
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When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I’ ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another examination and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.
This was the closest I’ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma（教条）—which is living with the results of other people’ s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
小题1:The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.| A．he had to rest at home | B．his disease couldn’t be cured | | C．his disease was not serious at all | D．he had to wait for the result of the test |
小题2:How did the author feel after the diagnosis?A．Hopeless | B．Excited | C．Optimistic | D．Angry |
小题3:What does the author think of death?| A．He thinks it is impossible to avoid. | | B．He thinks it is not the end of life. | | C．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of. | | D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life |
小题4:In the author’ s opinion, we should ____________.| A．follow others’ advice | B．take no notice of diseases | | C．take exercise and keep healthy | D．have the courage to follow our heart |
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I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines．I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again．I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me．I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up．Could he be more intent while standing up？
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success．This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life．
Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them．As parents，throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids" best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate．Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine．We need to learn to accept our kids" ways of doing things．Some way may have worked for me but doesn"t mean we need to carry it through generations．There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique．It makes us free and happy and that"s just the way I want my kids to live their own life．
小题1: At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.| A．pay more attention to his study | B．keep silent in the room | C．finish his hom ework on time | D．get right answers |
小题2: Inspired by the case of his son，the a uthor began to doubt________.| A．the importance of parents | B．the old form of education | | C．the relationship between kids and their parents | D．the good grades of some kids |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?
A. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.
B. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.
C. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.
D. Parents should love and accept their kids.
小题4: The author has stopped asking his son to sit down because __________.| A．he has changed his traditional ideas | B．his son wants to be unique | | C．his son doesn’t follow his advice | D．his son’s DNAis different |
小题5:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?| A．Study hard and you"ll be successful | B．Be friendly to your children | | C．Children"s success in their own style | D．Parents" help with their children"s study |
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Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting.But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.
Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’ s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself.Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility,_which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about onefourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
小题1:We can learn ________ from Paragraph 1.| A．teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching job | | B．most teachers prefer to teach handwriting | | C．teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting | | D．a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely |
小题2:Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?| A．The students are taught by practicing a long period. | | B．The letters are repeated many times. | | C．Handwriting includes two skills. | | D．To write in cursive is taught first. |
小题3:The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means ________.| A．easy to read | B．complex | C．unexpected | D．unreadable |
小题4:The best title for the passage is ________.| A．How to improve handwriting in school | | B．Right or wrong: the death of handwriting | | C．Handwriting involves two skills | | D．Handwriting lessons are on the way out |
小题5:The author’ s attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is________.| A．negative | B．objective | C．critical | D．optimistic |
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