PGL kids everywhere, will tell you that we are the best when it comes to thrills, challenges and adventures - all rolled into one fantastic holiday! Children leave PGL with loads of more friends and interests and feel more confident - they’ll be counting the days until their next PGL holiday! For childcare voucher(代幣券) information, please click here.
Climbing Adventure
This holiday will teach you how to independently climb! At the end of the week you’ll get to use all your new skills when you visit a local cliff for some outdoor crag climbing. We make the best use of all our activities including Climbing, Abseiling, Trapeze, Zip Wire and Jacob’s Ladder to teach you all the right rope work and climbing skills. Throughout the holiday you will work towards the National Indoor Climbing Achievement Scheme and by the end of the holiday you will have achieved Level 2.
Cook’s Academy
Our brand new holiday for 2013! Come along and learn how to cook with a top chef! Whether you’ve never cooked before or are a bit of a pro, this holiday will have you cooking a variety of tasty dishes and treats. No experience is required as our professional chef will pass on their knowledge so you can develop from any level of experience. What’s more, you’ll get your very own recipe book containing everything you’ve learnt and will be able to take a dish home to impress your friends and family.
Dance
This holiday is an excellent opportunity to try loads of different dance styles. You’ll spend half of each day learning different types of dance, everything from salsa to ballroom dancing and street dance to jive. Throughout the week your instructors will give you lots of tips and advice as well as helping you prepare a dance routine to impress your friends when you perform at the end of the week.
Film Making
You and your group will be able to choose what type of film to make - adventure, fantasy, thriller or comedy and then you’ll become a film crew, creating your own blockbuster ready to show to everyone else at the end of the week. You will find out what’s involved in directing a movie and have the chance to edit your film using professional editing software. What’s more, you’ll have your film on DVD to take home with you too!

  1. 1.

    Which is the new PGL holiday for 2013?

    1. A.
      Film Making
    2. B.
      Dance
    3. C.
      Climbing Adventure
    4. D.
      Cook’s Academy
  2. 2.

    What will you do during the Climbing Adventure holiday?

    1. A.
      You will go outdoors with your friends to practice climbing
    2. B.
      You will visit many local dangerous cliffs
    3. C.
      You will learn climbing both indoor and outdoor
    4. D.
      You will only learn climbing skills during the holiday
  3. 3.

    In which two holidays can you take something home?

    1. A.
      Climbing Adventure and Cook’s Academy
    2. B.
      Film Making and Climbing Adventure
    3. C.
      Cook’s Academy and Film Making
    4. D.
      Dance and Film Making
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Parents are looking forward to the next PGL holiday
    2. B.
      You need experience when taking Cook’s Academy holiday
    3. C.
      You will spend every day learning all kinds of dances
    4. D.
      You can create your own film in Film Making holiday
DCCD
試題分析：本文介紹了 PGL 為孩子們策劃的幾個假期活動
1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) Cook’s Academy 中的 “ Our brand new holiday for 2012！ ” 這部分的描述可知， 2012 年新推出的假期活動是 Cook’s Academy。選 D。
2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) Climbing Adventure 部分的描述可知，參加者既可以在室內(nèi)也可以在室外學(xué)習(xí)攀爬。選 C。
3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) Cook’s Academy 部分中的 “ What’s more， you’ll get your very own recipe book containing...impress your friends and family.” 和 Film Making部分中的 “ What’s more， you’ll have your film on DVD to take home with you too！ ” 可知，在 Cook’s Academy 和 Film Making 這兩個活動中，參加者可以帶一些東西回去。選 C。
4.正誤判斷題。根據(jù) Film Making 部分的描述可知參加者可以創(chuàng)作自己的電影作品，故 D 項(xiàng)說法正確。
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It seems some people have something bad to say about Facebook, the social media website that now has attracted more than 300 million members. To them I have only this to say: Stop please!
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal blamed Facebook’s ability to ruin friendships, saying that it limits communication to typing and encourages people to spend far too much time with friends they have never met.
Having used Facebook since its first year, I find these arguments false. The simple truth is that the problems are only a symptom of Facebook abuse. Like many things, it is only as harmful to your life and relationships as you allow it to be. Consider arguments against watching too much TV and overeating.
Try using Facebook to find friends who may have long ago changed their e-mail addresses and phone numbers, to find out what your old college friends are up to, to congratulate your friends on their latest birthdays, to share pictures and articles you find interesting, and to join in the discussion about them with your friends.
Sure, I had days when I wasted a little more time on Facebook than I should, but I’m not going to blame Facebook for my own laziness. If Facebook wasn’t there, I would have found something else to waste time on. To my “friends”: if you don’t feel like broadcasting your life stories on your Facebook, don’t. If you tire of my personal updates, ignore them. If you don’t want to join in the popular online games, don’t. It is a fun tool at your fingers that can be used for both good and bad. If you don’t like using Facebook, don’t.
I am now a consultant at the Department of State. I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, family, and colleagues who live and work all over the world

  1. 1.

    Why did the article in the Wall Street Journal blame Facebook?

    1. A.
      Because it makes people spend too much time online
    2. B.
      Because it can make people lose their real-life friends
    3. C.
      Because it is as harmful to people’s lives as watching TV
    4. D.
      Because it encourages people to make friends with strangers
  2. 2.

    What does the author suggest using Facebook to do?

    1. A.
      To find out lost e-mail addresses and phone numbers
    2. B.
      To arrange appointments with our old college friends
    3. C.
      To collect interesting pictures and articles from our friends
    4. D.
      To keep in touch with friends who we haven’t called for long
  3. 3.

    We can imply from the passage that by using Facebook we can______.

    1. A.
      read other’s personal updates
    2. B.
      write our life stories online secretly
    3. C.
      decide who can read our life stories
    4. D.
      refuse to join in popular online games
  4. 4.

    The author writes the last paragraph to ______.

    1. A.
      prove that Facebook can be well used
    2. B.
      gain support from the Department of State
    3. C.
      show that Facebook is used all around the world
    4. D.
      introduce how she uses Facebook in her work as a consultant

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“I don’t speak English”-these are the first words I learned when I came to America. Soon I was able to pronounce the four words clearly, and said them whenever an American tried to talk to me. This answer was very effective（有效的）at ending our conversation and saving me from another uncomfortable situation, or I would have to communicate in a language that I was not familiar with.
Before coming to the States, I thought I knew English pretty well. But the truth is that the grammar and vocabulary-based English that is taught in schools overseas（海外的）is not the English people speak in America.
But fear not! Once you are in America, you can immediately begin to bridge the gap（彌補(bǔ)差距）between the learned English that you already know, and the spoken English that is all around you. To do this, first of all, it is important not to fear when you realize that you may not be as prepared for daily communication as you thought. For me, as soon as I stopped worrying about my accent and started speaking, I made rapid progress. Often the people didn’t notice my mistakes because they were so glad to finally be able to communicate with me.
Another good idea is to listen carefully and pay attention to the way in which ideas are expressed. For example, if you are working hard and you want to stop working and rest for a little while, you can either say “I would like to stop working and rest for a while” or “I want to take a quick break from work.” The first sentence, I quickly learned, sounds dry and too formal for any kind of communication, while the second is an idiom（成語）that is widely used in American English conversation.
Finally, use what you already know---the vocabulary, the grammar and the spelling. Try to use these into the spoken language for more impressive and accurate（精確）speaking results

  1. 1.

    What’s the main idea of this passage?

    1. A.
      You’d better say “I don’t speak English” in the USA
    2. B.
      How you can improve your spoken English in the USA
    3. C.
      Idioms are widely used to express your ideas in the USA
    4. D.
      Listening is the best way to improve your spoken English in the USA
  2. 2.

    At first the writer preferred to use the sentence “I don’t speak English” to______.

    1. A.
      admit he is a foreigner
    2. B.
      save much time for himself
    3. C.
      prevent himself from being laughed at
    4. D.
      avoid getting upset in communicating with others
  3. 3.

    What’s the problem with the English taught outside the English-speaking countries?

    1. A.
      It is quite different from what the natives speak
    2. B.
      It is taught in boring and wrong grammar
    3. C.
      It has nothing to do with English
    4. D.
      It has too small a vocabulary
  4. 4.

    When did the writer make rapid progress in spoken English?

    1. A.
      As soon as he paid attention to the way Americans spoke
    2. B.
      The minute he found what has been learned useless
    3. C.
      The moment he got rid of the fear of speaking
    4. D.
      Immediately he arrived in the USA
  5. 5.

    All the following are tips given buy the writer EXCEPT “______.”

    1. A.
      speaking bravely
    2. B.
      listening carefully
    3. C.
      using what you have learned
    4. D.
      making few mistakes

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Women, as all research suggests, are far more critical of their appearance than men. Most of them are likely to feel dissatisfied with their reflection in the mirror.
It is quite possible that men looking in the mirror are either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women---if anything, they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness. Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
Why are women so much more self-critical than men? Because women are judged more on their appearance than men, and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible. Women are continually bombarded (轟炸) with images of the “ideal” face. And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV, magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly.  It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
Also, most women trying to achieve the impossible standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century. In 1917, the physically perfect woman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone. Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average women, now they weigh 23% less. The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population---and that’s just in terms of weight and size. If you want the ideal shape, face etc., it’s probably more like 1%

  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly to ______.

    1. A.
      compare different views on beauty between women and men
    2. B.
      tell us that standards of female beauty are very high
    3. C.
      explain why women are more critical of their appearance than men
    4. D.
      show us that women pay more attention to their appearance than men
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is NOT the reason why women are more critical of their appearance?

    1. A.
      People pay more attention to their appearance than men’s
    2. B.
      The criterion (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；準(zhǔn)則) used to judge women’s beauty is more critical and less changeable
    3. C.
      Idealized images of female beauty are constantly shown in different media
    4. D.
      Women tend to pursue perfection by nature
  3. 3.

    Which statement is true about men?

    1. A.
      Few men will feel pleased when they are looking themselves in the mirror
    2. B.
      Men looking in the mirror usually ignore the flaws in their appearance
    3. C.
      It is likely that men will consider themselves more attractive than they really are
    4. D.
      Men don’t care about their body image
  4. 4.

    Nowadays, if an average woman weighs 110 pounds, then a physically perfect woman should weigh about ______.

    1. A.
      85 pounds
    2. B.
      101 pounds
    3. C.
      90 pounds
    4. D.
      135 pounds
  5. 5.

    What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      Most women try to achieve the standards of beauty
    2. B.
      The standards of female beauty. in the past were more easily achieved than today
    3. C.
      Women are more unrealistic in their pursuit of beauty than men
    4. D.
      Less than 5% of the female population can achieve the current media ideal for women

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Kids Fishing Photo Contest
It certainly isn’t hard to “ picture it”, that is – smiles, laughs, looks of anticipation (期望) and excitement. So, join in the fun, catch the excitement of your child on film while fishing and enter his or her picture in the yearly Kids Fishing Photo Contest! The contest is sponsored by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) in celebration of National Fishing Week!
The winning pictures are those that best catch the theme “kids enjoying fishing”. Children in the first through third place photographs of each category will receive different fishing-related prizes. Winning pictures will also be posted on the VDGIF website and may be used in all kinds of VDGIF publications. There is no need to be a professional photographer. Any photo will do.
Contest Rules
·Children in the photographs must fall into one of the following age groups when the picture is taken: 1—4, 6—10.
·Photos must not be more than 1 year old.
·Photos must be taken in Virginia.
·Children in a boat must be wearing a life jacket.
·Only one photo submission (提交) per child.
·Submit the photo on photograph quality paper, no CD’s accepted.
·Photos must not be bigger than “4×6” size.
·Please stick a piece of paper to the back of the photo including: name, age, address, phone number and location where the photograph was taken.
·A Photo Contest Release Form (PDF) must be submitted along with the photograph.
·Photos must be postmarked on or before April 19, 2013.
·Judging will take place in May and winners will be posted on the VDGIF website.
·Prizes will be sent directly to the winning children.
·This contest isn’t open to immediate family of VDGIF employees and sponsors. Immediate family members refer to children, siblings (同胞) or others living in the same household with a VDGIF or sponsor employee.
To Enter:
Send your photo, with the child’s name, age, phone number and address, along with the Photo Contest Release Form (PDF), to:
Kids Fishing Photo Contest
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
P.O. Box 11104
Richmond, VA 23230–1104

  1. 1.

    The advertisement is intended for ________

    1. A.
      children who are below 11 years old
    2. B.
      people whose children like fishing
    3. C.
      those who are good at photos
    4. D.
      those whose parents like fishing
  2. 2.

    The purpose of the contest is to ________

    1. A.
      encourage people to take more pictures
    2. B.
      help people realize the importance of fishing
    3. C.
      celebrate a national fishing-related activity
    4. D.
      encourage people to go fishing with kids
  3. 3.

    Which of the following photos can enter the contest?

    1. A.
      A photo which is in a CD
    2. B.
      A photo in which there is a 12-year-old girl
    3. C.
      A big photo which is “8×10” size
    4. D.
      A photo which was taken in Virginia on July 23, 2012
  4. 4.

    What should be sent with the photo together?

    1. A.
      A life jacket
    2. B.
      A quality CD
    3. C.
      A stamped addressed envelope
    4. D.
      A Photo Contest Release Form

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Is it wrong to use someone else’s wireless (Wi-Fi) connection? Just recently, a man was arrested for doing just that. At that time, he was sitting in the street with a laptop(便攜式電腦) and using an unsecured(無安全保護(hù)措施) wireless connection to surf the Net. What do you think about this topic? Listen to the following different views on it.
For a start, if someone is using your Internet service or downloading, this will affect your speed of access or download limit. Also, it’s bad for Internet service providers. They will suffer in the long run because fewer people will pay for an Internet service if they know they can get it for free. And finally, just imagine this: what if the person who is stealing your Internet connection is involved in an illegal activity? I think the police are totally right to arrest these criminals.
— by Sandra Wilkins
Basically, if the person who paid for the service still has everything they paid for, what’s the problem? It’s just like using the light from streetlamps to read your book, or watching someone else’s firework display. It’s not stealing.
Also, if you leave your wireless connection unsecured, then it is your own fault(過錯) if someone else uses it. Just as you wouldn’t leave your front door unlocked, or your car door open, neither should you leave your wireless connection open. By leaving your wireless connection open, you are inviting people to use it. Securing your wireless connection is as easy as clicking a few settings on your router(路由器). And finally, haven’t the police got more important crimes to solve? They’re always saying how they haven’t got the manpower to solve real issues. But this is just ridiculous(荒謬的).
— by James Hoarley

  1. 1.

    Why was the man mentioned in the first paragraph arrested?

    1. A.
      For stealing someone’s laptop
    2. B.
      For surfing the Net in the street
    3. C.
      For destroying others’ wireless connection
    4. D.
      For using an Internet service without permission
  2. 2.

    What does Sandra Wilkins think of people using others’ Internet service?

    1. A.
      He thinks it is unacceptable
    2. B.
      He thinks it is necessary sometimes
    3. C.
      He thinks it requires good computer skills
    4. D.
      He thinks it is good for Internet service providers
  3. 3.

    In James Hoarley’s opinion, ______

    1. A.
      Internet service should be improved
    2. B.
      it is hard to secure one’s wireless connection
    3. C.
      using others’ Internet service is not stealing at all
    4. D.
      people should leave their wireless connection open
  4. 4.

    What would be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Wireless connection
    2. B.
      Wireless worries
    3. C.
      Internet service
    4. D.
      Internet users

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It has taken 90 years since she was born in a poor house in County Limerick for a woman considered America’s oldest illegal immigrant to get her Irish passport.It will be a few more months before Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen, entitling(賦于…權(quán)力) her to a pension and other benefits.
Despite having lived in America for most of her life since she arrived in 1923, the great-grandmother was declared an undocumented alien(華僑)in 1999, when she tried to claim state aid to help raise her seven grandchildren, who were left orphaned when her daughter was killed by a robber over$20.
Even though she has never considered herself Irish, noting “I don’t even have an accent,” she didn’t officially exist as an American when officials in Chicago insisted that she prove her citizenship in order to qualify for benefits. But she had no birth certificate or passport when she arrived on an immigrant ship from Ireland from Ireland with her parents, who had 12 other children.
She never gave the matter much thought until 1999, when she was in her late 70s and needed assistance to raise her grandchildren. For 12 years, Mrs. Stout managed to support the family by doing various jobs. But her life was hard and marked by tragedy. Her husband died in 1996, and her son Thomas died in a car accident with his girlfriend in 1985. Her only surviving child, Rosemary, died of cancer in 2009.
A Catholic charity referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS), which alerted the Irish Consulate(領(lǐng)事館). Through them, they tracked down her birth certificate, the website irishcentral.com reported. The document, in turn, allowed her to receive her Irish passport, and eventually her American green card in September 2011, which was dated back to November 1, 1923

  1. 1.

    What will happen to a person if he has no green card in the US?

    1. A.
      he cannot get any chance to get education
    2. B.
      he can’t have a pension and other benefits
    3. C.
      his citizenship will be taken away
    4. D.
      he has to take illegal part-time job
  2. 2.

    Josephine couldn’t be a legal immigrant because ______

    1. A.
      she was named an undocumented alien
    2. B.
      she arrived in American in a secret way
    3. C.
      She couldn’t find her proper certificates
    4. D.
      She has too many brothers and sisters
  3. 3.

    We can imply from the 4th paragraph that ______

    1. A.
      Josephine lived a lonely life for many years
    2. B.
      Thomas was always driving carelessly
    3. C.
      Josephine was a strong-willed woman
    4. D.
      Mrs. Stout, Josephine’s friend, helped her a lot
  4. 4.

    Please arrange the following events in the correct order according to the text.
    a. Josephine’s birth certificate was found.
    b. Josephine received her green card.
    c. The Catholic charity contacted CIIS.
    d. The birth certificate was shown on a website.
    e. Josephine was offered her Irish passport

    1. A.
      a-b-c-d-e
    2. B.
      c-d-e-a-b
    3. C.
      a-d-c-b-e
    4. D.
      c-a-d-e-b

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I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out from behind the Christmas tree.
He placed his finger over his mouth so I would not cry out. “What are you doing?” I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat, and I saw he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know.
He then answered me with a simple statement“TEACH THE CHILDREN！”
I was puzzled; what did he mean?
Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR(杉木) TREE .“Teach the children that the pure green color of the stately fir tree remains green all year round，describing the everlasting hope of mankind，all the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of man's thoughts turning toward heaven.”
He again reached into his bag and pulled out a brilliant STAR. “Teach the children that the star was the heavenly sign of promises long ago. God promised a savior(救世主) for the world, and the star was the sign of fulfillment of his promise.”
He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. “Teach the children that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light we are reminded of he who displaces(取代) the darkness.”
Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL. “Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.”
Santa looked back and was pleased. I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, “Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but an humble servant of the one that is, and I bow down to worship HIM, our LORD, our GOD.”

  1. 1.

    Author opened the door when he was going to sleep because______.

    1. A.
      he heard something unusual
    2. B.
      he was not sleeping at the moment
    3. C.
      he saw the Santa at the moment
    4. D.
      he wanted to step out of the room
  2. 2.

    According to Santa, the star was______.

    1. A.
      a symbol of man's thoughts turning towards heaven
    2. B.
      the sigh of fulfillment of the Santa's promise
    3. C.
      the symbol of the light of the world
    4. D.
      the sound of the bell which ring mankind to the fold
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined word “twinkle” refer to?

    1. A.
      Tears
    2. B.
      Smiles
    3. C.
      Glasses
    4. D.
      Eyes

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.
If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before

  1. 1.

    What is the function of the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      To show humans are the most developed
    2. B.
      To introduce the topic of the passage
    3. C.
      To indicate people have different needs to satisfy
    4. D.
      To explain why people need to read
  2. 2.

    What does the author mean by saying "When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop."

    1. A.
      When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops
    2. B.
      When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop
    3. C.
      When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops
    4. D.
      When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop
  3. 3.

    The paragraph following the passage is probably about ______

    1. A.
      how the pre-historic man feeds his mind
    2. B.
      what other advantages reading brings
    3. C.
      how to develop creativity
    4. D.
      how to satisfy your mind by watching TV
  4. 4.

    The author tends to tell us ______

    1. A.
      reading can satisfy your all needs
    2. B.
      reading can result from creativity
    3. C.
      reading can feed your mind
    4. D.
      reading can realize your dreams

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