• About the ESL Program
• The University English as a Second Language (UESL) Program provides challenging language learning opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom. Whether it is to prepare students for admission to American colleges or universities, to improve English language skills, or to further one's professional career, students at UESL will receive high quality, caring instruction from professional English instructors. Students can take part in many interesting trips organized by the UESL Program. In the past, favorite trips included visiting cosmopolitan Seattle, scenic Leavenworth, local museums, the nearby mountains for hiking and skiing, and the Columbia River for sightseeing. Students have full access to CWU's campus facilities and can take advantage of the University's well-equipped Student Union and Recreation Center known as “the SURC” which includes a fifty-foot rock wall, an indoor jogging track, a four-court gymnasium, strength training and cardio vascular areas. You'll find a market-style dining area with flexible meal programs and a wide variety of food choices. You can shop at the Wildcat Shop, find an ATM, and take in a movie. CWU is completely wireless, making your connection to the Internet easy. The UESL Program is a proud member of English USA, the American Association of Intensive English Programs promoting professional standards and high-quality English programs.
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Hello from the Pacific Northwest!
Welcome to the UESL Program at Central Washington University (CWU) on ApplyESL.com. As Director of the UESL Program, I have seen many successful students come to our program and achieve their academic, professional and personal goals. I hope you will be one of these students in the future.
Ellensburg is a small town with Western hospitality and a beautiful historic downtown area located less than two hours from Seattle. It is a great place to live and study. Most of our students live on our beautiful, park-like campus. CWU has plenty of activities and events to ensure that you have a real American experience. Our students are encouraged to volunteer in the community and to get to know the people in our small, friendly town. Once you join our program, you are like one of the family!
Our classes are rigorous and challenging, and our faculty are kind and friendly. Our students receive excellent instruction and personalized attention from teachers with master's degrees and more than 10 years of professional experience.
On behalf of everyone here at UESL, we hope you will join us!

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• Student Countries of Origin
• Embassy London Center has hosted thousands of students from around the world. The majority of students have come to the school from Europe, including Spain (15%), Switzerland (10%), France (5%) and Germany. Students also come from Asia; Korea (10%), Japan (10%), Taiwan, and China. Others include students from countries in Latin America (15%) and Middle East (5%).
• Faculty Qualifications
• The instructors are trained, fully-certified professionals. Many instructors have lived and traveled abroad and have extensive experience teaching English to students from around the world. The personal and academic qualities of the instructors make each uniquely qualified to offer meaningful language-learning opportunities and to care deeply about their students.
• Housing
• The school provides students with the opportunity to live in off-campus residences or enjoy a homestay experience. For students who prefer an independent lifestyle, off-campus residences provide more privacy and offer opportunities to interact with people in the community outside the school environment. The school also arranges homestays for those students who want to experience local culture first-hand as a member of a family and practice their conversational English. Students are encouraged to make their housing arrangements as early as possible due to the limited amount of space available. Private off-campus apartments are also available; however students must make their own arrangements. For more information, use the Contact Address to ask the school directly.
• Surrounding Area
• The school is located in Greenwich, a charming suburban residential community situated in the London Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. The area is popular with both British and international tourists as it has many museums and historic buildings, and is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. The school is in a modern building which has facilities of superb quality situated close to the University of Greenwich. Although Greenwich is only 25 minutes from Central London by train, it has the friendly feeling of a small town, with shops and restaurants located conveniently nearby the school. The quiet, safe surroundings make the area an ideal location to study, however when it comes time to explore the area, Greenwich offers easy access to the cosmopolitan city of London.
  London is the most populous city within the European Union, with an official population of 7.5 million and has a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. Its diverse population draws from a wide range of people, culture and religion, including over 300 different languages. London is a major tourist destination with four world heritage sites, a number of royal parks, and numerous famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye. Other attractions include famous institutions such as the National Gallery, along with many shopping, nightlife and entertainment destinations in the West End. London's main geographical feature is the River Thames which runs through the city from the south-west to the east.

II. Read the following passage and answer the following questions. Write your answers in the provided space.
(1pt.)

SLEEPY TEENS

When school superintendent Russell Dever enters the local coffee shop at around 7:20 A.M., it is crowded with
students. “The line is out the door because our high school kids are getting coffee,” he said. And they are not standing in line
for the decaf – they need the caffeine to stay awake in class. Talk to American high school students and you hear the
complaints about how late they stay up, how little they sleep – and how early they must be in class.
These days, there is increasing concern in schools across the United States about students who are not completely
awake in morning classes. School officials in some states have even changed start times so teenagers can sleep later.
According to sleep expert Mary Carskadon, the fact that many teenagers work long hours outside of the school and have
computers and televisions in their bedrooms contributes to a serious lack of sleep. But, she said, the problem is also due to
biology. As the bodies of teenagers develop, their brains also change. These changes make teens more likely than adults to
have trouble sleeping at night.
Teenagers need at least eight to nine hours of sleep a night, but the average teen gets a lot less. Carskadon’s
study, completed in the fall of 2001 with researcher Amy Wolfson, showed that nearly 30 percent of students in the tenth

grade slept less than six hours on school nights. Less than 15 percent got more than eight hours of sleep each night. Eighth-
graders averaged eight hours of sleep a night, although that age group, she said, needs at least nine hours a night. Even

more remarkable are the results of a 1997-1998 school year study. In that study, 12 out of 24 U.S. high school students who
were part of an experiment at a sleep laboratory had brain wave patterns similar to those of someone with narcolepsy, a
serious condition that affects sleep. “What’s going in on is that at 8:30 in the morning these kids ... would normally be in
school sitting in a classroom, but ... their brain is still in the middle of the night,” said Carskadon.
Parent Dawn Dow says her son just cannot go to bed before 10 P.M. “Last year he was trying to put himself to bed
at 8:30 and was coming in 9:30 and 10 in tears saying, ‘I just can’t go to sleep.’ It is not a case of children wanting to be up
late ... It is a change in his chemistry.”
So would letting teenagers wake up later make a difference? Kyla Wahlstrom of the University of Minnesota in the
United States studies the effects of changing school starts time. She has looked at students in Edina and Minneapolis, two
cities in Minnesota, where public school officials have moved high school starting times past 8:30 A.M. In Minneapolis, the
middle school begins at 9:30 A.M. She said the later starting times have reduced students absences. They have also lowered
dropout rates by 8 percent over four years. In addition, she said, teachers report that students are not sleeping at their desks

during the first two hours of class anymore. She said 92 percent of parents from Edina reported that their teenagers are
easier to live with. The students reported that they were feeling less depressed and were getting better grades.
Big changes in school start times may not be possible in some areas. However, Wahlstrom said her research
shows that even small changes can contribute to a solution to this serious problem.
Questions 1 to 6: Decide if the following statements are true, false, or not given according to the information
in the reading passage. Write T (true), F (false), or NG (not given) in the provided space.
Question 1 Most teenagers sleep more than they should.
Question 2 There are scientific reasons that explain why teenagers have difficulty sleeping at night.
Question 3 The brains of teenagers are the same as the brains of adults.
Question 4 Teenagers can do their best schoolwork in the early morning.
Question 5 Some schools start their classes later so that teenage students can get more sleep in the morning.
Question 6 Many parents do not want high school officials to change school start times.

Hogwarts is a very special school: it is a school for young witches and wizards. It is located near a lake in Scotland, but its students come from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. School begins on September 1, and students all get on a special train in London to go to school together. Hogwarts is a boarding school, so students have classes and live at the school. They have to wear robes as their uniform. Each student has an owl for a pet. The owls also carry letters from families. All students play a sport called the quidditch, a kind of flying soccer. Players try to hit the ball with a stick while mounting their flying brooms.
1. Who goes to Hogwarts School?
______________________________________
2. How do students get to school on their first day?
______________________________________
3. What do the students wear for their uniforms?
______________________________________
4. What do owls do for the students?
______________________________________
5. What do players use to hit the ball in a quidditch?
______________________________________

Hogwarts is a very special school: it is a school for young witches and wizards. It is located near a lake in Scotland, but its students come from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. School begins on September 1, and students all get on a special train in London to go to school together. Hogwarts is a boarding school, so students have classes and live at the school. They have to wear robes as their uniform. Each student has an owl for a pet. The owls also carry letters from families. All students play a sport called the quidditch, a kind of flying soccer. Players try to hit the ball with a stick while mounting their flying brooms.

1. Who goes to Hogwarts School?
______________________________________.

2. How do students get to school on their first day?
______________________________________.

3. What do the students wear for their uniforms?
______________________________________.

4. What do owls do for the students?
______________________________________.

5. What do players use to hit the ball in a quidditch?
______________________________________.

Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question .

School of the Air .

Many of us may be surprised to hear the name " School of the air ", but there are over ten of them i Australia . Alice Springs School of the Air is one of these in the Northern Territory . The school provides an educational services for about 120 children living in Central Australia . Students of this school live far from each other, so they don’t have normal lessons in classrooms, but they study at their homes. They get lessons from their teachers through post or e-mail. They send their work to the teachers and discuss it over the Internet. They can borrow books from the school library, and the books arrive by post. They also take part in outside classroom activities such as sports and games.
1. Alice Spring School of the Air teaches children in ................
A. Central Australia
B. Northern Australia
C. all Australia
2. Students get their lessons from their teachers ............................
A. through post or e-mail
B. through TV network
C. in classrooms
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Students don’t have lessons at weekends.
B. Students can read books in the library.
C. Students can play sports and games.
4. The word “them” in the first paragraph refers to ...........................
A. many of us
B. schools in general
C. schools of the air
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. School in Australia
B. A special kind of school
C. A good way of learning

Life in the city

Life in the city is full of activity. Early in the morning hundreds of people rush out of their homes
in the manner ants do when their nest is broken. Soon the streets are full of traffic. Shops and
offices open, students flock to their schools and the day's work begins. The city now throb with
activity, and it is full of noise. Hundreds of sight-seers, tourists and others visit many places of
interest in the city while businessmen from various parts of the world arrive to transact business.
Then towards evening, the offices and day schools begin to close. Many of the shops too close.
There is now a rush for buses and other means of transport. Everyone seems to be in a hurry to
reach home. As a result of this rush, many accidents occur. One who has not been to the city
before finds it hard to move about at this time. Soon, however, there is almost no activity in
several parts of the city. These parts are usually the business centres. With the coming of night,
another kind of actịvity begins. The streets are now full of colorful lights. The air is cooler and
life becomes more leisurely. People now seek entertainment. Many visit the cinemas, parks and
clubs, while others remain indoors to watch television or listen to the radio. Some visit friends
and relatives and some spend their time reading books and magazines. Those who are interested
in politics discuss the latest political developments. At the same time, hundreds of crimes are
committed. Thieves and robbers who wait for the coming of night become active, and misfortune
descends upon many. For the greed of a few, many are killed, and some live in constant fear. To
bring criminals to justice, the officers of the law are always on the move.
Workers and others who seek advancement in their careers attend educational institutions which
are open till late in the night. Hundreds of them sit for various examinations every year. The
facilities and opportunities that the people in the city have to further their studies and increase
their knowledge of human affairs are indeed many. As a result, the people of the city are usually
better informed than those of the village, where even a newspaper is sometimes difficult to get.
The city could, therefore, be described as a place of ceaseless activity. Here, the drama of life is
enacted every day.

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                                                                           School of the air
Many of us may be surprised to hear the name “School of the air”, but there are over ten of them in Australia, Alice Springs School of the Air is one of these in the Northern Territory. The school provides an educational services for about 120 children living in Central Australia.
Students of this school live far from each other, so they don’t have normal lessons in classrooms, but they study at their homes. They get lessons from their teachers through post or e-mail. They send their work to the teachers and discuss it over the Internet. They can borrow books from the school library, and the books arrive by post. They also take part in outside classroom activities such as sports and games.
1. Alice Spring School of the Air teaches children in ................
A. Central Australia
B. Northern Australia
C. all Australia
2. Students get their lessons from their teachers ............................
A. through post or e-mail
B. through TV network
C. in classrooms
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Students don’t have lessons at weekends.
B. Students can read books in the library.
C. Students can play sports and games.
4. The word “them” in the first paragraph refers to ...........................
A. many of us
B. schools in general
C. schools of the air
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. School in Australia
B. A special kind of school
C. A good way of learning