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That is important, because fees are only part of the picture. The National Union of Students says that UK students pay an average of £4,900 a year for basics such as rent, food, books, equipment, field trips and the like. If those costs can be reduced, the burden of fees will be lessened. Therefore, many people are thinking not only about what and where to study, but how—that is, whether they have to be on campus to get a degree.
Distance learning is best suited to certain subjects and to ultra-motivated(极有主动性的)student, according to Carrie-Anne Rice of Resource Development International(RDI).“The advantage is that the fee system is more flexible(灵活的), and you can have full-time work while studying, Rice says.”“You graduate three years ahead of possible competitors(竞争对手)— with the same degree, but with three years of work experience and without the debt.”
“I left school and went straight into work. But at the age of 23, I changed career and soon realized I needed a degree to advance. Because of lack of money ad time, full-time university wasn’t a good choice, but I discovered that distance learning was financially flexible and enabled me to work and gain skills from my workplace without affecting the quality of my life,” Andy Cain, a distance learning student says.
Although distance learning has many advantages, a campus-based university experience remains the dream of most school-leavers. There is no question that “being there” is not only fun, but rich in shared experience, pooled knowledge, and—perhaps most importantly—friendships that will go on long after the degrees have been awarded.
小题1:The number of students applying to universities compared to this time last year.
A.has increased greatly | B.has decreased |
C.hasn’t shown any change | D.has become zero |
A.£9,000 | B.£4,900 | C.£13,900 | D.£4,100 |
A.Lower debt levels | B.A head start on the job market. |
C.Valuable friendships | D.A flexible fee system. |
A.The change in fees has had no effect on school-leavers. |
B.Distance learning has the same advantages as campus-based learning. |
C.Distance learning is so attractive that nobody wants to go to university any more. |
D.Distance learning doesn’t suit all subjects or all students. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析
试题分析:本文叙述了在英国因为人们要想取得学位想在大学学习的费用提高,人们报名申请的人数有所下降,因此有些人开始想在网上进行远程学习,这样学习的费用降低,文中分析了远程学习的好处,但是远程学习并非适合任何人。
小题1:细节理解题。根据This week, figures from UCAS(the Universities and College Admissions service)show a 15-percent downturn in applications(申请) from this time last year.学生的数量明显减少,故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据With fees having reached £9,000 a year, 和pay an average of £4,900 a year for basics ,故选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据The advantage is that the fee system is more flexible(灵活的)和distance learning was financially flexible and enabled me to work and gain skills from my workplace without affecting the quality of my life,故选C。
小题4:细节理解题。根据Although distance learning has many advantages, a campus-based university experience remains the dream of most school-leavers.远程教育并非对每个人对使用,故选D。
点评:细节理解题定位词和主题句是英语阅读理解解题方法的最重要的两个要素,前者适用于解答细节理解题,后者用于解答主旨大意题。通过定位词解题,就是说我们在阅读题***时候迅速的把题干中有标记意义的词或词组划记出来,然后用这个词回到原文当中定位。并不是所有的我们在题干中找到的定位词在原文中都会对应出现,有些情况下,原文中出现的只是题干定位词的转换形式。在这种情况下,划出定位词并在脑中留下印象也有利于我们在浏览文章是迅速发现文中定位词的对应形式,从而找到题目答案的位置。
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试题【Next autumn, studying for a degree in Britain will become more expensive, and th】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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For generations, Masai tribesmen on the large African plains in southeastern Kenya have hunted lions — to protect their farms and cattle. Today they celebrate the lions’ life.
Noah is an elder in the Masai community. “We have decided as a community of the Masai to lay down our spears, and there will be no more killing of lions in our community.” He is part of a group of Masai visiting the United States promoting (推广) the Predator Compensation Program.
Conservation International’s Frank Hawkins explains, “The Masai have been living with wildlife for many generations and it has been a conflicting ( 有冲突的) relationship in many ways. They compete with the animals for food as lions eat their cattle. We’re trying to find ways in which the wildlife will become something useful to them.” They had the Predator Compensation Fund founded in 2003. After much discussion, a group of Masai farmers agreed to protect lions. In turn, if lions or other predators kill their cattle, the Masai owner will be paid market value for the dead animals from the fund.
One man said that in the past, when a lion killed cattle, they killed it immediately. And now, after the start of the program, the Masai see the lion population growing. Since 2003, only four lions have been killed here.
小题1:What is the aim of the Predator Compensation Program?
A.To protect people in the wild. | B.To protect Masai’s farms. |
C.To protect lions only. | D.To protect the wildlife. |
A.Because lions don’t eat their cattle any more. |
B.Because they will be fined if they kill lions there. |
C.Because the fund will pay for dead animals killed by lions |
D.Because there are less than 30,000 lions in the wild now. |
A.Wise. | B.Mean. | C.Generous. | D.Stupid. |
You"ve probably seen a Venus" flytrap -- a small plant, which grows 6 to 8 inches tall in a container. At the end of its stalks (茎) are leaves that act like traps (陷阱). Inside each trap is a lining of tiny hairs. When an insect lands on them, the traps suddenly shut. Over the course of a week or so, the plant feeds on its catch.
The Venus" flytrap is just one of more than 500 species of meat-eating plants, says Barry Meyers-Rice, the editor of the International Carnivorous Plant Society"s Newsletter. He states although you might have read some science-fiction stories, no meat-eating plant does any danger to humans.
Barry says a plant is meat-eating, only if it does all four of the following: "attract, kill, digest, and absorb" some form of insects. Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants -- well, most of the time.
All green plants make sugar to produce food. What makes meat-eating plants different is their special leaves, which need insects for one reason: nitrogen (氮). Nitrogen is a nutrient that they can"t obtain any other way. Why?
Almost all green plants on our planet get nitrogen from the soil. Meat-eating plants can"t. They live in places where nutrients are hard to get from the soil because of its acidity. So they"ve come to rely on getting nitrogen from insects and small animals. In fact, nutrient-rich soft is poisonous to meat-eating plants. Never fertilize (施肥) them! But don"t worry, either, if they never seem to catch any insects. They can survive, but they"ll grow very slowly.
小题1:According to the passage, a Venus" flytrap ______.
A.is a small plant which grows in a container |
B.is a kind of plant which gets hungry easily |
C.can trap and feed on some form of insects |
D.can only grow 6-8 inches tall |
A.meat-eating plants are found nowhere else except Antarctica |
B.all green plants get nitrogen from the soil |
C.meat-eating plants endanger humans in science-fiction stories |
D.the nutrient-poor soil is beneficial to meat-eating plants |
A.so you"d better fertilize them |
B.probably because the supply of nitrogen is cut off |
C.simply because they can"t absorb nitrogen from the soil |
D.and then they will die slowly |
A.Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants. |
B.It"s hard to get nutrients in the soil when acidity is high. |
C.The Venus" flytrap eats flies to get nutrient from them. |
D.Green plants make sugar at night. |
HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORT Form Teacher: G. Baker Pupil’s Name: Simon Watkins Term: Summer 2012 Form: Ⅳ B
Basically satisfactory work and progress I shall be keeping an eye on though he will now have realized, I hope, that his progress in his weaker in certain subject areas he needs to make subjects though his speedy progress. success in the sciences is improvement. |
A.is too talkative in the class |
B.likes to work with his classmates |
C.doesn’t exercise his body at the right time |
D.becomes weak because he doesn’t exercise at all |
A.Biology and Maths. | B.History and French. |
C.English and Chemistry. | D.Physics and Physical Education. |
A.He has made great progress in language classes. |
B.His potential has been fully reflected in science classes. |
C.His grade in maths makes him a born scientist. |
D.He needs to improve his attitude on certain subjects. |
A.Simon didn’t bother his teacher to revise French. |
B.Basically, Simon did a good job in science. |
C.Simon is a determined learner in English. |
D.Simon is able to pay attention to history for long. |
Look at the engineering solutions first. A lot of my research concentrates on what happens to wetlands when you build dams in river basins, particularly in Africa. The ecology of such areas is almost entirely driven by the seasonal changes of the river—the pulse of the water. And the fact is that if you build a dam, you generally spoil the downstream ecology. In the past, such problems have been hidden by a lack of information. But in the near future, governments will have no excuses for their ignorance.
The engineers’ ability to control water flows has created new kinds of unpredictability, too. Dams in Africa have meant fewer fish, less grazing and less floodplain (洪泛区) agriculture, none of which were expected. And there average economic life is assumed to be thirty years. Dams don’t exist forever, but what will replace them is not clear.
The challenge for the future is to find new means of controlling water. Although GM technology(转基因) will allow us to breed better dry-land crops, there is no market for companies to develop crops suitable for the micro-climates of the Sahel and elsewhere in Africa. Who is going to pay for research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World?
小题1:What’s the main idea of this passage?
A.The engineering solutions to water resource and their limitation. |
B.The challenge for the future. |
C.The basic means of controlling water. |
D.The challenge for developing crops. |
A.The ecological destruction will be known to the public by researchers |
B.The ecological destruction will no longer be a problem in the future |
C.The future is an information age |
D.Governments will face greater challenge in the future |
A.Water resource should be used more reasonably. |
B.More dams should be built in river basins. |
C.More wetlands should be protected from destruction. |
D.More dry-land crops could be developed in Africa. |
A.No one will invest in developing locally appropriate crops in Africa |
B.Researchers have no interest in developing dry-land crops |
C.Research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World may be profitable |
D.There is less water resource in the Third World |
“College costs are high, and young adults also want the amenities (便利设施) that extra money brings,” according to John B. Boshoven, counselor for continuing education at Community High School in Michigan. However, he warns, “School is my students’ full-time job.”
Studies show that students who work are more confident and possess better time management skills than students who are not employed. In addition to offering a paycheck, some independence, and satisfaction, a part-time job can provide teenagers with both training and experience. Working teaches students about responsibility and can also reinforce (充实) what they are learning in school. “Colleges want to find candidates who demonstrate maturity, responsibility, independence, and initiative, and good workers certainly demonstrate those important character traits,” Boshoven says. “Employers can write excellent recommendation letters for the students who have worked for them.”
On the other hand, experts agree that students who work more than 15 to 20 hours per week often experience lessened school success, which can lead to dropping out entirely. Working long hours can also limit opportunities to build friendships and explore interests that enhance a teenager’s intellectual and emotional development.
The major point that students should keep in mind is the importance of balance. Dan Crabtree, college and career counselor at Wheaton Academy in Illinois, explains, “We want our students to establish a healthy balance in life and work to maintain it throughout their lives.” If working will interfere with completing school work, participating in extracurricular activities, spending time with family and friends, or getting enough rest, it may not be a wise decision.
小题1:What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To show how students can find a part-time job. |
B.To discuss the issue of students’ part-time work. |
C.To stress the importance of students’ part-time work. |
D.To explain what is a part-time job. |
a. should take their studies as the first priority
b. can benefit from part-time work
c. can form healthy habits in their lives
d. shouldn’t depend on their families financially
A.bc | B.bd | C.ab | D.ac |
A.without counselors" help, few students can get employed |
B.teenagers show strong interest in part-time work |
C.experts encourage students do more part-time work |
D.too much part-time work can lead to bad academic performance |
A.Students should balance part-time work well with other things. |
B.Part-time work is important for most students at college. |
C.Experts’ advice is the key to finding a good part-time job. |
D.All in all, students had better not spend time on part-time work |
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