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high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall. But according to a recent report, there
is a great change. Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever. 1.____
These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make
the process easier. 52. On the other hand, deciding students much time. Students may not like being put on
waiting lists. Also, some colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them. Some colleges
hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight. Some universities send gifts. 3.____
For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is to show them the money, especially this year;
the weak economy makes parents nervous. 4.____ The recent problems that spread from the housing market to
credit markets have even affected students" loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase
their financial aid for students.
5._____ The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down. This
will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finishes high school. The number is not
expected to start rising again until 2015.
B. What contributes to it?
C. But a mistake can be costly if it happens.
D. But top colleges ignore them.
E. They have international students who know English.
F. It can mean several acceptances to choose from.
G. They cannot afford college as planned.
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to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.
The department gave a report on the expulsions (开除) as saying hand-guns accounted for 58 percent
of the 6,093 expulsions in 1996-1997, against 7 percent for rifles (步枪) or shot-guns and 35 percent for
other types of firearms.
"The report is a clear sign that our nation"s public schools are cracking down (严惩) on students who
bring guns to school," Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement. "We need to be tough-minded
about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe."
In March 1997, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four
children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded
in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students
and wounded five in Daducah, Kentucky.
Most of the expulsions, 56 percent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13. 34
percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools, the report said.
B. students are eager to be soldiers
C. safety is a problem
D. students can make guns
B. the number of the expulsions is wrong
C. there are soldiers hiding among the students
D. guns are out of" control in US schools
B. the Americans" feeling
C. some famous schools
D. that some teachers were killed by students
B. only soldiers and police can have guns
C. every American citizen can own guns
D. teachers have on money to buy guns
They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive
each day.
The lead researcher Bob Stickgold at Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from our
experiences. It"s like knowing the difference between dogs and cats even if it"s hard to explain."
The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols,
reports New Scientist. They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing
the words and having the test, and if they had not slept. They found that people were better able to remember
lists of related words after a night"s sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also
found it easier to remember themes that the words had in common. But they forgot around one in four more
themes if they had been awake.
Prof. John Groeger, University of Surrey"s Sleep Research Centre, said, "People have been trying for years
to find out what the purpose of sleep is, as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative (促使康复
的) value."
"We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day, and sleep seems to be the way
the brain deals with them all."
B. wait until the next day for a decision
C. sleep to forget a problem
D. have difficulty in sleeping
B. remember words and their meanings
C. show their knowledge of words
D. make up lists of related words
B. Rules from personal experiences.
C. Words learned before a good sleep.
D. Ideas stored together in the brain.
B. It helps find out the common themes of words.
C. It tells us that more sleep can improve health.
D. It proves the value of old-fashioned advice.
| A. primarily B. similar C. considerately D. connections E. instructed F. series G. personal H. served I. defined J. environment |
| 阅读理解。 |
| The science of physics today is as current as the morning newspaper. Indeed, as a result of new advances in physics and their rapid application to inventions designed to satisfy man" s wants, the world itself has been changing rapidly. Space technology, industrial technology, and the technology of the home, the farm, the office, the bank, and the department store have all been revolutionized. Clearly, every grown-up today would understand the world he lives in much better if he knew something about physics. Whether it is Congress voting huge sums of money for new warships, space exploration, or atomic energy, the office staff learning to use a new computer, son Bobby wanting to know about going to the moon or the housewife learning to operate a new electric stove, physics seems to be everywhere. Teachers in thousands of schoolrooms in America are trying to communicate some of the excitement and importance of these new developments to their students. They know that some of their eager students will someday be scientists and will themselves then contribute to the development of new knowledge or its application to new things. But in any case, they can be sure that if they bring a knowledge of science (any science) to their students in meaningful and interesting ways, they have contributed much to helping each one live a more meaningful life. |
| 1. The application of new advances in physics to inventions ____. |
| A. may solve all the problems in teaching B. can help people understand the meaning of life C. is intended to meet people"s needs D. makes people communicate easier without face to face |
| 2. According to the passage, many American teachers are making efforts to do all of the following EXCEPT ____. |
| A. arousing(激起) their students" interest in physics B. making their students understand the importance of physics C. giving their students the information of new advances in science D. creating excitement about their new inventions among their students |
| 3. The word "themselves" in the third paragraph refers to ____. |
| A. some American teachers B. some of the eager students C. the new developments D. the scientists in physics |
| 4. The first two paragraphs of the passage mainly tell us ____. |
| A. new advances in physics can result in new inventions B. physics is widely used in our life C. the world has been changing rapidly D. space and industrial technology have all been revolutionized |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Greg Evans started to study film at Ryerson University, but had a change of heart and switched to social work at George Brown College in second year. Yet the college recognized only one of Evans" general-interest credits(学分) from Ryerson, and also made him take English all over again although he had passed it at university. "So I spent time and money taking a course I had already taken before," complained Evans. "The system really needs to change." Evans was part of a chorus of Ontario students on Monday cheering a new $ 73. 7 million five-year plan to help students switch from college to university, and from university to college. After years of urging from students, the Ontario government set up a new Credit Transfer Innovation Fund to help students move back and forth between the more hands-on courses of community college to the often broader academic focus of a university degree. "We hear horror stories about students who can"t get recognition from one institution for a very similar course at another, and in one case I believe the same professor was teaching them both," noted Milloy after announcing the new fund. Individual colleges and universities have decided on nearly 500 joint deals to honour each other"s credits in certain courses. Each school is required to set targets for more credit-transfer agreements, and link these increases to provincial funding. More than 4,000 college graduates transfer (转换) to university in Ontarion every year-twice as many as eight years ago, noted Justin Fox, president of the College Student Alliance. Yet Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits, in part to avoid copying each other"s courses, noted Bonnie Patterson, president of the Council of Ontario Universities, who welcomed the increased flexibility. |
| 1. What happened when Greg Evans switched to social work at George Brown College? |
| A. He was considered to be unqualified for social work. B. His previous credits were not all recognized. C. He wasn"t able to get enough credits. D. His English didn"t reach the required standard. |
| 2. With the new $ 73.7 million five-year plan, students can ____. |
| A. get enough money to go to university B. can switch between colleges and universities C. get enough general-interest credits D. have a wise choice of courses |
| 3. According to Paragraph 3, Milloy believes ____. |
| A. it is time that the system was changed B. the same professor can"t teach in different schools C. students should focus on their chosen courses D. the students" stories are horrible |
| 4. Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits partly to ____. |
| A. avoid accepting unqualified students B. keep their similar courses C. prevent courses becoming similar D. attract famous professors |
| 5. What attitude does Bonnie Patterson have towards the transferring system? |
| A. He is strongly against it. B. He is very doubtful about it. C. He thinks it is too flexible. D. He supports it for its flexibility. |