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Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, 38 UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were 39 up.
Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a 40 lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were 41 crowds of 400, rather than the 42 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics 43 who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to 44 my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t 45 done.” He added.
University applications 46 7% last year. But there were rises 47 average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed 48 in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.
A 49 study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial 50 and almost half said their children had asked them what was 51 , although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the 52 will be a generation that’s financially 53 and better equipped to 54 their money through times of economic 55 .”
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:C
解析
试题分析：文章大意：文章介绍申请到大学中学习经济专业的学生的增加被归因于全球性的经济危机激起了民众对于金融系统运作知识的渴望。通过举例说明这样的现象的好处。
小题1:考查名词和句意理解：A．concern关心，担心，B．thirst渴望，C．sense 感觉，D．taste品尝，品味，这句话的意思是：越来越多的学生申请大学经济系是由于经济危机唤醒了人们对于金融系统是如何运作的知识的渴望。所以选B
小题2:考查动词和句意理解：A．works运作，起作用，B．performs表演，表现，C．serves服务，D．affects影响，这句话的理解同上题，指金融系统的运作，所以选A
小题3:考查词组和句意理解：A．in terms of就…而言，B．according to根据，C．on account of因为D．in spite of虽然，句意是：根据UCAS的调查，今年一月份开始的学位课程的申请已经上升了15%。选 B
小题4:考查副词和上下文理解：A．yet 然而，B．once 一旦，曾经，C．also也，D．still仍然，上句话说：学位课程的申请已经上升了15%，这句话是申请A水平经济学的学生也在上升，选C
小题5:考查形容词和句意理解：A．outstanding杰出的，B．inspiring激励人心的，C．convincing 使人相信的， D．leading主要的，这里是介绍John Beath，是协会的主席，是St Andrews 大学的主讲师，选D
小题6:考查动词和句意理解：A．catching抓住，B．appealing和to搭配，是“吸引”，C．drawing画，吸引，拉，临近， D．covering覆盖，涉及，句意：他的意图是面向所有的系科的第一年的讲座，吸引了400多人。选 C
小题7:考查形容词和句意理解：A．usual通常的，B．regular常规的，定期的，C. average平均的， D．common普通的，常见的，这几个是相似的形容词，这里强调和平常不一样，这次的讲座吸引400多人，选A
小题8:考查名词和句意理解：A．majors主修B．interests兴趣，C．preferences偏爱，D．standards水平，majors这里指是主修经济学的学生，句意：又很多学生不是主修经济学的，选A
小题9:考查动词和词组搭配：A．attach附上，B．adapt适应，改编，C．approach靠近，处理，D．relate和…有关，relate sth to sth“把…和…联系起来”，这里是：教授今年的工作是把教学和当代的事件联系起来，选D
小题10:考查副词和句意理解：A．generally普遍地，B．frequently频繁地，C．traditionally传统地，D．originally最初地，原始地，这里指教授的教学方法和传统的方法不一样，选C
小题11:考查动词和句意理解：A．raised举起，提出，筹集，饲养，B．rose上升，上涨，起身，C．fell下降，跌倒，D．struck敲打，袭击，句意：去年的大学申请有上升，还有下面的句子：But there were rise average in several subjects 也可以看出答案是B。
小题12:考查介词和词组搭配：A．by相差，B．in在…里面，C．over越过，D．above在…上面，above average在平均值上面，高于平均值，句意：在几个学科上上升都在平均值以上，选D
小题13:考查名词和句意理解：A．effect影响，B．focus聚焦，C．interest兴趣，D．benefit利益，句意是：人们对公共部门又有了兴趣，这些部门在经济危机中更加安全，选C
小题14:考查形容词：A．recent最近的，B．late最迟的，C．present现在的，在场的，D．unique独特的，句意：最近的一项调查表明三分之二的父母认为学校应该做更多的事情来教学生关于经济问题，选A
小题15:考查名词：A．matters事情；事态；问题；关于...的事情；物质；重要性B．affairs事务，C. events事件，D．issues问题，（报刊的）期，号，发行物，这里的financial matters是“和经济有关的事情”，选A
小题16:考查词组和句意理解：A．taking up从事，拿起，开始学，B．going on进展，C．calling up唤起， D．keeping on反复，句意：有一半的人说孩子问过现在发生的事情，选B
小题17:考查动词和句意理解：A．overturn使）翻倒，B．downturn .（价格或活动）开始下降，衰退，低迷时期C．breakthrough突破，D．breakout爆发，句意：这次的衰退带来的好处之一是这一代人在经济上更理智，选B
小题18:考查形容词比较级，A．cleverer更聪明，B．smarter更聪明，C．brighter更聪明，D．wiser更理智，这里指孩子在经济问题上更加理智，不是更聪明，选D
小题19:考查动词和句意理解：A．struggle努力，挣扎，B．measure衡量，C．manage设法，管理，D．earn挣得，句意是：这代人在经济问题上更加理智，能够管理好自己的钱，选C
小题20:考查名词和上下文串联：A．stability稳定，B．puzzle困惑，C．uncertainty不确定，D．recovery恢复，前面提到：the global economic crisis可知是经济不确定的时期，选C。
核心考点
试题【An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attri】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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★Boryeong Mud Festival--Boryeong, South Korea
For two weeks in July, millions gather in Boryeong to experience the grey pools and slides. What began as a way of promoting the region’s mineral-rich mud has turned into a festive party , complete with music and fireworks. While the mud is usually only available in cosmetic products, here you can cake yourself in grey as you want.
★Holi--lndia
Holi, the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu celebration full of joy and one of India’s most important holidays. During the day of the last full moon of the lunar month, usually late February or early March, the air is full of bright colored powder. The festival is celebrated differently throughout the country, but the cheerful spirit is common throughout Hindu communities around the world.
★Koninginnedag--The Netherlands
Although their current Queen’s birthday is really during the winter, the Queen still celebrates it on April 30th,the country’s official “Queen’s Day” since 1949. Orange is the national color, and the streets become a sea of feather boas（长围巾）and body paint as crowds gather in the plazas（广场）. Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party, with many live music acts, but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.
★National Elephant Day in Thailand
In Thailand, March 13 is regarded as National Elephant Day to show that the Thai elephant plays an important role in the Thai history. Thai Elephant Day has been held on an annual basis since the idea was first approved by the Thai government in 1998. Special events are held at a number of venues in northern Thailand. At the Mae Sa Elephant Camp, it has become a tradition on March 13 for the dozens of elephants there to be treated to a huge feast of fruits and sugarcane.
小题1:What we can learn from the passage is that ________.
| A．Boryeong Mud Festival was originally held to advertise for their mineral resources |
| B．people around the world celebrate Holi differently to promote their religions |
| C．Koninginnedag--The Netherlands was celebrated on their current Queen’s birthday |
| D．it is an international custom for the Thai elephant to eat all kinds of fruits and sugarcane |
| A．To call on people to protect these endangered elephants. |
| B．To give the Thai elephant a chance to eat fruits and sugarcane. |
| C．To stress the importance of the elephant in the Thai history. |
| D．To help people relax themselves by feeding the Thai elephant. |
| A．South Korea | B．Thailand | C．the Netherlands | D．India |
| A．To tell people how to enjoy and relax themselves. |
| B．To introduce some unique festivals around the world. |
| C．To get people to celebrate different kinds of customs. |
| D．To show the importance of celebrating different festivals. |
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit---Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, they would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
小题1:What could be the best title for the passage?
| A．City and Countryside |
| B．A New City in Chicago |
| C．The Invention of the Garden City |
| D．A Famous Garden City in England |
| A．Through his observation of the country life. |
| B．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago. |
| C．By taking other people’s advice. |
| D．Through the combination of different ideas. |
| A．as far as possible from existing cities |
| B．near cities where employment opportunities already existed |
| C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed |
| D．in the countryside where the land was cheap |
| A．making use of |
| B．making comments on |
| C．giving an explanation of |
| D．giving a description of |
| A．People would live and work in the same place. |
| B．Each one would continue to become larger. |
| C．Their number would continue to rise. |
| D．Each one would contain a certain type of business. |
“Parents are continuing their financial involvement longer than we expected,” said Ted Beck, the president and CEO of National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
About 60 percent of parents questioned in the survey said they are helping their adult children who are no longer in school financially, providing housing and living expenses.
For an increasing number of adult children, the situation is bad. Two - thirds of adult children, aged 18 to 39, who are not in school said they faced tougher financial pressures than previous generations, according to the survey. And nearly one - third of parents agreed that it was easier for them to earn money than for their children.
Parents are helping their children out of genuine concern, and because they do not want to see them struggle. But Beck said that parents who make sacrifices to help their adult children should be cautious about their own finances.
“If you are taking on extra debt or delaying retirement to help your adult child, you could be making a mistake and putting your own financial future in danger.” Beck warned.
Boomerang children can also cause other problems for their parents. Thirty percent of parents said they had given up privacy since their adult children moved back home, while more than a quarter have taken on added debt, and ten percent have delayed retirement. But the survey also showed that 42 percent of adult children living at home are helping with the cooking and cleaning.
小题1:The underlined words “boomerang children” in the first paragraph likely means ________.
| A．adult children visiting parents often |
| B．married adult children |
| C．adult children depending on parents for financial support |
| D．adult children independent and successful in life |
| A．Asking their children to help with the housework. |
| B．Leaving their children to struggle to live. |
| C．Being careful when helping their children financially. |
| D．Putting off their time of retirement. |
| A．about 50% of parents give money to their adult children to cover the daily cost |
| B．two - thirds of adult children are faced with financial problems in school |
| C．one - third of adult children earn money more easily than their parents |
| D．one in ten parents has delayed retirement |
| A．Adult children are less independent. |
| B．Parents help support adult children. |
| C．Bad conditions affect children a lot. |
| D．Adult children like living with parents. |
There can be many benefits of going to beauty school. The expense is much less than attending a four-year university. Besides, attending beauty school is mostly a hands-on(动手的) experience which appeals to many people. Some students don’t like sitting all day listening to lectures and then having to study at night. What’s more, most beauty school programs keep up with the changing trends and fashion. So you will always be working on different hair types which can be fun and will give you a lot of experience throughout the years of your career.
If you are worried about finding a job after graduation, many beauty schools will offer assistance for immediate job placement and give you peace of mind that you will not be stranded looking for a job. Most colleges and universities are not equipped to do that because of the large number of graduates each year.
Cosmetologists will also make a good salary. The average salary will depend on your location, but you may earn a salary around $3,000 — $3,500 a month. This is not including tips which could be $600 or more a month.
Not only can young people go to cosmetology school, but people of all ages can start this career. As you can see, there are many benefits of beauty schools that can be the perfect opportunity for anyone to become a great cosmetologist.
小题1:How many advantages of going to beauty school are mentioned in Paragraph 2?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．focused on | B．given up | C．stuck in | D．turned to |
| A．A cosmetologist gets paid at least $3,600 a month. |
| B．Beauty schools are not popular with young people. |
| C．Graduates can easily be offered jobs by universities. |
| D．It isn’t suitable for the old to start a career in cosmetology. |
| A．The development of cosmetology |
| B．How to become a cosmetologist |
| C．The benefits of beauty schools |
| D．Going to college or beauty school |
In March we published a photo story about the extraordinary Zsnskar region in northern India，which is cut off from the outside world for more than seven months of the year，and only accessible (可通行的)via a frozen river．We also included information about the limited use of skiing in the region and the recent creation of the Zanskar Ski School:
“Despite the difficulties of travelling through the region when the snow comes，skiing hasn’t traditionally been used as a means of transport by the locals，largely because trees don"t grow here, so there is little in the way of raw materials from which to make skis．In 1995, a group of British scientists in the region noticed the lack of skis and one of them returned to set up the Zanskar Ski School in Padam．The school provides lessons for a small fee and rents skis to the local people. Among the benefits that the school hopes to bring are improved education—children often find it difficult to get to school through the deep snow—and the possibility of offering ski tours to tourists in the future．So far，more than 300 local people have received training，and local doctors and policemen regularly borrow skis.”
But what we weren"t able to include in the article is that the ski school is always on the look out for old skiing equipment—particularly of a size suitable for children—and, I thought. Now the European ski season is drawing to a close，there might be a few of you out there who have some old equipment you"d like to see go to a good home．If that"s the ease you can get in touch with the school via their website www.zanskarski school.org.
小题1:What"s the purpose in writing the text?
| A．To raise money to develop this area |
| B．To attract more tourists to the area |
| C．To appeal to more locals to attend the school |
| D．To ask people to give away their skis to the school |
| A．it is against the local custom |
| B．they don"t have the wood to make skis |
| C．trees are in the way of the skiing route |
| D．it is dangerous to go skiing in this region |
| A．People having old skiing equipment． |
| B．Students in the Zanskar Ski School |
| C．Locals in Zanskar region |
| D．Tavellers enjoying skiing |
| A．An extraordinary region in India |
| B．A home for old skis |
| C．A good means of transport |
| D．A popular sport—skiing |
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