May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the Unite
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May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States．This is the last day for 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. 小题1:
These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier. 小题2: On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time. Students may not like being put on waiting lists. Also, common 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. 小题3:
For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous. 小题4: The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students.
小题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.| A．Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population. | | 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. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:F
小题3:D
小题4:G
小题5:A |
解析
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小题1:The little boy ________ (go) blind when he was run over by a passing car..
小题2:All the files deserve _______ (sort) out, for they will be useful in the future.
小题3:People have come to like the book that ____________ (write) in the 1980s.
小题4:The wooden furniture ____________ (replace) by plastic furniture sooner or later.
小题5:I had my wallet __________(steal) on my way home.
小题6:The car is considered to ___________ (invent) in the 19th century.
小题7:I got to know him in the 1960s and since then a good relation ________ (build) between us.
小题8:By the time he was ten, he _____________(teach) mathematics by his father.
小题9:He insisted that he_______ (see) a man in the room at that time.
小题10:The Science and Technology Festival____________(hold) every year on a regular basis. |
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小题1:To tell the truth, a lot of people want to be rich and famous. _______________
小题2:The endangered animals he mentioned in his lecture may become extinct any time.
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小题3:They completely changed the design. You have no choice but to follow the new one.
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小题4:Anyhow, my goal is to supply humans with a life of high quality.
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小题5:Their performances were humorous enough to be followed by other groups. __________________
小题6:It’s a great duty but also a great honor to be chosen as a volunteer for the World Expo.
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阅读下面短文，根据汉语或首字母提示以及文章内容，在每条横线上填入一个适当的英语单词，使短文意思完整。
Over time computers have been changed quite a lot. The computer was c_____小题1:______ a technological revolution and the start of articficialintelligence. Alan Turning ____小题2:____ a book about how the computer couldbe made to work as a u 小题3: machine to solve any difficult mathematicalproblem. From then on, it grew r_____小题4:____ both in size and in brainpower.
By the 1940s it had grown as large as a room. As time ____小题5:____ by, itwas made smaller. In the early 1960s people could share ____小题6:____(知识)with each other through the World Wide Web. ___小题7:____ the 1970s manynew ___小题8:______(应用) have been found and computers become veryimportant in communication, finance and trade. B__小题9:____, it has beenput into___小题10:____(机器人) and used to make mobile phones as well as
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Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say,“My spoken English is poor.” 小题1:I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.
First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary.小题2:However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if you choose a positive attitude. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.
小题3:Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn"t matter. 小题4:
The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.
Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. 小题5: | A．The person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears. | | B．They may try to avoid making similar mistakes next time. | | C．Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. | | D．If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go. |
E. However, their spoken English does not have to remain“poor”!
F. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes.
G. The second reason lies in the reluctance of using what has just been learned. |
How to use speed reading to go through newspapers or magazines? 小题1: You will not only save time, but also your focus will increase and you will have fun reading even the uninteresting reports.
小题2: This plays to the advantage of the tired reader who wants to stay current but has very little time to read. Often all you need to understand a news piece is the first paragraph. Here the reporter will tell you what’s happening, who it’s happening to and where it’s happening.
Sometimes you don’t even need to read the entire paragraph because the first sentence or the first couple of sentences give you all the information. If you still have more time you can move on to step two. 小题3:Read the last paragraph. Some news pieces are follow-ups of events that were earlier reported. In such a situation, the first paragraph may not give you all the information you need. 小题4: It’s usually in the last paragraph that the user is given the background information that leads to the story.
Read the “quotes” after you’ve read the first and last paragraphs and you still feel you need more information or have more time to play with, you can come into middle of the piece by reading the direct speech of the sources of the news item. In all forms of writing where quotations are used, the writer leads the reader into the quotes and then leads the reader out. This takes too much space and therefore, robs the reader out of some precious time.
小题5: | A．Read the first paragraph. | | B．But the last paragraph will do the job. | | C．The first paragraph may be not important at all. | | D．Otherwise, you can stop reading. |
E. Here are three techniques you can use.
F. So glide directly to the quotation marks and read what’s within them.
G. If you follow these steps, it’ s possible to get about 80 percent of a news piece. |
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