A common misconception (误解) -about scholarships is that they are only available
题型：不详难度：来源：
A common misconception (误解) -about scholarships is that they are only available for the smartest students with the highest GPAs. However, this just isn"t even close to true. There are scholarships out there for every type of student seeking a college education. Let"s take a look at each type a bit more in depth.
Academic Scholarships
Academic scholarships are also often referred to as merit (优点) scholarships, though a merit scholarship can mean anything that has some level of contest to it. These are fox; the students with the 4.0 GPAs, the years as a part of several extracurricular (课外的) activities and the well- rounded applications. They typically have the highest payouts and are considered very well- known as they are often national awards.
Athletic Scholarships
For students with strong academics (学业的) and physical skills, athletic scholarships are the way to go. There is practically a scholarship for every single sport, from volleyball to football; gymnastics to cheerleading. So, if you are good at anything physical, you should definitely pursue an athletic scholarship.
Scholarships for Minorities
There are also many scholarships for minorities available. Some of these are general and for "all minorities as a collective whole, while others are intended for individual ethnic (种族的) groups. It is also a good idea to apply for a minority scholarship if you are part of fully of a certain ethnicity. You will get to represent your culture and possibly win money -- what more could you ask for?
Scholarships for Women
As with the scholarships for minorities above, there are also scholarships specifically for women. Since colleges were dominated (主宰) by men for many years, scholarships have been created for strong, career-minded women that need assistance paying for college expenses. If you are female, it is strongly recommended you pursue a scholarship for women. Moreover, scholarships for women are typically available in just about any field. Be specific!
小题1:In the author"s opinion, ______.| A．most people are well - informed about scholarships | | B．most people think scholarships should go to the smartest students | | C．most people have some misunderstanding about scholarships | | D．most people deserve scholarships though not having applied for them |
小题2:Tom does well in his lessons and is especially good at sports. The best scholarship he can apply for ______.| A．Academic Scholarships | B．Athletic Scholarships | | C．Scholarships for Minorities | D．Scholarships for Women |
小题3:Alice is an Indian -American. She prefers to study her own culture and something about ethnology (民族学). Then she"d better apply for ______.| A．Academic Scholarships | B．Athletic Scholarships | | C．Scholarships for Minorities | D．Scholarships for Women |
小题4: How many scholarships are intended for all ethnic students?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
|
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B |
解析
文章介绍了几种奖学金的信息。
小题1:C 推理题。根据第一段1,2行A common misconception (误解) -about scholarships is that they are only available for the smartest students with the highest GPAs. However, this just isn"t even close to true.说明大部分人对奖学金都存在误解，认为奖学金就是给优秀生的。故C正确。
小题2:B 推理题。根据For students with strong academics (学业的) and physical skills说明在体育方面有突出表现的学生也可以申请到奖学金。故B正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据Scholarships for Minorities部分内容知道少数名族的学生学习民族学也有可能获得奖学金，故an Indian –American的Alice也有可能获得奖学金。
小题4:B 推理题。少数名族的学生可以申请正常的奖学金还可以申请Scholarships for Minorities
故B正确。 |
举一反三
Of all the things we eat and drink, water is the most important. Not all people realize this, but it is quite true. The human body can live without food for a long time, but two or three days without water usually result in death.
Many people do not understand how much water the human body needs, but many people do not drink enough, especially in the hot weather. Most people drink when they are thirsty but often need more water after exercises.
65 to 70 percent of the human body is water. Water is important in several different ways. Most people need five to seven liters（升） of water every day, but we needn’t drink this amount(量) because a lot comes from the food we have. If we don’t have enough water, however, we will feel tired and many become ill. Do you know what the best drink is? Yes, you are right. Cool water!
小题1:When do we need more water?________| A．In cold weather or after exercises. | | B．In hot weather or after exercises. | | C．Before breakfast, lunch and supper. | | D．When we feel tired or become ill. |
小题2:How much water are there in the human body?_________| A．About three fourths of the human body is water. | | B．Nearly a half of the human body is water. | | C．Less than a half of the human body is water. | | D．Almost one fourth of the human body is water. |
小题3:Must most people drink five liters（升）of water every day?_______| A．Yes, because water is the most important | | B．No, because what we eat contains（包含）water | | C．Yes, because we can’t live without water | | D．No, because we are not thirsty |
小题4:Which of the following is not right?_________| A．Cool water is the best drink. | | B．Few people understand how much water the human body needs. | | C．All the people don’t realize water is the most important. | | D．When we feel tired or become ill, we never need any water. |
|
“It hurts me more than you” and “This is for your own good” — these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it as all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who speaks of her students “so passive” and wonders what has happened. Nothing is demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who"ve never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying "go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It"s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it"s for their own good. It"s time to start telling them no again.
小题1:Children are becoming more inactive in study because _______. | A．they watch TV too often | B．they have done too much homework | | C．they have to fulfill too many duties | D．teachers are too strict with them |
小题2:By “permissive period in education” (L.1, Para. 2) the author means a time _______.| A．when everything can be taught at school | | B．when every child can be educated | | C．when children are permitted to receive education | | D．when children are allowed to do what they wish to |
小题3:The main idea of the passage is that _______.| A．parents should leave their children alone | | B．kids should have more activities at school | | C．it"s time to be more strict with our kids | | D．parents should always set a good example to their kids |
|
In a world with limited land, water and other natural resources(资源), the harm from the traditional business model is on the rise. Actually, the past decade has seen more and more forests disappearing and the globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we must be able to develop in sustainable(可持续的)ways. That means growth with low carbon or development of sustainable products. In other words, we should keep the healthy while using its supply of natural resources.
Today, sustainable development is a popular trend in many countries. According to a recent study, the global market for low-carbon energy will become three times bigger over the next decade. China, for example, has set its mind on leading that market, hoping to seize chances in the new round of the global energy resolution. It is now trying hard to made full use of wind and solar energy, and is spending a huge amount of money making electric cars and high-speed trains. In addition, we are also seeing great growth in the global markets for sustainable products such as palm oil(棕榈油), which is produced without cutting down valuable rainforest. In recent years the markets for sustainable products have grown more than 50%.
Governments can fully develop the potential of these new markets. First, they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions(排放) and targets for saving and reusing energy. Besides, stronger arrangement of public resources like forests can also help to speed up the development. Finally, governments can avoid the huge public expenses that are taking us in the wrong direction, and redirecting some of those expenses can accelerate the change from the traditional model to a sustainable one.
The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of a growing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers a large of new chances for sustainable product industries.
小题1:The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that____.| A．it makes the world warmer | | B．it consumes natural resources | | C．it brings severe damage to future | | D．it makes growth hard to continue |
小题2:What can we infer from Paragraph2?| A．China lacks wind and solar energy | | B．China is the leader of the low-carbon market | | C．High-speed trains are a low-carbon development | | D．Palm oil is made at the cost of valuable forests |
小题3:To fully develop the low-carbon markets, governments can______.| A．cut public expenses | B．forbid carbon emission | | C．develop public resources | D．encourage energy conservation |
小题4:We can learn from the last paragraph that business have many chances to _______.| A．develop sustainable products | B．explore new natural resources | | C．make full use of natural resources | D．deal with the major challenge |
小题5:What is the main purpose of the passage?| A．To introduce a new business model | B．To compare two business models | | C．To predict a change of the global markets | D．To advocate sustainable development |
|
Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke from his gun before the sound reaches your ears.
This great speed of light produces some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light that you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km. per minute. In some cases, the light from one of tonight’s stars had started on its journey to you before you were born.
Thus, if we want to be honest, we can’t say, “The stars are shining tonight.” We have to say instead, “The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago, but their light has only just reached the earth.”
小题1: Light speed is ______ sound speed| A．as fast as | B．a million times slower than | | C．about millions of times faster than | D．about a million times faster than |
小题2:If you stand 200 meters away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you will find out that ______.| A．you can hear the sound before you see the smoke | | B．the sound does not travel as fast as light | | C．the sound will reach you before the man fires | | D．sound travels about a million times faster than light |
小题3:Sunlight obviously (明显地) ______ than the light of the moon| A．has to travel a greater distance | B．moves less quickly | | C．travels much more quickly | D．is less powerful(有力的) |
小题4:The scientific way of saying "The stars are shining tonight" should be ______.| A．the stars have been shining all the time | | B．the stars seen tonight will shine four years later | | C．the stars were shining long ago but seen tonight | | D．the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago |
|
We each have a unique genetic (基因的，遗传的) make-up. Every cell of your body has the same set of about 100,000 separate genes made of DNA. These are the instructions for producing a person. Genes decide everything from the colour of your skin to the way your brain works. You have one of several billion combinations of DNA which come from the random mixing of your parents’ genes. Except for identical twins (同卵双胞胎), no one has the same combination as another person. You are unique! You are unique in another way too: in the way you are raised and all the experiences you have from before birth to adult life. These experiences influence you, your behaviour and attitudes, and the choices you make.
But are genes or life experiences more important in shaping your appearance and personality? Scientists are studying twins to find out. One set of twins occurs every 70 births---some are identical and others are non-identical twins. Identical twins are special because they share exactly the same genes and often the same environment. Non-identical twins are more like ordinary brothers and sisters.
Some identical twins have been adopted and brought up in different homes. With identical genes but a different home environment, scientists can study twins to see how much a particular feature depends on the genes we inherit. For example, we know that eye problems, like short-sightedness, are mostly genetic. But resistance to pain is largely dependent on experiences. Genes also influence our eating habits. Identical twins brought up apart often like to eat at the same time of day and feel full after eating the same amount. Non-identical twins in similar circumstances have more varied eating habits. Identical twins are also more likely to follow the same patterns for marriage and divorce than non-identical twins.
Scientists are trying to identify the different genes that influence our behaviour. Some people are thrill-seekers and get into risk-taking and adventurous activities. They take up extreme sports like bungee jumping and possibly take drugs. Scientists have discovered a gene which affects this.
We could ask, “Are our lives determined by our genes or our upbringing?” Scientists are learning more all the time, but it is certainly true that both are important in making us who we are.
小题1:What is the main idea of the first paragraph?| A．We cannot easily change our physical appearance. | | B．How we turn out depends on our parents’ genes. | | C．Everyone has a physical double somewhere in the world. | | D．Both our genes and our experiences make us who we are. |
小题2:Why are scientists studying twins?| A．To find out how many twins are born every year. | | B．To discover what shapes us as individuals. | | C．To compare differences between twins. | | D．To study brother-and-sister relationships. |
小题3:According to the passage, __________.| A．one in 70 twins are genetically identical | | B．non-identical twins are usually not of the same sex | | C．twins separated at birth behave exactly the same | | D．identical twins are genetically the same |
小题4:Which of the following is most affected by experience according the passage?| A．Eating habits. | B．Eye-sight. | C．Pain resistance. | D．Marriage patterns. |
小题5:What does the underlined “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to? | A．Our love of sport. | B．Our attitude to risk-taking. | | C．Our skill at bungee jumping. | D．Our ability to take drugs. |
|
最新试题
热门考点