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| The Terrafugia, a small airplane that can drive on roads and has been billed as the first "flying car", is now one step closer to becoming street-and-sky-legal. The vehicle has cleared a Federal Aviation Administration |  |
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| Learning new words is learning new ideas: High school students can take control of their learning by always looking up new words and finding out what they mean. They should keep a dictionary and a thesaurus (分类词典) close at hand. Make clear lists: Students should make a list of everything that they need to get done. They should check off assignments (作业) once completed. They should include clear due dates. Make a commitment: Active learners will resolve to keep up-to-date from the start. They will avoid procrastinating. They will complete most of their work as early as possible. Independent work is best: Students will do all assignments independently-they will never copy! Students who copy are passive learners. Passive learners do not give their mind a chance to think on its own. Organization is key: Students should keep an excellent folder and notebook. All problems should be clearly stated and solutions given. All tests and quizzes should be corrected and used as study guides for exams and finals. All actions without solutions are dead: Active learners will always show their work needed to solve a problem. Active learners will never turn in a list of answers without giving an explanation or a solution. Advanced reading: Students should do any required reading for the topic before class. They should write an outline of the section or chapter. They should actively take notes as they read to help them remember. | |
| 1. If you want to be successful in exams and finals you should _____. | |
| A. give your mind a chance to think on its own B. check off your papers once completed C. keep an excellent folder and notebook D. hand in your homework on time | |
| 2. What does the underlined word "procrastinating" mean? | |
| A. being active doing something B. finishing doing something C. delaying doing something D. doing something ahead | |
| 3. The best title of the passage is "_____". | |
| A. How to Be an Effective Reader B. How to Get Good Scores in Tests C. How to Collect Academic Information D. How to Actively Study in High School | |
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| Skinner Creek ESL Guest Ranch offers a unique outdoor adventure camp for international students. Students who come to Skinner Creek have the opportunity to learn English in an environment entirely different from a regular school setting. English classes are designed to meet the academic and spoken levels of each student. All English classes will be taught by instructors qualified in Teaching English as a Second Language. All levels of English are available. After class students can enjoy many outdoor activities in a controlled safe environment. Experienced managers and camp teachers will prepare each activity to the level appropriate for each student. Students" safety is a priority (优先考虑的事) for the staff of Skinner Creek ESL Guest Ranch. Students are monitored at all times and supervisors are in the cabins with the students at night. An emergency clinic is nearby and accessible 24 hours. English Classes: Class hours are from Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. with a one-hour break for lunch. Students are challenged in reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary building and conversational English. Vocabulary is specific to related outdoor activities in some classes. Fun after-class outdoor and evening activities: Great after-class activities on site include: horseback riding lesson hiking, baseball, volleyball, badminton, mountain hiking, bonfires (篝火) and much more. Time to watch videos and TV and play games. Experience Canadian family life. Weekends: Special all-day and overnight weekend activities include: camping days at the lake (fishing, swimming, boating), church and more. Travel Information: Students will be picked up in cars at Vancouver airport and dropped off again for their individual flights. Transportation to and from the ranch (农场) will be provided as well as overnight stays in Vancouver. Please contact the ranch directly for prices: skinnercreek@telusnet. | |
| 1. If you attend Skinner Creek ESL Guest Ranch, you will _____. | |
| A. study English in some regular schools B. learn how to deal with dangers in the wild C. enjoy different sports activities after class D. experience the traditional farmer lifestyle | |
| 2. How many hours of English classes do students have every week in Skinner Creek? | |
| A. 35 hours. B. 28 hours. C. 25 hours. D. 20 hours. | |
| 3. Skinner Creek ESL Guest Ranch is in _____. | |
| A. Canada B. America C. England D. Australia | |
| 4. How will most students travel to Skinner Creek if they want to attend the camp? | |
| A. By air. B. By car. C. By boat. D. By train | |
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| If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven"t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language? According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the better the effect is. A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of "early bilinguals" who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was. "Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language," said the scientists. It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. "Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的)," he said. "You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas." The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. "Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world," explained the scientists. | |
| 1. The main subject talked about in this passage is _____. | |
| A. science on learning a second language B. man"s ability of learning a second language C. findings that language learnings can help brain power D. language learning and maths study | |
| 2. The last sentence of the second paragraph is intended to _____. | |
| A. say language learning is also a kind of physical labor B. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language C. show the importance of using it when you learn a language D. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well | |
| 3. We may know from the scientific findings that _____. | |
| A. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn"t know a second language C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people"s brain D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time | |
| 4. The underlined word "bilinguals" probably means _____. | |
| A. researchers on language learning B. people who are good at learning foreign languages C. people who can speak two languages D. active language learners | |
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| Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it"s best to sleep on a problem. 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 the 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 Survey"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." | |
| 1. The phrase "to sleep on a problem" in Paragraph l most likely means "_____". | |
| A. to pay full attention to a problem B. to wait until the next day for a decision C. to sleep to forget a problem D. to have difficulty in sleeping | |
| 2. In the study by the US research team, students were asked to _____. | |
| A. put together words of similar meanings B. remember words and their meanings C. show their knowledge of words D. make up lists of related words | |
| 3. Which of the following may be easier to remember? | |
| A. Themes learned right before the test. B. Rules from personal experiences. C. Words learned before a good sleep. D. Ideas stored together in the brain. | |
| 4. What may be the importance of the research? | |
| A. It shows that sleep may help us manage information. 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. | |
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| This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few weeks ago, we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL. A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept the IELTS exam. IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It was developed by the University of Cambridge ESOL examiners. Cambridge ESOL says the test measures true-to-life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration or employment. The IELTS tests listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. It uses a mixture of accents and spellings, including British English and American English. The test is used by government agencies, schools and professional organizations in one hundred and twenty countries. And, yes, that includes the United States. Many American schools that accepted the IELTS can be found on the Web at felts, org. Some schools accept both the TOEFL and the IELTS, but the graduate school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for example, says it prefers the IEITS. The listening and speaking parts are the same for everyone who takes the IELTS, but people have a choice of reading and writing tests-either academic or general training. The listening test takes thirty minutes. There are forty questions based on a recording. The reading test takes sixty minutes. Students answer forty questions based on three written passages. The writing test also takes sixty minutes. Students have to write two essays. One essay has to be at least one hundred and fifty words long and the other at least two hundred and fifty words. The shorter one is description of something; the longer one has to support and argument. The speaking test takes less than fifteen minutes. The score is based on a recorded talk between the student and a test examiner. And that"s the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. If you have a general question for our series, write to special@voanews.com. I"m Barbara Klein. | |
| 1. What does TOEFL stand for? | |
| A. Voice of America. B. International English Language Testing System. C. Test of English as a Foreign Language. D. Test of English as a Native Language. | |
| 2. The International English Language Testing System commonly takes _____ in all. | |
| A. less than 160 minutes B. more than 165 minutes C. no more than 160 minutes D. less than 165 minutes | |
| 3. According to the passage, we can infer _____. | |
| A. IELTS is efficient and necessary if you want to go to English speaking countries B. IELTS is completely different from TOEFL C. every American needs to accept TOEFL D. IEITS isn"t used more widely than TOEFL | |
| 4. What is the main idea of the passage? | |
| A. How can the readers write papers to the VOA programme? B. It talks about some ways to pass TOEFL. C. It introduces IELTS. D. How can the readers pass two kinds of tests? |