7 January, 2014
A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.
These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.
On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.
The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from
China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.
"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.
"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."
Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.
Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.
"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."
Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.
1.Bob Doughty seems to be ________.
A. an exchange student from the USA
B. an expert of international education
C. a viewer of VOA
D. a reporter from VOA
2.Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?
A. South Korea B. India C. China D. America
3.Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?
A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children
B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.
C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.
D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.
4.Which of the following statement is true?
A. China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.
B. The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.
C. The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.
D. Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.
5.This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.
A. An advertisement B. A radio programme C. A science report D. A tour guide
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The classroom____________________________________if everyone tries his best.
2.那时候,她严厉的父母几乎把她逼疯了。
Her strict parents ____________________________________________ at that time.
3.那个老人别无选择,只好求助。
That old man had _________________________________________________ask for help.
4.我希望我的建议值得采纳。
I hope my advice __________________________________________________
5.穿红色能让你更容易采取行动。
Wearing red can _______________________________________________________
6.老师经常建议我们尽可能多读英语。
The teacher often advises us__________________________________________
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I would rather enjoy ________________________________________________
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You’d better ask your teacher more ____________________________________
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I don’t think _____________________________________________________
10.当你寂寞时,你能想到可以说话的人吗?
Can you think of anyone _______________________________________________
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---Oh, I only need_________ orange juice.
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5.A. teach B. teaches C. teaching D. to teach
6.A. Later B. After C. Sooner D. Although
7.A. played B. plays C. took D. takes
8.A. lucky B. excited C. happy D. invited
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— .
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书面表达(计
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要求:
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2. 不少于60词。
提示:
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2. How long have you been friends? And how did you become friends?
3. How are you the same as and different from your best friend? And what do you like about him / her?
My Best Friend and I
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