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Research shows that the summer before college can be a dangerous time for teenagers, as they are between home and high school on the one side, and a more challenging and independent existence as a college student on the other.
Take drinking for example. Research has reported that teenagers tend to increase their alcohol use during the summer before college and in their first term. Such drinking can lead to tragedy: it’s estimated that more than 1,100 college students at 18 to 24 years of age die each year from alcohol-related injuries, including car crashes, and almost 600, 000 are injured under the influence of alcohol.
In addition to drinking, future freshmen may also have gaps in their knowledge about other aspects of university life. A study has found that students are “generally aware” of the fact that they have to place them into college courses and their school’s curricular requirements. In addition, many students hold misunderstandings such as “Getting into college is the hardest part”, and “I can take whatever classes I want when I get to college”. In fact, students’ courses may be determined by their level of preparation.
It is found that college-bound high-school graduates are faced with a number of potentially frightening tasks during the summer. For example, colleges typically require students to take placement tests(分班考试)and fill out a lot of paperwork, including housing and medical forms, over the summer. Completing these tasks may be especially frightening for low-income and first-generation college-bound students whose families may be short of experience with the college-going process.
In addition, it’s only in the summer after high-school graduation when students face the reality of paying the first college bill, which often includes unexpected costs like required health insurance. For college-intending students, successfully controlling the post-high-school summer thus requires a level of finance that may be unrelated to their ability to succeed in the classroom. As a result, students who have already broken through many barriers to college admission may fail to enter college.
Paring college-bound students with “fellow advisers”---students already in college who have been trained to support and coach their learners through the summer---improves the rate at which the learners show up at college. Even more wonderful, a low-cost campaign of text messages---in which researchers sent recent high-school graduates and their parents a series of eight to ten text-message reminders of key tasks to complete over the summer---is just as effective in increasing the rate of students who successfully make the change to college.
A little “summer pushing” could be a key step in getting students all the way across the finish line.
The Key to College Success: Summer | |
Facts | The summer before college throws 1. dangers to high-school graduates. |
College life is challenging and needs students’ 2. . | |
Reasons for college failure | Many misfortunes happening to future freshmen are related to 3. . |
Future freshmen have false 4. about college life. | |
Tasks related to going to college may create some 5. for a certain group of high-school graduates. | |
Finance may become a6. even to those who can give good academic performance. | |
7. | Get ready, as the level of preparations really does8. . |
Future freshmen may be recommended to 9. to “fellow advisers”. | |
Text messages can be used as 10. of completing key tasks. | |
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While astronauts in space get to do many exciting things, they miss out on ordinary things that we all take for granted—being able to walk on firm ground, hanging out with family and digging into a slice of hot steaming pizza. Though not much can be done about the first two things, there may soon be a solution to the third one, thanks to this cool 3-D pizza printer!
About a year ago, NASA offered $125,000 to Anjan Contractor, a 3-D technology expert, to build a device that would allow astronauts to make pizza on demand. The mechanical engineer promised that his invention would produce pies in large quantities that looked, tasted and even smelled like pizza made in common ovens.
Late last year, the engineer presented a video of his first prototype (原型) that begins by creating a single slice of dough (面团) that is cooked and printed at the same time. Then comes the tomato “sauce”—a mix of tomato powder, oil and water and finally, a protein slice that resembles cheese. While the video doesn’t show the baking process, the inventor says that once the pizza is printed, it can be ready to be consumed (消耗) in 7 seconds.
While the pie in the video looks delicious enough to attract any pizza lover, Anjan Contractor is far from ready for astronauts. That’s because he still has to find a solution to make the food container in the printer last for 30 years. Though that may sound unrealistic, actually it is not. Anjan Contractor believes that the only way that is possible is that the water is removed from all the ingredients and then they are reduced to the powder form. This, as you can imagine, will not be so easy. But, while the printer may not be ready for space, it certainly looks ready enough for people on earth. Hopefully, NASA and Contractor will consider selling it to those not fortunate enough to go to Mars!
1.Why does the author mention the things that astronauts in space cannot do?
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B. To show they live a difficult life there.
C. To show their life is boring in space.
D. To introduce the topic of the text.
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C. help astronauts in space enjoy fresh pizza one day
D. produce pizza in large quantities to earn great profits
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B. the pizza doesn’t seem appetizing to pizza lovers
C. he has no way to make pizza that can last for thirty years
D. he cannot make the food container last for decades
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A. NASA is trying its best to help astronauts eat better
B. Astronauts may soon be able to enjoy steaming hot pizza
C. NASA is working on making pizza for common people
D. A 3-D pizza printer has been used to make pizza
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Generally speaking, government regulations normally ban anything from smoking in public places to parking in certain zones. But officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba Mirim, 70km (45miles) east of Sao Paulo, have gone far beyond that. They plan to prohibit residents from dying early because the local cemetery(墓地) has reached full capacity.
There’s no more room to bury the dead, they can’t be cremated(火化) and laws forbid a new cemetery. So the mayor has proposed a strange solution: outlaw death. Mayor Roberto Pereira says the bill is meant as a protest against federal regulations that prohibit new or expanded cemeteries in preservation areas. “They have not taken local demands into consideration”, he claims.
A 2003 decree(法令) by Brazil’s National Environment Council forbids burial grounds in protected areas. Mr. Pereira wants to build a new cemetery, but the project has been stopped because 98% of Biritiba Mirim is considered as a preservation area.
Biritiba Mirim, a town of 28,000 inhabitants, not only wants to prohibit residents from passing away. The bill also calls on people to take care of their health in order to avoid death. “I haven’t got a job, nor am I healthy. And now they say I can’t die. That’s ridiculous,” Amarido do Prado, an unemployed resident said.
The city council is expected to vote on the regulation next week. “Of course the bill is laughable, illegal, and will never be approved,” said Gilson Soares de Campos, an assistant of the mayor. “But can you think of a better resolution to persuade the government to change the environmental decree that is prohibiting us from building a new cemetery?” The bill states that “offenders will be held responsible for their acts.” However, it does not say what the punishment will be.
1.What is the bill to be proposed by the officials in Biritiba Mirim?
A. Ban on building a new cemetery.
B. Ban on parking in certain zones.
C. Forbidding buried grounds in preservation.
D. Prohibiting residents from dying early.
2.What can we infer from the phrase “have gone far beyond that” in the first paragraph?
A. The officials in Biritiba Mirim have made these regulations.
B. The officials in Biritiba Mirim have been to many places around the world.
C. The bill to be proposed by officials in Biritiba Mirim is much too unexpected.
D. The officials in Biritiba Mirim have built too many cemeteries in their town.
3.What’s the attitude of the mayor of Biritiba Mirim towards the federal regulations?
A. He remains silent about them.
B. He gives strong backing to them.
C. He objects to them.
D. He asks the residents for advice on them.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. The mayor of the town wants to build a new cemetery against federal regulation.
B. The residents of the town sing high praise for the bill.
C. No better resolution of the problems has been thought out.
D. The government is going to change the environmental decree.
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完形填空
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When asked by Conan O’Brien if his daughters had smartphones, comedian Louis CK explained that he had ________replied, “No, you can’t have it. It's bad for you. I don’t ________ what you want.” This hit home for me because at the time, I was in difficult negotiations with my ten-year-old daughter ________ one. And frankly, she was winning. CK added, “I’m not raising the ________ --- I’m raising the grown-ups that they’re going to be. So just ________ the other stupid kids have phones doesn’t mean that my kid has to be stupid, or ________ she’ll feel weird.” OK, I was sold.
Cell phones are “toxic, especially for kids,” he said, because they don’t help them learn empathy, one of the nicer human ________ . When we text, the ________ we get is in cold, hard text-speak. Why are kids ________? he asked. “Because they’re trying it out. They look at another kid and go. ‘You’re fat.’ Then they find the kid’s unhappy, and they think, Ooh, that doesn’t feel ________.” There, they’ve experienced empathy. Texting “you’re fat” allows you to bypass the pain you’ve caused.
CK went on to explain to us that smartphones rob us of our ability to be ________. Kids use smartphones to ________y!!! After all, one of the joys of being human is allowing our minds to ________ . With cell phones, kids are always preoccupied. They never daydream, ________ in class. And here’s something else we’re ________ out on thanks to Steve Jobs’s little device: our right to be ________ . This was a right I hadn’t realized I desired until CK pointed out that it’s yet another of the essential human emotions.
“Everybody’s murdering each other with their cars” as they text, CK screamed, because they fear being alone. Too bad —they’re missing out on a life affirming experience.
“I was in my car one time, and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Jungleland’ came on,” he said. “And he sounds so far away. It made me really sad. And I think, OK, I’ve got to get the phone and write hi to 50 people. I was ________ for the phone, and I thought, Don’t! Just be sad.” So CK ________ over and allowed himself to sob like a little girl ________ that brand-new four-poster bed for her American Girl doll. “It was beautiful. You’re lucky to ________ sad moments,” he said. And because he didn’t fight and push it away with that little phone, because he allowed himself to be miserable, his body released endorphins(内啡肽). “And that’s why I don’t want to get phones for my kids.” CK said. And I suppose I don’t either.
1.A. hardly B. simply C. voluntarily D. specially
2.A. reject B. care C. neglect D. separate
3.A. by B. from C. over D. beyond
4.A. children B. money C. standard D. doubts
5.A. after B. unless C. though D. because
6.A. otherwise B. nevertheless C. rarely D. moreover
7.A. emotions B. hobbies C. issues D. weaknesses
8.A. error B. response C. trouble D. danger
9.A. proud B. stupid C. mean D. delighted
10.A. upset B. awkward C. good D. crazy
11.A. creative B. smart C. critical D. alone
12.A. spare B. occupy C. value D. miss
13.A. focus B. wander C. make D. occur
14.A. even B. still C. ever D. except
15.A. figuring B. finding C. missing D. taking
16.A. capable B. accessible C. changeable D. miserable
17.A. reaching B. answering C. applying D. begging
18.A. pulled B. turned C. got D. came
19.A. reminded B. denied C. rewarded D. neglected
20.A. live B. share C. ignore D. spare
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People all think it strange that the boy should tell what’s written on the paper in another room without looking at it. It really ________ explanation.
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完型填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Within minutes, that woman was at my door and a thousand thoughts crossed my mind before she rang the bell. I could pretend l wasn't home or tell her, "I'm sorry, you have the wrong ."
But it was too late; the bell rang and Molly was barking .I opened the door, myself to face my fear.
One look at Molly and the woman's face like a Christmas tree. "Here, Lucy," she called. "Come to Mamma, girl." Molly (Lucy) instantly obeyed, wagging her tail at the sound of the woman's voice. she belonged to the woman.
Tears were at the back of my eyelids and threatened to at any moment. I wanted to grab Molly and run. ,I smiled faintly and asked her to come in please.
The woman had already bent over and Molly up into her arms. She awkwardly opened her purse and stretched out, a twenty-dollar bill.
”For your ’she offered.
“Oh, I couldn't." I shook my head. "She's been such a joy to have ,I should be paying you." With that she laughed and hugged Molly tighter she were a lost child.
Molly licked her face wildly. I knew it was time for them to go home. Opening the door to let them out, I a little girl sitting in the front seat of the van. When the child saw the puppy, a smile as bright as a firecracker exploded her face.
My glance turned to a small fastened to the back of the van. The woman saw me look at the chair and offered a(n)_ without my asking. Molly(Lucy) was given to the child to emotional healing after a car accident had left her crippled for life.
She formed a special bond with the puppy and Lucy gave her a to live," her mother explained.
Suddenly I felt very and selfish. God has blessed me with so much, I thought. As they pulled out of the drive, the smile on my face was .I knew I had done the right thing – that puppy was exactly she belonged.
1.A.decision B. direction C. delivery D. address
2.A.excusing B. forcing C. admitting D. introducing
3.A.tumed up B. warmed up C. cheered up D.lit up
4.A.in delight B. in return C. in favor D. in confusion
5.A.Fortunately B. Normally C. Obviously D. Typically
6.A.come out B. pick out C. take out D. give out
7.A.Meanwhile B. Instead C. Similarly D. Besides
8.A.wandered B. lifted C. dragged D. struggled
9.A. trouble B. convenience C. benefit D. possession
10.A.around B. anywhere C. back D. alone
11.A.what if B. even if C. as if D. only if
12.A.mentioned B. sensed C. fancied D. noticed
13.A.against B. across C. beyond D. within
14.A.child B. puppy C. wheelchair D. woman
15.A.solution B. analysis C. explanation D. suggestion
16.A.protect B. confirm C. promote D. measure
17.A.means B. reason C. shelter D. standard
18.A.comfortable B. worthless C. stubborn D. guilty
19.A.meaningful B. sincere C. reliable D. simple
20.A.where B. which C. what D. How
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