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What is the difference between a college and a university? This is a good question for students who want to attend a college or a university in the United States.
Colleges and universities have many things in common. Both provide a greater understanding of the world and its past. Both provide education in the arts and sciences. And both can help prepare young people to earn a living.
Students who complete their undergraduate studies either at a four-year college or a university receive a bachelor’s degree. One difference is that many colleges do not offer graduate studies.
Universities are generally bigger, offer more programs and do more research. Modern universities developed from those of the Middle Ages in Europe. The word “university” comes from the Latin “universitas”. This described a group of people organized for a common purpose. The word “college” comes from a Latin word with a similar meaning, “collegium”. In England, colleges were formed to provide students with places to live in. Usually each group of students was studying the same thing. So college came to mean an area of study. But a college can also be a part of a university. The first American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college. This is still true.
Programs in higher learning may also be called schools. The University of Arizona in Tucson, for example, has 18 colleges and 10 schools. They include the colleges of pharmacy (制药学), education, engineering and law. They also include the schools of architecture, dance and public administration.
College is also used as a general term for higher education. A news report might talk about “college students” even if they include students at universities. Or someone might ask, “Where do you go to college?”
Today, most American colleges offer an area of study called liberal arts. These are subjects first developed and taught in ancient Greece. They include language, philosophy and mathematics. The purpose is to train a person’s mind instead of teaching job skills

  1. 1.

    The passage is probably written to _________

    1. A.
      persuade students to go to college instead of schools
    2. B.
      tell students the differences between colleges and universities
    3. C.
      help students make a better choice of what kind of colleges they should go to
    4. D.
      inform students about how much they are going to spend in going to college
  2. 2.

    When the term “college students” appears in a newspaper, it may refer to ________

    1. A.
      only students studying in colleges
    2. B.
      students studying in colleges in the USA
    3. C.
      only students studying in universities
    4. D.
      students receiving higher education
  3. 3.

    What can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      Both universities and colleges include different schools
    2. B.
      The purpose of liberal arts is to train a person’s job skill
    3. C.
      Both universities and colleges can help prepare students to make a living
    4. D.
      Most American universities have 18 colleges and 10 schools
  4. 4.

    The area of study called liberal arts is designed to _______

    1. A.
      get students ready to earn a living
    2. B.
      teach students subjects from engineering to philosophy
    3. C.
      help students achieve a stronger and clearer mind
    4. D.
      encourage more students to begin the study of arts

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Toyoda said those changes were being made nearly around the clock,but during three hours of often tense questions and answers he repeated that there was no link to the vehicle’s electronic systems.
Many drivers making complaints against Toyota and the government say their acceleration problems had nothing to do with floor mat interference(油门踏板故障)or sticky gas pedals(刹车).Outside experts have suggested electronic problems.
House lawmakers expressed serious criticism on Toyoda,the grandson of the company’s founder.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is seeking records on Toyota’s recalls and is conducting its own review on whether electronics were behind the car faults.NHTSA also continues to look into steering complaints from drivers of the popular Corolla model.
Toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars,more than 6 million of them in the United States.
It may be a while before car buyers believe that Toyota really makes safe cars.
Toyota’s January sales already fell 16 percent even as most other automakers jumped back from last year’s bad results.Analyst Koji Endo of Advanced Research Japan in Tokyo said he expects February sales,due out next week,to be down 30 percent to 40. Toyota’s sales problem could continue beyond that. 
It will take some time to feel the full effect of this,he said.

  1. 1.

    The best title for this passage is           

    1. A.
      Toyota is in trouble
    2. B.
      Toyota is under hearing
    3. C.
      Toyota is finished
    4. D.
      Toyota is still running
  2. 2.

    What is the purpose of the hearing?

    1. A.
      America hopes that Toyota apologizes to the US customers.
    2. B.
      America wants to get Toyota out of the US market.
    3. C.
      America wants to help Toyota out of difficulty.
    4. D.
      America hopes that Toyota admits their cars have electronic system problem.
  3. 3.

    What can we infer from the passage?

    1. A.
      Toyota provides very good post sale service.
    2. B.
      Toyota’s biggest market is in the United States.
    3. C.
      Toyota will be closed soon.
    4. D.
      Toyota’s dealership in the US will all be closed.
  4. 4.

    The last sentence of this passage indicates            

    1. A.
      Analyst Koji Endo is fully confident about Toyota
    2. B.
      Toyota could meet a worse situation
    3. C.
      Toyota would get out of trouble sooner or later
    4. D.
      Toyota would build up a better reputation among its customers

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The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.
A US Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into an abandoned Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since last year’s tsunami (海啸), sinking the vessel into waters more than 305 meters deep in the Gulf of Alaska and removing the danger it posed to shipping and the coastline on Thursday.
The cutter’s guns tore holes in the 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru, and then it began to take on water and lean to one side. In about four hours, the ship disappeared into the sea, said Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow.
The ship had no lights or communications system, and its tank was able to carry more than 7,570 liters of diesel fuel. Officials, however, didn’t know exactly how much fuel was aboard.
“It’s less risky than it would be running into shore or running into other ships,” coast guard spokesman Paul Webb said.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency studied the problem and decided it is safer to sink the ship than let the fuel evaporate and pollute the sea environment.
Ryou-Un Maru was probably among the first wave of the 1.5 million tons of garbage of refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets heading toward North America since last March when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan.
As the coast guard was ready to fire on the vessel, a Canadian fishing vessel, the 19-meter Bernice C, claimed the rights to save the ghost ship in international waters.
Plans to sink it were paused so the Canadian crew could have a chance to take the stricken ship. A Canadian official with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press that the Bernice C was unable to drag it.
Then the Canadian boat left, and once it was about 10 kilometers from the Japanese vessel, the Coast Guard began to fire, first with 25 mm shells, then a few hours later with ammunition (弹药)twice that size.
State officials have been working to test the danger of garbage including materials affected by a damaged nuclear power plant, to see if Alaska residents, seafood or wild animals could be affected

  1. 1.

    The plan to fire on the Japanese ghost ship was paused because ____________

    1. A.
      the ghost ship was beyond the reach of the Coast Guard’s guns
    2. B.
      state officials worried the ghost ship might give out radiation
    3. C.
      the shells were not powerful enough to sink the ghost ship
    4. D.
      a Canadian fishing boat wanted to save the ghost ship
  2. 2.

    What’s the right order of the events related to the ship of Ryou-Un Maru?
    a. Its long, lonely voyage came to an end.
    b. The US Coast Guard sank it into the sea.
    c. The ship began to float across the Pacific Ocean.
    d. A big tsunami was caused by great earthquakes.
    e. Bernice C claimed rights to save the ghost ship

    1. A.
      d, c, e, b, a
    2. B.
      a, b, d, c, e
    3. C.
      c, e, d, a, b
    4. D.
      b, a, d, c, e
  3. 3.

    Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Japanese ghost ship arriving at US
    2. B.
      Tsunami garbage heading to US
    3. C.
      Japanese ghost ship polluting the Pacific
    4. D.
      Cannon fire sinking Japanese ghost ship

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Norah has a cottage on a cliff above a big bay. In winter it could be very nasty because of strong winds and sea spray. In fact, when a gale was blowing, Norah and her husband got used to sleeping in a small room downstairs, because their bedroom upstairs, which faced the gales, had a very big window, and they were afraid that an extra violent gust might break it and blow pieces of broken glass over them.
Also, the salt spray from the sea put an end to many of the colorful plants Norah planted in the garden. She tried putting up a fence to protect them, but the wind just hit it, went up over the top and then down the other side, so in the end she filled the garden with trees and bushes that liked salt.
But most of the summer Norah enjoyed her cottage and garden very much. At weekends she could sit out-of-doors in the sun, looking at the beautiful view, with interesting ships and boats passing by, and she could very easily cycle down to the sea for a swim.
Now, Norah and her husband had plenty of friends and relations. In the summer most of them used to come to enjoy the beautiful place, and in the end it really became quite annoying for Norah and her husband. When they were at home, they found friends and relations arriving, expecting to be given unlimited drinks and meals, and to sit in the sun for hours, talking as if Norah and her husband had nothing else to do but entertain and listen to them.
This went on for several years. Norah did not wish to appear rude by refusing to let her friends and relations in, but on the other hand, she was getting tired every summer.
Then one day Norah was complaining about this to her hairdresser while she was doing her hair. “You’re disturbed by too many uninvited guests, are you?” said the hairdresser. “Why don’t you try my way of escaping?”
“What’s that?” asked Norah.
“Well,” the hairdresser answered, “when the bell rings, I put on my coat and take my shopping bag. If it’s someone I don’t want to see, I say innocently, ‘I’m sorry, but I’ve got to go out. But…’”

  1. 1.

    In paragraph one the underlined word “spray” probably means    

    1. A.
      wastes produced by some birds living near the sea
    2. B.
      great waves caused by strong wind
    3. C.
      plants floating on the surface of the sea
    4. D.
      very small drops of sea water sent through the air by something
  2. 2.

    We can infer that    

    1. A.
      a lot of friends came to visit them in winter
    2. B.
      few friends came to visit them in winter
    3. C.
      Friends came to visit them only for drinks and meals
    4. D.
      Norah was a good cook
  3. 3.

    The best title for the passage might be    

    1. A.
      A Good Place of Enjoying the Sea
    2. B.
      A Warm-hearted Couple
    3. C.
      A Clever Way of Escaping
    4. D.
      A Visit to Norah
  4. 4.

    What the hairdresser is likely to continue to say in the end is “   

    1. A.
      If I am tired, I say, ‘Sorry, can you come next time?’
    2. B.
      If it’s someone I like to see, I say, ‘How lucky! I’ve just come in!’
    3. C.
      If it’s someone I like to see, I say, ‘How happy to see you! I was going shopping, but now I’ve changed my mind.’
    4. D.
      If it is fine that day, I say, ‘I am tired, but I’ll show you around the place, anyhow.’

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It started off as part of French military training and has since evolved as a sport, founded by Sebastian Foucan and David Belle, to encompass a wide variety of techniques, philosophies and exercises. Park-our now enjoys the devotion of many die-hard fans across the world and has been the source for much inspiration.
But what is park-our? It is the art of using only your body to navigate from Point A to B in the least time possible, which involves besides leaping, climbing and sprinting, various unusual and complex movements to overcome barriers. Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond’s wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Yes, that’s pork-our, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Park-our is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Park-our can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see much more in park-our than that.
To overcome all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念)behind park-our. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in park-our and never fall back from them in your life to reach the destination successfully. A park-our lover said, “I love park-our, because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”
Another philosophy we’ve learned from park-our is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself so that you earn energy and confidence

  1. 1.

    Park-our has become popular throughout the world because of ________

    1. A.
      its founder, David Belle
    2. B.
      the film, Casino Royale
    3. C.
      its risks and tricks
    4. D.
      the varieties of participants
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”

    1. A.
      streets
    2. B.
      objects
    3. C.
      barriers
    4. D.
      roofs
  3. 3.

    As its participants move around a city, _________

    1. A.
      they can ask for help
    2. B.
      they may choose to escape
    3. C.
      they should run to extremes
    4. D.
      they must learn to survive
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is TRUE about park-our?

    1. A.
      It challenges human abilities
    2. B.
      It is a good but boring sport
    3. C.
      It needs special training
    4. D.
      It is a team sport
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is the philosophy of park-our?

    1. A.
      Sports and extremes
    2. B.
      Excitement and freedom
    3. C.
      Dreams and success
    4. D.
      Self-confidence and freedom

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Dior was born in Normandy in 1905, and his family’s original plans for him included a career in the diplomatic service, but by the time he was twenty-three, with his parents’money, he opened a small art gallery in Paris. By 1931, the money had been used up. Dior’s friends in the art gallery, asked him to draw and he took his first step at designing and drawing. His first job was with Lucien Lelong from whom Dior learned his craft(手艺).
In February,1947, Dior started the New Look in his first major Paris collection. He was backed by a famous textile producer, Boussac, who looked after the dollars, while Dior looked after the fashions. Dior knew nothing about cutting and sewing, but he was good at fashion design.
The New Look started an entirely different look to costume, with a tiny waist, a rounded shoulder and a shapely bust(胸围), usually with a low-cut neckline and a long full skirt. To women who had lived through the war years, the femaleness of the New look was a great success, for people were tired of tile extremely plain, wartime restrictive fashions.
It is said that dresses by Dior were “constructed like buildings”, but young people were attracted to his design, and all over the western world, manufacturers plunged(投入) into the production of his new style. Dior’s revolutionary designs lighted up a whole cycle of fashion, rounded, gentle, feminine, a delight in elegance. A New Look House of Dior opened in 1948, followed by one in London. Considered as King of Couture(women’s clothing)for years, the Dior empire grew until it covered every country in the western world, and included furs, hosiery, jewelry, perfumes, men’s wear and on and on. More than 1,000 people worked at the Paris headquarters then.
His sudden death in 1957 when he was 53 years old did not stop the growth of the House of Dior. Even now, so many years after his death, his name is closely connected with fashion throughout the world, and indeed is one of the most recognized names in the world, His first, great New Look, with its long skirts was an expression of freedom in the late 1940s

  1. 1.

    Which of the following designs is close to Dior’s?

    1. A.
    2. B.
    3. C.
    4. D.
  2. 2.

    According to the passage. in Dior’s life, he did NOT___________

    1. A.
      make creative fashion designs
    2. B.
      work in a diplomatic service
    3. C.
      1earn craft as his first job
    4. D.
      open a New Look House
  3. 3.

    We can infer from the passage that _________

    1. A.
      Dior and his supporter had different interests in business
    2. B.
      Dior’s New Look had little influence on people then
    3. C.
      Dior is only a brand of women’s fashion
    4. D.
      Dior’s fashion was not accepted at first
  4. 4.

    What is probably the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      The History of the New Look
    2. B.
      The Growth of the Dior Empire
    3. C.
      An Expression of Freedom—Dior
    4. D.
      The Founder of the New Look-Dior

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We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Bird, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration (迁移) is probably the migration of the fish, which is called “salmon”. This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.
Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster(龙虾). Every year, when the season of bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.
So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like to travel

  1. 1.

    Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _________

    1. A.
      give birth
    2. B.
      enjoy warmer weather
    3. C.
      find food more easily
    4. D.
      find beautiful places
  2. 2.

    The fish called “salmon” spends a long life in _________

    1. A.
      salt water
    2. B.
      rivers
    3. C.
      fresh water
    4. D.
      its birthplace
  3. 3.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Animals move in order to find food more easily
    2. B.
      The migration of the fish called “salmon” is the most famous migration
    3. C.
      Living things move from one place to another because they like to travel
    4. D.
      sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another, but sometimes we don’t

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Kindergarten outside? Yes, indeed. It’s part of a growing worldwide trend toward outdoor education. The schools are called forest kindergartens.
The numbers are small so far in the U.S., but the idea is well established in Europe, with schools in Scotland, England, and Switzerland. By far the most such schools are in Germany, which has more than 400 forest kindergartens.
Some schools feature several hours of outdoor schooling. This is certainly the case with the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs. Children there will be venturing out on the nearby Hemlock Trail to learn more about the natural world. Some lessons are focused on nature; others are academic topics delivered in a natural setting. In all cases, students are active-not sitting at desks or on mats on the floor but walking, running, jumping, solving problems like how to get the mud off the bottoms of their shoes before their parents find out.
Seriously, the focus is on activity at these schools. Studies have shown that children’s immune systems actually get stronger after all of the outdoor activity, and that graduates of forest kindergartens show a higher ability to learn when they progress through their academic careers.
Other schools are all outdoors, all the time. This is the case with the Cedar Song Nature School, on Vashon Island, Washington. Students at this school spend their whole three–hour day outdoors, in a private five-acre forest, doing all kinds of physical activities.
At these forest kindergartens, students learn science by observing and doing it, learn math by applying it to the natural world around them, learn letters and words by putting them together using sights and sounds. These students learn how to get along with one another, individually and in a group. They also develop healthy levels of self-confidence.
Nowadays many children become obese(肥胖的) because of sedentary(久坐的) activities like watching television and playing video games. These outdoor schools give children chances to learn just as much, if not more, from opening their eyes to the real world around them

  1. 1.

    What do we know about forest kindergartens?

    1. A.
      The first one was created in England
    2. B.
      They are very popular in Germany
    3. C.
      There are 400 all over the world
    4. D.
      Their number is huge in the U.S
  2. 2.

    What is special about forest kindergartens?

    1. A.
      Kids learn more than those at ordinary kindergartens
    2. B.
      Students go outside when weather permits
    3. C.
      They value activity very much
    4. D.
      They are situated in forests
  3. 3.

    The main difference between the Waldorf School and Cedar Song Nature School lies in______

    1. A.
      the subjects
    2. B.
      the activities
    3. C.
      the outdoor time
    4. D.
      the teaching methods
  4. 4.

    Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      Get close to nature
    2. B.
      A new trend of education
    3. C.
      Forest kindergartens are popular
    4. D.
      Outdoor education benefits kids a lot

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“I THIRST” 
Each day water-related diseases kill 3,900 of the world’s children.
Across the world, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. More than 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation (卫生设备). 
The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate, inequality between men and women, and poverty.
Consider these facts:
* The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 kilometres.
* Only 58 percent of children in sub-Sharan Africa are drinking safe water, and only 37 percent of children in South Asia have access to even a basic toilet.
* Each year in India alone, 73 million working days are lost to water-borne diseases.
Here are three ways you can help:
1) Write Congress
Current U.S. foreign aid for drinking water and sanitation budgets only one dollar per year per American citizen. Few members of Congress have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water abroad.
2) Sponsor a project with a faith-based organization
Many U.S. religious groups already sponsor water and sanitation projects, working with partner organizations can make safe water a reality for thousands of people.
3) Support nonprofit water organizations
Numerous U.S. based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in community led projects related to drinking water and sanitation. Like the sample of non-profits noted as follows, some organizations are large, others small-scale, some operate world-wide, others are devoted to certain areas in Africa, Asia, Latin America. Support them generously

  1. 1.

    The three facts presented in the passage are used to illustrate that ______

    1. A.
      poverty can result in water-borne diseases
    2. B.
      people have no access to clean drinking water
    3. C.
      women’s rights are denied in some developing countries
    4. D.
      safe drinking water should be a primary concern
  2. 2.

    The intended readers of the passage are _______

    1. A.
      Americans
    2. B.
      overseas sponsors
    3. C.
      Congressmen
    4. D.
      U.S. based water organizations
  3. 3.

    The main purpose of the passage is to call on people to ______

    1. A.
      get rid of water-related diseases in developing countries
    2. B.
      donate money to people short of water through religious groups
    3. C.
      fight against the worldwide water shortage and sanitation problem
    4. D.
      take joint action in support of some nonprofit water organizations

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Brief  Introduction
(Adeline) Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Main  body
My dear,
'Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been...........................from the last letter of virginia woolf

  1. 1.

    According to the first paragraph we can infer that            

    1. A.
      During the interwar period,virginia woolf was important for London people
    2. B.
      She has been living for 55 years
    3. C.
      Her first the novels Mrs Dalloway in 1925
    4. D.
      She regarded as one of the foremost romanticism literary figures of the twentieth century
  2. 2.

    what is form of The main body?

    1. A.
      letter of resignation
    2. B.
      Letter of condolence
    3. C.
      Letter of suicide
    4. D.
      Letters of Apologies ;
  3. 3.

    Where can I see this article?

    1. A.
      newspaper
    2. B.
      biography
    3. C.
      German Literature
    4. D.
      television
  4. 4.

    According to the main body, which of the following is not the reason of her Dutch act(自杀)?

    1. A.
      She can't go on spoiling your life any longer
    2. B.
      I feel certain I am going mad again
    3. C.
      She cannot bear her husband's interference
    4. D.
      The approach of war makes her psychological problems aggravated

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