A Guide to Freshman
Food Service
The URS Cafeteria opens from 7:00am to 8:00pm. It serves all kinds of snacks, drinks, ice cream and meals. You can pay with your cash or ID cards. You can put your cash into your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the Cafeteria, you can still use the tables to enjoy meals, to have your meetings with your friends and even to study.
Transportation
The URS Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping center, leaving from the Mattson Center. Operation hours are between 9:00am and 3:00pm, Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $2.
Academic Support
All students have access to the Writing Center on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door, two 30-minute appointments per week maximum. The service is free of charge.
Relaxation and Health
The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10:00am to 10:00pm, closed on Sundays.
The Fitness Center is on the top floor of Douglas Hall, it is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:30pm.
1.What can you do in the URS Cafeteria?
A. Add money to your ID card and play chess
B. Have meals with your friends
C. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts
D. Do your homework and watch TV
2.What can the URS Express do for the students?
A. To provide students with campus tours
B. To take students to the Mattson Center
C. To transport the students to and from the stores
D. To carry the students to the lecture halls
3.Whom can you get help from for your writing?
A. The professors B. Volunteers
C. Trainers D. Classmates
4.When and where can you cook for yourself?
A. The Douglas hall, Sunday B. The Globe, Wednesday
C. The URS Cafeteria, Friday D. The Mcmillan Hall, Sunday
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The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it Some people use the air to live on while they sit around and fed sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent Jife for themselves.
Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That is impossible.
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to make it. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That is not up to the opportunity. That is up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.
1.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. Introduce the topic of the passage.
B. Compare air to opportunity.
C. Present the relationship between human and air.
D. To show the importance of air.
2.Which of the following may be used as the tittle of the passage?
A. Air and Opportunity B. Seize the Opportunity
C. How to Succeed D. Breathe the Fresh Air
3.The author wants to advise us to______.
A. breathe in the air
B. sit around and feel sorry
C. be up to the opportunity
D. make use of the opportunity and act on immediately
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There are many different voices on charity donations recently. Chen TianQiao, one of the Chinese billionaires, gave away $115 million to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to help promote brain research. Chen has been interested in the brain research, believing it can advance the industries of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. However, this huge donation has caused heated discussions among Chinese scholars and internet users.
Many criticized him for giving money to a foreign university rather than domestic institutes for brain research, which are developing fast and are catching up with the US in just a few years. RaoYi, a biologist at Peking University, even said the donation was a typical mistake.
Others, however, support his choice. They believe Caltech is a more reasonable choice compared with Chinese research Institutes. Caltech has a long history and has taken a leading position in biology, and therefore it produces more efficient results. What’s more, the results of the research will benefit not only the Americans, but also the rest of the world.
A similar controversial (有争议的) case started two years ago when Pan ShiYi, chairman of SOHO China, donated $15 million to Harvard University to help disadvantaged Chinese Students.
Many believe that China is still far behind in management and use of donated money, and that as a result, Chinese donators are looking abroad. In comparison, Western countries like the US, which have a long history of donating money, have well-developed systems that use money efficiently. They can also provide full access for donors who want to track the use of the money. To get more donations, Chinese universities should be braver and more honest. They need self-reflection rather than envy.
1.Why did Chen’s huge donations draw people’s attention?
A. It was used for brain research rather than for the poor.
B. It was not used efficiently.
C. It was the largest donation.
D. It should have been donated to a Chinese college.
2.Which of the followings can best replace the underlined word “domestic” in the second paragraph?
A. home B. family
C. household D. homepage
3.The example of PanShiYi was used to ________.
A. inform some Chinese students are poor at education
B. show off the generosity of Chinese billionaires
C. present the widespread disagreement over donating abroad
D. prove the Chinese are crazy about donations
4.What is the main advice does the author give to the Chinese universities?
A. Developing artificial intelligence.
B. Educating the braver and more honest graduates.
C. Developing fast to catch up with the US.
D. Developing systems to use the donations efficiently.
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Adults always think it surprising that they can remember well what they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials (尝试) increase the length of lime we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star’’ and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables (乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in our childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course, though it may result in a passing grade. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, however, is really necessary for one’s future development.
1.What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
A. Children have a better memory than grown-ups.
B. People remember well what they learned in childhood
C. Stories for children arc easy to remember.
D. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.
2.How did the author explain the law of overlearning?
A. Giving examples B. Setting down general rules
C. Making a comparison D. Presenting research finding
3.According to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is .
A. a special case of cramming B. a skill to deal with math problems
C. a result of overlearning D. a basic step towards advanced studies
4.What is the author’s view point on cramming?
A. It leads to failure in college exams. B. It increases students’ learning interest.
C. Ifs possible lo result in poor memory. D. It’s helpful only in a limited way.
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When a child sits down in front of a computer, it is not only the material he views but the length of time he spends on computer that can influence his total social, physical and mental well-being. 1.
Computer Use and a Child’s Physical Well-being
Excessive (过多的) screen time is harmful to a child’s health. 2. Staring at a bright computer screen for hours on end can cause nearsightedness and eye focusing problem.
Computers VS. Active Play
3. Perhaps the greatest concern about the overuse of computers in homes and in schools is that it interferes with a child’s active playtime. Active play is necessary for overall physical health and greatly reduces the risk of childhood obesity.
Computers as Learning Tools
When used in moderation, computers are still useful tools for learning. 4. Thanks to the Internet, kids are writing more than ever. For the first time, children are spending time writing detailed reviews of radio games and movies.
Practice Computer Safety
To make sure computers are helping and not harming your children, reduce glare on the computer. 5. A computer is a useful tool only when used in moderation.
A. However, with computers, moderation is key.
B. Active play is important for a child’s development.
C. The greatest physical risk of too much computer use is eyestrain.
D. Computers help kids better understand visual images like diagrams.
E. Carefully monitoring computer use can be a great way to promote a child’s learning.
F. Don’t forget to install child safety software so children don’t come across dangerous websites.
G. Too much computer time, even on “Educational sites,” can have a negative influence on a child’s overall health.
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Baby elephant repaying her lifesaver
There’s a saying about elephants that goes, “elephants never forget.” A recent online video holds____ to this saying, as a baby elephant saved a man from drowning.
The five-year-old elephant was named Kham La. The man she “____” is Darrick Thomson, her trainer.
Darrick____to Kham La while he was in a rushing river of Elephant Nature Park, Thailand. Kham La ____to her favorite person and immediately offered her trunk when she got close to Darrick. To further ____ him from the rushing water, Kham La blocked it by putting up her left leg. Darrick ____ her trunk when Kham La attempted to bring him to safety.
____ Darrick wasn’t in danger. He pretended to be ____ to show people the close band he had formed with Kham La. The close band was formed when Darrick saved Kham La from the ____meihods used on baby elephants for tourist attractions.
“Kham La was in a really____ way when she came to us,” explained Darrick, “She had been tied up and ____ to have cruel training known as ‘crushing’ to prepare her for work. We ____ her and helped her to recover. She became really ____ to me. I went in the river to show just how close our ____is. If you show warmth and kindness to them, they’ll ____ you well, too.”
“Crushing” is a ____ method used on baby elephants. They are beaten ____ they obey their trainers.
“She’s now a(n) ____ young elephant. The video shows just how close she is to me and it’s an important lesson to be kind to ____. This really goes to show that an elephant truly never ____!” Darrick added.
1.A. necessary B. true C. special D. possible
2.A. fought B. invited C. saved D. visited
3.A. called out B. pointed out C. handed out D. reached out
4.A. rode B. flew C. rushed D. floated
5.A. Separate B. control C. lift D. protect
6.A. held on to B. kept up with C. look notice of D. broke away from
7.A. Hopefully B. Finally C. Gradually D. Actually
8.A. escaping B. researching C. drowning D. arguing
9.A. useless B. cruel C. unusual D. scientific
10.A. bad B. different C. easy D. strange
11.A. encouraged B. allowed C. forced D. reminded
12.A. followed B. freed C. accepted D. rewarded
13.A. important B. nice C. helpful D. close
14.A. relationship B. career C. concern D. service
15.A. rescue B. influence C. treat D. judge
16.A. fanning B. training C. working D. acting
17.A. since B. even if C. unless D. so that
18.A. happy B. unlucky C. naughty D. careless
19.A. friends B. classmates C. strangers D. animals
20.A. settles B. forgets C. ignores D. changes
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If you don’t use your arms or your legs, they become weak; when you start using them again, they 1. (slow) become strong again. Everyone knows that. Yet many people don’t seem to know that memory works in 2. same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really 3. (mean) that he keeps his memory in practice by using 4.. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance 5. (become) strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are 6. (blame), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can^ read or write but usually they have 7. (good) memories? This is 8. they can’t read or write and they have to remember days, names, songs and 9. (story), so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from them. Practice 10. (remember) things in a way as these people do.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加﹑删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
When I look at this picture of myself, I realize of how fast time flies. I had grown not only physically, and also mentally in the past few years. About one month after this photo was took, I entered my second year of high school and become a new member of the school music club. Around me in picture are the things they were very important in my life at that time: car magazines and musical instruments. I enjoyed studying difference kinds of cars and planes, playing pop music, and collecting the late music albums. This picture often brings back to me many happy memories of your high school days.
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假定你是李华，来自美国的交换生Bruce结束了在你们学校的学习生活，已经返回美国。作为班长，你想写信感谢她一个学期以来带给大家的美好回忆。内容要点如下：
1. 怀念与她相处的快乐时光
2. 感谢她对大家英语学习的帮助
3. 感谢她为班级捐赠的精美英文书籍
4. 欢迎她有机会再来中国
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总数；
3. 书信应包括以上所有要点，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Bruce,
How about your life back in America? _______________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely
Li Hua
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