The Young Scholars Program
The University of Maryland’s Young Scholars Program is a perfect summer camp for academically talented teenagers who want to earn college credits, pursue academic interests or discover college life at the University of Maryland. The program is challenging and rewarding. Students have the opportunity to show that they can be successful in a university environment.
The Activities
During three weeks of exploration, teens preview the university experience, study with students who share similar interests and communicate with the best teachers of the University of Maryland in a dynamic and challenging classroom environment. Students can have trips to nearby Washington, DC and enjoy movie nights and activities at the student union. Workshops and seminars featuring speakers in academic fields further enrich the learning experience.
The Courses
The Young Scholars Program offers college courses that are at the cutting edge of theory, thought and technology. Classes generally meet every day from Monday to Friday. The program is a great introduction to the University of Maryland, Participants can benefit from the University of Maryland’s vast resources, including libraries, computers and instructional labs.
The Rewards
Upon program completion, teens will go home with better preparations for the college experience—both academically and socially. In addition, students earn three college credits that post to the University of Maryland transcript (成绩单).
The Application
The application process includes submission of the application, high school transcript and a letter of recommendation.
Ages: 14-18
Mailing address: The University of Maryland College Park
For more information, call 3014057762.
1.What is the benefit of joining in the program?
A.Developing special interest.
B.Learning from the best students.
C.Earning enough college credits.
D.Experiencing college life in advance.
2.What can teens do in the program?
A.Find a part-time job in the library.
B.Travel to Washington, DC regularly.
C.Attend a meeting for academic discussion.
D.Join the student union of the University of Maryland.
3.How many days will students spend attending classes in the program?
A.5 day B.15 days.
C.21 days. D.30 days.
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My friends are often jealous of my good memory. When they were beating their brains to recall how many people attended John’s ninth birthday, I succeeded in reminding them of the details. I told them that Tom, Barbara, Tony and I did; that Mary brought a toy car as a gift, Tom brought a four-in-one game disc…; that John said after blowing out the candles his wish was to be a pilot when he grew up… When Bob, Jim and Elizabeth were quarrelling, faces flush with anger, about the name of the forest where they went camping, I stopped them by detailing to them on which date, which month, which year we visited which forest and ate what food for picnic…
Bob often says, “Lewis, if only I had a memory half as good as you!” Whenever hearing this, a voice shouted from the bottom of my heart, “How I wish God gave me a forgetfulness half as good as you!”
In fact, instead of being proud of my memory, I hate it; I’ve suffered a lot from it, for it is sometimes too good: I can remember everything I’ve experienced, including what I don’t want to remember; indeed, I do hope to forget something!
Barbara and I are best friends from the cradle. In fact, our relationship was already beyond friendship; it was that of lovers. But one day she left me for no reason except that I was too familiar to her to further our relationship. Over the next two months and a half, I couldn’t fall to sleep. While in bed wide awake, I warned myself, “You must forget her, otherwise you will get destroyed.” But my good memory failed me again and again — I could remember how beautiful it was when I first kissed her affectionately and then in turn received even more affectionate responses; I could remember every sweet word she had said to me…
1.The first paragraph is intended to describe ________.
A.how the writer’s friends were jealous of him
B.what a good memory the writer had
C.what happy childhood he shared with his friends
D.what an important part he played among his friends
2.Barbara left the writer ________.
A.for nothing B.because she hated it that he kissed her
C.because their friendship broke D.because she was tired of him
3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.The writer and Barbara had a long-time friendship.
B.The writer, somehow, hated his good memory.
C.The writer was struggling to tear himself off the pain of losing love.
D.Tony’s wish was to be a pilot when he grew up.
4.What the writer suffered the most was that ________.
A.he had got too good a memory B.Barbara left for no reason
C.others were jealous of him D.the sweet past was out of memory
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Three boys were enjoying themselves in their hometown of Bovina, Mississippi. However, their lives were turned upside down when they discovered the jawbone of a Mastodon (齿乳象).
Brothers Shawn and Caid Sellers and cousin Michael Mahalitc found the prehistoric bone in a piece of earth that was recently plowed (犁、耕). “I thought it was a log,” Caid said. “I tried to pick it up and it was really heavy and I saw teeth on it.” The bone weighed about 50 pounds. They eventually got the bone to their home and fitted it in their tub (浴盆), but it took their collective strength, might and a golf cart, to carry the large Mastodon bone.
“They didn’t expect to find that,” Michael’s mom said. “Now that they have, I believe that they will be more aware of their surroundings and what they’re digging up when they are digging and playing.”
“We’ve gotten a lot of petrified (石化的) wood and Civil War relics from the area and that’s what I thought it was,” the brothers’ mother said. “This is our first set of teeth we’ve found. So we thought it was their imagination. We were quite surprised to see that it was not their imagination.”
They were exploring near the brothers’ home. Lo and behold (真想不到), they saw what they thought resembled a fossil. It was the curator of paleontology (古生物负责人) of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, George Phillips, who first identified the bone as a “very mature individual.”
The Mastodon was a mammal who lived during the prehistoric times. They had long tusks and trunks, like elephants. They were clearly different from their modern-day counterparts, as well as woolly mammoths (猛犸).
1.How did they find the jawbone of a Mastodon?
A.With great efforts. B.By chance.
C.Instructed by an expert. D.Through imagination.
2.At first the brothers’ mother thought the jawbone was________.
A.from people who died in the Civil War B.the bone from a very mature individual
C.like a log or something D.the prehistoric bone
3.The discovery of the jawbone of a Mastodon is important mainly because it________.
A.helps people to know more about the Civil War
B.teaches kids to be more aware of their surroundings
C.promotes the research on more prehistoric creatures
D.attracts the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the article?
A.Prehistoric Bones Recently Found in Mississippi
B.Not Petrified Wood Nor Civil War Relics
C.First Identifying Bone as a “Very Mature Individual”
D.Unexpectedly Discovering Mastodon Jawbone
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Sandi Patty has been a name synonymous (同义的) with Gospel music because of her singing ability since she released her first album in 1979.
Patty’s newest book. The Voice, takes a deep dive into parts of her life she’s kept private for years. Surprisingly, The Voice is not primarily concerned with Patty’s singing voice. Patty was always a talented singer. However, she struggled to find her inner voice and speak up for herself. “I was a shy kid. Words were hard for me,” Patty said.
One of the reasons why Patty found it so difficult to use her voice was a traumatic childhood experience. At age six, she was abused by a friend, an experience she opened up for the first time in the book.
She is sharing the story of her experience now, hoping it will help other people feel less alone. “Feeling alone keeps everybody silent about the tough times in our lives, so we think we’re the only ones,” Patty said. She wrote in The Voice that she felt like it was her job to make everyone feel better.
Friendships were essential for helping Patty find the courage to speak up. They reminded her that she didn’t need to make others feel better because the people she loved didn’t doubt she cared for them.
Friends and family were crucial for helping Patty confront another struggle she faced—shame. She felt unpleasant for insecurities about her weight and her divorce. “I’ve heard it explain that guilt tells us we have done something wrong and shame says we are wrong,” Patty said.
“I want people to know that their stories and their voices matter,” Patty said. “We have to figure out a way to take our pain away and put it where it needs to be, without letting it guide our lives. Pain is a part of our story. It describes us, but it doesn’t need to define us.”
1.What does Patty’s newest book focus on?
A.Her singing ability. B.Her dream of success.
C.Her advice on singing well. D.Her private experiences.
2.What does the underlined word “traumatic” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Bitter. B.Relaxing.
C.Valuable. D.Practical.
3.How did Patty’s friends influence her?
A.They helped her get rid of loneliness. B.They witnessed her success.
C.They inspired her to act bravely. D.They helped her find out problems.
4.What do Patty’s words in the last paragraph intend to show?
A.The need to be independent.
B.The importance of relieving our pain.
C.The necessity of accepting our life.
D.The meaning of learning about ourselves.
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A Diet Without Enough Protein Can Cause Depression
Depression is a condition so common. 1. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it “a leading cause of disability.” Difficulty in falling asleep, loss of appetite, and loss of ability to concentrate are just a few of the other effects of depression. While life events such as the loss of a spouse or a job may create a happening of depression, many cases come from within, such as people’s diet.
As is reported, both before and during a happening of depression, those with the condition show a “poor appetite”. 2. On the other hand, depression may be closely related to protein. Many cases of depression happen to those who don’t eat properly, which then result in lack of protein taken into the body.
3. It all comes down to amino acids (氨基酸). Proteins are made up of amino acids. Both the human brain and nervous system use amino acids as a substance that creates a signal from one brain cell to another or one nerve cell to another. With them communication between the cells becomes possible.
4. But eight of them, the “essential” ones for communication between the brain cells, must be eaten in one’s diet. So a diet which is lacking in protein lessens the signal being sent from one brain cell to the next during a thought. The process can lead to twisted signals, which can not only lead to depression, but also aggression. 5.
A. It happens with aggression.
B. It may lead to serious effects.
C. But how lack of protein occurs?
D. There are 20 different amino acids.
E. But what does protein have to do with depression?
F. The poor appetite itself can create a depressed mood.
G. This is why depression can often express itself as anger or aggression.
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Last year, at the weekly classes of Eastside Academic Studies, I met some people with the whole responsibility for teaching and working. They cared deeply for the ________ of their students. One of them was the English teacher, Mrs. Roos, who taught me AP Language and Composition.
I was first ________ with the fact her teaching would not be cookie-cutter (俗套的) style and ________ day after day. She was smart. She did not expect to teach ________ as if we were mass-produced products required to pass a certain ________. She thought we were the individuals that were in the ________ of being built for the future we would face. She spent time in knowing us ________.
At the same time, every ________, I could see, was thoroughly investigated and analyze, so that she could give us high-quality comments and ________ proposals. In her opinion, her ________ didn’t stop at the end of the school year; it stopped at the end of her students’ ________. Thus, she did her work seriously.
Mrs. Roos was not the one to give an easy A. Yet that was the work she ________ us to do. She was looking for right ________ inside of us. Additionally, she was more than willing to present a Plan B when a student needed her help, and willing to spend time outside of the ________ class when we couldn’t finish the once-a-week ________.
Because she was absolutely ________ with her students, I thought it made her ________. However, by ________ what she liked through stories and opinions in our class conversation, she ________ us. She cared for us. I summed it up like this: She gave her best to her students and I ________ the teacher like her!
1.A.need B.plans C.admissions D.advantages
2.A.annoyed B.impressed C.bored D.disappointed
3.A.heavy B.simple C.sharp D.boring
4.A.interestingly B.effectively C.cheaply D.obviously
5.A.argument B.occupation C.significance D.standard
6.A.possession B.process C.absence D.charge
7.A.vaguely B.meaningfully C.individually D.cautiously
8.A.adventure B.research C.setting D.assignment
9.A.controversial B.constructive C.desperate D.permanent
10.A.duty B.deadline C.donation D.liberation
11.A.life B.homework C.credits D.degrees
12.A.refused B.forced C.expected D.forbade
13.A.position B.direction C.moment D.relationship
14.A.shabby B.relaxing C.harmonious D.original
15.A.mission B.meeting C.appointment D.travelling
16.A.content B.strict C.familiar D.associated
17.A.unhappy B.unhelpful C.unintelligent D.unpopular
18.A.creating B.recording C.sharing D.organizing
19.A.connected with B.competed with C.corresponded with D.compared with
20.A.recognized B.discovered C.appreciated D.inspired
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
What does a beautiful person look like? Well, it depends on whom you ask and 1. they are from.
Much like the way people with straight hair want 2.(curl) hair or those with pale skin lie in the sun trying to get a suntan (晒黑), people often find themselves more attractive when 3.(visit) another country.
Recently a post went popular on the US question website Quora. It asked, “Have you ever been considered more attractive in a country 4. than your own?”
Many replies made 5. clear just how much more attractive they were considered in other country, and why.
Lolyta from Indonesia wrote, “In my home country, I am not considered beautiful, 6. when I went to Europe I got a lot of attention.” Pooja Gautam from Nepal shared a similar experience. Women with lighter skin always got more attention than she 7. in her country. But in Poland, she has gotten 8.(usual) high levels of attention from locals. “Tanning salons (晒黑沙龙) are a big thing in Polish cities,” she wrote. “Some Polish people find it hard to believe 9. I tell them that many Nepalese people carry 10.(umbrella) on hot, sunny days to stop their skin from turning darker.”
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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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。
We have been travelling for more than a week already but arrived in Saudi Arabia today. Most people here wear traditional type of long and loose clothing that cover the whole body. Saudi Arabia is in the desert, and in summer, the weather is extreme hot. One of the tour guide told us that it gets as hotter as 50℃ every summer. Wear this kind of clothing may be very comfortable in that weather, but this is winter and quite cool now. During the day in winter, it was about 22℃ and about 13℃ in the evening. I think I will find the weather a bit of cold when we return to China.
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假定你是李华，你校将举办书法比赛，参赛学生同场竞技书写校名，优胜者的书法作品将被展览一周。请给你校热爱书法的英国交换生Joe写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加这一比赛。要点如下：
1. 比赛的时间和地点；
2. 比赛的要求和细节；
3. 预祝取得胜利。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： 书法比赛 calligraphy contest
Dear Joe,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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