Harvard student guides lead Highlights Tours ...

Harvard student guides lead Highlights Tours and Quick Stops, available during the fall and spring semesters, except during holidays, winter sessions, and breaks. Fall tours begin on Friday, September 6, and ran through Wednesday, November 27. Spring tours start on Friday, January 31, through Friday, March13 and then from Wednesday, March 25 through Wednesday, April 29. Tours may also be offered in French and Chinese besides English.

Highlights Tours

Fridays, 12:30pm Saturdays, 2:00pm Sundays, 2:00pm

Visit towering Native American totem (图腾)poles and precious artifacts of the ancient world. See life-size casts of Maya monuments and exhibitions such as Wiyohpiyata which is about the 19th century warrior art, and Digging Veritas, which explores the history of Harvard. The themes of the exhibition vary every two days. Visit the museum near the fountain. Tours last 45 minutes, and museum admission is free. For groups of 6 or more, please reserve a scheduled group tour for the day and time of your choice by contacting reservations at 617-495-3216. Each guide may lead a maximum of 20 people per tour. These tours are mainly offered to people of college age or older. Groups with younger people may reserve K-12 school programs through reservation.

Quick Stops

Wednesday, 3:30pm Sundays, 11:30am

Let a Harvard student help you focus on a few special objects in the galleries. Each Quick Stop lasts about 25 minutes and offers replica (复制品)objects to handle while you are engaged in lively conversations. Tell us what the exhibits show you. Topics change daily and there is no age limit, but children between six and ten travelling with adults are free of charge.

For more information, please visit https://www.harvard.edu.

1.How long does the Fall tours last?

A.More than two months. B.Within two months.

C.Within a month. D.At least three months.

2.What should a group of 12 people participating in Highlights Tours do?

A.Call the guide at 617-495-3216. B.Make the reservation ahead of time.

C.Take a 10-year-old child if they want. D.Arrive at the museum 45 minutes earlier.

3.Which of the following is true about Highlights Tours?

A.Wiyohpiyata is closely connected with Native American totem culture.

B.Digging Veritas explores the history of Native Americans.

C.You can get close to the special objects in the gallery.

D.One exhibition is about the art of ancient soldiers.

4.What is the similarity between the two tours?

A.They have changeable themes or topics. B.They are targeted at tourists of similar ages.

C.They tell about the Maya civilization. D.They allow the visitors to guide the tours.

5.What can we learn from the text?

A.Tours are offered only in French or Chinese.

B.Visitors can have a tour on Christmas Day.

C.A child aged eight can travel free in Quick Stops with his parents.

D.Highlights Tours offers free museum admission just for children under ten.

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Student-Led Public Walking Tour

The official Harvard tour is led by students and consists of an outdoor walk through Harvard Yard， providing a history of the university， general information， and a unique view on the student's individual experience． The tour is around one hour long， and completely free of charge． Currently we are only able to accommodate groups of up to 14 people． If you have a group of 15 or more， reservations are required．

A Self-Guided Walking Tour

If you are interested in touring the campus on your own， you may want a self-guided walking tour． Helpful tour brochures written in nine languages can be acquired from our office during working hours．

Western Ave． Arts Walk Tour

The Western Ave． Arts Walk Tour is led by students and consists of an outdoor walk along Western Avenue where visitors will learn about Allston's public art including both permanent and temporary works of art on view at the Harvard Ed Portal， the Harvard Business School as well as works related to Zone 3． The tour is approximately one hour long． Please wear comfortable shoes．

Harvard College Admissions Information Tour

The Harvard College Admissions & Financial Aid Office offers another guided tour of the undergraduate campus． This student-led tour of Harvard Yard is designed for students who have just been admitted into Harvard and those visitors wishing to learn more about student life．

1.What is special about A Self-Guided Walking Tour？ ______

A.It includes an outdoor walk．

B.It offers useful written materials．

C.It requires comfortable shoes．

D.It is around one hour long．

2.Which is most suitable for the new students of Harvard？ ______

A.Western Ave． Arts Walk Tour

B.Student-Led Public Walking Tour

C.A Self-Guided Walking Tour

D.Harvard College Admissions Information Tour

3.What's the purpose of the passage？ ______

A.To introduce the life of Harvard students．

B.To introduce the history of Harvard．

C.To introduce different tours of Harvard．

D.To tell students to walk around Harvard．

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Harvard student Julie Zauzmer turned 20 on January 22, and her birthday couldn’t have been better: She got to working the overnight shift at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.

That might seem an extraordinary act of selflessness for someone turning 20. But there’s increasing evidence that commitment to community service is becoming much more ordinary to today’s young adults.

“Young adults are doing more volunteer service than in any point in history,’’ said Scott Seider, an assistant professor of education at Boston University who studies the civic development of young adults.

At Harvard, the Winthrop Street Homeless Shelter is one of 86 social service programs associated with the Phillips Brooks House Association, which is a student-run nonprofit organization. Students can work with deaf children, bring pets to nursing homes, and prepare Chinese students to become US citizens, and so on.

Volunteerism develops well outside of colleges, too. Applications to AmeriCorps have risen to a very high level, jumping from 91,399 in 2008 to 258,829 in 2010. City Year, which puts young people in high-poverty schools as tutors and mentors for at-risk students, has had a 140 percent increase in applications since its 2007-2008 service year. Citizen Schools, which uses volunteers to work with students in middle schools, has had a 28 percent jump in applicants between 2008 and 2009.

“Most of my friends know it’s their duty to give back before they settle down,’’ said Samantha Wolf, a 23-year-old Boston University graduate serving with City Year in a Mattapan school.

City Year corps member Antonio Gutierrez, 22, graduated last year from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and is applying for admission to law schools, but this year he is tutoring and mentoring students at the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End.

“I grew up in similar circumstances,’’ said Gutierrez, who said he was a weak student until enrichment programs changed his academic trajectory (轨迹). Raised by a single mother in low-income housing across the street from City Year’s South End Headquarters, he used to watch the red-jacketed corps members come and go, and decided to become one someday.

1.We learn from what Scott Seider says in Paragraph 3 that young people today 　　　　 .

A. study harder than before

B. do more volunteering than ever before

C. don’t care much about others　　　　

D. like to find jobs in their communities

2.What’s the goal of the program of City Year?

A. It helps to find jobs for college students.

B. It offers shelters to the homeless people.

C. It helps to build schools for poor students.

D. It engages young people to teach at high-poverty schools.

3.What do we know about Antonio Gutierrez?

A. He wants to give back as a volunteer.

B. He has always been an excellent student.

C. He never expected to become a volunteer.　

D. He now works as a teacher.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Volunteering spirit has disappeared

B. How to become a college student

C. College students learn to give back

D. The real life of young adults today

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We all wonder 　　 so many students and their families are visiting Boston —area schools, such as Harvard, in their summer holidays.

A. why it is that　　　　 B. why is it that

C. that it is why　　　　 D. it is why

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The systemn has been designed to give students quick and easy     to the digital resources of the library.

A．access       B．passage     C．way   D．approach

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The system has been designed to give students quick and easy     to the digital resources of the library.

A. access    B. passage    C. way   D. approach

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The system has been designed to give students quick and easy access ________ the digital resources of the library.

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The system has been designed to give students quick and easy ______ to the digital resources of the library.

A. access           B. passage          C. way              D. approach

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

The system has been designed to give students quick and easy ________to the digital resources of the library.

A.way    B.approach    C.access    D.passage

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The system has been designed to give students quick and easy ________ to the digital resources of the library.

A. access    B. passage    C. way   D. approach

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