The first year of college is vital for settin...

The first year of college is vital for setting students up for success, laying a strong foundation for the rest of college and beyond. Research shows that if you finish your first year and sign up for the second, you're far more likely to get that degree. 1. Here's what the experts recommend.

Go to college on purpose. 2. It means spending as long as four years and taking up

a large amount of your family's income. Simply going because everyone told you so puts you more at risk of having Just some college and no degree."Don't just go to college because your school counselor or your parents told you to go," says Yolanda Watson Spiva, who runs the non-profit organization Complete College America." 3."

Make a connection with a staff member. You can lean on any college staff member connected with the college to learn the ropes of the institution. 4.. Research has shown that having one strong connection with staff members can make you feel engagednand supported throughout college. They can also result in strategic career advice and networking opportunities.

5.Start with your classes work on assignments together or form a study group. Join clubs and organizations-let the organizational framework of those meetings ease the awkwardness of scheduling the first friend date. Don’t beat yourself up if it doesn,'t happen right away. Keep reaching out. If someone else says hi, respond!

A.So how do you get through the first year ?

B.Pick your classes wisely and map out your path.

C.Going to college takes time and money.

D.Find a group of friends who support you.

E.You actually go to college because you have an agenda.

F.You can also ask them about things unrelated to the class.

G.It can be an adviser, a financial aid officer, even a librarian.

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

______ it is hoped that college students should be equipped with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case.

A. When     B. While      C. As    D. Unless

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

________it is hoped that college students should be equipped with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case．

A. When       B. While             C. As          D. Unless

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Has been a dream for 30 years but now the world’s first flying car is set to hit the roads this year.

Ever since the “Back to the Future” movies lit up our screens in the 1980s, designers have dreamt of cars that could take to the sky at the push of a button(按钮). And now pilots can order their own “roadable” plane for just￡127, 000.

The plane, which has fold-out wings that span 17. 5 feet, can be up to 115 mph. Back on the land, it can also travel at “highway speeds” in car mode(模式).

Fuelling(加燃料)the 19 feet long plane couldn’t be simpler—you just drive it into a petrol station and fill it up.

A spokeswoman said, “You can keep your ‘light-sport airplane’ in your garage. But because it needs a short runway to take to the air, you will have to drive to your local airport, fly up to 460 miles, land and drive directly to your destination(目的地). You will always be ready to drive or fly. ”

The spokeswoman added, “Never let bad weather change your trip. You can simply divert(使转向)and continue on the ground until the weather clears. ”

There’s no risk to you—this is only the chance for you to be the first at your home field to unfold(展开)your wings and fly into the future.

1.According to the text, the “roadable” plane　　.

A. can fly in the sky at “highway speeds” in car mode

B. is a kind of car with fold-out wings

C. is a little difficult to fuel　

D. can only travel on the highway

2.We can infer that in the “Back to the Future” movies　　.

A. there are some skillful pilots

B. pilots have no cars to drive

C. pilots can’t afford a “roadable” plane

D. cars can fly in the sky

3.What does the underlined word “it” in the 5th paragraph refer to?

A. Light-sport airplane.

B. Your garage.

C. The local airport.

D. A petrol station.

4.The last sentence of the text aims to　　.

A. call for people to buy the “roadable” plane

B. show people the use of the “roadable” plane

C. tell people only the “roadable” plane can fly in the future

D. ask people to unfold their wings and fly into the future

5.If you meet with a thunderstorm in your “roadable” plane in the skies, you can　　.

A. land in a nearby airport until it clears

B. turn back home until it clears

C. land and drive on the ground

D. fly high up to 460 miles

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

For top students from low-income families，the challenge of applying to colleges is particularly difficult. 1 in 4 deal with all of that—the writing，the studying，the researching and applying—completely on their own. One approach to make this whole process easier? Pair students up with an adviser.

That’s the idea behind CollegePoint，an initiative to help gifted students go to schools that match their intellectual(智力的)ability. When a high school student takes a standardized test—the PSAT，SAT or ACT——and they score in the 90th percentile，and their families make less than$80，000 a year，they get an email from the program offering them a free adviser. The advisers listen，guide and answer students’questions.

Connor Rechtzigel，an adviser in Minnesota，sees the importance of his role，for research shows that low-income students are far more likely to undermatch because they don’t think they have what it takes to get in and because many don’t even know what schools are out there. He helped high school senior Justice Benjamin，the first in his family to apply to college，think about what his ideal learning experience was. Finally，Justice narrowed in on smaller schools where he could study environmental science and made his final choice：Skidmore College in New York. He felt empowered by the process.

Figuring out how to pay for college is a major part of what，CollegePoint advisers do. Nakhle，an adviser in North Carolina，is working with Hensley，an Ohio high school senior who can’t get extra financial help from her family. They spent a lot of time comparing and analyzing her financial-aid award letters，which made her decision much clearer. Finally，the Ohio State University offered an option where she would pay nothing. Staying in-state wasn’t her first choice，but it was the best option for her.

1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A.How CollegePoint works. B.The goal of CollegePoint.

C.Ways to apply for a free adviser. D.The challenge of choosing colleges.

2.What prevents low-income students from attending proper colleges?

A.Overestimating their abilities. B.Knowing little about colleges.

C.Lack of enough learning experience. D.Failure to get support from their families.

3.Why did Hensley finally choose the Ohio State University?

A.She didn’t want to stay far from home.

B.Her favorite major was provided there.

C.She would show her talents to the full.

D.The university met her financial needs.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.How to Be a Financial Adviser

B.Steps for Top Students to Select Ideal Colleges

C.Advisers Help Poor Students Apply to Suitable Colleges

D.CollegePoint—a Program Helping Students Score High

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Every year in the first week of English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless homework requires it. They find the writing process painful and difficult.

How awful it is to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it, especially with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an enormous mansion and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know, as a teacher my duty is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency and accuracy while providing the opportunity in any writing activity to enhance（增强）the moral and emotional development of my students.

One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.

Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice daily. I often see a rise in student confidence and performance after only a few weeks of journal writing.

Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole students. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and emotional lives. They build skills so that some say they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation（法规）, or the perfect love letter. That they write in their journals every day puts them a step closer to fluency, eloquence（雄辩）and command of the language.

1.What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To encourage students to keep a journal every day.

B．To analyze students’ problems in learning languages.

C．To stress the importance of writing in language learning.

D．To introduce an effective way of improving students’ writing.

2.The underlined phrase “an enormous mansion” in Paragraph 2 refers to students’ ________.

A．writing opportunity                      B．large house

C．large vocabulary                        D．emotional life

3.In the author’s view, what can students benefit from the journal writing?

A．It is beneficial to students’ future career.

B．It can make students more emotional.

C．It is helpful to students’ homework.

D．It can enlarge students’ vocabulary.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is that time of the year again. Up and down the country, thousands of students stay in the library, attempting to cram（ 死记硬背） the information necessary to get through finals. I am one of them — a Cambridge finalist, attempting to deal with the Oxbridge stress in the only way I know: caffeine hits and reclusion（隐遁生活）. Whether you love or hate Oxbridge, the fact that these two universities provide unique learning environments is something of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, students have access to some of the best education in the world; on the other hand, the pressure that comes with this can prove damaging to them and can’t be swept under the carpet for they have to face it eventually.

Many Cambridge students find themselves trapped in a pressure of expectation, whether this comes from their supervisors or tutors, their director of studies or even from themselves. The drive towards achievement is either the key to success or to possible serious personal issues, as Mark Phippen, head of the University of Cambridge’s Counseling Service said, “There are plenty of perfectionists in Cambridge, but it can work two ways: it can push them to accomplish and to achieve, or it can get out of hand, disabling them.”

Many students say that they can’t handle it any more while working in certain libraries which are filled with other students hard at work. The competition and paranoia（ 多 疑 ） are more common than what we realize or question: you can feel as if you are being judged for how much time you spend on Facebook or YouTube, or how little time you spend reading.

Too many students feel almost frustrated by the pressure to achieve but feel unable to speak about it. As everyone seems to be coping, they must also pretend to cope too. The only thing students have: tutors and supervisors regularly encourage students to avoid extracurricular activities, urging them to focus on their studies to such an extent that many find it hard to handle it. One current Cambridge tutor has been known for checking up on the activities of students involved in extracurricular theatre by searching for them on the camdram.net website, which details who is involved in certain plays each term — just in case it affects the student’s work output.

Problems arise when the pressure produces mental health issues. Problems have been brought to attention in articles primarily from Oxford’s Cherwell and Cambridge’s The Tab. The attention has made　 the　 Cambridge University Student Union set up Students Deserve Better — a campaign to handle complaints　 about supervisors and tutors lacking the ability to provide proper spiritual support. “When I told　 my　 supervisor about my problems with anxiety and therefore about my worries surrounding the workload she was suggesting, she said that I would probably feel less anxious once the work was done,” a finalist student called Jane said. “It shouldn’t be an accepted response in one of the world’s best universities. Their responses only worsened any feelings I had concerning my final year.”

Phippen said, “At this point the exams seem like the most important thing in the world. However, two years down the line you’ll realize that the exams you did at university aren’t very important at all,　 as what　 then becomes more important is what you have done within those two years afterwards. Finalist exams can become depressing for students studying at any university. All you must remember is that you are not alone and you are good enough, and that a few years down the line, your ability to recount the plots of Euripides’ nineteen plays will no longer matter. So why worry?”

1.The underlined part “be swept under the carpet” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “ 　　 ”.

A. be covered up　　 B. be dealt with

C. be given up　　 D. be figured out

2.What’s Mark Phippen’s attitude towards the pressure put on the students at Oxbridge?

A. Critical.　　 B. Doubtful.

C. Objective.　　 D. Ambiguous.

3.What can we know from Paragraph 4?

A. Extracurricular activities fail to appeal to most students.

B. Some tutors and supervisors push their students too hard.

C. There is a lack of communication between students and their supervisors.

D. Some students don’t speak about the pressure because they think they can handle it.

4.What Jane said in Paragraph 5 suggests that she 　　 .

A. didn’t get her problems across to her supervisor

B. had expected better spiritual guidance from her tutors

C. was dissatisfied with her supervisor’s delayed responses

D. was glad that Students Deserve Better was set up to help students like her

5.In the last paragraph, Mark Phippen aims to.

A. guarantee the equality of exams

B. stress the importance of exams

C. ease students’ pressure from exams

D. encourage students to perform better in exams

6.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Oxbridge pressure: the key to students’ achievements

B. Oxbridge finals: the toughest exams in the country

C. Oxbridge graduates: the strongest competitors in the job market

D. Oxbridge success: the result of teacher-student interaction

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 21 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 22  that I decided to write an article about her.

I 23  Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 24  and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 25  I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 26 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 27  Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 28  was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 29  draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript 30 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 31  in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 32  the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While 33  my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 34 :

Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 35  materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 36  your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to 37 . Fear of rejection cost me ly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 38  writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 39 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 40  to doubt yourself.

1.A．joy              B．voice          C．speech         D．smile

2.A．proud            B．active         C．satisfied      D．moved

3.A．visited          B．emailed        C．phoned         D．interviewed

4.A．agreed           B．refused        C．hesitated      D．paused

5.A．replied          B．discovered     C．explained      D．knew

6.A．seriously        B．patiently      C．nervously      D．quietly

7.A．blaming          B．fooling        C．inviting       D．urging

8.A．hardship         B．failure        C．comment        D．pressure

9.A．with             B．by             C．on             D．in

10.A．disappeared     B．returned       C．spread         D．improved

11.A．compare         B．struggle       C．survive        D．compete

12.A．ignore          B．deliver        C．face           D．receive

13.A．decorating B．repairing           C．cleaning       D．leaving

14.A．disbelief       B．anxiety        C．horror         D．trouble

15.A．subjective B．relevant            C．private        D．reliable

16.A．broadcast B．create               C．publish        D．assess

17.A．recover         B．prepare        C．escape         D．concentrate

18.A．energetic B．endless              C．typical        D．enjoyable

19.A．experience B．success             C．benefit        D．accident

20.A．attempt         B．afford         C．expect         D．pretend

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 　　 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 　　 that I decided to write an article about her.

I 　　 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 　　 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 　　 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 　　 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 　　 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 　　 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days with draft after draft. 　　 I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript 　　 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 　　 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 　　 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While 　　 my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 　　　 :

Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 　　 materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 　　 your story soon.Shocked, it took me a long time to 　　 . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 　　 writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 　　 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 　　 to doubt yourself.

1.A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile

2.A．proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved

3.A．visited B．emailed C．phoned D．interviewed

4.A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused

5.A．replied B．discovered C．explained D．knew

6.A．seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly

7.A．blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging

8.A．pressure B．failure C．comment D．hardship

9.A．Finally B．Luckily C．Publicly D．Gradually

10.A．disappeared B．returned C．spread D．improved

11.A．compare B．struggle C．promote D．compete

12.A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive

13.A．decoratingB．repairing C．cleaning D．leaving

14.A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．trouble

15.A．secure B．related C．private D．reliable

16.A．broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess

17.A．recover B．prepare C．escape D．forget

18.A．energetic B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable

19.A．experienceB．success C．benefit D．accident

20.A．attempt　　 B．afford　　 C．expect　　　　 D．pretend

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s ________1.________filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ________2.________ that I decided to write an article about her.

I ________3.________ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ________4.________ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ________5.________ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there ________6.________, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ________7.________ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ________8.________ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ________9.________ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript ________10.________. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ________11.________ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ________12.________ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While ________13.________ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ________14.________:

Ms. Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please ________15.________ those and return the article immediately. We would like to ________16.________ your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to ________17.________. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of ________18.________ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. ________19.________ this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t ________20.________ to doubt yourself.

21.               A．voice          B．joy            C．smile D．speech

22.               A．proud          B．moved         C．satisfied   D．active

23.               A．visited         B．emailed        C．interviewed    D．phoned

24.               A．refused        B．agreed         C．hesitated  D．paused

25.               A．explained       B．discovered      C．knew D．replied

26.               A．seriously       B．nervously       C．patiently   D．quietly

27.               A．fooling         B．blaming        C．inviting    D．urging

28.               A．hardship        B．failure         C．comment  D．pressure

29.               A．on            B．by             C．with  D．in

30.               A．disappeared     B．improved       C．spread    D．returned

31.               A．compare       B．survive         C．compete  D．struggle

32.               A．face           B．deliver         C．ignore D．receive

33.               A．decorating      B．repairing       C．leaving    D．cleaning

34.               A．anxiety         B．disbelief        C．horror    D．trouble

35.               A．increase        B．replace         C．add  D．mix

36.               A．broadcast       B．create         C．assess D．publish

37.               A．concentrate     B．prepare        C．escape    D．recover

38.               A．energetic       B．enjoyable       C．typical D．endless

39.               A．Holding on to    B．Dating back to    C．Looking back on D．Dropping in on

40.               A．afford          B．attempt        C．expect    D．pretend

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析