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Liu Huan is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics. He is also a noted musician and popular singer in the Chinese mainland.
Born on Aug. 26, 1963 in to a teacher’s family in Tianjin, Liu enrolled at the University of International Relations in Beijing in 1981, majoring in French literature. He was retained at the university as a faculty member(教职工)after graduation in 1985. He won two first prizes in Beijing’s first-ever university English and French singing contests in 1985. To help promote local education by teaching music, he lived in Shizuishan, a remote area in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in 1985~1986. He was appointed a professor at the University of International Business and Economics to teach the history of Western music in 1991, and has been working at the university for more than 20 years.
As a professor, Liu is invited every year to colleges and universities in Beijing to teach music courses. As a famous musician, when asked if his classes differ from other teachers’, Liu simply said, “Nothing different. While standing on the platform, I am just a teacher. Everything outside has nothing to do with me at that moment. ”
Since becoming a professional singer in 1985, Liu’s singing has been widely welcomed across the country. He won many national awards, including the Top 10 Film and TV Singers in the Country in 1988, in 1990 and in 1992. On Aug. 8, 2008, Liu sang a duet “You and Me” with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, reaching the top of his singing career. In addition to singing, Liu Huan also creates original scores for film and TV. His works have been well received by both audiences and his peers in the industry.
Therefore, Liu is chosen to act as one of the four judges on “The Voice of China” , a surprisingly popular singing talent show which has been aired on Zhejiang Satellite TV since July 13, 2012. At the same time, his fellow judges are Na Ying, Yang Kun, and Harlem Yu. (322W)
1. What does the underlined word “noted” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Famous. B. Skilled. C. Gifted. D. Important.
2.Liu Huan used to live in Shizuishan, a remote area in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to_____
A. learn about their customs and cultures
B. improve his ability of composing music by living in the village
C. help promote local education by teaching music
D. find some talented students in music
3. When he reached the top of his singing career, he was .
A. 45 B. 22 C. 28 D. 49
4.Which is NOT true of the description about his musical achievements?
A. He has won the Top 10 Film and TV Singers in the Country three times.
B. He succeeded in singing a duet “You and Me” with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
C. He creates many original scores for film and TV.
D. He is the only one who acts as a judge on “The Voice of China”.
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Monty Hempel is a professor of environmental science at Redlands University in California. He studies ecological literacy-or ecoliteracy (生态素养) for short. Ecoliteracy is the ability to think about and understand the natural processes that make life possible.
Monty Hempel says ecoliteracy gives people knowledge about environmental problems. But he says it does not always work to get them to change their behavior.
Mr. Hempel wrote part of the World watch Institute’s latest State of the World report. He says in his article, “Some people think that ecoliteracy is just a green form of science literacy. And what I have tried to ask is whether that’s enough. In other words, what an ecologically literate person needs to know might include things like the cycles and the flows, the energy systems, all of those kind of things that we would call the science of ecology.”
“That doesn’t seem to lead to action to protect our environment — to protect our life — support system to the level that we need to. Just because that we know, a lot about the environment doesn’t mean that we actually act to save it. After all, actions speak louder than knowledge.”
He adds that people may not be very worried about environmental problems if they seem far away. “Some people call it psychological distance. A lot of climate issues (问题) are worse in the Arctic and most of us don’t spend time in the Arctic. And so, there^ a certain distance. But there’s also a distance that’s happening in the world as it urbanizes (城市化) - people spending more time in front of screens and less time out in nature. We become, if you will, disconnected from the natural systems that used to be the key to success for a human being.”
To help children discover the wonders of nature, children should learn about nature in school, he adds. But he also points out there is a high mountain for people to climb from knowledge to action.
1.From what Monty Hempel says in Paragraph 3, we learn that .
A. ecoliteracy is more than a green form of science literacy.
B. people have learnt more knowledge about ecoliteracy.
C. ecoliteracy can greatly affect how nature works.
D. people with enough knowledge will better protect the environment.
2.In Mr. Hempel’s opinion, which is the most important for environment protection?
A. Knowledge. B. Action.
C. Green living theory. D. Psychological distance.
3.Mr. Hempel thinks people may show no concern about some environmental problems because .
A. they lack knowledge on environment protection.
B. they are closely connected with the nature.
C. the problems are not serious at all.
D. the problems seem to be far away.
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. It is the best way to learn about nature in school.
B. Climbing a high mountain is a good way to exercise.
C. It is easier to understand environment protection than to carry it out.
D. people should first collect waste in the mountains to protect the environment.
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A famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the start of the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average, and they were not the best students at all. Well, guess what? At the end of the year, all the five average students scored among the highest in the class.
What made these average students change so much to become top students? The only difference was the change in their teachers’ attitude. Because the teachers believed that these five kids were the top students, they expected (期望) more from them. And so these five average students began to believe and expect more from themselves. So they worked harder to do as well as they could.
Do you know why? If you expect the best from people, they’ll usually want to give you their best. A great leader said, “Treat (对待) a person just how he appears to be on the outside, and you’ll make him even worse. But treat a person like he’s already a success, and you’ll help make him the best he can be.”
Like the true story of 7-year-old Johnny, his teacher got so angry with him that one day she said, “Johnny, you’re the naughtiest (最顽皮的) boy in this class. I’m sure you’ll never change.” The next year Johnny had a new teacher. And on the first day of class, she met with Johnny after school and said, “Johnny, I’ve heard a lot about you! But do you know that I don’t believe a word of it.” And every day after that, this new teacher treated Johnny as if he was one of the smartest students even when Johnny did naughty things. Later on, Johnny became a school leader. Because that’s the power of our belief and attitude toward children.
1.The professor started his research by .
A. teaching the five children himself
B. asking the five children to find a new teacher
C. telling the five students to work harder than ever before
D. telling the teacher the five students were the best in the class
2.The five average students became top students mainly because of .
A. the professor’s study
B. the teachers’ hard work
C. the change in the teachers’ attitude
D. the change in the professor’s attitude
3.Why did the writer tell us the story of 7-year-old Johnny?
A. To let us know how good his new teacher was.
B. To show the importance of encouragement
C. To show that the boy was clever enough.
D. To let us know the famous boy.
4.The writer writes the passage mainly by .
A. giving reasons and result
B. giving result and examples
C. describing what he thinks
D. asking and answering questions
5.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. If you want to get more, you should have new teachers.
B. A professor’s study can help you score highest.
C. Only teachers can make you a top student.
D. Attitude and belief can change a person.
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A study led by Professor Mark Weiser of Tel Aviv University and the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital has determined that young men who smoke are likely to have lower IQs than their non-smoking peers (同龄人). Tracking 18-to 21-year-old men enlisted in the Israeli army in the largest ever study of its kind, he has been able to demonstrate an important connection between the number of cigarettes young males smoke and their IQ.
The average IQ for a non-smoker was about 101, while the smokers’ average was more than seven IQ points lower, at about 94, the study determined. The IQs of young men who smoked more than a pack a day were lower still, at about 90. An IQ score in a healthy population of such young men, with no mental disorders(心理疾病), falls within the range of 84 to 116.
An addiction that doesn’t discriminate(歧视)
“In the health profession, we’ve generally thought that smokers are most likely the kind of people who have grown up in difficult neighborhoods, or who’ve been given less education at good schools,” says Weiser, whose study was reported in a recent version of the journal, Addiction, “But because our study included subjects with various socio-economic backgrounds, we’ve been able to rule out socio-economics as a major factor. The government might want to rethink how it arranges its educational resources on smoking.
Making the results more significant, the study also measured effects in twin brothers. In the case where one twin smoked, the non-smoking twin registered a higher IQ on average.
Although a lower IQ may suggest a greater risk for smoking addiction, the representing data on IQ and smoking found that most of the smokers investigated in the study had IQs within the average range, nevertheless.
In the study, researchers took data from more than 20,000 men before, during and after their time in the military. All men in the study were considered in good health, since pre-screening(筛选的)measures for suitability in the army had already been taken. The researchers found that around 28 percent of their samples smoked one or more cigarettes a day, 3 percent considered themselves ex-smokers, and 68 percent said they never smoked.
“People on the lower end of the average IQ tend to display poorer overall decision-making skills when it comes to their health,” says Weiser. He adds that his finding can help address serious concern among heath counsellors at grade and high schools.
1.The study led by Professor Mark Weiser shows that ________.
| A．the IQ of smoking males is lower than that of non-smokers |
| B．the IQ of smoking males is higher than that of non-smokers |
| C．the IQ of smoking males is the same as that of non-smokers |
| D．the IQ of smoking males is higher than that of female smokers |
2.According to the passage, a smoking man’s IQ is most likely to be ________.
3.What can be learned from the passage?
| A．People in the military are more likely to become smokers than other people. |
| B．Most heavy smokers are found to have mental problems. |
| C．Socio-economic backgrounds have nothing to do with smoking behaviour. |
| D．People with lower IQs tend to be less good at controlling their addiction to smoking. |
4.What is the meaning of the underlined part “An addiction that doesn’t discriminate”?
| A．Smokers do not believe their IQ is affected by being addicted to smoking. |
| B．All people, no matter what their background, can become addicted to smoking. |
| C．Smoking is an addiction, and we must not discriminate against smokers. |
| D．The addiction to smoking is difficult to get rid of. |
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As a professor at a large American university,there is a phrase that I hear often from students:“I’m only a 1050.”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT),which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice,or even if they have a chance to get a higher education at all.The SAT score,whether it is 800,1100 or 1550,has become the focus at this time of their life.
It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores,then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number.Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over.The low test score,they think,will make it impossible for them to get into a good college.And without a degree from a prestigious university,they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.
According to a study done in the 1990s,the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student’s future performance in most cases.Interestingly,it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators-like a student’s high school grades.Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a student’s academic proficiency(学业水平)，they will never be able to test things like confidence,efforts and willpower,and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities(潜力).This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process.The SAT is an excellent test in many ways,and the score is still a useful means of testing students.However,it should be only one of many methods used.
1.The purpose of the SAT is to test students’ ______.
A.strong will
B.academic ability
C.full potentialities
D.confidence in school work
2.Students’ self-respect is influenced by their ______.
A.scores in the SAT
B.achievements in mathematics
C.job opportunities
D.money spent on education
3.“A prestigious university” is most probably ______.
A.a famous university
B.a technical university
C.a traditional university
D.an expensive university
4.This passage is mainly about ______.
A.how to prepare for the SAT
B.stress caused by the SAT
C.American higher education
D.the SAT and its effects
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If you want to be a success, study at the University of Waikato is right for you. The university is internationally recognized for its excellence and achievements. It will help you develop advanced research skills. As a university student you can get first-class research facilities (设施) with trained teachers to help, support and advise you in your study. We pride ourselves on our high standards, our research success and our international recognition. For further information: inf@waikato.ac.nz.
Degree
We offer a wide choice of bachelor’s degrees (学位) for international students, which includes: Arts, Communication Studies, Social Sciences, etc. Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education are only for New Zealand citizens, for further information: deg@waikato.ac.nz.
Tuition Fees(学费)
Tuition fees are different from department to department, generally from $5,000 to $6,000 a year. For further information: tui@waikato.ac.nz.
Accommodation(住宿)
You can have a room in a 4-bedroom flat, which will cost about $100 a month with other regular living costs of about $150 a month for one person. For further information: acc@waikato. ac.nz
Health
The Student Health Service provides excellent medical services for students. The Medical Centre is open five days a week, including student holidays with four doctors and nurses to meet your medical needs. For further information: heal@waikato.ac.nz.
Sports
The Centre is a great place to have sports activities. Trained exercise teachers can help you work out a training plan and keep you active. The sports hall has volleyball, basketball and indoor football courts and a swimming pool as well. There are also a large number of sports clubs at Waikato. For further information: sport@ waikato.ac.nz
1.If you want to get more information about arts, you can write to ______.
A．sport@waikato.ac.nz B．heal@waikato.ac.nz
C．deg@waikato.ac.nz D．inf@waikato.ac.nz
2.Which of the following statement is true?
A．You don’t have to pay more than $5000 a year.
B．Everyone can’t choose the Bachelor of Music.
C．If you want to know more about Health, you can visit acc@waikato. ac.nz.
D．You can live in a flat with two bedrooms.
3.According to the text, what will you do if you are ill during Christmas holidays?
A．Go to a hospital nearby.
B．Buy some medicine in a drug store.
C．See a doctor at the school medical centre.
D．Try to get help from your classmates.
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If you want to be a success, study at the University of Waikato is right for you. The university is internationally recognized for its excellence and achievements. It will help you develop advanced research skills. As a university student you can get first-class research facilities (设施) with trained teachers to help, support and advise you in your study. We pride ourselves on our high standards, our research success and our international recognition. For further information: inf@waikato.ac.nz.
Degree
We offer a wide choice of bachelor’s degrees (学位) for international students, which includes: Arts, Communication Studies, Social Sciences, etc. Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education are only for New Zealand citizens, for further information: deg@waikato.ac.nz.
Tuition Fees(学费)
Tuition fees are different from department to department, generally from $5,000 to $6,000 a year. For further information: tui@waikato.ac.nz.
Accommodation(住宿)
You can have a room in a 4-bedroom flat, which will cost about $100 a month with other regular living costs of about $150 a month for one person. For further information: acc@waikato. ac.nz
Health
The Student Health Service provides excellent medical services for students. The Medical Centre is open five days a week, including student holidays with four doctors and nurses to meet your medical needs. For further information: heal@waikato.ac.nz.
Sports
The Centre is a great place to have sports activities. Trained exercise teachers can help you work out a training plan and keep you active. The sports hall has volleyball, basketball and indoor football courts and a swimming pool as well. There are also a large number of sports clubs at Waikato. For further information: sport@ waikato.ac.nz
1.If you want to get more information about arts, you can write to ______.
A. sport@waikato.ac.nz B. heal@waikato.ac.nz
C. deg@waikato.ac.nz D. inf@waikato.ac.nz
2.Which of the following statement is true?
A. You don’t have to pay more than $5000 a year.
B. Everyone can’t choose the Bachelor of Music.
C. If you want to know more about Health, you can visit acc@waikato. ac.nz.
D. You can live in a flat with two bedrooms.
3.According to the text, what will you do if you are ill during Christmas holidays?
A. Go to a hospital nearby.
B. Buy some medicine in a drug store.
C. See a doctor at the school medical centre.
D. Try to get help from your classmates.
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阅读理解
International students are allowed to work for the university they study at or for a business at the school. But the business must directly provide a service for students. You could work at the bookstore, for example, but not for a company that is building something at the school. Also, a foreign student cannot take the place of an American in a job.
International students can work 20 hours a week while having classes; more during school breaks. You can work until you finish your studies.
International students normally cannot take a job that has nothing to do with their school. But the government may give permission if students are suddenly faced with difficulties. Examples include large medical bills, the shortage of financial (财政上的) aid or an unexpected change in the financial support.
Students must also meet other conditions (条件). They must have studied at their American school for at least one year. Students must ask for permission again after a year if they want to continue an off-campus (校外的) job.
International students who will be studying at graduate school can apply (申请) for some jobs before they come to the United States. A good example is a university job like a teaching or research assistant.
Some schools pay their assistants. Others provide free education in return. Many do both. Graduate assistants might teach, give tests, grade work, help with research and clean the offices. Many universities now provide language training for foreign teaching assistants to help them improve their English. Some schools ask foreign students to pass an English speaking test before they are allowed to teach.
International student offices at schools have to provide information on students each term for the Department of Homeland Security. Students who violate visa (签证) rules — for example, by working off-campus without permission — could be sent home.
1.What can we learn according to the passage?
A. All the international students can work for large companies.
B. International students are able to work whenever they like.
C. International students may be allowed to work outside the school when having financial trouble.
D. International students must have studied at their American school for less than a year to get a job.
2.We may infer from the passage that ____.
A. international students could apply for some jobs before coming to the US
B. all the schools pay their assistants and provide free education for them
C. international students cannot take their jobs before having language training
D. international students normally are not completely free to choose their jobs
3.The underlined word “violate” in the last paragraph probably means ____.
A. ask for B. go against C. forget D. obey
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The rules about getting a job while studying in the US for international students.
B. The reason why international students like studying in the United States.
C. What international students should do while working in the United States.
D. How international students could find jobs while studying in the US.
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A special laboratory at the University of Chicago is busy only at night. It is a dream laboratory where researchers are at work studying dreamers. Their findings have discovered that everyone dreams from three to seven times a night, although in ordinary life a person may remember none or only one of his dreams.
While the subjects—usually students—sleep, special machines record their brain waves and eye movements as well as the body movements that signal the end of a dream. Surprisingly, all subjects sleep soundly.
Observers report that a person usually fidgets(烦躁不安) before a dream. Once the dream has started, his body relaxes and his eyes become more active, as if the curtain had gone up on a show. As soon as the machine shows that the dream is over, a buzzer wakens the sleeper. He sits up, records his dream, and goes back to sleep—perhaps to dream some more.
Researchers have found that if the dreamer is wakened immediately after his dream, he can usually recall the entire dream. If he is allowed to sleep even five more minutes, his memory of the dream will have disappeared.
1.According to the passage, researchers at the University of Chicago are studying ____.
A．contents of dreams B．dreamers while they dream
C．the meaning of dreams D．the progress of sleeping
2.Their finding has discovered that _____.
A．everyone dreams every night
B．dreams are easily remembered
C．dreams are likely to be frightening
D．One person dreams only one dream a night
3.The machines being used in the experiment record _____.
A．the depth of sleep
B．the subjects’ brain waves and eye movements
C．how many dreams a person has
D．what a sleeper dreams during his sleep
4.A person would be most likely to remember the dream that _____.
A．was of most interest to him
B．occurred immediately after he went to sleep
C．occurred just before he woke up
D．was the longest one to him
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Ayesha Khurram is a second — year student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. Because of the province's recent_______ to student helping programs, Khurram had been struggling to earn _________for her upcoming term.
In addition to her mother_______from disease, both of her parents work _______jobs as Pakistani immigrants（移民）,so Khurram knew that she had to___________money on her own.
At the suggestion of a friend, she _______a Paypal account for people to _______to her school fee. Hours after making the account（账户），she received a donation for $56,386 with a note _______: “Ayesha, get your _______ on! I love you!” The donation, which____________ the whole of her school fees, was made by none____________ Taylor Swift.
This is not the first ______________that Khurram has had with the superstar. ____________Khurram first lost her heart to Swift's music when she was living in Pakistan back in2009, the two persons have ____________multiple social media interactions(互动).After Khurram ____________to Ontario, she was able to see Swift in ____________ in 2018 and the superstar even ____________ Khurram backstage for a meet-in-greet. But Khurram never thought in a million years that her musical ____________ would donate thousands of dollars towards her ____________.
“My parents actually cried when I told them the news ____________they couldn't believe it," Khurram told the Star. "It's like a guardian angel is watching or something.”
1.A.rises B.savings C.cuts D.developments
2.A.habit B.interest C.living D.money
3.A.dying B.suffering C.resulting D.loving
4.A.high-income B.lonely C.regular D.low-income
5.A.collect B.hide C.spend D.borrow
6.A.charged B.kept C.created D.closed
7.A.turn B.donate C.reply D.add
8.A.reading B.writing C.speaking D.drawing
9.A.teaching B.learning C.career D.expression
10.A.raised B.received C.cost D.paid
11.A.more than B.other than C.rather than D.less than
12.A.touch B.competition C.bargain D.guidance
13.A.Until B.Though C.Since D.When
14.A.shared B.rebuilt C.commanded D.requested
15.A.returned B.moved C.devoted D.scheduled
16.A.cinema B.gym C.concert D.theatre
17.A.invited B.doubted C.persuaded D.refused
18.A.leader B.partner C.friend D.hero
19.A.recovery B.life C.education D.journey
20.A.so B.if C.unless D.because