Tour Information of Bodleian Libraries, Unive...

Tour Information of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Important notes:

All our guided tours are conducted by our professionally trained volunteer guides. We are able to take children aged 11 and over into the working areas of the Bodleian Library on these tours. We regret that the guided tours are not recommended to younger children.

How to book: Purchase selected tickets online or at the Great Gate ticket office at least two days ahead of time.

1.Mini tour

The mini tour allows you to view the most beautiful parts of the Bodleian Library in just 30 minutes.

What you’ll see: 15th-century Divinity School and Duke Humfrey’s medieval (中世纪的) library.

Length: 30 minutes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 Price: £ 6 per person

Times: Monday—Saturday: 9:30, 15:30, 16:00, 16:40 Sunday: 12:45, 14:15, 14:45，15:15, 16:00, 16:40

2.Standard tour

This tour shows you the interior of the buildings that form the historic heart of the University.

What you’ll see: 15th-century Divinity School, Convocation House, Chancellor’s Court and Duke Humfrey’s medieval library.

Length: 60 minutes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 Price: £ 8 per person

Times: Wednesday—Friday: 10:30, 11:30, 13:00, 14:00 Sunday: 11:30, 14:00, 15:00

3.Extended tour—Upstairs, downstairs

This tour offers the opportunity to visit both the Bodleian Library’s wonderful historic rooms and the modern underground reading rooms.

What you’ll see: 15th-century Divinity School, Convocation House, Chancellor’s Court, Duke Humfrey’s medieval library, Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link.

Length: 90 minutes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 Price: £ 15 per person

Time: Wednesday and Saturday： 9*15

4.Extended tour—Explore the reading rooms

An exploration of the Bodleian Library’s wonderful reading rooms where scholars have studied for centuries. What you’ll see: 15th-century Divinity School, Convocation House, Chancellor^ Court, Duke Humfrey’s medieval library, Upper Reading Room and Radcliffe Camera.

Length: 80 minutes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 Price: £ 14 per person

Times: Sunday: 11:15, 13:15

1.When can you take a Standard tour?

A. At 9:30 on Monday.　　 B. At 13:00 on Saturday.

C. At 14:00 on Thursday.　　 D. At 12:00 on Sunday.

2.What are visitors required to do to go on the tours?

A. Bring their own guides.　　 B. Set off early in the morning.

C. Avoid taking children.　　 D. Make reservations in advance.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A. l The first tour can be booked via telephone.

B. The second tour shows a modem underground reading room.

C. The third tour costs the most.

D. The fourth tour lasts the longest.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and it’s one of the top university in the world. There is no clear date when the university started, but teaching began at Oxford in some forms in 1096 and developed quickly from 1167.

There are 39 independent(独立的) colleges at Oxford, attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At University of Oxford, they also provide a number of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.

College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students while the college are strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题，每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）

1.What do you have to do first if you want to ask fir studying at Oxford? You have to________.

A．be independent

B．pass a certain level test of English language

C．study English hard

D．be the best students

2.How’s the college life at Oxford? It’s full of ________ and has __________.

A．excitement; much school work to do

B．excitement; no school work to do

C．attraction; no school work to do

D．attraction; a little school work to do

3.What’s the best title for the passage?.

A．The College Life

B．The Famous Learners at Oxford

C．The Chinese Students at Oxford

D．The University of Oxford

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford have found that the way people use the Internet is closely tied to the seasonal movements in the natural world. Their online species searches follow the patterns of seasonal animal migrations (迁徙).

Migratory birds ( 候 鸟 ) flood back to where they reproduce every spring. That migratory behavior is accompanied by some human behavior. “In English-language Wikipedia ( 维基百科), the online searches for migratory species tend to increase in spring when those birds arrive in the United States,” said the lead author John Mittermeier.

And not just birds. Mittermeier and his team surveyed nearly 2.5 billion Wikipedia search records, for 32,000 species, across 245 languages. They also saw variable search rates for insects, horsetails and flowering plants. Seasonal trends seemed to be widespread in Wikipedia behavior for many species of plants and animals.

This finding suggests new ways to monitor changes in the world’s biological diversity. It also shows new ways to see how much people care about nature, and which species and areas might be the most effective targets for conservation.

Mittermeier is encouraged by the search results. He commented, “I think there’s a concern among conservationists (生态环境保护者) that people are losing touch with the natural world and that they’re not interacting with native species anymore. And so in that sense, it was really exciting and quite unexpected for me to see people’s Wikipedia interest closely related to changes in nature.” Richard Grenyer, Associate Professor from the University of Oxford, says search data is useful to conservation biologists, “By using these big data approaches, we can direct our attention towards the difficult questions in modern conservation: which species and areas are changing, and where are the people who care the most and can do the most to help.”

1.What have researchers found about species searches?

A.They strengthen ties among people. B.They affect the animal movements.

C.They reflect animal migration seasons. D.They differ in language backgrounds.

2.What is the purpose of writing Paragraph 3?

A.To further support the research findings.

B.To show the variety of species searches.

C.To summarize the research process.

D.To present researchers’ heavy work load.

3.How does Mittermeier feel about the search results?

A.Sad about people’s not getting close to nature.

B.Worried about Wikipedia behavior.

C.Amazed at people’s care about nature.

D.Satisfied with Wikipedia’s service.

4.From which is the text probably taken?

A.A scientific magazine. B.A biology textbook.

C.A biography. D.A travel brochure .

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence software to recognize the faces of chimpanzees in the wild. The new software will allow researchers to significantly cut back on time and resources spent analyzing video footage.

“For species like chimpanzees, which have complex social lives and live for many years, recording their behavior from short-term field research can only tell us so much.” says Dan Schofield, researcher and DPhil student at Oxford University’s Primate Models Lab. “By using the power of machine learning to unlock large video footage, it makes it feasible to measure behavior over the long term. Observing how the social lives of a group change over several generations become possible as well.”

The computer model was trained using over 10 million images from Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute (PRI) video footage of wild chimpanzees in West Africa. The new software is the first to recognize individuals in a wide range of poses, performing with high accuracy in difficult conditions such as low lighting, poor image quality and movement blur (模糊).

“Access to this large video footage has allowed us to use cutting edge deep neural networks to train models at a scale that was previously not possible.” says Arsha Nagrani, co-author of the study and DPhil student in University of Oxford. “Additionally, our method differs from previous primate face recognition software in that it can be applied to raw video footage with limited manual intervention (人工干预) or pre-processing, saving hours of time and resources.”

The technology has potential for many uses, such as monitoring species for protection. Although the current application focused on chimpanzees, the software provided could be applied to other species, and help drive the adoption of artificial intelligence systems to solve a range of problems in the wildlife sciences.

“All our software is available open-source for the research community.” says Nagrani. “We hope that this will help researchers across other parts of the world apply the same cutting-edge techniques to their unique animal data sets. As a computer vision researcher, it is extremely satisfying to see these methods applied to solve real, challenging biodiversity (生物多样性) problems.”

“With an increasing biodiversity crisis and many of the world’s ecosystems under threat, the ability to closely monitor different species and populations using systems will be important for protection efforts, as well as animal behavior research.” adds Schofield. “Interdisciplinary cooperation like this have huge potential to make an impact, by finding solutions for old problems, and asking biological questions which were previously not available on a large scale.”

1.What’s the function of the new artificial intelligence software?

A.Analyzing video footage in difficult conditions.

B.Recognizing the faces of chimpanzees in the wild.

C.Cutting edge deep neural networks to train models at a scale.

D.Saving hours of time and resources without manual intervention.

2.What does the underlined word “feasible” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.possible B.important

C.natural D.official

3.From the passage, we know that the artificial intelligence software could ________.

A.recognize individuals but not clearly

B.save time and resources only

C.help to protect different species

D.hardly solve biodiversity problems

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To introduce a new software.

B.To explain a measure.

C.To assess a project.

D.To describe a procedure.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

--- Do you remember when I first met you?

---- Of course. I ___________ at Oxford University.

A. studied　　　　　　　 　 B. had studied

C. have studied　　　　　 D. was studying

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Never _____________ of being admitted to Oxford University.

A．have I dreamed     B．did I dream        C．I have dreamed     D．I dreamed

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Below is information from a university website under the title of Examination.

Ensure you are prepared for your exams by understanding the processes, dates and support information related to examinations. Please read the information under Examination Policies and Processes below, especially the Rules to be observed by candidates for examinations.

Examination period

Semester 1, 2015 Monday 15 June — Saturday 27 June (inclusive)

Semester 2, 2015 Monday 9 November — Saturday 21 November (inclusive)

Important notice: special consideration

All students are reminded that submitting an unreal medical certificate（证明）or PPC with a special consideration application amounts to misconduct（行为不端）and carries severe fines and punishment.

Final personal exam timetables will be available from 4:00p.m. Thursday the 8th of October.

Rules to be observed by candidates for examinations (updated April 2012)

You need to follow all instructions given by examination teachers.

1. You may take in pens, pencils, drawing instruments and small items of food such as sweets. These items may be left on the desk during the examination. You may also bring in small valuables such as wallets, purses, mobile phones and laptops which must be powered off, not just silent. These items must be placed on the floor below the desk. Don’t leave money or valuables in bags. The University can accept no responsibility for the loss of students’ personal property.

2. Anything taken into an examination room must be made available for inspection(检查) by the examiner or other University staff.

3. The use of approved calculators may be permitted in examinations. The make and model of all calculators used by students in formally inspected examinations will be recorded. You are not permitted to share calculators, or pass them between each other in an examination. Mobile phones which have a calculator facility are not allowed. Use of a non-approved calculator may be regarded as misconduct.

4. No candidate may be admitted to an examination room after 30 minutes from the start of writing. No candidate who has entered an examination room and seen the examination paper may leave until 30 minutes has passed from the time writing started. No candidate may leave during the last ten minutes of any examination.

5. Smoking is not permitted in examination rooms.

Students with disabilities, medical conditions or injuries

If appropriate, special arrangements can be made to meet particular requirements.

Serious illness, injury or misadventure — Special Consideration regarding assessments

Please read about Special Consideration.

◇Students who feel too ill to attempt an examination at the scheduled time should consult a medical practitioner (职业医生) after reading the Special Consideration section.

◇Students who fall ill during an examination will be asked by invigilators(监考官) whether they wish to consult a doctor at the University Health Service. If this occurs the doctor will complete a Special Consideration form and forward it to the relevant examiner.

Misreading of the timetable is not accepted as a reason for failing to attend an exam.

1.We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. there will never be any exams on Saturdays or Sundays

B. exams are likely to be held in Semester 1 starting from November

C. misreading the timetable will not be an excuse for not attending an exam

D. final timetables will be available from 4:00p.m. Thursday the 5th of September, 2014

2.According to the passage, you will be fined if you _______.

A. share or pass your calculator in an examination

B. hand an unreal medical certificate to your school

C. use a calculator that is not permitted by your examiner

D. leave the examination room 30 minutes before the end of the exam

3.When you are in the exam room, you are supposed to _______.

A. offer your personal items to your examiner

B. ensure your mobile phones and laptops are quiet

C. pack your small valuables in your own bags

D. be prepared for any inspection by your examiner

4.Students who fall ill during an exam _______.

A. will be offered special arrangements to meet particular requirements

B. will be asked whether to see a doctor at the University Health Service

C. will be required to go to see the doctor and end the exam immediately

D. will be advised by invigilators to read the Special Consideration section

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

London-Lazy students can now give up on work altogether as two Oxford University students have made scores of A-grade essays on the website for students to copy.

The essays are on the new website, “revise.it”

The website includes an “EssayLab” designed to make cheating (舞弊) as effective and effortless as possible.

Its homepage announces to surfers (网上冲浪者): “The revise.it EssayLab is a bank of hundreds of A-Level essays covering popular topics.”

“Next time you are asked to write an essay, why not see what we have on the subject-if you are in a lazy state of mind you can even use our guide to writing the essays and then just hand them in.”

Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo, both 19 and first from Manchester, spent much of their first year as students at the university setting up the website. There is no charge for downloading the essays.

“I have never been very good at essay writing,” Rose admitted. “We don’t see essay bank as a cheating way. It’s a surprising valuable resource. You can learn a lot by reading other people’s work on the subject.”

Among other tips, the website suggests inventing important speeches to give essays extra weight: “Popular people to quote (引用) are Douglass Hurd or Disraeli.”

Hurd was a foreign secretary in the 1980s and Disraeli was a 19th century prime minister.

Teachers are expressing their opinions by e-mail that they are angry about the website that “encourages students to cheat”, but students disagree.

According to Rose: “Exams are a fight. It’s us against them.”

1.It can be inferred from this passage that ______.

A. students who visit the website “revise. it” are all lazy

B. students in Oxford University are all lazy

C. websites in Oxford University are all set up by students

D. websites can provide people with different kinds of information

2.Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo set up their website for the purpose of ______.

A. helping students to cheat in exams

B. helping students to improve their writing

C. making money to pay for their schooling

D. making their teacher free

3.What Rose said at last suggests that in England ______.

A. it is difficult for students to pass their exams

B. it is difficult for teachers to finish their teaching

C. students are not satisfied with the education system

D. students are too lazy to learn anything

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

He is a student at Oxford University, ____for a degree in computer science.

A. studied　　　　 　 B. studying　　　　　　　　 C. to have studied D. to be studying

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

My close friend Amy was admitted to Oxford University, ____________ came as no surprise.

A. that　　 B. which

C. it　　 D. where

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析