As a junior at McGill University, Doreen Syko...

As a junior at McGill University, Doreen Sykora had a difficult time when she first began college. She said, “I was always well prepared for my examinations. But when I go into class to take the exam, I would fall apart. I could just blank out because of nervousness and fear.” Hitoshi Sakamoto, an anthropology(人类学) student at Temple University in Tokyo reports similar experiences.

These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is stressed about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the severe tension and nervousness.

Now there are special university courses to help students. In these courses, advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to manage test anxiety. Such a course helps students learn to live with stress and not fail because of it. First students take a practice test to measure their worry level. If the tests show that their stress level is high, the students can take a short course to manage the fear. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. They get training to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work more easily. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.

Doreen Sykora saw immediate results after taking such a course. She now has enthusiasm about the relaxation methods. “Mostly, what I do is imagine myself in a very calm place. Then I imagine myself picking up a pencil. I move slowly and carefully. I breathe easily and let all the tension out. With each breath, more worry leaves me. It really works too. My grades have improved greatly! I’m really doing well at McGill now. This relaxation method works not only on examinations, but it has improved the rest of my life as well.”

For Hitoshi in Tokyo, the results were much the same. He is enjoying school a lot more and learning more.

1.What is the similarity between Doreen Sykora and Hitoshi Sakamoto?

A. They both had experiences of test anxiety.

B. They failed in all the examinations.

C. They are students from the same university.

D. They both had the same poor studying habits.

2.The underlined phrase “blank out” in Paragraph 1 refers to “_______.”

A. get an extra paper

B. be unable to think clearly

C. lose interest in the exam

D. refuse to take the exam

3.What’s the purpose of some special university student-help courses?

A. To learn more knowledge about test anxiety.

B. To show a stress level experienced by students.

C. To help students to reduce test anxiety.

D. To have a better understanding of test anxiety.

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At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Doreen Luke was fifteen years old and had just begun work as an apprentice (学徒) in a department store selling clothing and household goods in her hometown of Bodmin in Cornwall. Doreen recalls the first day of war, “My mother was in the process of cooking the Sunday dinner when the Prime Minister announced over the radio that we were at war with Germany… From then on everything changed in our lives. Suddenly there was a different atmosphere.”

During the first years of the war, Doreen was part of a concert party that entertained civilians and service personnel in Cornwall. Although Doreen made effort for the war through her work in entertainment, she was eager to become involved with the war effort in a more direct way, “ My seventeenth birthday came in January 1941. Many of my friends were joining the Forces. I was becoming very restless. In any case soon at the age of eighteen I would be called up to go and work in a factory or to do some other vital war work but that didn’t appeal to me. I was more adventurous than that!”

Realizing that the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(WAAF)was recruiting (招募) wireless operators, Doreen quickly made up her mind. At the age of eighteen, she received her call-up papers and became a member of the WAAF. After one year’s training, Doreen became a wireless operator at Bletchley Park and began work in the Auto Room. Doreen recalls her first visit to Bletchley and the secrecy essential to her work, “I didn’t realize when I first stepped into that room that I was going to be a part of a very secret department. In fact I didn’t know that until fifty years after the war.”

1.When was Doreen Luke born? (within 2 words)

2.What did Doreen Luke do when the war broke out? (within 6 words)

3.Why did Doreen feel restless on her 17th birthday? (within 8 words)

4.When did Doreen really become a wireless operator? (within 5 words)

5.What was the requirement for her work at Bletchley Park? (within 2 words）

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The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city's employment problems．

The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas．

People interested in jobs in Beijing's rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www．Bjbys．com from February 1 through March 15．

"We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers," Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency．

The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan （ $ 250） in the first year, 2,500 yuan （$ 320） the second year and 3,000 yuan （$ 385） the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards．Sun said．

Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city's countryside After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Besjing's Pinggu District．For one project, Wang contacted people at the BeijingAcadeny of Agricnitural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting．Her efforts paid off．The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year．

Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education．

The ministry predicts that 4．95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year．About 1．4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate．

In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year． Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau．

1.The underlined word "recruit" in the first paragraph probably means___．

A．employ           B．force             C．encourage         D．train

2.We can see from the passage that____．

A．once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salary

B．the government guarantee a gradually high salary for the successful candidates

C．working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful

D．the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce

3.From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that.

A．the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful

B．local fanners can get big harvests if they team more knowledge

C．university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas

D．Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries

4.The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that.

A．more and more graduates will work．as junior officials

B．the universities should not have so many students

C．there are more and more graduates in recent years

D．it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays

5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A．What is the best career?

B．Graduates go to the countryside．

C．Job hunting for university graduates．

D．A good choice for university graduates．

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The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city’s employment problems.

The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year,1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.

People interested in jobs in Beijing’s rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. Bjbys. com from February 1 through March 15.

“We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers,” Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.

The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan

( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.

Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city's countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing's Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.

Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.

The ministry predicts that 4. 95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.

In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.

1.The underlined word “recruit” in the first paragraph probably means______.

A．employ           B．force             C．encourage         D．train

2.We can see from the passage that______.

A．once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salary

B．the government guarantee a gradually high salary for the successful candidates

C．working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful

D．the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce

3.From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that______.

A．the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful

B．local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge

C．university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas

D．Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries

4.The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that______.

A．more and more graduates will work as junior officials

B．the universities should not have so many students

C．there are more and more graduates in recent years

D．it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays

5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A．What is the best career?

B．Graduates go to the countryside.

C．Job hunting for university graduates.

D．A good choice for university graduates.

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Think for a moment about the teachers you’ve had at junior or senior high school. Which one did you like best? And why? Were the teachers you liked best also the ones who were the best teachers, in your opinion? 1.And then begin to read further.

Some very common answers to this question are that teachers need to love their students, that they need to have expert knowledge of their subjects and that they should devote themselves completely to their work. All of these ideas are, of course, true to a certain extent.2.

It’s impossible for anyone to love everyone he knows, and teachers deal with a very large number of students over the years. On the other hand, teachers should certainly be able to make their students feel that they’re interested in them as people. 3.　 A deep knowledge of the subject is especially important.4. That’s to say, a teacher needs to be trained in the skills of teaching. These skills include how to control a class. Finally, teachers have to devote a lot of time and energy to their work, of course. However, because they’re also models that their students must follow, it’s important that they should be well-balanced people with interests outside their school work—families, friends, hobbies, etc. 5.

A.They’re perhaps a little too simple.

B.Students ask too much from teachers.

C.Well- qualified teachers should be educated and capable.

D.Consider for a minute the qualities that make a teacher outstanding.

E.A teacher who only lives for work is likely to become narrow-minded.

F.Equally important is the ability to pass that knowledge on to the students effectively.

G.They also pay attention to the development of both their brains and their characters.

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Anne Whitney, a sophomore(二年级学生) at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. "I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldn't think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher ."  Another student in microbiology and similar experiences. He said ,"My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't even write them down!"

These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and it uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student can't write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety had been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.

Special university counseling courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety .At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies .Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease .Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.

An expert at the University of California explains. "With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking out program .Most of then experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great."

1.To "blank out" is probably______.

A. to be like a blanket                      B. to be sure of an answer

C. to be unable to think clearly               D. to show knowledge to the teacher

2.Poor grades are usually the result of _______.

A. poor hygienic(卫生的) habits            B. laziness

C. lack of sleep                          D. being unable to form good study habits

3.Test anxiety has been recognized as _______.

A. an excuse for laziness                  B. the result of poor habits

C. a real problem                        D. something that can't be changed

4.To deal with this problem, students say they want to ______.

A .take a short course on anxiety

B read about anxiety

C. be able to manage or understand their anxiety

D take test to prove they are not anxiety

5.A University of California counselor said_______.

A. all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety program

B. almost all students felt less stress after taking a University of California counseling course

C. students found it difficult to improve even though they had taken a special test anxiety course

D. students found it easy to relax as soon as they entered a University of California counseling course

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Women work harder than men at university and get better degrees as a result, according to a study at Brunel University.

The research, which followed 200 students for four years, found that women consistently outperformed men in their studies even though they had started their courses with almost identical A-level grades.

An analysis of the results showed that while 65 percent of female graduates were awarded, only 35 percent of male graduates did as well. Girls are known to outperform boys at school, but this research showed that trend continued at university.

Fiona Smith, who led the research, said, “The research shows that the difference has something to do with schools in general.”

“It also shows something about the inequality for working women in terms of pay and promotion. Women work harder at school, harder at university, and do better at both, but they still receive less pay.”

The research found that female students were more faithful, less likely to miss lectures, and more likely to believe that their marks reflected their abilities than male students. Female students were also more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors.

Women were also more likely to choose their universities because they liked the courses offered.

In contrast, men were more likely than women to miss lectures due to “other affairs” and “laziness”, and to believe that playing sports was an important part of university life.

Generally, people think that women’s success comes from more emphasis on coursework, but the research showed that female geographers at Brunel did better in their exams than in their coursework.

Dr Smith said, “Most women feel that getting good grades is the most important part of university life. They believe that they need to work harder in order to compete in the male-dominated (男性主导的) environment they will encounter at work. Good grades are viewed as an ‘insurance policy’ for success. Men, on the other hand, prefer going out and playing sports to academic work.”

“This research shows how important it is to get all young people working hard and teach them the value of higher education,” he said.

1.The research at Brunel University showed that women ________.

A. did worse than men both at school and at university

B. got better grades than men

C. paid little attention to their courses

D. often missed classes

2.Which of the following about men is TRUE according to the passage?

A. They work as hard as women.

B. They spend as much time on courses as women.

C. They play a lot more than women.

D. They consider good grades to be an “insurance policy” for success.

3.We can infer from the results of the research that ________.

A. women do better both at school and at university

B. female students are more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors

C. compared with men, women are in an unfavorable condition in the male-dominated world

D. it’s easier for women to get rises in pay and promotion

4.The main purpose of the research is to _________.

A. give the government some advice on higher education

B. show us some information about higher education

C. show the sex difference in higher education

D. make all students work hard and realize the importance of higher education

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When I arrived at university, I had nothing in my bank account but was given a brand new overdraft (透支). I’d never had one before. So it was very excited to spend money on shopping, nights out, and all the junk food my mum had never let me eat. I managed to max out (达到最高限度) my account within three months and suddenly life wasn’t so much fun.

I spent the last two weeks before Easter on a diet of porridge and became self-loathing (自我憎恨的) and I also blamed Asda (阿斯达超市) for all the two-for-one deals I couldn’t resist. Now I’m working full-time to repay my debts. I’m also setting up a separate bank account for my student loan to go into to cover rent and bills. So I’ll be able to keep an eye on my spending.

With a lot of hard work and saving over the holidays I’m hoping that I’ll be in better financial shape for next year. After my experience in halls — being kept awake until 4 a.m. and work surfaces permanently covered in mind — I’m looking forward to moving into a house with friends. The partying and social life in halls are fantastic, but sometimes you’re put with people you don’t get on with, and it’s hard to cope with that. It helped me to stay strong, but I wish I had stood up to them rather than felt bullied.

I had a really bad time in my first year, which is why I’m going to make the most of university next year. I’m going to balance work with a social life, hit Freshers’ week hard and join some societies. With university handing me so many opportunities on a plate, I want to take up as many as I can and enjoy myself.

1.The author could do so much shopping as a freshman because ________.

A. she was permitted to overdraft from the bank

B. her parents sent her money through the bank

C. she wanted to max out her account

D. she could work full-time

2.What can we infer from the second paragraph about the author?

A. She enjoyed eating porridge for her meals.

B. She had to work to pay for her education fee.

C. She regretted spending so much money on shopping.

D. She wanted to borrow more money for shopping.

3.From this text we can see that the author ________.

A. gained a lot of money through working

B. didn’t get on well with her workmates

C. felt bullied by her friends

D. worked and slept in a bad condition

4.The author made up her mind to ________ next year.

A. make good use of her university life　　 B. find a better job

C. take up more plates　　 D. form some organizations

5.The author mainly introduces her ________ in the passage.

A. opportunities at first year of university

B. freshman experiences at university

C. working experiences at university

D. thoughts on her daily Spending

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I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the news I had never expected. A lump in my neck ______ out to be cancer. I would ______ six months of chemotherapy (化疗).

After the shock, I was struck by this thought: my ______ didn’t have any room for cancer. I had so much I wanted to ______ and so many goals I wanted to chase.

I was faced with the ______ job of telling my friends and family. Then, I had to decide whether to ______ in Cambridge and take five exams at the end of the year. My doctor _______ against it, and so did my parents and teachers.

My doctors and teachers convinced me that taking some time off to _____ and relax would be the best thing for me. I could not think of anything ______. I did not want to ______ a year of my life, receiving pity from those around me.

Together with ray parents, I tried to persuade the university to _______ me to stay at Cambridge and study only half the course. At the end of the year I would take two exams. It was really a ______ to persuade them to agree.

Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It made me feel ______, but to a much lesser degree than I had expected. I was _______ to read, eat and socialize exactly as I used to. I slept a lot and rested a lot, but I also worked hard at my studies. It gave me focus, and it also gave me purpose. Completing my ______ at the end of term felt like a great personal victory.

I took a ______ to continue studying while undergoing treatment, and it _______. I was successful in my exams, and more _______, I made a full recovery.

Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the ______ that are right for them. I am ______ that I made the decision that was right for me.

1.A. stuck　　 B. came　　 C. turned　　 D. worked

2.A. require　　 B. expect　　 C. sense　　 D. arrange

3.A. body　　 B. memories　　 C. family　　 D. dreams

4.A. face　　 B. achieve　　 C. show　　 D. understand

5.A. necessary　　 B. temporary　　 C. difficult　　 D. disappointing

6.A. join　　 B. treat　　 C. settle　　 D. continue

7.A. fought　　 B. advised　　 C. acted　　 D. decided

8.A. recover　　 B. exercise　　 C. study　　 D. play

9.A. better　　 B. worse　　 C. more　　 D. less

10.A. save　　 B. spend　　 C. take　　 D. miss

11.A. help　　 B. remind　　 C. allow　　 D. invite

12.A. struggle　　 B. failure　　 C. burden　　 D. trouble

13.A. tired　　 B. relaxed　　 C. confident　　 D. nervous

14.A. afraid　　 B. ready　　 C. able　　 D. eager

15.A. purpose　　 B. projects　　 C. treatment　　 D. exams

16.A. rest　　 B. risk　　 C. privilege　　 D. job

17.A. ended up　　 B. passed on　　 C. paid off　　 D. broke out

18.A. clearly　　 B. interestingly　　 C. specifically　　 D. importantly

19.A. choices　　 B. changes　　 C. efforts　　 D. chances

20.A. surprised　　 B. excited　　 C. determined　　 D. proud

高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Greg Evans started to study film at Ryerson University, but had a change of heart and switched to social work at George Brown College in second year．Yet the college recognized only one of Evans' general-interest credits（学分） from Ryerson , and also made him take English all over again although he had passed it at university．

“So I spent time and money taking a course I had already taken before”, complained Evans．"The system really needs to change．" Evans was part of a chorus of Ontario students on Monday cheering a new $ 73．7 million five-year plan to help students switch from college to university, and from university to college．

After years' of urging from students, the Ontario government set up a new Credit Transfer Innovation loud to help students move back and forth between the more hands-on courses of community college to the often broader academic focus of a university degree．" We hear horror stories about students who can't get recognition from one institution for a very similar course at another, and in one case I believe the same professor was teaching them both," noted Malloy after announcing the new fund．

Individual colleges and universities have decided on nearly 500 joint deals to honor each other's credits in certain courses．Each school is required to set targets for more credit-transfer agreements, and link these increases to provincial funding．

More than 4,000 college graduates transfer （转换） to university in Ontario every year twice as many as eight years ago, noted Justin Fox, president of the College Student Alliance．Yet Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits, in part to avoid copying each other's courses, noted Bonnie Patterson, president of the Council of Ontario Universities ,who welcomed the increased flexibility．

1.What happened when Greg Evans switched to social work at George Brown College?

A. He was considered to be unqualified for social work．

B. His previous credits were not all recognized．

C. He wasn't able to get enough credits．

D. His English didn't reach the required standard．

2.According to Paragraph 3, Malloy believes _____________

A. it is time that the system was changed

B. the same professor can't teach in different schools

C. students should focus on their chosen courses

D. the students' stories are horrible

3.Ontario universities and colleges have been cautious about transferring credits partly to _____________.

A. avoid accepting unqualified students

B. keep their similar courses

C. prevent courses becoming similar

D. attract famous professors

4.What attitude does Bonnie Patterson have towards the transferring system?

A. He is strongly against it

B．He is very doubtful about it

C. He thinks it is too flexible

D．He supports it for its flexibility

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