We are going to talk again this week about hi...

We are going to talk again this week about higher education for disabled students who want to study in the United States．As we noted last time，there are no special colleges or universities for blind students．But there are for deaf students．One of them is Gallaudet University in Washington，D.C. Gallaudet is said to be the world’s only liberal arts university where everything is designed for deaf or hard-of-hearing students．About 2，000 students attend Gallaudet．The cost for international students is about 33,000 dollars a year．

Financial aid is available in the form of scholarships，but only after the first year of studies. Most scholarship aid goes to students in financial need who do well in their first year．One scholarship for international students is for deaf students from developing countries．Another is just for students from China．The university also offers an English Language Institute．But Gallaudet says this program does not guarantee (担保)acceptance to the university．

In the past year，students at Gallaudet protested against the administration’s choice of a new president for the university．The protests led to the choice of a different president who is more popular with the students，Robert Davila．He is a former officer of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf．This technical college is in Rochester, New York.  It is one of the eight colleges in the Rochester Institute of Technology．

More than one thousand students attend the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. About one hundred of them are international students．They come from Africa, Asia，Europe and South America.

The cost is about 28,000 dollars a year for an international Technical Institute student．Foreign graduate students pay about 20,000 dollars.  Both undergraduate and graduate student can receive limited financial aid. They can also take part in the student employment program．This program makes it possible for students to work at the school.

1. The passage is written for _______ .

2.The second paragraph mainly shows ________ .

3. Robert Davila is the president who __________ .

4.To those who study in Gallaudet，__________ .

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few weeks ago, we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL. A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept the IELTS exam. IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It was developed by the University of Cambridge ESOL examiners.

Cambridge ESOL says the test measures true-to-life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration or employment. The IELTS tests listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. It uses a mixture of accents and spellings, including British English and American English.

The test is used by government agencies, schools and professional organizations in one hundred and twenty countries. And, yes, that includes the United States. The many American schools that accepted the IELTS can be found on the Web at felts.org.

Some schools accept both the TOEFL and the IELTS, but the graduate school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for example, says it prefers the IEITS.

The listening and speaking parts are the same for everyone who takes the IELTS, but people have a choice of reading and writing tests -- either academic or general training.

The listening test takes thirty minutes. There are forty questions based on a recording. The reading test takes sixty minutes. Students answer forty questions based on three written passages.

The writing test also takes sixty minutes. Students have to write two essays. One essay has to be at least one hundred and fifty words long and the other at least two hundred and fifty words. The shorter one is description of something; the longer one has to support and argument.

The speaking test takes less than fifteen minutes. The score is based on a recorded talk between the student and a test examiner.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. If you have a general question for our series, write to special@voanews.com. I'm Barbara Klein.

1.What does TOEFL stand for?

A. The Voice of America            B. The International English Language Testing System

C. The Test of English as a Foreign Language

D. The Test of English as a Native Language

2.The International English Language Testing System commonly takes _______ in all.

A. less than 160 minutes                       B. more than 165 minutes

C. no more than 160 minutes                     D. less than 166 minutes

3. According to the passage, we can infer _______.

A. IELTS is efficient and necessary if you want to go to English-speaking countries

B. IELTS is completely different from TOEFL

C. every American needs to accept TOEFL      D. IEITS isn't used more widely than TOEFL

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How can the readers write papers to the VOA programme?

B. It talks about some ways to pass TOEFL.

C. It introduces IELTS.

D. How can the readers pass two kinds of tests?

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Today we are going to talk about important transition words in English．We will focus on how to usetransition words to link ideas together．Some common transition words are and，furthermore，in addition to，not to mention，and in the same way．

We don’t always get a second chance to achieve our dreams．But some people are lucky，like Matthew McConaughey．Once almost unknown，the actor has recently found himself back on the list of the best actors in HollywooD． His new movie Interstellar is just another sign that his career reinvention has been an incredible success．“The film relies on McConaughey’s performance to hold together the emotional story of a father and his daughter against the background of space travel and the end of the world，”Forbes commenteD．

But only years ago，the Texas native was often the butt of jokes（笑柄）about being too handsome．In 1993，after meeting with director Richard Linklater，McConaughey starred in Dazed and ConfuseD． And a Hollywood career was born，mostly in romantic comedies．For a long time，the whole world believed McConaughey was just a handsome guy with comic talent．

But McConaughey stopped starring in that type of movie，and began to use his looks differently．Slowly he built up his reputation as a serious actor．In 2013，McConaughey was offered to play an AIDS activist in Dallas Buyers CluB． The role saw the　 normally muscular actor　 losing 50 pounds in order to appear sick．His performance won him an Oscar for Best Actor．

The actor gave thanks to someone he has always looked up to as a hero during his Oscar acceptance speech．When he was 15，the actor said，he decided that his hero would be himself in 10 years．But 10 years later，he pushed the deadline ahead another decade．Then 10 years later，another decade．“My hero’s always 10 years away，” he saiD． “I’m never going to attain that．That keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing．”Or perhaps constantly chasing the chance to be his own hero has given him a second chance to follow his dreams．

1.Why was McConaughey often the butt of jokes in his early career？

A． He was limited to handsome roles．

B． He was unknown to the audience．

C． He played in romantic comedies．

D． He was handsome and emotional．

2.What role won Mc Conaughey an Oscar for Best Ac tor？

A． A caring father．

B． An AIDS activist．

C． A serious buyer．

D． A strong hero．

3.What can we learn about McConaughey？

A． He was born in HollywooD．

B． He has become a hero of his own．

C． He wasn’t famous until recently．

D． He isn’t content with his achievements．

4.Which of the following can be the best title？

A． McConaughey，a Romantic Comed ian

B． McConaughey，a Man Making a Hit

C． McConaug hey，a Man Daring to change

D． McConaughey，Handsome and Talented

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

— What’s the main purpose of tonight’s meeting?

— We are going to talk about the problem _______ at the last meeting.

A. having discussed       B. to be discussed   C. being discussed         D. discussed

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I guess we ‘ve already talked about this before but I’ll ask you again just _____.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I guess we've already talked about this before but I'll ask you again just __ .

A. by nature       B. in return            C. in case             D. by chance

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

I guess we've already talked about this before but I'll ask you again just

________.(2010·浙江)

A．by nature　 　        B．in return　　         C．in case　         D．by chance

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I guess we’ve already talked about this before but I’ll ask you again just ________.

A．by nature                      B．in return

C．in case                     D．by chance

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

______ this afternoon, you would have to come again next week．

A．The boss didn't return                   B．The boss were not to return

C．Were the boss not to return             D．Didn't the boss return

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers talking about?

A. Having guests this weekend.

B. Going out for sightseeing.

C. Moving into a new house.

2.What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Host and visitor.

3.What will the man do tomorrow?

A. Work in his garden. B. Have a barbecue. C. Do some shopping.

高三英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析