With around 40,000 students, the Politecnico ...

With around 40,000 students, the Politecnico di Milano is the largest and most technical university in Italy, offering undergraduate, graduate and other courses in engineering, architecture and design. Founded in 1863, just two years after Italy was united, Milan Polytechnic is international famous. Many of its graduates now work in big companies abroad like M.I.T., Caltech and Oxbridge.

Yet the Politechnic has a problem. As you know, here in Italy people speak Italian. Beautiful though the language may be, it is not a good choice for engineers when they’re building a way in Norway or designing a bridge in Vietnam. For better or worse, the global tongue of engineers is English. Hoping to attract more international students, the Politechnic decided to run its doctor’s courses in English only. Over 100 teachers went to court to block the plan, referring to a 1933 law that makes Italian the official language. For some teachers, all that matters is that they don’t feel comfortable teaching in English. In 2013, the court said they were right. Teaching English was out.

But there was more to come. They then went on a nationwide campaign against their university’s decision. Unwisely, the defenders of the Italian language backed them, saying, “we note with regret and concern the ignorance and abandonment(放弃) of Italian in the university education.”

The leaders at the Politechnic refused to be frightened, and asked for the ruling. Last month the Council of State said, “Art and science are free, and teaching them is free.” The question is whether teaching in English prevents students acquiring knowledge. But one could put it differently, and ask whether universities should be free to teach in whatever way they think best serves their students.

Interestingly, the people one might expect to be most against English-only teaching, the students themselves, have taken it easy. The president, Giovanni Azzone, told me: “Students write to me about everything from the lack of parking spaces to washrooms that don’t work. Not one has ever complained about the courses in English.”

1.The main idea of the passage is that the Politechnic decision to run its doctor’s courses in English only ________.

A. attracts more international students

B. sends more students to work abroad

C. makes some teachers out of work

D. meets with different responses

2.Which statement is NOT the reason why the Politechnic decided to use only English in class?

A. Many graduates work abroad.

B. Italian is widely used.

C. English is the global language.

D. The Politechnic is an international university.

3.Those who agree with the new change in the Politechnic are ________.

A. the Politechnic leaders　　　 B. over 100 teachers

C. the Council of State　　　　　 D. the defenders of Italian

4.The students’ attitude towards English-only teaching in doctor’s courses is _________.

A. indifferent（漠然的）　　　　 B. disapproving

C. skeptical　　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. approving

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In the town of Swedesboro, New Jersey, 5th grade students are determined to make 2,000 paper cranes（纸鹤）by the end of the school year. Their ________ is to put smiles on kids’ faces.

The idea of ________ the paper cranes started when their ________, Tara Milward, read them the story Sadako and the One Thousand Paper Cranes in class. Sadako was ________ with leukemia（白血病）at a very young age. She ________ folding the paper cranes along with her family and friends, ________ this was a symbol of hope for Sadako to get ________ one day.

The students of Harker School wanted to ________ Sadako’s story. They began buying paper, ________ paper cranes, and decided to make 2,000! They want to send the ________ 1,000 cranes to Hiroshima, Japan where Sadako lived. The next 1,000 cranes are ________ to a local hospital. Wherever a paper crane is made, the students are ________ that something so simple can help someone ________ hope.

They are so devoted to the ________ that they work on it in every minute of their ________ time to help them towards their big goal of 2,000 paper cranes. To achieve their ________ goal, all of the students are coming together and working very ________. They are eager to spread the hope to their friends and families, also a ________ of this extraordinary project.

The students are ________ by Sadako’s story and are making their impossible dream come true. They hope to make a ________ around the globe to show that everyone can make the world a better place.

1.A. goal　　 B. class　　 C. reward　　 D. worry

2.A. selling　　 B. finding　　 C. making　　 D. collecting

3.A. friend　　 B. teacher　　 C. parent　　 D. patient

4.A. covered　　 B. occupied　　 C. equipped　　 D. diagnosed

5.A. minded　　 B. began　　 C. remembered　　 D. continued

6.A. if　　 B. so　　 C. because　　 D. though

7.A. kinder　　 B. cleaner　　 C. older　　 D. better

8.A. take part in　　 B. make use of　　 C. come up with　　 D. think highly of

9.A. receiving　　 B. adding　　 C. folding　　 D. packing

10.A. first　　 B. last　　 C. best　　 D. most

11.A. returning　　 B. turning　　 C. flying　　 D. going

12.A. tired　　 B. amazed　　 C. frightened　　 D. bored

13.A. keep up　　 B. break up　　 C. give up　　 D. turn up

14.A. visit　　 B. chance　　 C. study　　 D. cause

15.A. lost　　 B. rare　　 C. spare　　 D. whole

16.A. usual　　 B. common　　 C. early　　 D. famous

17.A. hard　　 B. gradually　　 C. fluently　　 D. ahead

18.A. help　　 B. change　　 C. part　　 D. test

19.A. rewarded　　 B. ashamed　　 C. disturbed　　 D. inspired

20.A. travel　　 B. difference　　 C. research　　 D. speech

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The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.

David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt(采纳) what has been called the Western diet.

The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes（糖尿病）and heart disease.

Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.

And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical（热带的）areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.

Mr. Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, "a trilemma": a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.

1.According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from ____________.

A. transportation　　 B. developing countries

C. agriculture　　 　 D. developed countries

2.David Tilman believes that__________.

A. diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B. the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

C. people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease

D. traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

3.We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A. Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases

B. overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases

C. the examined information comes from developing countries

D. industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet

4.The main purpose of the passage is to___________.

A. call on us to protect the environment

B. warn us of the danger of the Western diet

C. remind us of the importance of health

D. advise us to have a balanced diet

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The word “pub” is short for public house. There are around 60,000 pubs in the U.K. One of the oldest pubs, Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, Herts, is located in a building that dates back to the eleventh century.

1. People talk, eat, drink, meet their friends and relax there. Pubs often have tow bars, one usually quieter than the other, and many have a garden where people can sit in summer.2.

Groups of friends normally buy “rounds” of drinks.3. It is sometimes difficult to get served when pubs are busy: the bar staff will usually try and serve those who have been waiting the longest at the bar first.

Most pubs offer a complete range of beers, local and imported, with German, Belgian and French beers being in demand.4. As a matter of fact, pubs sell soft drinks, too.

The legal age to purchase alcohol is 18 in the U.K.5. But they must be with an adult and the adult orders it.

It is illegal to sell alcohol to someone who already appears drunk. Fourteen-year-olds may enter a pub unaccompanied by adults if they order a meal. Children may enter a pub with their parents until 9 p.m., which lets families enjoy reasonably priced pub meals together. And it also allows pubs to play their traditional roles as community centers. Customs in British pubs differ from those in American bars. In most pubs in the U.K., you must go to the bar to order drinks and food and pay for your purchases immediately.

A. Most people might think pubs are places where people simply drink alcohol.

B. The person whose turn it is will buy drinks for all the members of the group.

C. People aged 16 and 17, with the license’s permission, may have only one glass of wine during a meal.

D. In the salon bar the atmosphere is quieter and there are fewer people.

E. Children can go into pub gardens with their parents.

F. Pubs are an important part of British life.

G. British people like drinking beers in pubs.

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While in Banff, make time for a walk around town. A special treat is to go up the mountainside on the Banff Gondola for a surprising view of the valley below .Here is The Pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces.

Best time to visit is during the off-season, from early May to mid-June, or in October .This way you can avoid sharing the high way with mobile（移动的）homes which can be pulled by cars .But whatever the season, take some lunch with you from Banff, because there are only a few food stops on the road.

Forty minutes north of Banff ,side by side with the Banff National Park ,sits world-famous Lake Louise .This surprisingly small body of water is attractive with towering mountains around it .Glaciers ,huge masses of ice ,moving very slowly against rocks ,produce what is called glacier rock flour ,making its water dark to see .It is worth taking a walk around the grounds of the Chateau Lake Louise ,another beauty ,proud of its early 20th century history.

Back on the road , and it’s time to continue north past the astonishing Columbia Icefield, then turn off the highway and take the short road to the base of the Athabaska Glacier .You can rent ice cleats（夹板）and do some climbing or do a more pleasant snowmobile tour .Either way, you can enjoy endless beautiful sights.

Finally you’ll reach Jasper ,the usual turning around the place for the Banff-Jasper loop（回路）.It’s worth riding the Jasper Skytram, and be sure to visit the wonderful Jasper Park Lodge ,also dating back to the 1920s.If you can have lunch there ,do it .The restaurant has an adventurous menu and their wine list would put a smile on any visitor’s face.

1.According the passage, The Pines is a ________.

A．place in which you can see many mobile homes

B．mountain where you can get a good view of the valley

C．town which happens to be near the Banff National Park

D．restaurant where you can ask for some special kinds of food

2.What will probably happen when visitors come at the end of June?

A．They may have trouble finding a restaurant.

B．They may come across traffic jams.

C．They may travel more easily with cars.

D．They may do much more sightseeing.

3.Similar to the Chateau Lake Louise, ________.

A．the Banff National Park is to the west of Banff

B．the Columbia Icefield lies between Lake Louise and the Banff National Park

C．the Jasper Skytram  has a history of more than 80 years

D．the Jasper Park Lodge was built in the 1920s

4.Besides the beautiful sights in Jasper Park Lodge ,visitors to Jasper can enjoy themselves by ________.

A．taking the Jasper Skytram and eating in the restaurant

B．taking the Banff-Jasper loop and Jasper Skytram

C．having a lot of food to order in the restaurant

D．taking the Jasper Skytram back to Banff

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While in Banff, make time for a walk around town. A special treat is to go up the mountainside on the Banff Gondola for a surprising view of the valley below. Here is The Pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces.

Best time to visit is during the off-season, from early May to mid-June, or in October. This way you can avoid sharing the highway with mobile homes which can be pulled by cars. But whatever the season, take some lunch with you from Banff, because there are only a few food stops on the road.

Forty minutes north of Banff, side by side with the Banff National Park, sits world-famous Lake Louise. This surprisingly small body of water is attractive with towering mountains around it. Glaciers, huge masses of ice, moving very slowly against rocks, produce what is called glacier rock flour, making its water dark to see. It is worth taking a walk around the grounds of the Chateau Lake Louise, another beauty, proud of its early 20th century history.

Back on the road, and it’s time to continue north past the astonishing Columbia Icefield, then turn off the highway and take the short road to the base of the Athabaska Glacier. You can rent ice cleats (夹板) and do some climbing or do a more pleasant snowmobile tour. Either way, you can enjoy endless beautiful sights.

Finally you’ll reach Jasper, the usual turning around the place for the Banff-Jasper loop (回路). It’s worth riding the Jasper Skytram, and be sure to visit the wonderful Jasper Park Lodge, also dating back to the 1920s. If you can have lunch there, do it. The restaurant has an adventurous menu and their wine list would put a smile on any visitor’s face.

1.According the passage, The Pines is a________.

2.What will probably happen when visitors come at the end of June?

3.Similar to the Chateau Lake Louise,________.

4.Besides the beautiful sights in Jasper Park Lodge, visitors to Jasper can enjoy themselves by________.

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New Zealand is home to around 16，000 bird ____，double the number in all Europe.

A. cures　　 B. residents

C. budgets　　 D. species

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With an online course Lynn has over 300, 000 students all over China ____ her class through the Internet.

A．attending          B．attended          C．attend            D．are attending

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Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, a(n) ________ of 40,000 per year.

A. amount of　　 B. quantity

C. average　　　　 D. number

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In the USA the high school graduation ceremony is of great 1. (important). 12th grade students, or seniors, who are about 17 or 18 years old, look forward to 2. (attend) this event.

The graduation ceremony itself takes place at the end of May or beginning of June, which usually 3. (include) music awards, and a guest speaker. After the speech, students walk to the front of the room to receive their diplomas from the headmaster. Students start preparing for graduation a long time 4. it happens. They order rings designed 5. (special) for their class.

Another tradition is to have their photographs 6. (take). These photographs are used 7. the class yearbook, which is a printed book about all the students in the school. Students have special cards called announcements printed to send to friends and relatives to tell them about their graduation. The cards often include 8. invitation to the ceremony. If you receive it, you should send a present 9. money to the graduate. A few weeks before the ceremony, the students are measured the cap that they will wear at the ceremony. After the ceremony, 10. (family) usually have graduation parties for friends and relatives. It’s a day and a night that high school seniors remember for a long time.

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