I went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great, personalized education at an affordable price.
This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.
These “colleges without walls” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexible learning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.
One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.
Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.
Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”
After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling quite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.
1.What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?
A.Colleges that have no walls around.
B.Colleges that students attend online.
C.Colleges that can be entered freely.
D.Colleges that give students more freedom.
2.What made Shawn Lee return to attend college again?
A.That he has nothing to do.
B.That he couldn’t find a job.
C.That the cost of the college is low.
D.That he wanted to find a better job.
3.How did the writer feel after the visit?
A.Hopeful. B.Dissatisfied. C.Disappointed. D.Upset.
4.What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?
A.To explain what “colleges without walls” are.
B.To advertise the colleges.
C.To encourage people to attend higher education.
D.To introduce a new model of education.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
I went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great, personalized education at an affordable price.
This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.
These “colleges without walls,” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexible learning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.
One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.
Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.
Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”
After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling quite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.
1.What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. Colleges that have no walls around.
B. Colleges that students attend online.
C. Colleges that can be entered freely.
D. Colleges that give students more freedom.
2.What made Shawn Lee return to attend college again?
A. That he has nothing to do.
B. That he couldn’t find a job.
C. That the cost of the college is low.
D. That he wanted to find a better job.
3.How did the writer feel after the visit?
A. Hopeful. B. Dissatisfied. C. Disappointed. D. Upset.
4.What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?
A. To explain what “colleges without walls” are.
B. To advertise the colleges.
C. To encourage people to attend higher education.
D. To introduce a new model of education.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great, personalized education at an affordable price.
This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.
These “colleges without walls” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexible learning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.
One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.
Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.
Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”
After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling quite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.
1.What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?
A.Colleges that have no walls around.
B.Colleges that students attend online.
C.Colleges that can be entered freely.
D.Colleges that give students more freedom.
2.What made Shawn Lee return to attend college again?
A.That he has nothing to do.
B.That he couldn’t find a job.
C.That the cost of the college is low.
D.That he wanted to find a better job.
3.How did the writer feel after the visit?
A.Hopeful. B.Dissatisfied. C.Disappointed. D.Upset.
4.What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?
A.To explain what “colleges without walls” are.
B.To advertise the colleges.
C.To encourage people to attend higher education.
D.To introduce a new model of education.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Earlier this month, MnkenzeeMeaux and her husband-to-be, Bryan Ballard, booked a photo shoot to celebrate their recent engagement. And they decided to hold a _______ceremony next month.
The beautiful pictures they _______on the Internet looked just as one would _______: a good-looking young couple hugging in the forest. _______, halfway through the photo shoot, the young bride-to-be surprisingly_______ the wig (假发) she was wearing and showed her _______beauty — bald head and all.
Like 6.8 million other people in the US, Meaux has alopecia, a condition that causes partial or _______hair loss. She spent most of her life _______her condition by wearing wigs, _______this time she decided to take this courageous step to ________millions of others to accept their own — little hair or no hair.
Meaux wasn’t always that ________. After she was diagnosed with alopecia at the age of eight, she ________years of bullying (霸凌). She was so painful that she ________all hope of ever feeling beautiful again. Even after meeting her future husband, it took her over two months to tell him of her ________.
And Ballard did what anyone should do — he ________the woman he loves for who she is and helped her to also accept herself and see herself as ________for the first time in a long time.
“He has helped me to be brave and realize that ________is not what makes you charming and is not what makes people love you. It is truly all about what’s on the ________,” says Meaux. “He has shown me that the people who love you do not ________whether or not you have hair and the ones who do are not worth your time or your love. So this is me, the ________me.”
1.A.opening B.wedding C.closing D.appointment
2.A.found B.bought C.downloaded D.posted
3.A.expect B.wonder C.forecast D.forget
4.A.Unfortunately B.Eventually C.Unexpectedly D.Meanwhile
5.A.put on B.took off C.turned out D.picked up
6.A.formal B.classical C.vivid D.natural
7.A.slight B.sudden C.complete D.temporary
8.A.hiding B.avoiding C.accepting D.satisfying
9.A.since B.but C.and D.while
10.A.imitate B.honor C.remind D.inspire
11.A.confident B.honest C.proud D.unlucky
12.A.caused B.experienced C.confirmed D.resisted
13.A.looked for B.got across C.gave up D.lived in
14.A.background B.profession C.thought D.situation
15.A.accepted B.recognized C.refused D.admired
16.A.familiar B.beautiful C.excellent D.different
17.A.marriage B.photo C.illness D.hair
18.A.path B.back C.inside D.outside
19.A.care B.consider C.ignore D.check
20.A.lucky B.attractive C.true D.simple
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Earlier this month, the University of Glasgow in Scotland launched a course entitled: The Simpsons Introduce Philosophy（哲学）. The course’s aim is to ease students into the typically heavy topic by relating it to the popular cartoon family.
“The Simpsons is one of the modem world’s greatest cultural products, partly because it is so full of philosophy,” John Donaldson, creator of the course, told the BBC. “Aristotle, Kant, Marx, Camus and many other great thinkers’ ideas are represented in what is arguably the purest of philosophical forms — the comic cartoon.”
While this may seem like an unusual way to attract pupils to a traditionally dull topic, this class isn’t the first of its kind. In 2009, Liverpool Hope University in the UK began offering a master’s degree on the music of world-famous 60’s group The Beatles, which still runs today. The following year, the UK’s Durham University gave students the chance to enroll on a Harry Potter-themed module, covering contents such as “Gryffindor and Slytherin: prejudice and intolerance in the classroom,” and “muggles and magic”.
To some, these courses may seem like a waste of a valuable education, but Donaldson believes that packaging certain topics into something more easy to relate to will enhance the learning experience, without distracting（分离）from the main subject. “Firstly, scholars want to be taken seriously by other scholars and ideas like this can be seen as not serious,” he tells iNews. “There are definitely ways to include popular culture into academic subjects that still remains their nature and doesn’t take away from the quality of the ideas,”
Already booked full, Donaldson’s Simpsons class isn’t meant to be taken as seriously, however. The lecturer says that his one-day course, which will pose philosophical questions around morality, free will, and religion by relating them to scenarios（情节）from The Simpsons, aims to introduce students to his area of expertise greatly while having a bit of fun.
1.From Paragraph 2, we can learn that .
A. The Simpsons contains many philosophical ideas
B. John Donaldson produces those philosophical ideas
C. many great thinkers will be invited to The Simpsons
D. the main reason for The Simpsons’ success is its philosophy
2.Paragraph 3 is developed mainly .
A. by comparison B. by time
C. by example D. by process
3.What is the main feature of the course according to Donaldson?
A. It’s very dull with many serious topics.
B. It’s very common as a traditional course.
C. It’s very time-saving as a one-day course.
D. It’s very efficient in teaching philosophic ideas.
4.The passage mainly talks about .
A. a creative philosophy course B. a popular comic cartoon
C. a reform of traditional subjects D. an enterprising lecturer
高二英语阅读理解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 does the man have to do this afternoon?
A. Have a meeting. B. See a doctor. C. Meet a lawyer.
2.What will the woman do for the man?
A. Answer phone calls.
B. Send some documents.
C. Cancel an appointment.
高二英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析
A month went by in this manner, but a month was all I could bear.
The memory of Marguerite accompanied me wherever I went. I had loved that woman — still loved her — too much for her suddenly to mean nothing to me. Whatever feelings I might have for her now, I had to see her again. At once.
…
I knew Marguerite. Meeting me so unexpectedly must have thrown her into a state of great confusion. Probably, she had heard of my departure which had set her mind at rest as to the consequences of our sudden parting. But, seeing me back and coming face to face with me, weak as I was, she had sensed that my return had a purpose, and must have wondered what was going to happen.
If, when I saw her again, Marguerite had been unhappy; if, in taking my revenge (复仇), there had also been some way of helping her then I might well have forgiven her, and would certainly never have dreamed of doing her any harm. But when I saw her again, she was happy, at least on the surface. Another man had ensured her the wealthy life in which I had been unable to keep her. She brought shame both to my pride and my love; she was going to have to pay for what I had suffered.
I could not remain cold to what she did now. It followed that the thing that would hurt her most would be exactly for me to show coldness. Coldness, therefore, was the feeling which I now needed to pretend, not only in her presence but in the eyes of others.
I tried to put a smile on my face, and I went to call on Prudence with whom Marguerite was
staying.
…
Prudence saw me to the door, and I returned to my apartment with tears of anger in my eyes and thirst for revenge in my heart and thought only of finding a way to make the poor creature suffer.
1. This passage is most probably ______ of a love story.
A. the beginning B. a chapter
C. a summary D. the introduction
2.According to the passage, the hero wanted to ______.
A. give Marguerite sufferings because his pride and his love were hurt
B. stop the relationship with Marguerite because he couldn’t afford a rich life
C. make up the relationship with Marguerite because he still loved her
D. forgive Marguerite because he found her unhappy
3.What kind of feelings did the hero most probably have?
A. Coldness and love. B. Coldness and hate.
C. Love and hate. D. Hate and sadness.
4. What would the author most probably write about next?
A. Why he changed his mind suddenly.
B. How he made Marguerite suffer.
C. How he made up his relationship with Marguerite.
D. Why he wanted Marguerite to pay for what he had suffered.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
In a few months you’ll go to college. Are you ready for some of the newness that is about to come your way? Take a look at this “mental preparation” checklist and make sure you have given these topics some thought.
1. Remind yourself that it’s new for everyone.
Going to college is a big change, and it’s important not to get overwhelmed (压垮). 1. That’s OK. Accept that you’re in a new stage of life and it won’t feel familiar for a bit.
2. Commit to time management.
Organizing your time properly will make your life in college much easier.2. Create a detailed daily schedule that blocks out time for classes, homework, studying, and anything else. Stay organized and spend a few minutes each evening planning ahead for the next day.
3. Be open to new things.
College will open your eyes in more ways than one. It’s a time to find yourself, discover new passions, challenge old ways of thinking, and meet new people from all backgrounds and places.3. Embrace (欣然接受) the idea of exploration!
4. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
With anything new, it’s best to go in with a positive attitude. But life has its ups and downs.4. Take a moment to find out the college services that can help you: disability services, tutoring services, and any other services that will give you support when you need it.
Congratulations on this exciting time of your life.5. You’ll be glad you have done.
A. So, try something different.
B. Knowing where to turn for help is important.
C. Things might feel a bit uncomfortable for a while.
D. Plan to pay them a visit early in your first semester.
E. Get yourself a time planning app or a good old day planner.
F. Remember that you’re in college to build a foundation for your future job.
G. As you get prepared for the first day of classes, get mentally ready for this new life stage too.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
A few months after1.(return) to the U.S. from Germany, I2.(take) part in a college course in French. Since I had learned to speak German well in Germany, I thought it might be interesting3.(begin) studying another language.4.the first class, a teacher asked us to do a pronunciation exercise, in which he would say a word5.two in French, and each student would do6.(they) best to copy. When my turn came, he7.(keep) having me say8.(many) words, and I finally asked him why. “I find it great9. (funny),” he explained. “In 25 years of teaching at school, it’s the first time I have heard10.American speak French with a German accent.”
高二英语完成句子中等难度题查看答案及解析
A few months after return to the U. S. from Germany, I took part a college course in French. Since I have learned to say German well in Germany, I thought it might be interested to begin studying another language. At the first class, the teacher asked us to do a pronunciation exercise, in it he would say a word or two in French, and each student would do their best to copy. When my turn came, he kept having me to say more words, and I finally asked him why. "I find great fun, "he explained . "In 25 years of teaching at school, it's the first time that I have heard a American speak French with a German accent(口音) ."
高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
During the power transition earlier this year, analysts said, Chinese leaders tried to demonstrate their _______ to fighting corruption.
A. greed B. commitment
C. rensponsibility D. motivation
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