It’s reported that the American College Board has made several changes to the SAT test to help more poor students receive higher education. It offers a scoring criterion beyond its own SAT test, which measures only oral and math skills. The new tool is designed to help admissions officers find if applicants have risen above limitations in their social or economic circumstances by expressing a particular characteristic: resourcefulness(足智多谋).
The new criterion, called ECD, has been tried by 50 colleges over the past year and will be carried out by 150 institutions this fall. Relying on public data , it looks at 15 factors(因素) in neighborhoods and schools that might passively influence a candidate’s college readiness. These statistics include crime rates, education levels, joblessness, and the family members that receive food stamps. It applicants come from a highly disadvantaged background yet have proper but perhaps not high SAT scores , a college might then admit them.
Resourcefulness shows an ability to seek support outside one’s self. It requires a clear purpose in learning. The new tool “shines a light on students who have shown remarkable resourcefulness to overcome challenges and achieve more with less,” says David Coleman, the College Board’s president.
The ECD also has the advantage of not taking race into consideration in admissions, a practice being increasingly closed off by the Supreme Court and many states. At the same time, in stressing a key quality for academic success, it may help prevent discrimination in admissions.
The tool is not an absolute measure of resourcefulness. It misses other types of circumstances, such as personal or family problems. Colleges must weigh many factors in admissions. Still, it could lead to a greater focus on character in education beyond the traditional pursuit (追求) of knowledge and career skills. Graduates who have stood out despite their hardships are highly desired by today’s employers.
1.Which people can benefit from the new criterion?
A.Students from poor families. B.Students doing well at maths.
C.Students having much money. D.Students with good spoken skills.
2.What are the new criteria when judging a candidate?
A.The attitudes to schools. B.The remarks from colleges.
C.The difficulties a candidate will face. D.The institutions a candidate will study in.
3.What is the advantage of ECD?
A.It can make applicants successful. B.It can improve the ability of races.
C.It can provide clear learning purposes. D.It can treat applicants equally.
4.Which graduates do employers prefer?
A.Those with excellent qualities.
B.Those having experienced hardships.
C.Those making progress in difficult situations.
D.Those with the traditional pursuit of knowledge.
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It’s reported that the American College Board has made several changes to the SAT test to help more poor students receive higher education. It offers a scoring criterion beyond its own SAT test, which measures only oral and math skills. The new tool is designed to help admissions officers find if applicants have risen above limitations in their social or economic circumstances by expressing a particular characteristic: resourcefulness(足智多谋).
The new criterion, called ECD, has been tried by 50 colleges over the past year and will be carried out by 150 institutions this fall. Relying on public data , it looks at 15 factors(因素) in neighborhoods and schools that might passively influence a candidate’s college readiness. These statistics include crime rates, education levels, joblessness, and the family members that receive food stamps. It applicants come from a highly disadvantaged background yet have proper but perhaps not high SAT scores , a college might then admit them.
Resourcefulness shows an ability to seek support outside one’s self. It requires a clear purpose in learning. The new tool “shines a light on students who have shown remarkable resourcefulness to overcome challenges and achieve more with less,” says David Coleman, the College Board’s president.
The ECD also has the advantage of not taking race into consideration in admissions, a practice being increasingly closed off by the Supreme Court and many states. At the same time, in stressing a key quality for academic success, it may help prevent discrimination in admissions.
The tool is not an absolute measure of resourcefulness. It misses other types of circumstances, such as personal or family problems. Colleges must weigh many factors in admissions. Still, it could lead to a greater focus on character in education beyond the traditional pursuit (追求) of knowledge and career skills. Graduates who have stood out despite their hardships are highly desired by today’s employers.
1.Which people can benefit from the new criterion?
A.Students from poor families. B.Students doing well at maths.
C.Students having much money. D.Students with good spoken skills.
2.What are the new criteria when judging a candidate?
A.The attitudes to schools. B.The remarks from colleges.
C.The difficulties a candidate will face. D.The institutions a candidate will study in.
3.What is the advantage of ECD?
A.It can make applicants successful. B.It can improve the ability of races.
C.It can provide clear learning purposes. D.It can treat applicants equally.
4.Which graduates do employers prefer?
A.Those with excellent qualities.
B.Those having experienced hardships.
C.Those making progress in difficult situations.
D.Those with the traditional pursuit of knowledge.
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The report has found that more and more Chinese have an American or British temporary visa for holiday spending in recent years.
A. stood for B. applied for
C. accounted for D. searched for
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Stephen Glenn is a famous American research scientist. He has made several very important medical_______. When a newspaper journalist asked him why he was able to be so much more_______ than the average person, he responded that it all came from a(n)_______ with his mother that occurred when he was a child.
Stephen had been trying to _______ a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he _______ his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell，spilling(泼出) its contents all over the kitchen floor-a real sea of milk! When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of _______ at him，giving him a lecture or chastising him，she said, “what a great and wonderful _______ you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pond of milk. Well，the _______ has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes _______ we clean it up？"
Indeed，he did. After a few minutes，his mother said，" Stephen，whenever you make a mess like this，________ you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper ________.”And together they cleaned up the spilled milk. His mother then said，"You know，what we have here is a ________ experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and ________ the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without ________ it “The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands，he could ________ it without dropping it. What a good ________ to him!
This famous scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make ________.Instead，he learned that mistakes were just ________ for learning something new，which is，after all，what scientific ________ are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't work, we usually learn something ________ from it.
1.A. impressions B. breakthroughs C. promises D. intentions
2.A. outgoing B. responsible C. warm-hearted D. creative
3.A. experience B. word C. argument D. adventure
4.A. recycle B. purchase C. remove D. freeze
5.A. lost B. tightened C. adjusted D. caught
6.A. looking B. yelling C. smiling D. glancing
7.A. discovery B. mess C. change D. joke
8.A. injury B. research C. assignment D. damage
9.A. when B. as C. after D. before
10.A. gradually B. initially C. eventually D. constantly
11.A. order B. situation C. form D. use
12.A. successful B. failed C. completed D. useless
13.A. fill B. wash C. polish D. cover
14.A. shaking B. dropping C. lifting D. touching
15.A. make up B. make off C. make it D. make sense
16.A. attitude B. apology C. project D. lesson
17.A. efforts B. plans C. mistakes D. decisions
18.A. requirements B. routines C. chances D. goals
19.A. achievements B. approaches C. seminars D. experiments
20.A. valuable B. ambiguous C. familiar D. abstract
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A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man —the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands．While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect m the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort．
This attitude toward manual （体力的） labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life．One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously （豪华地） furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, wil2 serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery．On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes．A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house．His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing．The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education．
1.From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _____．
A．people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B．people can always rise to the top through their own efforts
C．college professors win great respect from common workers
C．college professors feel it painful to mention their fathers as labors．
2.According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ______．
A．servants in American are hard to get
B．she takes pride in what she can do herself
C．she can hardly afford servants
D．It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
3.The expression " wait on table" in the second paragraph means "______”．
A．wait for others on a table B．keep accounts in a restaurant
C．wait to lay the table D．serve customers in a restaurant
4.How does the author support his opinion?
A．By analyzing causes and effects B．By giving examples
C．By reasoning and concluding D．By telling stories
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—It’s reported that the new underground line has been completed．
—Yes but it hasn’t been made clear________ it’s to be opened to traffic．
A．that B．who C．what D．when
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Every school has notice boards．Let's see what is on the notice board of an American school.
| School Policy ·Fighting, saying bad words and all other behavior will not be allowed ·Do not throw rocks, snowballs or sticks on the school grounds ·Hand in a note or telephone to school if your child will be absent for the day ·Parents and visitors need to check in at the office when entering the school. | Report Card Report card about your school life and work will be given to your parents. Look at the marking key for your school work. MARKING KEY 【评分标准】 Goes beyond grade level standards 4 Meets grade level standards 3 Does not meet grade level standards 2 Making progress Does not meet grade level standards, 1 Not making progress |
| Class Announcement【通知】 Testing Dates: The math test in June 12-13 The science test is June 15 Parents Meeting: The next parents meeting is on Friday June 22 at 7:00 pm in the meeting hall. Homework: Please check the Homework Board at the school homepage to find your homework. | After-school program The after-school programs will continue for the year 2012. The programs will be open from 3:30 to 6:00 pm every day. ·3:30-4:30 Homework & Reading ·4:30-6:00 Acitivities If you have any questions, feel free to call the school at 524-9752 |
1.According to School Policy, visitors have to when entering the school.
A．hand in a note
B．call at 524--9752
C．check in at the office
D．telephone to the school
2.From , parents can get information on the parents meeting.
A．School Policy B．Report Card
C．After--school Program D．Class Announcement
3.Report Card shows parents ．
A．certain school rules
B．after--school activities
C．plans for classes and tests
D．children's school life and work．
4.Suppose Tony doesn't do well at school but makes progress, he will get______ on the Report Card．
A．1 B．2 C．3 D．4
5.Students do their homework and read books ．
A．from 3:30 to 4:30 B．from 3:30 to 6:00
C．from 4:30 to 6:00 D．from 6:00 to 7:00
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The application process to almost every college and university in the United States has several parts to it. Each part tells admissions officials at the schools something different about an applicant. 1. A list of the student's activities outside of school can show what his or her interests are.
2. In it, students are expected to write about themselves and express their personal opinions about an issue. The statement helps admissions officers answer questions they may have about a given student.
3. Some schools will ask an applicant a very specific question. Others will let the student choose between different subjects or simply write about anything they want. Generally speaking, there is no one perfect way to write an essay. 4. This could be about a difficult time when they were growing up or a meaningful relationship they had.
However, they should also be careful about the subject they choose. Many students think that telling a sad story makes them easy to remember. 5.What they want is an essay about anything that is truly special or important to the student, and which also shows their better qualities. In addition, it should show the student's understanding of the world and what their experiences or way of thinking will bring to the school.
A. Every school has its own way of looking at the essay.
B. Getting started in the writing process can be difficult.
C. But that is not necessarily what admissions officials want to see.
D. Class grades can show the subjects a student is strong in, for example.
E. Therefore, remember to avoid discussing topics like politics and religion.
F. Given a choice, students should choose to write about an issue they care about.
G. But nothing really tells the story of an applicant as well as the essay or personal statement.
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We have a few reports on English ______ twice a year in the College Entrance Examination, which has aroused a growing concern among us.
A. to be tested B. to test
C. being tested D. testing
高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
A report by the US' Open Syllabus Project found that the most read books among US college students in the past year were books like The Republic by ancient Greek philosopher Plato and The Clash of Civilizations by US political scientist Samuel Huntington.And according to reports by Chinese college libraries,the most popular books among Chinese students are novels like Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Chinese author Jin Yong.
This is considered by many to be one of the reasons why Chinese students are sometimes not as good at critical thinking or observing global perspectives (视野) as US students—they read too many bestseller novels.
"By reading texts in history/social studies,science,and other subjects,students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all areas,"Robert Pondiscio,vice president of the Core Knowledge Foundation in the US told Th.e Washington Post.
According to China Youth.Daily,there are usually five stages when it comes to reading,with popular novels at the bottom.More advanced readers normally go on to read classic fictional literature,history and philosophy,or books with critical ideas.
We spend hours,days or even weeks on a book,so it's only natural that we want to learn something useful in return for our efforts.Many see reading as an investment (投资) in themselves.But this practical view of literature and the thought that history and philosophy books are superior to novels are not agreed by everyone.After all,what they offer are two different kinds of satisfaction.While the former provides knowledge,the latter brings emotional experiences."Fiction and poetry are medicines,"UK writer Jeanette Winterson once wrote."What they heal is the rupture (裂痕) reality makes on the imagination."
1.What are the most popular books among Chinese students?
A. Philosophy books. B. Bestseller novels.
C. History books. D. Books with critical ideas.
2.What do Chinese students lack compared with US students?
A. Careful observation. B. Vast stores of knowledge.
C. Practical use of knowledge. D. Critical thinking.
3.Which of the following does Jeanette Winterson probably agree with?
A. People read books to learn something useful.
B. Imagination is not so important as knowledge.
C. History and philosophy books are superior to novels.
D. Novels can bring necessary emotional experiences.
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Of the several films Hirokazu has made about childhood and children, this one is the most modest, but no less pleasing for its delicate style and small setting. This wise and funny film works small miracles in describing such a moment when kids turn from the wishfulness of childhood into shaping the world for themselves.
The sweetly reflective hero, a sixth-grader named Koichi, starts out by wishing for a volcano to erupt. Not just any volcano, but the one that towers above his town, smoking heavily and giving off ash. An eruption would lead to a withdrawing, which would lead, at least in his mind, to a reunion with his father and kid brother, who’ve been living in Hakata while Koichi lives with his mother and retired grandparents in Kagoshima. The volcano, knowing nothing of this, refuses to erupt, but Koichi hears of another approach to realizing the desired miracle.
One of the pleasures of I Wish is watching how kids behave — how Koichi attacks his dinner, for example. Another pleasure is rediscovering how kids think. These kids can be logical and ever so tricky. But children’s thought processes can also be fancy. A boy wishes he could play baseball like one of baseball stars, who eats curry for breakfast; so he, too, starts eating curry for breakfast, instead of practicing on the field. Another boy tries to wish his dead dog, Marble, back to life. And what does Koichi finally wish for? I wish you’d see this delightful film to find out.
1. Koichi wishes the volcano to erupt so that he can ______.
A. enjoy the wonderful scene of a volcano
B. help those who suffer from the eruption
C. get together with his family members
D. work miracles during the disaster
2.Which of the following statements is true of the film?
A. It is set in a volcano eruption.
B. It is a serious science fiction movie.
C. It shows some dull and ridiculous behaviors.
D. It shows a lively and thoughtful world of children.
3.What does the writer intend to do in this text?
A. To recommend a film.
B. To make a review on a film.
C. To share pleasures of watching a film.
D. To discuss kids’ behavior and thoughts.
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