The University of St Andrews is the setting of royal(皇家的) love: on the grounds of this great Scottish university Prince William and Kate Middleton first met and fell in love.
More than that, St Andrews is Scotland's first university and one of the oldest universities in the English-speaking world. Built in 1413 (just after Oxford and Cambridge), over 6 hundred years, the university has been well known as one of Europe's leading and most special centers for teaching and research.
The location of St Andrews is in a small, historical town to the coast of North East Scotland. The university itself is the perfect place for learning. On average(平均) one in three people you see in the street have something to do with the university. You start to feel very quickly that you belong.
As a student in St Andrews, playing golf is a must. With the town itself known around the world as “The Home of Golf”, the university is within minutes of the ancient golf-playing ground in the world, the Old Course, just near the sea. Students can take a break from their studies by enjoying a game of golf, and the university itself is a popular place to go.
It has one of the lowest dropout(辍学) rates in the UK---98 percent of students complete their degree. Perhaps its popularity is in part because of the fact that St Andrews is good for nearly every subject. It has long been among the UK's top five.
St Andrews University | |
History | Scotland’s first university and the 1. oldest university in the English-speaking world. |
Its learning environments | ●It 2. in a small town on the coast of North East Scotland, a perfect place for learning. ●It provides students with a 3. of belonging among a large group of students. |
Famous sports | ●St Andrews is home of golf, so the students here need to learn to play golf. ●Every study can be used for a game of golf in the university itself or on the Old Course, only a few minutes’ walk away. |
Academic(学术的) 4. | ●St Andrews is good for nearly every subject. ●5. one of the lowest dropout rates in the UK, it is ranked among the UK's top. ●Over six centuries, it has been a famous teaching and research center in Europe. |
In 1992, a group of architects(建筑师)and engineers in Seattle had collected hundreds of canned goods for charity. “We wanted to give back to the community,” said Deborah Ashcraft, organizer for the Construction project. Volunteers also wanted to have some “creative fun,” so they used the cans to create a huge map of the State of Washington.
Today Construction has thousands of volunteers across the United States and Canada, for the purpose of creating a world without hunger. Construction members build their delicious artwork in shopping areas and museums.
In some cities, such as Tampa Bay, Florida, Construction artists are made up of school kids, “Our class built a Wurlitzer organ(风琴)out of cans,” said Jasmine Heaggans, a student at Lanier Elementary. “We based ours on the 77-year-old organ at the Tampa Theater.”
Beginning in September, architects Danni Anstett and Danielle Williams visited class weekly. After a field trip to see the real Wurlitzer, the architects showed the class how to draw pictures of the organ from all sides. They instructed students to do a plan view. And they helped the young artists count up how many cans would be used.
On October 24, Construction workers from Lanier and three other Tampa Bay schools gathered at the local shopping area to build and display their artworks. The students got to stack (堆)cans. With 1,800 cans, Lanier students had nine hours to get the Wurlitzer ready for the judges.
“The cans had to be perfectly stacked,” student Courtney Keenam recalled, “or everything would fall.”
After four hours, the students were feeling pretty good. The organ was taking shape. Then the kids had an “uh-oh” moment. The cans were facing the wrong way. They had to be turned around.
At last, the Wurlitzer stood shiny and tall, just in time for the judges to name it “most creative.”
1.What is the aim of the Construction project?
A.To sell canned food. B.To end world hunger.
C.To bring people much fun. D.To build better communities.
2.How did Anstett and Williams help the young volunteers?
A.By helping design the artwork. B.By building an organ with cans.
C.By drawing pictures of an organ. D.By offering them a real Wurlitzer organ.
3.Why did the students come together on October 24?
A.To collect cans used by the shopping area. B.To do volunteer work for the shopping area.
C.To enter a can building competition. D.To get more people to join Construction.
4.What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.The real Wurlitzer organ. B.The 77-year-old organ at the Tampa Theater.
C.The huge map of the State of Washington. D.The Wurlitzer organ built out of cans.
We usually see ancient plants or insects in amber(琥珀). But recently, a group of researchers found something unusual in amber — a feathered tail!
The tail includes bones, soft tissue and even feathers. It is 37 mm long, which is about the length of a matchstick. It looks like a plant at first sight. But researchers later identified(确定) it as part of the tail of a dinosaur that couldn’t fly almost 100 million years ago.
Xing Lida of Beijing’s China University of Geosciences discovered the amber in a market in Myanmar in 2015. “It is an amazing fossil(化石) and the finest details of feathers can be seen in 3-D.” he said.
The researchers note in their paper that this finding is particularly special because, although dinosaur feathers have been found in amber before, we don’t know which dinosaurs they came from. But this time researchers know more.
The tail is likely to belong to a tiny dinosaur called coelurosaur. Famous coelurosaurs include the T-rex(霸王龙) and Velociraptor(迅猛龙) — the latter of which would finally evolve into birds.
So with the “once in a lifetime” finding, can we hope for the possibility of a real Jurassic Park (侏罗纪公园)? In the movie series, scientists bring dinosaurs back to life by getting their DNA from blood found in amber.
But Canadian scientist Ryan Mckellar said that although soft tissue and blood of the tail were found in the amber, no genetic material was kept. “The Jurassic Park answer is still a ‘no’ — this is in the science fiction.” he said.
1.What do you know about the amber?
a. It is about 100 million years old. b. It was discovered in Myanmar.
c. It was discovered this year. d. It is a valuable fossil.
A.ab B.bc C.ac D.bd
2.What does the underlined phrase “evolve into” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.come into B.break into C.grow into D.get into
3.The movie Jurassic Park is mentioned to ________ .
A.talk about the use of DNA in this area B.call on people to watch it
C.compare different dinosaurs D.talk about science fiction
Dreams are like stars.You may never catch them，but if you follow them，they will lead you to success.Yan Ning is such a dream follower.
Yan is a rising star in the science world.When Yan Ning was only a little girl，she dreamed of being a great scientist.After years of hard work，in 1996，she went to Tsinghua University to study biology.After graduating from Tsinghua in 2000，she went to Princeton University and finished her study abroad in 2007.Then she returned to Tsinghua and set up her own lab.At the age of 30，she became the youngest professor（教授）at Tsinghua.
Now.Yan，42，has become a leading biology researcher at Princeton.On April 30，she was included among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates（院士）into the US Natinal Academy of Science（国家料学院）
However，it was a long and difficult road for her to make such achievements.She said that in order to realize her dream，she expericnced a lot of failures and pains.But she never gave up her dream.Instead，she followed her dream and fought for it.
She usually works at least I4 hours a day.Sometimes she even forgets to eat and rest and works until late night.She never gets tired because she thinks doing research is the most"comfortable"job for her.
In a TV interview，Yan encouraged young people to work hard for their dreams."All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to follow them."
1.Yan went to Tsinghua to study in 1996.
A. chemistry B. physics C. medicine D. biology
2.We can learn from the passage that
A. Yan wanted to give up when she had failures and pains in research.
B. Yan never gets tired because doing research is the easiest job.
C. Yan achieved her dream because she had the courage to follow it.
D. Yan made these achievements mainly by asking others for help.
3.What is the best title（标题）for this passage?
A. A Difficult Research. B. A Dream Follower.
C. A Smooth Road. D. A Famous University
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By J. K. Rowling Paperback, 784 pages. Publisher : Arthur a Levine Date：07/07/2009 Reading level: Age: 9-12 Price: $16.69 |
Deceptively Delicious By Jessica Seinfeld Hardcover, 204 pages. Publisher: Collins Date：09/01/2007 Reading Level: Parents Price: $12.83 |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad By Robert T. Kiyosaki Paperback, 266 pages Publisher: Business Plus Date: 01/01/2010 Reading Level: Age 20-25 Price: $5.59 | The Road By Cormac McCarthy Paperback, 304 pages. Publisher: Vintage Books Date: 09/11/2007 Reading Level: Adults Price: $5.50 |
1.How many books written for children are there from the posters above?
A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.
2.Which of the following books is after 2009 in print?
A.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
B.Deceptively Delicious
C.Rich Dad , Poor Dad
D.The Road
3.—How much will Mr. Wang pay for two of the books for adults? —At least .
A.$29.52 B.$18.42 C.$11.09 D.$18.33
When our son Bradley was ten, the new bicycle he had received as a birthday gift was stolen. Owning a bike was a big deal to our _________ when they were little. They spent hours and hours, day after day, _________ their bikes, riding up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house.
_________ was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air without spending any _____ .
Bradley discovered that his bike had been _________ from our backyard, when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn’t believe that _________ would do this.
He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign _________ for the bike to be returned, and tied the sign to the letterbox. The following morning when I went out to collect the ________ , I found a white envelope with the magical words “ ________ yourself a new bike”. It was a $100 banknote inside.
We were very _________ that someone had the heart to do this. We’ve never been able to thank the person _________ we think it may be one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley _________ a big “Thank you” on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards in case it was someone who drove down our street.
A happy Bradley was able to buy a new bike. As the years ________ , the bikes became bigger and more expensive but were still important for those family bike riders. Now _________ have taken the place of their bikes. Bradley is 25. Sometimes I miss the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.
All these years later, we are still _________ to that amazingly kind stranger who made Bradley’s wish come true. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, wonder who he was.
1.A.children B.friends C.parents D.relatives
2.A.with B.in C.on D.to
3.A.Camping B.Hiking C.Bicycling D.Skating
4.A.challenge B.time C.energy D.money
5.A.broken B.stolen C.forgotten D.mistaken
6.A.somebody B.anybody C.everyone D.nobody
7.A.standing B.waiting C.looking D.asking
8.A.mail B.clothes C.fruit D.food
9.A.Make B.Cost C.Pay D.Buy
10.A.moved B.satisfied C.interested D.relaxed
11.A.and B.but C.so D.or
12.A.drew B.wrote C.painted D.marked
13.A.went away B.went on C.went over D.went off
14.A.ships B.trains C.cars D.e-bikes
15.A.cheerful B.useful C.helpful D.thankful
