Are you interested in higher education in the United States? The following advice might help you.
● College, University or Institute
College and universities offer undergraduate degrees in arts and sciences. And both can help prepare young people to earn a living. But many colleges don't offer graduate studies. Universities are generally bigger, offer more programs and do more research. An institute of technology can offer a wide choice of programs and activities. Seventy-five percent of freshmen go there with a strong interest and involvement in the arts.
● The Application Process
International admissions officers advise students to apply to at least three schools. You may be able to apply online and pay the application charge with a credit card, or by mail. You should study the websites of schools to find information about how and when to apply, how much it will cost and whether any financial aid is available.
● Get a Student Card
If you requesting a visa for the first time, you will have to go to an American embassy or consulate（领事馆）. You will need to bring a government form sent to you by your American school that shows you have been accepted. A consular official will also take your picture and your fingerprints. You will also need banking and tax records that show you have enough money to pay for your education.
● Financial Aid
American schools provide aid, like scholarships, fellowships, to almost half of foreign graduate students, but only ten percent of undergraduates. But grants, which, unlike a loan, does not have to be paid.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that American colleges and universities .
A. have their own origins in institutes of technology
B. have both similarities and differences
C. can offer a wide choice of programs and activities
D. provide about seventy-five percent students with art courses
2.In what order should the steps for applying to an American school be completed by a foreign student?
a. Apply online
b. Find out how much it will cost and whether any financial aid is available online
c. Pay the application charge with a credit card, or by mail
d. Choose at least three schools
e. Find information about how and when to apply online
A. a-c-e-d-b B. e-d-c-a-b
C. d-a-c-e-b D. b-c-e-d-a
3.To apply for a vise for the first time, you'll have to do the following things EXCEPT .
A. paying an American embassy or consulate some money
B. taking your picture and your fingerprints
C. showing a government form given by the American school admitting you
D. providing evidence that you have enough money to pay for your education
4.The purpose of the passage is .
A. to make some money
B. to provide foreign students with a guide
C. to improve education quality
D. to attract foreign visitors to America
假定你是李华，你们学校和一所美国中学签署了教师交流协议。在过去一年里，你们的英文老师是来自这所中学的Sue Wood。不久前她返回美国任教。请你根据写作要点和要求给Sue写封电子邮件。
写作要点：
1.对她表达感谢之意；
2.介绍她离开后你自己及班里发生的事情；
3.希望了解她的进况。
要求：
1.短文词数不少于100（不含已写好的部分）；
2.内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；
3.书写清晰、工整。
Dear Sue,
I’m Li Hua, one of your students in China.______________________________________________________
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All the best
Li Hua
英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。便条中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）。并在其下面写出修改后的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不记分。
My sister saw a lovely cup when we are shopping the other day. She liked it at once. Then she bent down and picked up to look at a price on it. As she did this, lots of tea splashed on his T-shirt! I had to try hardly not to laugh at her shocked face! My sister wanted get out of the shop as fast as she could when a shop assistant came over to us. It was turned out to be her own cup, that she’d left on the shelf by mistake. The assistant was clearly as embarrassing as my sister, for I just thought it was funny!
Most people nowadays are so busy with their lives that they do not have time to enjoy a healthy and 1. (balance) diet. For most individuals, as 2. result of eating foods rich in fats and sugar several years, they choose to go on a diet but do not succeed at the end. Be sure to be with a strong 3. (aware) that you are 4. you eat! Therefore, maintaining a healthy diet not only 5. (provide) your body with energy but also numerous health benefits. One is that you will keep a healthy weight and is also the easiest and most 6. (benefit) way in which you can be energetic and protect yourself7.a number of diseases when growing old. Another benefit is that you will meet your everyday nutritional 8. (require). 9. (basic) speaking, you should ensure that you take the good amount of vegetables, grains, milk and proteins. In most cases, a healthy diet can help you decrease the risk of 10. (get) some diseases like diabetes and cancer.
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father______me to her with these words :“I would like you to meet the fellow who is_______for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no _______than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, _______my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are _______.This is not the worst boy at all, _______the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ________between us. No one had ever called me smart, My family and neighbors had built me up in my _____ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She _______my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more _______and my brother and I could be better________.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand________and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her ernthusiasm,I_______it had already improved our lives. I accepted her ______and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of_____ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the _______beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ________man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power _____ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ______strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ________.
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
1.A. rushed B. sent C. carried D. introduced
2.A. distinguished B. favored C. mistaken D. rewarded
3.A. sooner B. later C. longer D. earlier
4.A. dragged B. shook C. raised D. bent
5.A. perfect B. right C. wrong D. impolite
6.A. but B. so C. and D. or
7.A. agreement B. friendship C. gap D. relationship
8.A. opinion B. image C. expectation D. mind
9.A. begged B. persuaded C. ordered D. invited
10.A. successful B. meaningful C. helpful D. useful
11.A. treated B. entertained C. educated D. respected
12.A. camera B. radio C. bicycle D. typewriter
13.A. considered B. suspected C. ignored D. appreciated
14.A. belief B. request C. criticism D. description
15.A. teaching B. writing C. studying D. reading
16.A. next B. same C. only D. real
17.A. cleverest B. wealthiest C. strongest D. healthiest
18.A. enthusiasm B. sympathy C. fortune D. confidence
19.A. deliberately B. happily C. traditionally D. constantly
20.A. win B. match C. reach D. doubt
I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier(收银台) in her grocery store. 1. I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.”
At first I was paid in candy. 2. I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account._ 3.
By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics(化妆品). I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup(化妆) ideas. 4.
The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. 5. Expect they are no longer women buying cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.
A. Later I received 50 cents an hour.
B. Before long, she let me sit there by myself.
C. I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.
D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
E. My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility（承担责任）.
F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding/worthy than anything I could have bought.
