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新动力3册unit8
Unit8
Direction:
ListentothereporttakenfromtheVOASpecialEnglishandanswerthefollowingquestions.
ChooseYourDegreeatanAmericancollegeorUniversity
Today,weansweraquestionfromMartininMexicoCity.HeasksaboutthekindsofdegreesthatcanearnatAmericancollegeanduniversity.
Americanhighereducationoffersdegreesinmanyareasofstudy.Acommunitycollegestudentearnsanassociatedegreeaftertowyearsofgeneralstudy.Thestudentmaythencontinueatcollegeoruniversityforanothertwoyearstoearnabachelor’sdegree.
Anundergraduatestudentatafour-yearschoolearnsabachelor’sdegree.StudentmajoringinanareaofsciencereceivetheBachelorofScience,alsoknownbythelettersB.S.ArtsorhumanitiesstudentsgettheBachelorofArtsdegree,orB.A.
Studentswhocontinueinschoolmayearnamaster’sdegreeaftertwoorthreemornyearsofstudy.ManyAmericansearnmaster’sdegreesatnightorontheweekendswhiletheyareworking.OneexampleofthisistheMBA,amaster’sdegreeinbusinessadministration.Studentslearntodealwithallkindsofbusinesssituation.
Theydevelopskillsneededbymanycompanies.
MBAprogramteachabouteconomics,financeandmarketing.Theyalsoteachaboutthestructureoforganizationsandothersubjects.BusinessisapopularsubjectforstudentswhocametotheUnitedStates.TobeadmittedtoanMBAprogram,aforeignstudentmusthaveabachelor’sdegreeandgoodscoreontheTOEFL.MoststudentsalsotaketheGraduateManagementAdministrationTest.Mostofthe1,800MBAprogramsaroundthewordusethesetestscores.
TheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncilsaysforeignstudentsshouldfindoutwhatdifferenceschoolsdotohelpthemfindajobaftertheyreceivetheirdegree.Representativesfrommanycompaniesvisitcollegestohirestudents.Youshouldhowmanycompaniesarewilltohireinternationalstudents.Thecouncilsayseventhebestschoolsmayhavefewerjobplacementsforinternationalgraduatesforothers.
Question:
1.Whatisthisreportabout?
(ItisaboutthekindsofdegreesthatstudentscanearnAmericancollegeanduniversity.)
2.Whatdegreedoesastudentincommunitycollegeearn?
(Heearnsanassociatedegreeaftertwoyearsofgeneralstudy.)
3.WhatisMBA?
(It’samaster’sdegreeinbusinessadministration.Studentslearntodealwithallkindsofbusinesssituations.Theydevelopskillsneededbymanycompanies.)
4.WhatmustaforeignstudenthaveinordertobeadmittedtoanMBAprogram?
(Hemusthaveabachelor’sdegreeandagoodscoreonTOEEF.)
Conversation
Directions:
Inthispartyouwillhear8shortconversationand1longconversation.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkA,B,C,D,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.
SectionA:
shortconversations
1.W:
TonsaidthatParisisagreatplaceforconferences.
Q:
WhatdoesthemansayaboutTom?
(B)
2.M:
Mytoothacheiskillingme.Ithoughtitwasgoingaway,butnowitisgettingworseandIcanhardlybearit.
W:
Itoldyouyesterdaymakeanappointment.
Q:
Whatdoesthewomanmean?
(A)
3.W:
ofallthemouthsJuneismyfavorite.IwasborninJune.Whataboutyou?
M:
MybirthdayisDecember,butIlikeOctoberbest.
Q:
Whenthemanwasborn?
(D)
4.M:
I’dlikeaskmyteachertotheparity.Doyouknowheraddress?
W:
Sorry,butIcanfinditout.
Q;whatdoeswomanmean?
(C)
5.W:
Ihadahardtimegettingthroughthenovel.
M:
Ishareyourfelling.Whocanrememberthenamesof25differentcharacters?
Q:
whatdoesthemanimply?
(C)
6.M:
Isthis689213?
I’mtryingtoreachtheguesthouse.
WI’msorry.Youmusthavewrongnumber.Thisisaprivateresidence.
Q:
Wheredidthisconversationtakeplace?
(D)
7.W:
whatdoyouthinkoffutureforonlineeducation?
Isitgoingtoreplacetheregularschools?
M:
Idon’tthinkso.Evenmoreandmorestudentsarebecominglearners,Istillbelievefewerofthemwillquitschoolaltogether.
Q:
Whatdoesthemanthinkoftraditionalschools?
(B)
8.M:
Ihaven’tseenyouforalongtime,MissWhite.Haveyoumovedorsomething?
W:
No.I’vebeenonavisittoItalyfortwoweeks,andthenstayedwithmymotherfortwomouths.
Q:
HowlonghasMissWhitebeenaway?
(C)
SectionB:
longconversation
W:
I’mgoingovertothegym.Iwanttodosomerunning.
M:
Yeah,Isuppose.Iguessitisn’thealthytoruninthisweather.Iwillgoovertotegymtoo.
W:
Yes,whynot?
Justletmegetmygymclothestogether..
M:
Ididn’tknowyoucouldexercise.Ialwaysthoughtyouwereonlygoodatliftingbeerbottlestoyourmouth.
W:
No,notatall.Iwasontheswimmingteaminhighschool.AndI’dliketosomeweighttraining.Theyhavedecentequipmentatthatgym.Iwanttostart.Ineedtokeephealthy,Ifeelmyenergyislowthesepastcouplemonths.
W:
It’strue.Ifapersondoesn’texercise,theygetinactive.That’swhyIkeeprunning.Eveninwinter.Butliftingweightisn’tbestthing.Youshoulddosomekindofaerobicexercise.
M:
Iknow.ButIwanttostarttodaywithalittleweightlifting.thenI’mgoingtobuyaswimmingsuitandgoggles,andeveryotherdayI’mgoingtoswimminginthepool.Howdoesthatsound?
W:
It’sstilljustsurprisedyoureallywanttodoit.Itdoesn’tseemtogowithyourcharacter.
M:
Well,ifthat’strue,thenmaybeIneedchangemycharacter,don’tI?
Idon’twanttocomeafatandunpleasantperson
Question9to12arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
9.Whatwillthewomendo?
(B)
10.Whydoesthemanwanttodosomeexercise?
(A)
11.Howoftenisthemangoingtogoswimming?
(C)
12.Whatimpressiondoesthewomanalwayshaveabouttheman?
(D)
Passages
Directions:
Inthispartyouwillhear2shortpassages.Attheendofpassages,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththequestionandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedABCD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.
Passageone
Tuitiondiscountincreaseinpopularity
Hungryforthebrighteststudents,manyofstrongeruniversitiesareactivelydiscountingtuition.Thepracticeisremarkablywidespread,reachingalmostallbutthe30orsoIvyandotherfirst-classcolleges.AttheDePauwUniversityWebsite,enteranSATorACTscore,acomputerprogramimmediatelytellsyouwhatkindof“award”.Only“therealunlucky”payfullpriceanymore.About76%offirst-yearstudentsgotsomeformofdiscountthisyearat331privateschools.Theaverageawardperstudentisabout7,000dollar.
Studentscaneven“bargain”withschooliftheyareofferedbiggerawardsatotherschools.Muchasbanksandinsuresofferspecialratestotheirbestcustomers,schoolsaregivingbiggestbreakstotheirtopstudents.Publicfour-yearcollege,too,areofferdiscounting.
Thenegativesideofbigdiscountisthatlessmoneyisavailabletoimproveacademicprogramsandkeepschoolsinfrastructureuptodate.Universitythathaveshapelyincreasedtheirtuitiondiscountrateshaveseengraduationratesfall,andthat’strueamongevenamonghighlyselectivelyschools.Justasoneteachersays,“theygetthestudentsinthedoor,butdon’thavetheservicestokeepthem.”
Questions1to3arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
1.Whyareuniversitiesengagedinthepracticeoftuitiondiscount?
(A)
2.Whatcantopstudentdoiftheygetbiggerawardsatotherschools?
(C)
3.Whatisthedisadvantageoftuitiondiscounts?
(D)
Homeschooling
AllchildrenintheUnitedStateshavetoreceiveaneducation,butthelawdoesn’tsaytheyhavetobeeducatedatschool.Anumberofparentsprefernottosendtheirchildrentoschool.Thereareabout300,000home-schoolintheUnitedStatestoday.Someparentspreferteachingtheirchildrenathomebecausetheydonotbelievethatpublicschoolsteachthecorrectreligiousvalues;othersbelievetheycanprovideabettereducationalexperiencebyteachingthemathome.Interestingly,resultsshowthathome-schooledchildrenquiteoftendobetterthanaverageonnationaltestsinreadingandmath.
Davidandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome.Hesaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninschool.Learningstartswithchildren’sinterestsandquestion.Forexample,whenthereisheavysnowfallonwinterday,itmaystateadiscussionorreadingaboutclimate,snowremovalequipment,Alaskaorpolarbears.Aspringeveningwhenthefamilyisputwatchingthestarsisgoodtimetoaskquestionaboutsatellitesandthespaceprogram.
Homeschoolingisoftenmoreinterestingthanregularschools,butcriticssaythathome-schoolareoutsiderswhomightbeuncomfortablemixingwithotherpeopleinadultlife.Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.However,mostparentsdon’thavethetimeordesiretoteachtheirchildrenathome,soschoolswillcontinuetobewheremostchildrengettheirformaleducation.
Questions1to4arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
1.Whichofthefollowingisoneofthereasonsforsomeparentstoteachtheirchildrenathome?
(C)
2.WhyDavidandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome?
(C)
3.Whatistheopinionofcriticsabouthomeschooling?
(A)
4.Whywillschoolcontinuetobetheplacewheremostchildrengettheirformaleducation?
(D)
Compounddiction
Direction:
inthispart,youwillhearapassagethreetimes,whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadsecond
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