BINGHAM REGIONAL COLLEGE

International Students’ Orientation Programme

What is it?

It is a course which will introduce you to the College and to Bingham. It takes place in the week before term starts, from 24th-28th September, but you should plan to arrive in Bingham on 22nd or 23rd September.

Why do we think it is important?

We want you to have the best possible start to your studies and you need to find out about all the opportunities that college life offers. This programme will enable you to get to know the College, its facilities (设备) and services. You will also have the chance to meet staff and students.

How much will it cost?

International students

For those students who do not come from European Union (EU) countries, and who are not used to European culture and customs, the programme is very important and you are strongly advised to attend. Because of this, the cost of the programme, not including accommodation (住宿), is built into your tuition fees (学费).

EU students

EU students are welcome to take part in this programme for a fee of £195, not including accommodation.

Accommodation costs (international and EU students)

If you have booked accommodation for the year ahead (41 weeks), you do not have to pay extra for accommodation during the Orientation Programme.

If you have not booked accommodation in the College, you can ask us to pre-book accommodation for you for one week only (Orientation Programme week) in a hotel with other international students. The cost of accommodation for one week is £165.

Of course, you can arrange your own accommodation for that week in a flat, with friends or a local family.

What is included during the programme?

Meals: lunch and an evening meal are provided as part of the programme, beginning with supper on Sunday 23rd September and finishing with lunch at midday on Friday 28th September. Please note that breakfast is not available.

Information session: including such topics as accommodation, health, religious matters, welfare immigration, study skills, careers and other ‘essential information’.

Social activities: including a welcome buffet and a half-day trip round Bingham.

Transport: between your accommodation and the main College campus (校园), where activities will take place.

1. What can we learn about the Orientation Programme?

A．It will last seven days.

B．It aims to help EU students.

C．It is open to college freshmen.

D．It will be held in the autumn term.

2. Those who want to attend the Orientation Programme are advised to _____.

A．live with local families

B．arrive one or two days early

C．have their breakfast on campus

D．travel around Bingham in advance

3. For international students, their tuition fees include the cost of _____.

A．accommodation

B．three meals a day

C．medical treatment

D．a half-day trip around Bingham

Section B
Direction：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished sattments. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
One early morning, I went into the living room to find my mother reading a thick book called Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again. My interest was aroused only by the fact that the word “Poems” appeared in big, hot pink letters.
“Is it good?” I asked her.
“Yeah,” she answered. “There’s one I really like and you’ll like it, too.” I leaned forward.
“‘Patty Poem,’” she read the title. Who is Patty? I wondered. The poem began:
She never puts her toys away,

The poem was just three short sections. The final one came quickly:

And I’ll be sad.                           
A terrible sorrow washed over me. Whoever Patty was, she was a mean girl. Then, the shock.
“It’s you, honey,” My mother said sadly.
To my mother, the poem revealed a parent’s affection when her child grows up and leaves. To me, the “she” in the poem was horror. It was my mama who would be sad. It was so terrible I burst out crying.
“What’s wrong?” my mother asked.
“Oh Mama,” I cried. “I don’t want to grow up ever!”
She smiled. “Honey, it’s okay. You’re not growing up anytime soon. And when you do, I’ll still love you, okay?”
“Okay,” I was still weeping. My panic has gone. But I could not help thinking about that silly poem. After what seemed like a safe amount of time, I read the poem again and was confused. It all fit so well together, like a puzzle. The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. I was now fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a person’s world.
I have since fallen in love with other poems, but “Patty Poem” remains my poem. After all, “Patty Poem” gave me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the most.
4. Why was the writer attracted by the book Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again?

A．It was a thick enough book.

B．Something on its cover caught her eye.

C．Her mother was reading it with interest.

D．It has a meaningful title.

5. After her mother read the poem to her, the writer felt ______ at first.

A．sad	B．excited
C．horrified	D．confused

6. The writer’s mother liked to read “Patty Poem” probably because______.

A．it reflected her own childhood

B．it was written in simple language

C．it was composed by a famous poet

D．it gave her a hint of what would happen

7. It can be concluded from the passage that“Patty Poem”leads the writer to _______.

A．discover the power of poetry

B．recognize her love for puzzles

C．find her eagerness to grow up

D．experience great homesickness

This year, the Paris museum that looks like a jumble (杂乱的一堆) of giant, coloured pipes turns 40. The museum—the Pompidou Centre—has a secure place in the heart of Paris and in Parisians’ hearts. But it isn’t always the case.

“When it was first built, the reaction was one of disbelief,” said Serge Lasvignes, president of the Pompidou Centre. “Le Monde newspaper wrote the museum’s construction brought shame on Paris, and city politicians thought their money had been totally wasted,” said Lasvignes. Critics said it looked like an oil refinery (炼油厂).

France’s first museum entirely devoted to contemporary art saw the light of day thanks to the determination of one man—Georges Pompidou, an art-lover who served as France’s president from 1969 to 1974.

In 1971, he started an international competition to build the museum, originally known as the Centre Beaubourg. The winning team, which included three young architects from Britain and Italy, was completely unknown at the time. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the two architects who saw the project through, made the plan a reality.

“They didn’t think they had a chance to win. So they thought they might as well do exactly what they wanted,” Lasvignes said.

“The design took everyone by surprise and it was completely different from any other museum. Someone said to Piano, ‘Your thing is terrible—with the escalator (自动扶梯) on the outside, it looks like a supermarket!’” Lasvignes added.

Forty years later, the museum still tries to make culture available to everyone, Lasvignes said. He calls the Pompidou Centre a museum like no other. “We are not only a museum,” he said. “We have concerts, debates, performances, a library…and everything flows together.” Pompidou felt putting up walls between different forms of art was harmful. “So we are a house of culture where people return again and again,” Lasvignes said.

The Pompidou Centre is Europe’s biggest modern art museum; New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is the biggest in the world. “But the two museums have totally different strategies (策略),” Lasvignes said. “The MoMA’s strategy is to collect masterpieces, and we try to represent an entire epoch (时代).”

8. What was people’s attitude to the Pompidou Centre at first?

A．They disliked it.

B．They respected it.

C．They were curious about it.

D．They paid little attention to it.

9. Who completed the construction of the Paris museum?

A．President of the Centre Beaubourg.

B．Three unknown French architects.

C．Georges Pompidou.

D．Piano and Rogers.

10. What was the Pompidou Centre like in Lasvignes’ eyes?

A．Very solid.

B．Quite traditional.

C．Entirely original.

D．Extremely simple.

11. Which is a notable feature of the Pompidou Centre?

A．It collects great masterpieces.

B．It holds various cultural events.

C．It is the world’s biggest art museum.

D．It is particularly attractive to foreigners.

Expressionism (表现主义) was a modernist movement, originating (起源于) in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Expressionism emphasizes (强调) artists’ subjective (主观的) feelings. Its typical characteristic is to present the world only from a subjective perspective. Expressionist artists tried to express the emotional experience rather than physical reality. They used many art techniques such as intense emotion, forms, exaggeration (夸张), shapes and abstraction to break through the experiences of feelings.

In the early years of expressionism (before World WarⅡ), the artists built on the ideas of Post-Impressionism. They went on with the same experiments, thoughts and ideas, feeling that they were more important than the realistic explanation of the visible reality. The artists were still searching for a new and more strong truth behind the painting. Therefore the artists kept on looking at and thinking about the same things over and over again, but every time in a different way.

In the beginning of the 1910s, the term “expressionism”was used for art for the first time. In the beginning, the term was used only for the German artists who painted art belonging to this movement from 1905 on.

The expression of a feeling becomes obvious in the paintings of Edvard Munch. Munch had anxiety attacks, which he expressed in his works. By using colours and forms he emphasized his feelings of fear. Therefore he had to let go of the visible reality. His works also belong to symbolism (象征主义).

The global characteristics of expressionism include the use of “screaming” colours (often dark and primary colours), the ample (大量的) use of paints and other materials and the use of simplified forms.

Within expressionism, many art groups can be distinguished (区分). These groups have either all the characteristics of expressionism or just a few of them. Some of the most important groups include Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter.

12. The first paragraph mainly talks about 　　　　.

A．the origin of expressionism	B．characteristics of expressionism
C．the definition (定义) of expressionism	D．the typical art techniques

13. When was the term “expressionism” first applied in the field of art?

A．During World WarⅡ.	B．During the two World Wars.
C．In 1905.	D．In the 1910s.

14. What does the underlined part “let go of” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A．Give up.

B．Look for.

C．Have a understanding of.

D．Be good at.

15. From the passage, we can know that 　　　　.

A．artists couldn’t express their feelings during the war

B．it was Edvard Munch who created expressionism

C．expressionist artists often used simple forms

D．it is difficult for people to distinguish one art group from another

Health is the most important thing in the world. Nothing is more important than health. If one takes away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we can still survive.     16     That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and exercise regularly.

How can we keep healthy? In order to eat healthily, I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies, which are junk foods. Besides, I only eat a little meat.     17    

    18     Taking exercise every day helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy.

What’s more, I think friends are an important part of one’s health.     19    I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. It is good to stay with my friends.

By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy. These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them.     20    

A．I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep healthy.

B．But if our health is taken away, it is certain that we will surely die.

C．I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruits which are full of vitamins.

D．There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.

E．Many studies show that people with a range of social contacts don’t get sick.

F．On the other hand, doing exercise is very important.

G．Some people appear fat because they often eat too much.

I met him first on a summer day in 1989. I ______ into his ugly small shop to have my shoes repaired. It wasn’t much of a job，so I _____ while he did it. He greeted me with a ______ smile，“You are ______ in this place，aren’t you？”

I said I was. I had ______ into this street only a week before.

“This is a fine place，” he said. I ______ there with my shoes off，______ around as he got ready to make repairs. He looked ______ at the leather. It was worn through because I had ______ to have the repair job done. I grew ______ impatient，for I was eager to meet a friend，and I had to get there without delay.“Please hurry，” I begged.

He looked at me ______ his glasses，“We won’t be long. I must do a good job. You see，I have a tradition to live up to.”

A tradition？In this ugly small shop that wasn’t ______ from so many other shops on the streets of New York.

He must have felt my ______ for he smiled as he ______，“Yes，my father is a good shoemaker.” He always told me，“Son，do the best job on every shoe that ______ the shop，and be proud of your own work. Do that always，and you’ll have both happiness and money enough to live on.”

As he ______ me the finished shoes，he said，“These will last a long time.” I left ______，my friend would be waiting for me ______.

That evening I ______ the shop. There he was. When he saw me，he waved and smiled. This was the beginning of our _____ that came to mean more and more to me as time passed.

21.

A．looked

B．rushed

C．slipped

D．broke

22.

A．left

B．waited

C．worked

D．helped

23.

A．sweet

B．light

C．cold

D．forced

24.

A．fresh

B．young

C．familiar

D．new

25.

A．came

B．lived

C．moved

D．entered

26.

A．stood

B．lay

C．sat

D．talked

27.

A．thinking

B．moving

C．turning

D．looking

28.

A．nervously

B．sadly

C．gratefully

D．angrily

29.

A．failed

B．managed

C．wanted

D．intended

30.

A．hardly

B．less

C．greatly

D．a little

31.

A．under

B．over

C．in

D．with

32.

A．different

B．funny

C．abstract

D．ridiculous

33.

A．doubt

B．surprise

C．disappointment

D．joy

34.

A．said

B．agreed

C．continued

D．argued

35.

A．flies into

B．brings to

C．comes into

D．introduces to

36.

A．showed

B．handed

C．brought

D．took

37.

A．quietly

B．slowly

C．in time

D．in a hurry

38.

A．coldly

B．happily

C．anxiously

D．angrily

39.

A．ran

B．passed

C．bought

D．saw

40.

A．experience

B．love

C．friendship

D．struggle

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。　

Some poems tell a story or describe something     41     a way that will give the reader a strong     42     (impress). Others try to convey certain     43     (emotion). Poets use many different forms of poetry to express     44     (them). For example, the language of nursery rhymes is concrete but imaginative, and they delight small children because they have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition. And list poems have     45     flexible line length and     46     (repeat) phrases which give both a pattern and rhythm to a poem.

Another simple form of poem is the cinquain,     47     is made up of five lines and can convey a strong picture in just a few words. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that     48     (make) up of 17 syllables.

And of course there are Tang poems from China which you may enjoy in particular.

With so many different forms of poetry     49     (choose) from, students may     50     (eventual) want to write poems of their own.

51. I am ________ possession of some information that I think will interest you. (用适当的词填空)

52. If I knew Bill’s phone number, I ________ (call) him about the change of our trip yesterday. (所给词的适当形式填空）