The number of British students going to US universities has been climbing steadily over the past decade. The latest available figures (from 2017- 2018) show 11,460 British students are choosing to study in US. This represents a small drop (0.3%) from the previous year, showing that American degrees remain a popular choice.
Among the most popular American universities for British students are, Harvard, Y ale, Princeton, Stanford and also institutions with convenient location-- New York University in New York City, or the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, for example.
Two factors motivate young people to head west for universities: academic opportunity and the increasing availability of financial aid for foreign students. Anthony Nemecek, an education expert, explains, “While there are many reasons British students consider higher education study in the US, the main reason is the wide range of choice on offer, both subjects and institutions, as well as not having to decide their *major/course' until the end of the second year."
One reason why the Brits may be unwilling to pursue a US degree is the cost. The University of Oxford, for example, estimates living costs of f14,850 in 2020, along with course fees of f9,250, so a total of f24,100. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a world-leading specialist in science, costs $73,1 60 (£59,447; more than twice as much as Oxford), but most students at MIT will get financial aid. MIT is home to a financial aid program for international students, making it a great place to apply if money is not enough.
1. How many British students went to US universities in 2016- 2017?| A．11,495. | B．11,460. |
| C．11,425. | D．14,898. |
| A．Its low cost. | B．Its location. |
| C．Its influence. | D．Its top institutions. |
| A．He will suffer financial problems. |
| B．The financial aid is not easy |
| C．The living costs will be twice as much. |
| D．He is likely to pay less than required. |
| A．British students studying in US universities. |
| B．Differences between US and British universities. |
| C．Why British students are going to US Universities. |
| D．Which are more attractive, US universities or British universities. |
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【推荐1】Just take your time and go through this article. We have arranged every detail you need to be a participant in the International Student Exchange Programs in 2022.
Community College Initiative Program
This program provides scholarships to spend up to one academic year at a United States community college. Participants build technical skills in classrooms and may earn certificates in their fields of study. Through service learning and community engagement activities, participants are involved in the culture and day-to-day life. After completing the program, participants return home to contribute to the development of their home communities.
Level/Field - For community workers or students
Program Duration - A year or less
Professional Fellows Program
This program is designed to promote global understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills. Participants are placed in non-profit organizations, private businesses, and government offices for some specialized courses and for an individually tailored professional development experience.
Level/Field - For professionals or leaders
Program Duration - 5-6 weeks
Global Undergraduate (本科生) Exchange Program
This program provides one semester (学期) scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students from around the world for non-degree full-time study combined with community service, professional development, and cultural enrichment.
Level/Field - For undergraduate students
Program Duration -1 semester
Mandela Washington Program
This program empowers young people through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. Institutes focus on opportunities for fellows to participate in professional development experience with a U.S. business, civil society organization, or public agency.
Level/Field - Open to young leaders or professionals from Africa
Program Duration - 6 weeks
Contact information
Read more about these programs and apply through - https://exchanges.state.gov/
1. What will participants gain from Community College Initiative Program?| A．Scholarships for half a year. | B．Certificates in service learning. |
| C．Experiences in community culture. | D．New skills to develop domestic economy. |
| A．Professional Fellows Program | B．Mandela Washington Program |
| C．Community College Initiative Program | D．Global Undergraduate Exchange Program |
| A．They last more than two months. | B．They combine courses with practice. |
| C．They offer scholarships to participants. | D．They admit the applicants from all over the world. |
【推荐2】Self-study is cheap, convenient, and you can set your own pace. However, you have to figure out for yourself what to study, how to keep up motivation and how to meet your goals.
Make learning fun
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel
For learning, it’s easy to believe that the smart self-studying student can use videos, apps, books, games all in a magical combination.
Build study into your daily life
Whether you’re a high school student or a college student, finding a spare hour to study is tough.
Set realistic but ambitious goals and stick to them
You must make sure you make steady, regular progress.
We recommend studying for 3 to 5 hours a day. If you have less time to study, that’s OK.
| A．The key is to study every day. |
| B．I know this seems really obvious. |
| C．It’s difficult to know where to start. |
| D．The problem is that there is no structure to your courses. |
| E．You must find smart ways to force extra study into your daily life. |
| F．So it’s really important to make a study plan you can actually stick to. |
| G．To keep motivated over the long term, learning needs to be something you want to do. |
【推荐3】Middle-school aged children who use the Internet, social media or video games for more than an hour each day during the school week have significantly lower grades and test scores, according to a study at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Researchers say the findings give parents and children a threshold for using entertainment-related technology-no more than one hour daily on school days and four hours a day on weekends.
“Interactive technology is widely used to improve children’s educational access and achievement,” said lead author Vivien. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology is important for remote learning. But there’s a growing concern that too much technology use, particularly for entertainment, may affect children’s educational development by holding them back from learning activities.”
In the research, about 10,000 first-year middle school students were surveyed and followed. Their average age was 13.5 years. The results showed that children who used the Internet for entertainment four or more hours daily were four times more likely to skip school than those who didn’t. Boys used interactive technology for entertainment more than girls. Boys also performed worse and showed lower school engagement levels than girls.
“Such findings are important, particularly in the recent online learning in countries throughout the world,” said Vivien. “In a learning environment mixed with the Internet, it is easy for children to move across educational and entertainment platforms during learning to other activities.”
Vivien said children in study who used a bit of technology experienced less boredom at school, potentially due to the positive effects of participation in social media for students’ relationship building and advancing children’s cognitive (认知的) development.
The findings suggest that parents place time limits on their children’s interactive technology use, and that parents and teachers should help children to develop effective time management and self-regulation skills to reduce their dependence on technology.
1. What’s the finding of the study?| A．The Internet is important for children’s learning. |
| B．More than an hour online a day hurts the learning. |
| C．School kids should keep away from the Internet. |
| D．Staying online does more harm to boys than girls. |
| A．Punishment. | B．Reward. | C．Guideline. | D．Target. |
| A．Children under 13 should be kept from online. | B．Schools have the duty to limit online lessons. |
| C．Online learning helps children manage time. | D．A bit use of technology is helpful to children. |
| A．An educational journal. | B．An entertainment magazine. |
| C．A technology report. | D．A tour guidebook. |
1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____.
| A．writing |
| B．listening |
| C．using it |
| D．learning grammar |
| A．Be careful not to make any mistake. |
| B．Write as quickly as you can. |
| C．Laugh more often. |
| D．Speak English as much as you can. |
| A．not care |
| B．be happy |
| C．feel worried |
| D．be unhappy |
| A．keep quiet |
| B．keep your sense of humor |
| C．be kind |
| D．get angry |
【推荐2】Scientists are taking the study of archaeology (考古学) to a whole other dimension: space. For the first time, researchers are examining the ways humans live on the International Space Station (ISS), more specifically how they live culturally and materially, since it began orbital operations in 2000.
The project, involving daily photography of various ISS areas, was developed in 2015 by professors Justin Walsh of Chapman University in California, and Alice Gorman of Flinders University. The Earth-based scientists are working with astronauts to monitor changes in one-meter-square areas at the space station.
According to Chris Young of Interesting Engineering, for their first experiment, the astronauts are creating the equivalent of an earthen test pit (探坑) by marking out five areas within the space station. This test will focus on the kitchen table, workstation, payload rack (载荷机架) and a wall near the washroom and a section of the laboratory module, Destiny. Astronauts will then take daily photographs over a period of 60 days to know how the different spaces are used by the crew. For the first 30 days, images will be taken at about the same time each day and then at random times for the remainder of the experiment.
The archaeologists plan to study the images to better understand how the astronauts have interacted and adapted in the space in the 20 years when the ISS has orbited Earth, and how it has affected the crew’s ability to solve technical, engineering and medical issues, reports Leonard David of Space.com.
Original plans called for the ISS crew to swab (用拭子擦拭) surfaces for biological data and make sound and video recordings, but these ideas were given up so the project could begin sooner. Walsh tells Space.com he hopes the project will help find ways for future habitat designers to do their work better.
“The advantage of archaeology is that it shows us what people actually do, rather than what they think, or say, they do,” Gorman says.
1. What can we learn about the project according to the text?| A．It plans to get astronauts interested in archaeology. |
| B．It’s carried out based on international cooperation. |
| C．It’s intended to learn more about other planets in space. |
| D．It involves taking daily photos of several areas on the ISS. |
| A．Astronauts’ health and fitness. |
| B．Orbital operations of the ISS. |
| C．The ways of communication between astronauts. |
| D．Searching for creatures living on other planets. |
| A．Reducing the number of the participants. |
| B．Deleting some tasks from the original to-do list. |
| C．Inviting more scientists to give useful advice. |
| D．Asking the ISS crew to stop their daily work. |
| A．Researchers use archaeology to study humans’ life on the ISS. |
| B．Scientists should carry out more experiments on the ISS. |
| C．Astronauts tend to enrich their daily lives by taking pictures. |
| D．Archeologists can play a leading role in space explorations. |
【推荐3】A British architecture company has shown that it plans to build a luxury (奢华的) floating island resort made of recycled ocean plastic at a remote location in the Indian Ocean.
Margot Krasojević, the founder of Margot Krasojević Architecture, said that the 75-room hotel concept has funding to be built, but she did not say the source of funding. The hotel will be built on top of a “floating island” situated in Australia’s Cocos archipelago—a chain of islands situated 2,750 kilometers northwest of Perth, Western Australia.
Inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the “Trash Island” under the resort will be woven (编织) from large plastic-filled bags and then fixed on the ocean floor. The bags will be weighed down with silt (淤泥) and sand to ensure the structural stability. Artificial “roots” designed to copy a tree with roots above the ground, will be placed around the structure to collect sediment (沉淀物) and act as a flood defense by water absorption and expansion when needed. The special structures will act like the island’s “life jacket” in an emergency, as they expand the trapped sediment and create artificial engineering land almost like an inflatable (充气的) runway. Guests of the hotel will shower in sea water that was specially treated. Krasojević said the plans were at an early stage and could take several years to build.
“The inspiration came to me when’ I saw the Pacific Ocean’s-fleet of plastic. This area is twice the size of France, because of the influence of ocean currents,” she said. “Plastic is malleable (有延展性的) and flexible, so it can be reprinted, reformed or broken down and rebuilt. I think it is a better choice than dumping garbage in’ landfills. It helps to raise the awareness of marine -waste, so it’s a good thing to do.”
1. Where will the 75-room hotel will be built?| A．the Pacific Ocean | B．On Australia’s Cocos archipelago |
| C．In Perth | D．On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch |
| A．Funding has been introduced to build the resort. |
| B．People will use large bags full of silt and sand to ensure the structural stability. |
| C．Trees will be placed around the structure to act as a flood defense. |
| D．Guests of the hotel will shower in sea water. |
| A．The reasons for building a floating ocean resort. |
| B．Suggestions on where to build a floating ocean resort. |
| C．The future of a floating ocean resort. |
| D．The time to build a floating ocean resort. |
| A．A health magazine | B．A history book | C．A travel guide of a city | D．A newspaper |
【推荐1】Recognized as “The goddess scientist”, Ning Yan, 42, is a leading biology researcher at Princeton University in the US. On April 30, she was included among 100 new members and 25 foreign associates into The National Academy of Sciences, a famous scientific institution that to recognize out research in the US.
Yan is a rising star in the science world and her resume（履历）is impressive. After graduating from Tsinghua University and Princeton, she was invited to set up her own laboratory at Tsinghua in2007. At age 30, she became one of China’s youngest-ever female professors.
It was a long road to get where she is now. She told People magazine that she always believes that scientists need to have a pure mind and determination.
Yan likes to work at night, because she can focus when he outside is quiet. She also works at least 14 hours a day, but she’s energetic, because research is the most “comfortable” job for her, according to an interview with People magazine.
Yan also enjoys TV dramas and classic novels. Surprisingly, the novel Journey to the West inspired her to become a structural biologist. In the book, the Monkey King turns into other animals. She wondered what it would be like to change herself. Luckily, Yan now lives in that world every day, exploring how proteins work at the level of atoms. “It was almost destined（命中注定的）that I would become a structural biologist,” she said in an interview with Nature.
As she realizes her own dreams, Yan tries to encourage more women to follow careers in science. In her eyes, there is no difference between men and women in the scientific fields.
“Women can work as excellently as men and live the way they choose to,” she said in a public interview.
1. What made Ning Yan become a member of the National Aeademy of Sciences?| A．Her social background. | B．Her impressive wisdom. |
| C．Her outstanding research. | D．Her first class education. |
| A．scientists can win success by working at night |
| B．women can match men in scientific achievements |
| C．more women should be allowed to take up science |
| D．scientists should enjoy TV dramas and classic novels. |
| A．It is never too late to learn. | B．Many hands make light work. |
| C．Actions speak louder than words. | D．Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. |
【推荐2】Seasickness and sunburn. Taking care of old people in different situations. My medical friends did their best to persuade me. Everyone said that running away to sea would ruin my career. But after five sleep-deprived (睡眠不足的) years working as a junior doctor, I was willing to take the risk.
Hungry for adventure, I boarded a bright white ship in Singapore. With 2,000 passengers and crew, she was the size of a small town.
To my relief, the hospital was well equipped, with an X-ray machine and a blood analyzer.
That first cruise (航行) was a learning experience, a tight schedule full of safety drills (演习). There was so much new information to take in. Even remembering which of the uniforms to wear each day was a challenge. Most confusing, I often forgot to change my clock when the ship crossed time zones.
As a doctor, I was responsible for the 600 crew including waiters, engineers, cooks and navigators (领航员), and I was on call (随时待命的) for the entire ship.
Far from treating seasickness and sunburn, as I’d been warned, my patients were wide and varied. The ship’s medical center was essentially a floating emergency room, but we didn’t have a team of specialists on hand for a second opinion. With long and unpredictable hours, it required mental toughness.
As you can guess, many of the passengers were elderly. Heart attacks don’t care about geography and emergency evacuations (疏散) were difficult to arrange.
I recall one such patient, who was taken off the ship on a stretcher (担架) halfway through the Panama Canal. After a terrifying ride in the back of an old ambulance, I was relieved that the patient survived long enough to arrive at the hospital in Panama City.
Thankfully, there were several unexpected benefits to the job. I regularly enjoyed the passenger facilities, including the gym, spa and deck buffet (甲板自助餐). I even hosted my own table of passengers in the evenings. On rare days off, I volunteered as a tour guide on trips ashore (在陆地). I got to fly over Alaska in a seaplane and watched a ballet in St Petersburg.
I now understand that being a cruise ship doctor is not a job — it’s a way of life.
One year at sea became two. I lost my career ambitions, but I redefined happiness in my life.
1. What can we know about the author’s first cruise?| A．She missed her job as a doctor. | B．She enjoyed a relaxing lifestyle. |
| C．She had to learn a lot of things. | D．She often felt confused about her job duties. |
| A．To tell that it was difficult to look after old patients. |
| B．To prove that being a cruise ship doctor is more tiring. |
| C．To stress the importance of a well-equipped hospital on the ship. |
| D．To show it was challenging to handle emergency situations on the ship. |
| A．The author’s experience as a tour guide. |
| B．The advantages of being a cruise ship doctor. |
| C．The loneliness of being the ship’s only doctor. |
| D．Various facilities for passengers on the cruise ship. |
| A．It was too stressful to tolerate. |
| B．It helped her build a better career. |
| C．It changed her understanding of happiness. |
| D．It provided opportunities to make more friends. |
【推荐3】Recently it is said that a dog has received an award for picking up a number of beer cans, coffee cups, and other pieces of trash, helping clean up her neighborhood in the process. It's unclear if Daisy is aware of her service, but her help has not gone unnoticed, by any means.
In fact, it is reported that this nine-year-old dog has picked up more than 5,000 pieces of rubbish. Daisy has been collecting rubbish for the last eight years, at least two times a day. Coming from the city of Worcester in the United Kingdom, Daisy has become the first dog to receive an honor from the mayor(市长). Unlike other dogs, Daisy prefers sniffing around for beer cans, among other things. She carries them back home to her owner, Judy Owens, who then takes her pet's offerings and recycles them.
“I wish Daisy understood how special she was and the award just marks what a special little dog she is,” Judy said. “She started picking up rubbish when she was around a beer can and I think she discovered it by accident.”
“One day she just sniffed out a beer can, then began picking it up," she continued. “She gets very attached to rubbish, and she must think it's some kind of treasure.”
Daisy has become something of a celebrity in her town, often known as the dog that helps get rid of all the rubbish. Then, the mayor invited Judy and Daisy to come to his office. “When we arrived he told us that Daisy would be receiving the award because he wanted to make people more conscious of protecting the environment and to thank her for her contributions over the years,” Judy said. “It was such a surprise... Daisy thought this was great and went to sit on the mayor's chair with a beer can in her mouth. Everyone thought she was funny and started laughing.”
1. Why did the dog receive the award?| A．She had brought a lot of treasure to her owner. |
| B．She had kept all the city clean for eight years. |
| C．She had contributed a lot to getting rid of the trash. |
| D．She had made people aware of protecting environment. |
| A．By accident. | B．By force. |
| C．Through praise. | D．Through training. |
| A．Curious. | B．Excited. |
| C．Ashamed. | D．Thankful. |
| A．A dog owner trains her dog to pick up rubbish. |
| B．A dog receives an award for picking up rubbish. |
| C．A mayor gives an award to a dog in his office. |
| D．A mayor raises people's environmental awareness. |
【推荐1】Public Health England (PHE) is targeting pizzas, ready meals, ready meat and takeaways. The government has also required the food industry to start using healthier food and encourage the public to opt for lower calorie foods.
It is all part of an effort to cut calorie (卡路里) intake by 20% by 2024. The target will point to 13 different food groups, which are equal to about a fifth of the calorie taken by children. If action is not taken, PHE said, it would be prepared to ask the government to pass laws.
PHE would be strictly monitoring progress by looking at which products people were buying and would be prepared to punish companies which do not take their duties. The government is also organizing a program encouraging adults to consume (消耗) 400 calories at breakfast and 600 each at lunch and dinner.
At present, adults consume between 200 and 300 calories more than they should each day. PHE chief nutritionist Dr Alison Redstone said the 400-600-600 tip would make it easier for “people to make healthier choices" by being able to judge what they should be eating in each sitting.
How many calories should we eat? It is suggested that women eat no more than 2,000 calories a day, while men should limit their intake to 2,500. For children, it depends on age. A four-year-old should consume no more than 1,300, while for teens aged 17 and 18, it is about 3,000, but overweight children are eating up to 500 calories more than that.
Prof Russell Viner, of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, said it was a necessary move. He said, "Over the past 40 years, there had been a slow growth in food sizes, with pizzas and hamburgers simply much bigger than they were in our parents' time." The convenience of fast food at pocket money prices and the advertisement of unhealthy food and drinks to children add to the problem.
1. What does the underlined word "opt" in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Sell. | B．Produce. |
| C．Choose. | D．Inspect. |
| A．It will be punished by customers. |
| B．It will be forced to stop producing foods. |
| C．It will be punished by Public Health England. |
| D．It will be asked to throw away all the food. |
| A．Teens aged 18. | B．Babies. |
| C．Middle-aged women. | D．Old men. |
| A．The government has passed laws about eating healthier food. |
| B．PHE is concerned about the British health problems. |
| C．Hamburgers are not bigger than before. |
| D．Men should eat no more than 2,000 calories a day. |
【推荐2】The new study shows that we spend more time using the mobile Internet to read newspapers and magazines or do some other things. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau（IAB），the average European spends 4.8 hours reading newspapers and magazines but 1.6 hours more using the mobile Internet per week.
The IAB questioned 15,000 people in 15 European countries, looking at how people were using the Internet and its influence on their everyday lives. It found that the mobile Internet is increasingly finding its way into the public awareness. Over 71 million Europeans now have Internet access on their mobile phones. In the UK, 10 million people now access the Internet through their mobile phones and spend 6.3 hours doing so per week averagely.
Unsurprisingly, young generations in the UK are leading the way, with nearly half of the country's 16-to 24-year-olds and a quarter of 25-to 34-year-olds using the Internet, spending 6.5 and 6.2 hours online each week.
Entertainment plays a main role in our mobile Internet lives，with one in five British people using their phones for online games，a third listening to the online radio and 39 percent watching films，TV or other videos at least once a week. One third of those using an Internet phone said they received videos，images or other multimedia on their mobile，and 61percent said they passed on the contents they had received.
From a communication point of view，80 percent of those questioned agreed that the Internet had made it easier for them to stay in touch with friends and family.
Alison Fennah，director of the IAB，said the use of the mobile Internet had come to the point that marketers should be looking to strategies（策略）that connect them with consumers more effectively. "Better tools as well as improved consumer motivation that start coming together in 2011 can make a great difference to extending the online experience，" Fennah said.
1. How long does a European spend on the mobile Internet per week according to the IAB？| A．6.4hours. | B．6.2hours. |
| C．4.8hours. | D．1.6 hours. |
| A．Communication. | B．Entertainment. |
| C．Study. | D．Advertising. |
| A．more than half of the people in the UK use the mobile Internet |
| B．the Internet is the most effective way to stay in touch with friends and family |
| C．the UK has the largest number of people who use the mobile Internet in Europe |
| D．better tools and improved consumer motivation help extend the online experience |
| A．how to use mobile phones to surf the Internet |
| B．newspapers and magazines will disappear soon |
| C．more and more people use the Internet in Europe |
| D．how the Internet influences our daily lives |
【推荐3】As the saying goes, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Music is very important in our lives and here are four of the greatest musicians in history.
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)
Born in Bonn, Germany, Beethoven never held an official position in Vienna. He supported himself by giving concerts, teaching piano, and the sale of his compositions(作曲). The last 30 years of Beethoven’s life were filled with a lot of hard times, the first of which was his deafness. Beethoven’s music greatly influenced the next generation of musicians.
Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)
Bach, “the father of modern music”, was born in Eisenach, Germany. His parents died when he was nine years old, and in 1695 he went to live with his brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist(风琴手) in Ohrdruf. He stayed there until 1700. Seven years later, he moved back to Weimar, where he served as court(宫廷) organist for nine years. His music greatly influenced classical music.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. He showed a talent for the piano at a very young age. Chopin began composing when he was still a child, but some of his early works have been lost. He gave his first public concert in 1818. Chopin was considered as the leading musician of his time.
Franz Schubert(1797-1828)
Schubert was born and died in Vienna. Unlike most of his predecessors(前辈),Schubert was not a great performer. He never had much money but he was very productive. He wrote his first masterpiece when he was only sixteen. However, he died young, before his talents had even been known.
1. Beethoven did Not make a living by ___.| A．teaching students | B．doing business |
| C．selling his works | D．giving concerts |
| A．1765 | B．1707 | C．1750 | D．1716 |
| A．They all lived a hard life at their old age. |
| B．They were all good at playing the piano. |
| C．They became famous at a young age. |
| D．They were all talented musicians. |
