【推荐3】Application and Essays

You can apply to Stanford by submitting online either the Coalition Application or the Common Application.

Both applications include essay prompts for your personal essay. In addition to the personal essay, you also need to reply to the Stanford Questions, which you can access in either application once you add Stanford University to your list of colleges.

When you apply to Stanford, we encourage you to indicate potential majors and career interests in the application, but please know you are not bound by these selections in any way.

Stanford Questions

We ask applicants to choose one of the three topics below and write a short essay.

◆ Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning in Stanford.

◆Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate know you belter.

◆Tell us about something that is meaningful to you, and why? How to Submit Required Materials

◆We suggest using Coalition or Common Application online forms whenever possible to Submit documents, which is the speediest method.

◆If online submission is not possible; school personnel may send materials as an email Attachment to personnel@ stanford.edu.

◆When ordering college transcripts, please use credentials@stanford.edu as the contact email.

◆If your checklist is not complete by the deadline, simply continue to check your Application Status Portal until we have received all items.

1. What is necessarily included in an application?

A．A personal essay.	B．Career interests.
C．Personal hobbies.	D．The selected major.

2. What is suggested when you reply to Stanford Questions?

A．Writing an essay to include the three topics.

B．Writing a note about something that interests you.

C．Writing an essay on what inspires your learning in Stanford.

D．Writing a note to recommend something meaningful to your roommate.

3. Which online service or website is the quickest way to submit materials?

A．personnel@ stanford.edu	B．credentials@ stanford.edu
C．Application Status Portal.	D．Coalition or Common Application.

【推荐1】More than a third of the world’s population lives in dry lands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique solution to help people in these areas access clean drinking water.

They developed a low-cost gel film (凝胶膜) that can pull water from the air in even the driest climate. Combining two simple ingredients, cellulose and konjac gum, the gel is inexpensive to produce. Just one kilogram of gel can absorb up to 6 liters of water in a dry climate. For those living in a climate with relative humidity (湿度), one kilogram of gel can collect up to 13 liters of water a day. As the gel is so inexpensive and easy to make, it may offer a way of providing drinking water to countries with water shortages.

Previously, researchers have harvested fresh water from fog and dew, but that only serves areas with high humidity. Other attempts at pulling water from desert air are typically energy-intensive and do not produce much. In fact, this gel is a vast improvement from previous water harvesting technologies. The maximum water harvested has been 5.87 liters in places with relative humidity. This new gel doubles this amount, uses no energy and is simple to operate and it can be made into a shape or size that best suits the user.

“This new work is about practical solutions that people can use to get water in the hottest, driest places on Earth,” said Guihua Yu, professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering. “This could allow millions of people without consistent access to drinking water to have simple, water generating devices at home that they can easily operate.”

“This is not something you need an advanced degree to use,” the paper’s lead author, Youhong Guo said. “It’s straightforward enough that anyone can make it at home if they have the materials.” Scientists are planning on making a thicker gel that will increase the yield, making this technology a practicable solution to drought.

1. What can we know about the gel film from paragraph 2?

A．It can increase the humidity of the air.

B．It can harvest drinking water from the air.

C．It has been widely applied in desert areas.

D．It costs lots of money and energy to produce.

2. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A．The advantages of the new gel.

B．The process of producing the new gel.

C．The tough living conditions in dry regions.

D．The theory of water harvesting technologies.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．An advanced degree.	B．An expensive material.
C．A water harvesting device.	D．A non-stopping condition of drought.

4. What do scientists plan to do next?

A．Develop a thicker gel.	B．Raise money for further research.
C．Produce the gel in large quantities.	D．Teach people to make the gel at home.

【推荐2】BEIJING－China’s space industry will develop quickly over the next 10 years as the country pushes ahead with its space programs after its first space docking on Thursday，Nov.3,2011.

Lab modules，a space station and 10 to 20 spaceships will be launched into space over the next 10 years，the Shanghai Securities News said on Friday.

The country will spend around 300 billion yuan ($47.47 billion) in producing those spacecrafts，according to the newspaper.

There are 20 or so space voyages being planned in China，the newspaper reported，citing Wu Ping，spokeswoman of China’s manned space program.There will be an increased demand for spacecraft production and launch services.Space infrastructure (基础设施)has been included as one of China’s strategic new industries to be developed over the next five years.

China started its threestage manned space program in 1992.In the first stage the country sent the astronaut，Yang Liwei，into space as part of the Shenzhou­5 mission in 2003.It was the first time for China to send a person into space.

Also as part of the first stage，two astronauts conducted extravehicular (太空船外的) activities during the Shenzhou­7 mission in 2008.

Now during the second stage China is focusing on space docking.It achieved its first space docking in two hours of Thursday when Tiangong1 and Shenzhou8 connected in space.As a “target spacecraft”for meeting and docking experiments，Tiangong1 will work as a platform to test longterm unmanned and shortterm manned operations.The next significant events will be the launching of Shenzhou9 and Shenzhou10，with two similar docking exercises to be conducted and one of the missions to be manned.

China will complete the second stage after it builds its own space lab around 2016，Wu said.

In the third stage，China plans to develop and launch multiple space modules，forming a 60­ton manned space station in 2020.

“The successful docking means China will enter a period of massive production of spacecraft.The space economy is about to take off，” according to Dongxing Securities.

1. What does the passage mainly tell us about？

A．China makes a great success of space docking.

B．China is to expand space industry in 10 years.

C．China has made breakthroughs in key technologies.

D．China is to spend more money producing space­crafts.

2. To realize the spaceflights over the next 10 years，China will do all the following except ________.

A．spending a large sum of money on space industry

B．building a long term manned space station

C．making more spacecrafts and lab modules

D．improving launch services and space infrastructure

3. According to the passage，one of the main tasks of Tiangong­1 is ________.

A．to carry out experiments on exploration of the moon

B．to work as a long­term space station

C．to conduct extravehicular activities

D．to serve as a platform for meeting and docking experiments

4. Which is the right time order of China’s space events？
a.Building its own space lab.
b.Entering a stage of massive production of spacecraft.
c.Building a 60ton manned space station.
d.Sending a person into space.

A．d，b，a，c	B．b，d，a，c
C．d，b，c，a	D．b，d，c，a

【推荐3】下面文章中有3处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C和D）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Man has been interested in robots for quite some time. Scientists are always inventing new and good robots, which will play an important role in our future lives.

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They will take over jobs such as preparing meals, washing dishes, and sweeping the floor, so that we will have more free time to have fun.

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They will do all the heave and dangerous work, and be put in hospitals, schools and offices.

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Whenever we feel sad, lonely or upset, we can have a chat with a robot. Robots will not only be good friends but they will also offer us good advice.

In conclusion, robots will be more and more intelligent and will benefit us in many ways.

A. Robots will be our friends.
B. Robots will help us with our work.
C. Robots will be of help in doing housework.
D. Robots will replace humans in many ways.

【推荐3】LINDA   MAYNARD
11 Windrift Circle
Methuen, MA
978 – 555 – 4539
JOB OBJECTIVE
Seek special education, primary school, or middle school math teaching position.
EDUCATION
Rivier College, Nashua, NH
Bachelor of Arts in Education – May, 2006
Major: Elementary Education
Have successfully completed PRAXIS I and PRAXIS II. Meet highly qualified testing requirements for Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
November, 2005 – January, 2006
Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH
Student Teacher
· Developed and completed student – centered lessons in all subject areas for various groups of fifth grade special and regular education students.
·Adapted lessons to meet students’ needs by reviewing their backgrounds and learning needs through IEPs.
·Communicated with parents on a regular basis via newsletters, daily or weekly progress reports, phone calls, and email, resulting in increased parental participation at home.
September, 2005 – November, 2005
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH
Student Teacher
·Taught reading and writing through Language Experience Approach methods.
·Introduced a Writer’s Workshop appropriate for first grade students to help them to develop their writing skills.
·Developed learning stations in reading and science, enabling students to be more independent learners.
Spring, 2005
Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH
Designed and taught a unit on Insects and Spiders, based on New Hampshire Standards to 23 self －contained, third and fourth grade students with disabilities.
Fall, 2004
Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH
Taught a class of 24 third grade students with a wide range of abilities.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
·After-School Aid, Amherst School District, Amherst, NH (2004 – 2005)
·Summer Camp advisor, YMCA, Nashua, NH (Summers, 2002 and 2003)
·Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer, Nashua, NH (2002 – 2005)
1. What kind of job does Linda want to get?

A．A Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer.	B．A middle school math teacher.
C．A special education advisor.	D．A summer camp advisor.

2. Linda has worked for the following schools EXCEPT       .

A．Rivier College, Nashua, NH

B．Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

C．Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH

D．Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

3. What can we know about Linda according to the passage?

A．She was merely interested in developing student’s math abilities.

B．She was not active in participating in after – school activities.

C．She is permitted to teach in any high school of New York.

D．She has plenty of experience in teaching.

4. Which of the following is NOT included in the ways Linda used to communicate with the students’ parents?

A．Newsletters.	B．Phone calls.
C．Face-to-face talks.	D．Daily or weekly progress reports.