1 . If you’re looking for a university with a strong international outlook but feel swept over by all the application options, here is some guidance to get you started.

UK

International students must apply to universities in the UK through a system known as Ucas. This system allows students to apply to up to five universities with just one application. It costs £20 for a single choice or £25 for more than one choice.

The application consists of a series of questions to determine the student’s schooling and applicants should describe their personal interests and related experiences.

Switzerland

Switzerland has four official languages and its universities are among the most international in the world. International applicants may need to take an entrance exam if they have a foreign school certificate, and must also prove that they have a good grasp of the French language. usually through taking a language exam. The full application costs 50 Swiss Francs for a holder of a Swiss diploma and 150 Swiss Francs for holders of foreign diplomas.

Canada

International applicants have to write up a personal profile as part of their application, which is very similar to the personal statement required for a UK university application. Students will also have to prove their English-language competency—there are nine ways to meet the English Language Admission Standard, which are listed on many university websites.

Singapore

The process of applying to a Singaporean university is very much alike, but overseas students may be delighted to find that the native applicants have to cover the same procedures: filling out an online application form and submit identification documents, supporting documents and an application fee of S$20.

1. Which country requires international applicants know French well?

A．UK.

B．Switzerland.

C．Canada.

D．Singapore.

2. What part of the application is similar between the UK and Canada?

A．The application system.	B．The number of universities.
C．The application cost.	D．The personal statement.

3. What’s special about the application process in Singapore?

A．Applicants need to pay a lot.	B．It is much simpler than elsewhere.
C．It’s no different for native students.	D．The competition is even more fierce.

2 . Failure isn’t the end, unless you let it be. Don’t believe me? Here are four people who lived through failure before going on to become names known around the world.

Walt Disney

Disney began his career by being fired by a newspaper for not being creative enough. Later, his Mickey Mouse cartoons were rejected because they were considered to be “too scary for women”. Also, The Three Little Pigs was turned down because it only had four characters. Thankfully, we have the Disney Company today because Disney chose not to listen to any of his critics and press forward towards his dreams.

Stephen King

King is a best-selling writer whose work has been made into several motion pictures. However, his first work was rejected 30 times, which led to King throwing it in the trash. Thankfully, his wife persuaded him to keep working at it, and—from that poor start—Carrie was born.

Milton Hershey

The man who blessed us with the sweet milk chocolate treat we all love wasn’t a hit the first time around. He once worked for a local candy factory. But when he went out on his own, he failed miserably. Then he returned to the family farm and perfected the art of making delicious milk chocolate candy, which we enjoy today.

Theodor Geisel

This author struggled to write a novel that publishing companies would call “pure rubbish” several times — 27 to be exact. The man just wouldn’t quit, though. One fateful night, he ran into an old friend who was a children’s literature editor. The friend agreed to publish Geisel’s work. Better known today as Dr. Seuss, Geisel was never again called a failure after his first book became a hit.

1. Why is the Disney Company known to us nowadays?

A．Disney was rejected many times.	B．Disney improved his works later.
C．Disney got fired and began his career.	D．Disney ignored critics and fought for his dreams.

2. What is Milton Hershey famous for today?

A．His big family farm.	B．His successful art career.
C．His delicious milk chocolate candy.	D．His experience in making milk chocolate.

3. What do the people mentioned have in common?

A．They have a gift for making money.	B．They suffered several defeats on the path to success.
C．They are creative and highly educated.	D．They were successful at the very start.

3 . 语法填空

It’s been two years since I last     1     (go) to another city. The plane flew for two hours     2     I arrived in Yangshuo. It was raining lightly. A few hours earlier, I’d been at home in Beijing, with     3     choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain. I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the most attractive natural beauty     4     is pictured by artists in a great many Chinese     5     (painting). Instead, I’d headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away     6     car.

Yangshuo     7     (be) really beautiful. The town is fast becoming    8     popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it     9     (regular) arranges quick getaways here for people who want to enjoy its     10     (astonish) beauty.

4 . Richard Daintree: December 13, 1832 — June 20,1878

A geologist and explorer who used photography as his medium to record field research, he was probably one of the first people to do so. He also discovered several coal-fields, gold-fields, and copper fields during his explorations. His photographs of these discoveries are an excellent source of information for researchers today. The Daintree rainforest, Daintree river, and Daintree National Park have all been named in his honour.

Headlie Taylor: July 7, 1883 — March 22, 1957

A farmer in New South Wales, Australia, he came up with the Sunshine Header Harvester that has benefited countless farmers over the decades. Though he was barely educated, Taylor had a brilliant mind that led him to try improving the existing farm machinery. With hard work and creation, he taught himself engineering, and built a machine that could not only collecet grains from standing crops, but also from damaged or fallen ones, thus saving grain that would otherwise be lost. This machine, or the “Header Harvester”, also cut the crop heads instead of pulling them out.

Howard Walter Florey: September 24, 1898 — February 21, 1968

He played a very significant role in the discovery of penicillin along with Alexander Fleming and Ernst Chain, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945, which was shared by all of them.

Marcus Oliphant: October 8, 1901 — July 14, 2000

A physicist, the first President of the Australian Academy of Science, and a founding member of the Australian National University, he was a member of the team that split the atom. His work took him to America during World War Ⅱ, where he was involved in the creation and development of the atom bomb that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the bomb killed civilians in the two cities, he decided to never get involved in the development of nuclear weapons that could be used for military purposes. His work then focused around finding other, non-violent uses for atomic energy.

Dorothy Hill: September 10, 1907 — April 23, 1998

Apart from being a geologist, she was also the first female university professor in Australia. She widely researched the coral fauna (珊瑚动物群) in Australia, and even today, her work is used as reference by scientists all over the world.

1. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Howard Walter Florey died before Headlie Taylor.

B．Richard Daintree was younger than Marcus Oliphant.

C．Dorothy Hill lives a happy life in Australia now.

D．Richard Daintree lived to the age of forty-six.

2. Who won the Nobel Prize?

A．Headlie Taylor.	B．Howard Walter Florey.
C．Marcus Oliphant.	D．Dorothy Hill.

3. What do Richard Daintree and Dorothy Hill have in common?

A．Neither of them is a woman.	B．Neither of them likes taking photos.
C．Both of them are geologists.	D．Both of them are professors.

5 . 课文填空

Of all the t    1     festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every c    2    . This important a    3     festival takes place after all the crops have been gathered in. People celebrate to show that they are g    4     for the year’s supply of food. In a    5     Egypt, the harvest festival was celebrated during the springtime — the Egyptian harvest season. It f    6     a parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports. Today, in some European countries, people d    7     churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and get together to celebrate over a m    8    . During the Mid- Autumn Festival in China, families gather to a    9     the shining moon and enjoy d    10     mooncakes.

6 . 短文改错

Miss Yang is one of my neighbor. As a young child, he never got any pocket money from her parents, but she could earn a little by do small jobs around the neighborhood. Like most young people, she dreamed being rich and famous, and she made her dream to come true. She’s now very rich, but she remembered where she came from. She has given away the lot of money over the years to setting up schools and help poor families. She says, “For me it’s just a little money, but for much of these people it’s the difference between life or death.”

7 . 根据课文内容填空

By the Shang Dynasty (around L600-1046BCE), these s    1     had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different f    2    , as it was a time when people were d    3     geographically, leading to many v    4     of dialects and characters. This, however, c    5     under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE).

Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven m    6    states into one unified country where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one d    7    . That writing system was of great importance in uniting the Chinese people and c    8    . Even today, no matter where Chinese people live or what dialect they s    9    they can all still c    10     in writing.

8 . The “Chong Yang Festival” is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is also known as the Double Ninth Festival.       1    .

Climbing mountains.

People like to climb mountains on this festival, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called “Mountain-climbing Festival”. The ninth lunar mouth, with clear autumn sky and cool air, is a good time for sightseeing.     2    . It is really cheerful to climb mountains and enjoy the beautiful nature at this clear time in autumn.

Climbing mountains also means “climbing to a higher position”.     3    . Climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival was already popular in the Tang Dynasty. A lot of poems were closely related to this custom.

Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower (菊花) Wine.

The chrysanthemum flower wine is made with special process. In ancient times, people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and made the mixture of them and grains into the wine.     4    . The wine is said to be good for the health and make people live longer.

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The Double Ninth cake is also known as “flower cake”. It is from Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season before, and it gradually turned into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Festival.

A．Eating Double Ninth cake

B．Making “flower cake” with friends

C．So people love to go sightseeing this month

D．It would not be drunk until the same day next year

E．Here are some traditional customs of the Double Ninth Festival

F．But few Chinese people are aware of the importance of the festival

G．That’s another reason why climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the old

10 . 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。

From ancient times to the present, People have been addicted to Poetry. There are various reasons     1    people write poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something. Others try to convey certain emotions. The poems may not make sense and even seem     2     (contradict)but they are easy to learn and recite. List poems are one simple form of poems     3     lists things. It has a flexible line length and     4     (repeat) phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem.     5     simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that     6     (make) up of 17 syllables. It can give a clear picture and create     7     special feeling     8     (use) the minimum of words. Tang poems also make the English poetry     9     (color).There are so many different forms of poetry for you to choose from, you may     10     (eventual) want to write poems of your own.