1 . The University of Arkansas offers an exciting campus life that is culturally, intellectually and socially enriching. Every semester offers opportunities to attend musical performances, theater productions, art exhibits, poetry reading and hundreds of other events.

Registered Student Organizations

On our campus, you will find 380 Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), from special interests to professional groups: It is easy and rewarding to get involved. Students are able to create, budget, plan and govern their own organizations and events. Current RSOs can be academic, professional or grounded in special interests. And if you don’t find one you like, you can even start your own.

Arts and Culture

From art galleries and symphonies to film series and rock concerts, the University of Arkansas has a multitude of events and facilities to enrich your educational experience. The Multicultural Center exists to enhance the University of Arkansas academic experience by preparing students for life in a diverse society.

Center for Community Engagement

The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) offers service programs for students, student groups and staff. Programs include food programs, mentorship and several volunteer opportunities through the Volunteer Action Center. CCF. serves as a catalyst (催化剂) between the campus and the community through the core values of being Relationship Focused, Student Driven and Service Minded. It also supports a network of student leaders, local agencies and University of Arkansas departments to create sustainable solutions through leadership experience, collaboration and service.

1. What can you do if you get involved in RSOs?

A．Get a financial reward.

B．Run organizations on your own.

C．Carry out events as required.

D．Conduct studies with professors.

2. What role does CCE mainly play?

A．It serves students and their parents.

B．It enriches students’ volunteer experiences.

C．It connects the campus and the community.

D．It creates solutions with support from the Internet.

3. In which column of the university website can you probably find the text?

A．Academics.	B．Student Life.
C．Cost & Aid.	D．School Visits & Fairs.

2 . Some China Podcasts (播客) to Listen to

Whether you’re an old-timer or a newcomer to China, there’s always more to learn about this awesome country. To help in your never-ending thirst for knowledge, we’ve rounded up some most entertaining China-focused podcasts that hit on everything from history to business.

Tech Buzz China by Pandaily

Tech Buzz China by Pandaily is a technology podcast about China’s innovations. Its co-hosted by Rui Ma and Ying Lu, who are both seasoned China-watchers with years of experience working in the technology space in the country. They share and discuss the most important tech news from China every week.

The China History Podcast

Started in 2010, Laszlo Montgomery presents topics that cover 5, 000 years of Chinese history and culture. The show has a lot of unknown and interesting history lessons that help provide more color as to why China is the way it is. Topics like the history of Tang poetry, or the Hokkien people are analyzed and explored.

China Untold

The China Untold podcast is a program that aims to introduce listeners to lesser-known stories from the Middle Kingdom. From urban tales and extinct religions to China’s role in the exploration of space, this podcast hosted by Matt Bossons, is your essential guide to the unusual and wonderful aspects of the world’s most highly populated nation.

The Wasai Show

The Wasai Show is hosted by Ne to Trevino from Mexico and Alice He who is a local Chinese. In each episode, stories are collected from listeners about a topic and shared in a funny way by both comedians. The first half of the show is presented in English, followed by a Chinese section.

1. Who are the podcasts intended for?

A．Foreigners in China.	B．Chinese historians.
C．Technology enthusiasts.	D．Podcast hosts in China.

2. Which podcast may talk about ancient poems?

A．Tech Buzz China by Pan daily	B．The China History Podcast
C．China Untold	D．The Wasai Show

3. What do we know about The Wasai Show according to the text?

A．It is a talk show about local Chinese life.

B．It has a single host discussing various topics.

C．It features two hosts sharing stories from listeners.

D．It includes interviews with experts on Chinese culture.

3 . Next month, I’m traveling to a remote area of Central Africa and my aim is to know enough Lingala — one of the local languages — to have a conversation. I wasn’t sure how I was going to manage this — until I discovered a way to learn all the vocabulary I’m going to need. Thanks to Memrise, the application I’m using. It feels just like a game.

“People often stop learning things because they feel they’re not making progress or because it all feels like too much hard work,” says Ed Cooke, one of the people who created Memrise. “We’re trying to create a form of learning experience that is fun and is something you’d want to do instead of watching TV.”

Memrise gives you a few new words to learn and these are “seeds” which you plant in your “greenhouse”. When you learn the words, you “water your plants”. When the application believes that you’ve really memorized a word, it moves the word to your “garden”. And if you forget to log on, the application sends you emails, reminding you to “water your plants”.

The application uses two principles about learning. The first is that people memorize things better when they link them to a picture in their mind. Memrise translates words into your own language, but it also encourages you to use “mems”. For example, I memorized motele, the Lingala word for “engine”, using a mem I created — I imagined an old engine in a motel (汽车旅馆) room.

The second principle is that we need to stop after studying words and then repeat them again later, leaving time between study sessions. Memrise helps you with this, because it’s the kind of application you only use for five or ten minutes a day.

I’ve learnt hundreds of Lingala words with Memrise. I know this won’t make me a fluent speaker, but I hope I’ll be able to do more than just smile when I meet people in Congo. Now, I need to go and water my Vocabulary!

1. What does Ed Cooke make an effort to do with Memrise?

A．Create memorable experiences.	B．Make progress with hard work.
C．Learning words instead of watching TV.	D．Combine study with entertainment.

2. What are you doing when you “water your plants”?

A．Logging on to the application.	B．Being a Memrise user.
C．Practising the vocabulary.	D．Moving words to your garden.

3. How does Memrise work?

A．By linking different mems together.	B．By putting knowledge into practice.
C．By offering human translation services.	D．By applying an associative memory approach.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards Memrise?

A．Doubtful.	B．Positive.
C．Uninterested.	D．Negative.