1 . How to Start Applying for Colleges
Most U. S. universities follow the same standard application process. If possible, begin the following approach several months before the submission deadline.
Get Informed.Colleges want to know the real you. When applying, don’t try to make yourself look better by listing the accomplishments or writing the essay you think they want to see. Be honest and you’re more likely to end up at a college that’s a good fit for you. Here’s how you can prepare to apply to colleges:
● Understand the common terms you’ll see during the application process. Have a good grasp of such things as frequently used acronyms, supporting documents, and government departments.
● Review the appropriate application timeline you should follow when signing up for college. Every school has its own deadlines, but you may have certain milestones to hit during your senior or even junior year.
● Discover the individual components of a complete application. For example, schools usually ask for supplemental application materials like letters of recommendation, transcripts, and written essays.
Get Organized.How do you apply for colleges efficiently? If you can keep track of everything you need and get organized, you’ll be ahead of the game. For each college you’re applying to:
● Create a real and a virtual folder for storing documents.
● Print a checklist to track your progress on each part of the application.
● Build a spreadsheet to stay on top of submission deadlines.
Gather the Necessary Documents.● Your Social Security number.
● Your high school code.
● A copy of your high school transcript.
● Your score report from a college admission test.
Review Your Application Before Hitting the Submit Button.● Make sure you’ve included all required information and that the information filled out on the forms is accurate and spelled correctly.
● Confirm that any required attachments are the correct files and have been properly uploaded.
● Double-check that you filled out all fields and followed all instructions.
● Take a deep breath. Click submit!
1. How many parts will you generally go through before applying to the college?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Show a perfect you so that you will get more qualified. |
| B．Discover the individuals who also apply to the same college. |
| C．Get fully prepared in the second or third year of school in case of some specific deadlines. |
| D．Figure out every single technical term to better understand the application process. |
| A．check whether you have filled out all the forms and followed all instructions |
| B．gather all the necessary documents like your high school transcript |
| C．create a physical and virtual folder for all the documents |
| D．confirm the submission deadline |
1. What did the woman do yesterday?
| A．She attended the lecture. | B．She went to the hospital. | C．She visited her grandmother. |
| A．It's very difficult. | B．It's quite fascinating. | C．It's a little disappointing. |
| A．Borrow the notes. | B．Meet Prof. Garcia. | C．Watch the video playback. |
| A．Study the lecture in depth. | B．Buy something to drink. | C．Build a website. |
3 . The need for new learning opportunities throughout life is recognized throughout society. An initial period of higher education is not always enough in times of rapid social, economic and technological changes. Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education is known worldwide as a leading provider of extended learning programs for personal and professional development.
Day and weekend eventsMore than 150 day and weekend courses are offered each year. These one or two-day classes on a single topic are designed to bring you the most up-to-date thinking on a wide range of subjects. You can discuss them with lecturers and speakers who are noted authorities in their field of research. Day-long events usually take place on a Saturday, between 9:45 am and 5:00 pm. Weekend events usually start on a Friday evening or Saturday and run until Sunday lunchtime.
For more information, visit https://www. ox.ac. uk/weekly-classes.
Online coursesStructured as weekly online meetings, our online courses take place in a virtual learning environment. Class sizes are kept small (usually 32 students, or 20 for creative writing)to maximize interaction between students and the tutor. Courses are normally 5-10 or 20 weeks in duration.
For more information, visit https:// www. ox. ac. uk/online-courses.
Professional developmentWorking with academic experts across the university, we offer around 200 professionally oriented courses in videos, from archaeology through medicine to zoology. They are popular among professional learners from over 120 countries and regions.
For more information, visit https:// www. ox. ac. uk/professional development.
Summer schoolsAccredited and non-accredited summer courses of between one and four weeks’ duration for adult learners are held at Rewley House and at Oxford’s historic colleges. There are over 100 summer courses offered each year.
For more information, visit https:// www. ox. ac. uk/summerschools.1. What programme offers a chance to have a face-to -face talk with top experts?
| A．Online courses. | B．Day and weekend events. |
| C．Summer schools. | D．Professional development. |
| A．They usually take place on weekends. |
| B．They aim to improve students’ writing skills. |
| C．They offer degree certificates to their students. |
| D．They have a limitation on the number of students. |
| A．https://www. ox.ac. uk/weekly-classes. |
| B．https:// www. ox. ac. uk/online-courses. |
| C．https:// www. ox. ac. uk/professional development |
| D．https:// www. ox. ac. uk/summerschools. |
4 . Books for children
Cyril and Pat by Emily GravettThis clever picture book shows younger readers the charming friendship between Cyril, a squirrel and Pat, who isn’t. Their friendship is powerful and shows children that it’s worth sticking up for those you care about. With vivid illustrations of life, leaves and flowers, an unexpected world is brought to life, and it’s the one that younger readers will delight in exploring every time they visit a park.
No One Is Angry Today by Toon TellegenFollowing a series of forest animal friends through their everyday lives, these stories examine why we do the things we do and how we feel about our actions. The brevity, clarity and high quality of these short stories also make them useful texts to study in literacy lessons, particularly in terms of viewpoint and writing styles.
The Midnight Panther by Poonam MistryPanther feels out of place and takes an adventure in the jungle to overcome challenges, conquer his insecurities and find out where he belongs. The Midnight Panther is an outstandingly illustrated and magical fable picture book. The atmospheric storytelling makes this book a joy to read aloud to a class and the breathtaking imagination lends itself to inspiring children’s creative writing.
Fiona the Fruit Bat by Dan RiskinFiona is the fruit bat who is afraid of the dark, afraid of the unknown and afraid to try flight. But calming and confidence-building words from her mother show her way. A good book to help children deal with new and unfamiliar situations. Reading this will not only teach them about overcoming fear, but also the science behind echolocation and lives of fruit bats.
1. What do we know about Cyril and Pat?| A．They are good friends. | B．They are both squirrels. |
| C．They enjoy collecting leaves. | D．They often visit remote parks. |
| A．Cyril and Pat. | B．Fiona the Fruit Bat. |
| C．No One Is Angry Today. | D．The Midnight Panther. |
| A．How to coexist with wildlife. | B．How to handle new situations. |
| C．How to get on with their mother. | D．How to develop an interest in science. |
5 . Grizzly bears, which may grow to about 2.5 m long and weigh over 400 kg, occupy a conflicted corner of the American psyche — we revere (敬畏) them even as they give us frightening dreams. Ask the tourists from around the world that flood into Yellowstone National Park what they most hope to see, and their answer is often the same: a grizzly bear.
“Grizzly bears are re-occupying large areas of their former range,” says bear biologist Chris Servheen. As grizzly bears expand their range into places where they haven’t been seen in a century or more, they’re increasingly being sighted by humans.
The western half of the US was full of grizzlies when Europeans came, with a rough number of 50,000 or more living alongside Native Americans. By the early 1970s, after centuries of cruel and continuous hunting by settlers, 600 to 800 grizzlies remained on a mere 2 percent of their former range in the Northern Rockies. In 1975, grizzlies were listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Today, there are about 2,000 or more grizzly bears in the US. Their recovery has been so successful that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has twice attempted to delist grizzlies, which would loosen legal protections and allow them to be hunted. Both efforts were overturned due to lawsuits from conservation groups. For now, grizzlies remain listed.
Obviously, if precautions (预防) aren’t taken, grizzlies can become troublesome, sometimes killing farm animals or walking through yards in search of food. If people remove food and attractants from their yards and campsites, grizzlies will typically pass by without trouble. Putting electric fencing around chicken houses and other farm animal quarters is also highly effective at getting grizzlies away. “Our hope is to have a clean, attractant-free place where bears can pass through without learning bad habits,” says James Jonkel, longtime biologist who manages bears in and around Missoula.
1. How do Americans look at grizzlies?| A．They cause mixed feelings in people. |
| B．They should be kept in national parks. |
| C．They are of high scientific value. |
| D．They are a symbol of American culture. |
| A．The European settlers’ behavior. |
| B．The expansion of bears’ range. |
| C．The protection by law since 1975. |
| D．The support of Native Americans. |
| A．The opposition of conservation groups. |
| B．The successful comeback of grizzlies. |
| C．The voice of the biologists. |
| D．The local farmers’ advocates. |
| A．Food should be provided for grizzlies. |
| B．People can live in harmony with grizzlies. |
| C．A special path should be built for grizzlies. |
| D．Technology can be introduced to protect grizzlies. |
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Our school decides to organize a project called “Vegetable Garden” days ago. Designing to raise our awareness of labor and give us a chance to get close to the nature, the project is meaningful. All classes are ready to active participate in the project. Each class will be given a piece of land, in what we can plant tomatoes, carrots and so on. We will water it every few days for them to grow well. In addition, it’s greatly importance to record vegetables’ growth. Best of all, we will taste the fresh food produced with our own hand. Every one of us are really looking forward to going our own land.
7 . Don’t call Madison Stewart an environmentalist. She sees herself simply as an individual taking action in defense of something she loves that’s in need of protection.
Despite her youth, the 24-year-old is an undersea veteran (老手). She grew up sailing around the Great Barrier Reef on her parents’ boat and spent her early life free diving while patiently waiting for the day when she could get her scuba diving (水肺潜水) certification, aged 12. Already impressed by sharks, Madison was now pleased to be able to observe them in their own world. “I got to know the sharks...I could recognize them by sight,” Madison says. “Other people had dogs around them growing up. I had sharks.”
But within a couple of years, she saw a great reduction in shark numbers on the reef. “One day I went in the water and couldn’t find my sharks anywhere, sharks I’d spent my childhood with,” she says. “They’d been caught and killed.” It was a great moment for Madison.
She left school at 14 to be homeschooled so she could spend more time in the ocean. She taught herself to shoot underwater video to document sharks in their own world and share her sense of wonder with others. She launched a YouTube channel and built a huge following for her documentaries where she focuses on issues like inadequate protection for some shark species and the global shark fin (鳍) industry.
In 2014 Madison was the subject of the encouraging documentary Shark Girl, which introduced her to a global audience. In 2017 she appeared as an “Ocean Guardian” in the documentary Blue that explored a lot of threats to the world’s marine environments, including the damaging effect of the global shark fishery. The film encourages viewers to get involved and includes practical steps to guide them to do so. It shows Madison’s philosophy that the power of the individual to make a difference by their own direct action should never be underestimated.
1. What did Madison do before getting her scuba diving certification?| A．She went sailing often. | B．She went boating alone. |
| C．She practised free diving. | D．She protected the Great Barrier Reef. |
| A．To record sharks’ world of wonder. | B．To popularize her photography works. |
| C．To raise awareness of shark conservation. | D．To spare more time to accompany sharks. |
| A．Many hands make light work. | B．Action speaks louder than words. |
| C．Together we can make a difference. | D．Personal influence can’t be ignored. |
| A．To introduce an influential conservationist. |
| B．To advertise some encouraging documentaries. |
| C．To inspire people to protect whatever they love. |
| D．To inform people how to preserve marine wildlife. |
8 . If you’ve never heard of a biophilic city before. You probably will soon-there’s a growing movement emerging all over the world.
A biophilic city is a city where the planning and design largely integrate the natural world into the daily lives of residents. It’s based on the idea that humans have a deep love for and the necessity to connect with nature.
“We describe the vision of biophilic cities as immersive nature-nature is not just something to be found in a park here and there that you have to walk to, but rather we need to reimagine the city as a park, or as a forest,” says Tim Bratley, a professor of sustainable communities. “There is a renewed appreciation for how essential nature is in cities and how it can help to make them more beautiful places.” Beatley says. “We know, for instance, that cities face great pressures from climate change-a key response must be nature and nature-based solutions, such as cooling critics with trees and urban forests.”
Beatley’s colleague, Peter Newman, a distinguished professor of sustainability, says he has devoted nearly 50 years to activism, research and teaching how to make cities more sustainable. He made a film with Beatley called “Singapore: Biophilic City”.
Singapore is seen as an exceptional biophilic city. “In our film we show how biophilic values began with the first Prime Minister of Singapore saying that the environment in the city was as important as the economy.” says Newman, who got the idea of making the film after he spent some time in Singapore teaching a course. “Singapore is one of the best examples in showing that you can accommodate city development and population growth and also actually protect nature as well,” says Newman. Greenery is woven throughout the city, not only in many parks, but integrated even into the design of tall buildings.
“Singapore has now officially changed its motto from ‘Singapore, Garden City’ to ‘Singapore, a City in a Garden’,” says Beatley.
1. How is the second paragraph mainly developed?| A．By setting down general rules. | B．By making a comparison. |
| C．By providing examples. | D．By offering a definition. |
| A．Biophilic cities face as many problems as other cities. |
| B．Nature should not be optional but a must in cities. |
| C．Integrating nature into critics is not easy. |
| D．Nature in cities is in the form of parks. |
| A．How Singapore balances the economy and the environment. |
| B．Newman’s efforts to make Singapore more sustainable. |
| C．The rise of green tall buildings in Singapore. |
| D．Why Singapore builds so many tall buildings. |
| A．Environment: as important as the economy | B．Turning cities into gardens |
| C．Learning from biophilic cities | D．Nature: a solution to climate change |
9 . Intro
Our Online Chinese Summer Camp program is a wonderful, immersive online Chinese learning experience specifically designed for learning Chinese remotely.
Suitable Age
Kids aged 10 to 16
Camp Content
Interactive Chinese lessons, cultural activities and virtual trips
Schedule
Monday to Friday
The class time is scheduled according to different time zones.
Camp Levels
Online Chinese Camp is divided into 2 levels — Non-Native Chinese Camp for beginner to intermediate levels and Chinese Camp for intermediate to advanced levels.
Non-Native Chinese Camp for Kids from non-native Chinese families | Chinese Camp for Kids from native Chinese families |
REQUIREMENTS | |
| • No Chinese language experience needed • No Chinese language exposure in everyday life | • Chinese language experience in a native Chinese-speaking family |
CONTENT | |
| √ Fun and interactive online lessons and activities to raise the interest in learning Chinese √ Introduction to Chinese characters with stories and pictures √ Develop practical communicating skills √ Basic conversations in Chinese √ Project-based cultural activities to increase understanding of Chinese culture | √ Fun and interactive online lessons to improve 4 language skills — Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing √ Intermediate conversations in Chinese through various cultural and language activities √ More advanced lessons to increase Chinese vocabulary √ Project-based cultural activities to deepen the understanding of Chinese culture |
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1. What is the text?| A．A course review. | B．A commercial ad. |
| C．An academic article. | D．An activity schedule. |
| A．Improve integrated Chinese sills. | B．Make up basic Chinese dialogues. |
| C．Learn characters through fun stories. | D．Prepare for advanced vocabulary tests. |
| A．It involves skills for camping trips. | B．It offers a discount if you book earlier. |
| C．It has a fixed timetable regardless of time zones. | D．It includes off-line interactive activities in China. |
1. What is Max’s purpose of going to Europe?
| A．To work. | B．To travel. | C．To study. |
| A．Belgium. | B．France. | C．Switzerland. |
| A．Share her videos. | B．Take some pictures. | C．Tell the man an account. |
