2 . 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。

Khan Lab School is bringing back the one-room model to teach young students in Mountain View, California. The school is     1     lab for an experimental kind of learning. Silicon Valley,     2     (know) for its technology companies, is also the birthplace of the school.

Students aged 5 to 15 attend the experimental Khan Lab School, which     3     (have) no grade levels and no homework. The students are in school from 8:30 in the morning until 6:00 in the afternoon. And, the school is open all year long, with small     4     (break) here and there.

The school is the idea of Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy — famous for its educational videos. The videos on the Internet are     5     (actual) free and have millions of users around the world.

Khan     6     (start) Khan Lab School a few years ago because of the problems of the present education. He hopes to create a     7     (good) learning model.

He said the one-room model lets the older students help younger students,     8     means the younger children get a lot of help. They get the help of the teacher and the older students.

Khan said students also learn the study material at their own speed through videos.     9     last, they get more attention through one-on-one discussions with teachers. They also learn by     10     (do) projects.

3 . The house was quiet. Of course it was, for everyone was napping on that steamy summer day._________I would hear my little brothers screaming and playing and my older sisters chatting on their cell phones, but on that day, everything was_________. The only sound I heard was the air conditioning________to keep the rooms cool. I was     ______and tried to think of something to do. Then the doorbell rang, and my life_________forever.

Because I was the only one________, I went to the door and answered the bell. There he was - a________man holding out an envelope sealed in plastic. "Sign please," he________. The afternoon sun hurt my eyes, and I tried to find the x that required my_________. I thanked the man and stepped back into my cool living room.

Slowly I walked to the sofa and ________down. I turned the packet_________in my hands a few times, then gently began opening it, careful not to__________anything that might be important. Inside was a letter, a letter containing my future. The university entrance exam________had arrived! As soon as I saw who the letter was from, I started_________. Thank goodness that I was sitting down.

I opened the letter and___________the contents. I read the first_________over and over again. "We invite you to join our university's engineering program with a full scholarship." "I did it!" The cry of_________was enough to wake up everyone in the house._________minutes my father, brothers, and sisters________me in the living room and congratulated me on my accomplishment. That day was the day that changed my life. It was the day that proved to me that___________I worked hard enough at something, I would get rewarded.

1.

A．Rarely

B．Actually

C．Normally

D．Immediately

2.

A．wrong

B．still

C．well

D．smooth

3.

A．struggling

B．waiting

C．refusing

D．stopping

4.

A．bored

B．excited

C．moved

D．pleased

5.

A．failed

B．stayed

C．started

D．changed

6.

A．alive

B．awake

C．away

D．asleep

7.

A．police

B．cleaning

C．sales

D．delivery

8.

A．forced

B．warmed

C．requested

D．begged

9.

A．signature

B．address

C．number

D．date

10.

A．lay

B．bent

C．went

D．sat

11.

A．down

B．out

C．over

D．up

12.

A．find

B．notice

C．tear

D．miss

13.

A．essays

B．results

C．evidence

D．decisions

14.

A．sweating

B．crying

C．smiling

D．napping

15.

A．deserted

B．explored

C．wrote

D．filled

16.

A．letter

B．envelope

C．paper

D．line

17.

A．joy

B．sorrow

C．disappointment

D．fright

18.

A．Above

B．Behind

C．Without

D．Within

19.

A．left

B．surrounded

C．sent

D．helped

20.

A．although

B．unless

C．if

D．till

4 . How to Choose a College Major

When it’s time to starting making solid decisions about enrolling in college, many people have questions about how to choose a college major.    1    , but also what you’ll need to be happy in the future. While it would be nice to have an interest in one of the highest paying college majors, it’s also important to choose a college major that will ultimately lead to a career you want in a place you want to live.

    2    

The best advice we’ve found for how to choose a college major is just to ask questions. Talk to your high school guidance counselor, or if you’re already in college, consult your academic advisor or a career center counselor. Ask friends and family members about how they chose a college major or career. Finally, engage in some serious self-reflection and ask yourself questions about your past, present, and future.

Some factors to consider when selecting a college major include:

What did you learn about what you like and dislike from your past work experience?

What are your interests?

Which subjects did you enjoy studying the most in high school?

What type of skills do you have?

Do you have any hobbies that you would like to pursue as a career?

Think About Careers

    3     For example, if you held part time positions in retail while in high school and you absolutely hated the work, you can immediately scratch retail management off your list. However, if you enjoyed the part of the job that involved setting up product displays, you might seriously want to consider a major in visual merchandising (视觉营销).     4    

Don’t Panic

    5     It is not uncommon for college students to change majors one or more times after they enroll in college. Do your research, keep an open mind, and be honest with yourself, and you can choose a college major that will steer you down the path to success.

A．Ask Questions

B．Engage in self-reflection

C．You have to not only look at your interests, abilities and goals

D．What you are supposed to do is to clarify your interests, abilities and goals.

E．The answers to these questions can help guide your selection of a college major.

F．Selecting a college major is an important decision, and it is not one that should be made lightly.

G．The college major that you select impacts the types of jobs you will be qualified for upon graduation.

5 . Harvard University in the United States has been ranked as the university with the best “reputation” in the world.

The Times Higher Education magazine has listed 200 top universities all over the world based on how they are regarded by a group of international college teachers. That is to say, the list measures how universities are regarded, rather than how they actually performed.

“A subjective, word-of-mouth (口碑的) quality such as “reputation” has genuine economic value for universities,” said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at the University of Melbourne in Australia.

“Reputation is not just an impression, though it might not be as reliable as performance by objective indicators (客观指标),” said Prof Marginson.

Based on the views of 13,000 college teachers around the world, it confirms the power of the big US universities, which dominate this list. Seven of the top 10 are US universities, headed by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Furthermore, 14 of the top 20 are from the US. Cambridge is the highest ranking UK university in the list, in third place, with Oxford ranked as sixth.

“For students applying to university, reputation might be hard to quantify, but was an important part of the attractiveness,” said the president of Cambridge University’s students’ union, Rahul Mansigani.

“Reputation makes a huge difference. If there is an idea that somewhere is great, it will get lots of good people applying whether it’s true or not. Factors such as a sense of history and the presence of outstanding college teachers were part of the reputation of Cambridge,” he said.

1. What is special about the latest ranking of universities?

A．It is very subjective.	B．It involves many indicators.
C．It is made by international professors.	D．It includes universities across the world.

2. Which of the following shows the correct order of the ranking?

A．Cambridge → MIT → Oxford → Harvard

B．Cambridge → Harvard → Oxford → MIT

C．Harvard → MIT → Cambridge → Oxford

D．Harvard → Cambridge → MIT → Oxford

3. The underlined word “dominate” in Paragraph 5 probably means__________.

A．have an effect on	B．make up the most part of
C．make an arrangement for	D．make an improvement in

4. What can be inferred from the text?

A．No Asian universities are among the Top 10.

B．At least five UK universities are among Top 20.

C．The Times Higher Education magazine is from the US.

D．Reputation affects students’ decisions when choosing universities.

6 . 根据下列提示，写一篇短文，介绍你们的学校。
1. 位于城市西北角，2000年建成并投入使用
2. 校园环境，教学设备
3. 师生情况
4. 全市最好学校，为很多名牌学校输送学子。
注意：词数100左右
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