It is necessary and important for us students
Learning Chinese calligraphy
As someone who paints, draws, and loves all
After taking the lesson, I now understand the difficulty of calligraphy and that it will take efforts and commitment
| A．Father and daughter. | B．Teacher and student. | C．Doctor and patient. |
Hi, my name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from Junior high school to senior high school is a really big
First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I want to take. The school adviser helped me choose the
I had to choose extra-curricular
I know I will have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being
5 . This fall marks an especially memorable time for one family celebrating three generations walking onto Carthage College together. Samantha Malczewski, 19, the sophomore nursing student recalled. “It was really
Calling herself “Carthage’s biggest fan”, Amy Malczewski has a deep
Meanwhile, when Christy heard of her daughter’s
As the four settle into classes and busy
In a statement, Carthage College
| A．awkward | B．surprising | C．shameful | D．comforting |
| A．guess | B．lesson | C．proposal | D．promise |
| A．discussion | B．invitation | C．connection | D．innovation |
| A．program | B．test | C．reason | D．routine |
| A．in need of | B．in line with | C．in return for | D．in advance of |
| A．role | B．power | C．bet | D．plan |
| A．take off | B．set aside | C．take away | D．set out |
| A．retired | B．complained | C．withdrawn | D．followed |
| A．delay | B．admit | C．consider | D．risk |
| A．willingly | B．heartily | C．apart | D．together |
| A．empty | B．important | C．limited | D．narrow |
| A．roads | B．schedules | C．gatherings | D．journeys |
| A．expecting | B．motivating | C．learning | D．pretending |
| A．reflected | B．mentioned | C．applauded | D．understood |
| A．tough | B．temporary | C．basic | D．lifelong |
“Where are you going to college?” “I’m going to my local community college.” My answer seemed to be the magic phrase that would wipe the smile right off many people’s faces. It’s clear that people have a lot of misconceptions (误解) about community colleges.
Many people think community colleges are only for people who couldn’t get into a four-year school. But it is not true. In high school, I always got A’s. But when it came to applying to colleges, I had no idea what I wanted to major in and couldn’t justify spending thousands of dollars at a 4-year school until I knew what I wanted to do. My parents were very supportive of my decision to attend the community college.
Some people will ask, “Since the community college is cheaper, will you get a good education?” I found that nearly all of my professors taught the same courses at 4-year colleges. My professors were knowledgeable and experienced, and I found many of the courses challenging.
Some people think if I attend the community college, I will miss out on the “college experience”. I must admit that this is something I worried about a great deal the summer before college. But I soon learned that the community college, just like any other college, is what you make of it. I strived to make the most of my time at the community college. I also made tons of friends by joining clubs and attending student government meetings.
I took a lot of different courses. I had an amazing professor who suggested I take her journalism class. Never having written for my high school newspapers, I dared not take it, but since she was so enthusiastic, I eventually decided to have a try. That one course was all it took for me to realize that I wanted to become a journalist.
I look forward to graduating this May to pursue a career in broadcast journalism. Community colleges may not be for everyone, but for me it is a life-changing experience that has helped me discover who I am and the person I hope to become.
1. What was the author’s parents’ attitude towards his/her decision about attending the community college?2. How did the author make friends at community college?
3. Why daren’t the author take the journalism class at first?
4. What do you plan to get from your future college education? (About 30 words)
7 . A common claim states that a sheet of paper cannot be folded in half more than seven times. But is this true?
In 2002, Britney Gallivan, then a junior in high school in Pomona, California, folded a single piece of paper in half 12 times. She currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most times to fold a sheet of paper in half.
The prompt that led Gallivan to accomplish this was an extra-credit challenge in math class to fold anything in half 12 times. Her teacher asked the students to fold something thicker: a piece of paper.
Gallivan said “it was very frustrating, as I had many unsuccessful attempts at trying to fold different papers in half. I began to question if folding paper in half more than eight times could be impossible.” However, Gallivan recalled. “I knew I needed to understand what was limiting the folding progression.”
The equations (方程式) that Gallivan came up with calculated how many times a sheet of paper could be folded. She found that in order to fold many times, a long thin sheet is needed — the more a sheet is folded, the thicker the resulting stack becomes, and once the stack becomes thicker than it is long, there is nothing left to fold. She ultimately set her record with a sheet of tissue paper she found online that was 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) — more than three-quarters of a mile, or over a kilometer long, Guinness World Records noted.
“Working on the problem took a tremendous amount of time and effort,” Gallivan said. “As frustrating as it was at times, I learned an immense amount from the experience, which has been valuable to me throughout my life in more capacities than one would expect.”
Since Gallivan set her record, others have made claims of folding a sheet of paper more than 12 times. Still, “I anticipate that my current record will be surpassed,” Gallivan said.
1. What prompts Gallivan to accept the challenge?| A．Peer pressure. |
| B．Mathematics anxiety. |
| C．Academic requirement. |
| D．Guinness World Records. |
| A．The stack is as thick as it’s long. |
| B．The paper is neither long nor thin. |
| C．The stack is thicker than it’s long. |
| D．The paper is longer than it’s thick. |
| A．It’s risky. |
| B．It’s fruitless. |
| C．It’s meaningless. |
| D．It’s energy-consuming. |
| A．Gallivan’s record is impossible to break. |
| B．Folding paper in half is merely a math problem. |
| C．Folding things in half may not be limited to 12. |
| D．Folding paper 12 times is a required credit in high schools. |
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
| A．The popularity of English. |
| B．The study pressure on students. |
| C．Attitudes towards learning foreign languages. |
| A．About 21%. | B．About 27%. | C．About 35%. |
I know I`ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to
1. What does the man think of the woman’s handwriting?
| A．It is elegant. | B．It is messy. | C．It is standard. |
| A．A scientific paper. | B．A shopping list. | C．A news report. |
