1 . Schedule a Tour
University of South Carolina （USC) is famous for its warm southern hospitality（好客）. Schedule a visit and feel it in person. Our walking tours are led by current students, called University Ambassadors, who are looking forward to telling you what it's like to live and study in USC. Our walking tours run Monday through Friday and most are around 2 hours. The university will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in observance of the holiday. We welcome your visit year round and will be ready for you, rain or shine. Please refer to the list
below to determine which tour is best for you and remember to book at least two weeks in advance.
| A．To prepare a tour. | B．To update its website. |
| C．To celebrate the holiday. | D．To encourage a self-guided walk. |
| A．AU visitors to USC. | B．Those applying for fall 2017. |
| C．Independent consultants. | D．Those admitted for fall 2017. |
| A．By turning to University Ambassadors. | B．By visiting USC Visitor Center. |
| C．By emailing cvisits@mailbox,sc.edu. | D．By registering once again. |
| A．submit Group Visit interest Form | B．email visior@mailbox.sc.edu |
| C．call 800-922-9755 | D．check out Virtual Tour |
2 . In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement(毕业典礼) day. Students plan homecoming day for many weeks in advance(预先).
Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate(装饰) the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths(摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party.
For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
1. The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is ______.| A．Homecoming | B．the football game |
| C．graduation | D．winning the game |
| A．The day before Homecoming. | B．Many weeks before the day. |
| C．When the guests arrive. | D．In the days before Homecoming. |
| A．To see old friends. | B．To call on teachers they remember. |
| C．To watch the football game. | D．To go home to see their family. |
| A．The student who is liked most by the others. |
| B．The guest who is most popular with the students. |
| C．The student who is most liked by the guests. |
| D．The player who plays best in the football game. |
3 . Around 2 million schoolchildren in schools right across the country are taking part in one of the most important dates, as Monday 21 May saw the start of Walk to School week.
The national event was held at a school in Lambeth. Lots of people gathered around a very big globe, the size of which shows the volume（体积）of carbon dioxide produced by a school bus every week. Similar events were held at schools throughout the country, making sure the message gets out all over Britain.
And it is not just about the climate-change-causing carbon dioxide. As for local air pollution, the school bus is one of the worst offenders. It’s those short, stop-start journeys which are the most polluting — giving out carbon dioxide and other compounds（化合物）that are linked to worsening air quality.
Contrary to what some might believe, staying in a car offers no protection from local pollution — in fact pollution found inside the car is about three times higher than that experienced by walkers. The organizers ask people to leave those keys by the door and walk to school — and judging by the number of schools involved（参与）this year it’s the schoolchildren that will be leading the way.
Andrew Fielding, one of Walk to School organizers, said, “We’re encouraging people around the country to use Walk to School week to try out walking with their kids. Walking to school isn’t just great for the environment, it’s great for you too — walking for those 30 minutes a day means real quality time together, and the average walk there and back will burn more calories（卡路里）than those burnt in the school’s PE. Give it a go and see how you find it, and we doubt if you’ll want to go back to the traffic jams afterwards!”
1. The Walk to School week mainly aims to ________.
| A．let people take enough exercise to build up their body |
| B．make people realize walking to school helps cut pollution |
| C．encourage people around the country to try out walking with their kids |
| D．make sure that parents have real quality time together with their children |
| A．the globe stood for the earth which had been greatly polluted |
| B．the globe could send the message about the national event all over Britain |
| C．they had to get rid of the large amount of carbon dioxide which was kept in the globe |
| D．the globe made people learn about the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a school bus |
| A．The organizers. | B．The parents. | C．The schoolchildren． | D．The teachers. |
| A．people would rather go back to the traffic jams |
| B．more and more people will enjoy walking to school |
| C．the school’s PE may be replaced during Walk to School week |
| D．many parents are using Walk to School week to walk with their kids |
4 . In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement (毕业典礼) Day. Students plan Homecoming Day many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths(售货棚) and sell lemonade(柠檬汽水), apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day alumni and their wives will gather at the school. They like to look for teachers that they remember. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the game loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
1. The best title of this passage is .| A．American School | B．Homecoming Game |
| C．Homecoming Queen or King | D．Homecoming Day |
| A．To see old friends. | B．To organize clubs. |
| C．To watch the football game. | D．To call on teachers they remember. |
| A．female former students of a school or college |
| B．male former students of a school or college |
| C．grandfathers of the students in a school or college |
| D．grandmothers of the students in a school or college |
Students are increasingly using laptops for notetaking because of speed and legibility(清晰度)．But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.
Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes “mindlessly” by taking down word for word what the professors said.
In the first experiment，students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual notetaking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk，they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.
The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However，the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.
The researchers' report said，“While more notes are beneficial，if the notes are taken mindlessly，as is more likely the case on a laptop，the benefit disappears.”
In another experiment aimed at testing longterm memory，students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time，the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.
These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding，but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.
1. More and more students favour laptops for notetaking because they can ________.
| A．write more notes | B．digest concepts better |
| C．get higher scores | D．understand lectures better |
| A．skilful | B．mindless |
| C．thoughtful | D．tireless |
| A．examine the importance of longterm memory |
| B．stress the benefit of taking notes by hand |
| C．explain the process of taking notes |
| D．promote the use of laptops |
| A．a newspaper advertisement | B．a computer textbook |
| C．a science magazine | D．a finance report |
