US universities enrolling a new wave of Chinese undergraduates, according to a report. While India was, for eight years on end, the leading country of origin for international students, China is rapidly catching up, spending 98,510 last year, which is a 21 percent increase. In China, the shift has been quite sharp. Last year, China sent 26,275 undergraduates and 57,451 graduate students to the US—compared with 8,034 undergraduates and 50,976 graduate students five years earlier.
Peggy Blumenthal, executive vice president of the Institute of International Education, said the growing share of undergraduates would change the face of the Chinese students’presence in the US. “It used to be that they were all in the graduate science and computer departments, but now, with the one-child policy, more and more Chinese parents are taking their considerable wealth and investing it in that one child getting an Amercian college education,” she said. “There’s a book getting huge play in China right now explaining liberal arts(人文) education.” The book, A Ture Liberal Arts Education, by three Chinese undergraduates in American universities, describes the education available at small liberal arts colleges and the concept of liberal arts, both relatively unknown in China.
“There’s growing disposable(支配)income in China, and not enough good universities to meet the demand, ”Leventhal at the University of Cincinnati said. “And in China, especially, studying in the United States makes a great difference, because when students get home, they speaking English. ”
Although the report tracks only the 2008-09 mumbers, a smaller survey by the institute last month found that over all, the increase in international students seems to be continuing, with China remaining strong. Of all the unversities surveyed this fall, 60 percent reported an increase in Chinese college students, and only 11 percent a decline.
63. The year before last, China sent about international students aborad.
A.98510 B.26275 C.81413 D.57451
64. The number of sent to the US from China has increased most sharply in recent years.
A.undergraduates B.graduates C.postgraduates D.art students
65. Why do more and more Chinese parents spend kids to study in the US?
A.They prerfer science and computer departments in American universities.
B.There is much better education for liberal arts in American universities.
C.They have realized the importance of liberal arts as well as science.
D.They are wealthier but can’t find enough good universities in China.
66. We can learn from the survey that .
A.all surveyed American universities enrolled more Chinese students than before
B.most American universities enrolled more Chinese international students
C.the mumber of Chinese college students fell in American universities
D.more and more Chinese students are sent to the US to learn English
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The United States will introduce a new and comprehensive(综合的) exam for students who seek to study in American and other English-speaking countries, Xinhua News Agency reported from New York.
The exam, which stands for a great change from the current English level test, was disclosed by Theresa Chang Wei Jen, associate director of the International Service of the US College Board, America’s leading educational organization.
The Advanced Placement International English Language (APIEL) will be offered for the first time throughout the world on May 10, 2002, said Jen.
However, the APIEL is a strange title to most Chinese students, and it is unlikely to soon gain the similarity of other already existing exams, such as the TOEFL(Test of English as a Foreign Language), the GRE(Graduate Record Examination), or the IELTS(International English Language Testing System).
“I have never heard of such a test and I would prefer the IELTS if I need another exam,” said Xu Jingyan, a graduating student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who wants to study in England and has already taken the TOEFL.
Most of Xu’s classmates have never heard of the APIEL. “The APIEL is designed for international students who wish to get university studies in English-speaking countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia.” said Jen.
The APIEL has been adopted, said Jen, because the TOEFL can no longer accurately reflect the abilities of students of using the English language comprehensively in an academic environment. Xinhua reported that a fairly large number of foreign students who earned high scores in TOEFL exam turned out to be very ordinary educational performers after admission.
Compared with the TOEFL, the APIEL measures a student’s ability to read, write, speak and understand English through testing his or her skills in listening comprehension, speaking with accuracy(精确) and resourcefulness, and writing with clarity and fluency(流畅), Jen said.
1. The United States will introduce a new exam because _______.
A. more and more students want to get further education in the USA
B. the Chinese people pay special attention to English studies with China’s entry into the WTO
C. the already existing exam systems seem to be far from perfect
D. it will bring the US government quite a lot of money
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the selection?
A. It will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL.
B. The TOEFL is more popular with the Chinese than the IELTS.
C. A student will have to take the APIEL if he or she wants to study in English—speaking countries from 2002.
D. Chinese students will prefer the IELTS rather than the APIEL even in the future.
3. The underlined word current in the second paragraph means _______.
A. modern B. present C. standard D. formal
4. Please decide which of the following would be the best title for this news report.
A. The Key to English-speaking Countries
B. The Four Skills in Learning English
C. TOEFL, IELTS and GRE to be Out of Date
D. New Exam Designed for Students
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“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival(节) in Wales.
“Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.
Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.
“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.
1. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling _______.
A. will be more popular than TV
B. will be popular again
C. started in Wales
D. are in the hands of some old people
2. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.
A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago
B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way
C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live
D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit
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A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.
B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.
C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.
D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.
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A. controlled by rich people B. grasped by good storytellers
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