Spending a term abroad can be one of the most thrilling experiences of your college career，but it’s challenging to adapt to a new culture，especially when you don’t speak the native language. The following are top tips of the experts on improving your time abroad.
Set specific goals.
“Set goals for yourself when going abroad so that you can bring experiences back home with you，”says Harrison，the Outreach Manager of Go Abroad. “Whether you want to learn to cook a traditional recipe from your host family or pack for the long-term，these lessons of daily life can translate back home. How you choose to learn from your experiences，or even apply them as transferable job skills，will make all the difference.”
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“Make at least one local friend，”says Matthew，co-founder of Students Gone Global. “Join a club，community service group，or a sports league — it will help you form a network and find people you click with. Go out of your way to talk to students in your classes.”
Sign up for classes that allow you to explore.
“Take classes that are interesting and related to the local culture.” says Matthew. “I highly recommend classes with field trips because your professor can show you a side of the country you never would have seen on your own.”
If you’re staying with a host family, do get to know them.
“When living with a host family, be mindful of their lifestyle and try your best to adapt to it，”says Lauren，a member of Go Abroad ’s Content ＆ Outreach Team, “Have a conversation about rules and customs right away to be sure you know what your host family expects of you. Join yourself in their way of life — try every meal that is offered to you at least once，and ask them to teach you how to play their favorite sport or game.”
1.Harrison advises overseas students to set specific goals to ______________.
A. bring experiences back home
B.1earn to cook a traditional recipe.
C. gain some job skills.
D. get along well with the host family
2.What may be the second tip given by experts?
A. Join a club.
B. Join a sports league.
C. Befriend the locals.
D. Talk to your classmates.
3.Which of the following is stressed by Lauren?
A. Showing respect to your host family.
B. Trying to know your host family.
C. Paying attention to table manners.
D. Being mindful when talking with your host family.
4.What’s the purpose of the writer writing this text?
A. To introduce some culture differences.
B. To advertise for some foreign universities.
C. To recommend some lessons to students.
D. To give some advice to overseas students.
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Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers. But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.
Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as £172,000 a year.
The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. This would make their yearly income £30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.
By analyzing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7 am and finished at around 11 pm.
To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at £48,98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”, with psychologist(心理学家) a close second.
It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 per cent making emotional(情感的) demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.
Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.
The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on Mother’s Day. The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. Investing(投入) in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.
1.How much would a mother earn a year if working as the Prime Minister?
A. £30,000. B. £142,000.
C. £172,000. C. £202,000.
2.The biggest challenge for most mothers is from .
A. emotional demand B. low pay for work
C. heavy workload D. lack of training
3.What is stressed in the last paragraph?
A. mothers’ importance shows in family all year long.
B. The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.
C. Mothers’ devotion to children can hardly be calculated.
D. Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.
4.What can we conclude from the study?
A. Mothers’ working hours should be largely reduced.
B. Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.
C. Mothers’ labour is of a higher value than it is realized.
D. Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.
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Linda and Lucy were best friends. They graduated from high school and went to the same college for further studies.
After some days Linda found that her friend was behaving strangely. She would remain quiet, sleep too much and turn wild, very often. At first, Linda thought it was just because of the problems she had met in her studies. However, Lucy became even stranger over time. Finally, Linda couldn’t take it any longer and asked Lucy about her strange behavior. Lucy broke into tears and said that she was going around with a boy, who was taking drugs and forcing her to take them, too.
Linda was shocked by her story. She then advised her friend to leave the boy. She reminded Lucy of her dreams of becoming a successful doctor and encouraged her to set an example for others. She also reminded her of how her parents would feel if they found out what their daughter was up to. Through her efforts, Lucy was finally able to leave the boy and drugs. During this time, her friend always stood by her.
Finally, the two friends graduated and their friendship grew stronger. They both became successful doctors, but never let each other down by getting into bad habits. They lived happily as close friends.
From the story we can know that true friends are those who encourage you to become the best you can ever be. They believe in you and will never leave you.
1.The following are Lucy’s strange behaviors EXCEPT______________.
A. turning wild B. being quiet
C. sleeping too much D. being friendly
2. What problem did Lucy meet?
A. She lost her best friend
B. She was ill at that time
C. She dated a troublesome boy
D. She fell behind others in study
3.What course did Linda and Lucy mainly study in college?
A. Medicine B. Science C. Law D. Art
4.The writer tries to tell us__________.
A. how we can give up drugs
B. how we can overcome difficulty
C. how we should help others
D. what a true friend is
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One in five people carry a ‘smart gene’ variant(变体)linked to long lifespan, bigger forebrains and enhanced mental ability, researchers have found.
'We've known for a long time that people lose cognitive(认知) abilities as they age, but now we're beginning to understand that factors like KLOTHO can give people a boost in aging. Genetic variation in KLOTHO could help us predict brain health and find ways to protect people from the diseases that happen to us as we grow old, like Alzheimer’s disease(老年痴呆症),” said senior author, Dena Dubal of University of California.
The KLOTHO gene affects a protein found in the kidneys and the brain that regulates many different body processes. About one in five people carry a single copy of the varian, known as KL-VS,which boosts levels of the protein and is associated with a longer lifespan and improved heart and kidney function. A small minority, 3% of the population, has two copies, which is linked to a shorter lifespan.
In the new study scientists scanned the brains of 422 men and women aged 53 and over who were also tested for the KLOTHO gene. They found that participants with a single copy of the gene variant also had a larger brain region known as RDLPFC, which is especially likely to shrink with age. Loss of neurons in this area may be one reason why older people are sometimes easily distracted and find it difficult to do more than one task at the same time.
Researcher Dr Jennifer Yokoyama said, “ The brain region enhanced by genetic variation in KLOTHO is vulnerable(脆弱的)in aging and some mental disease. In this case, bigger size means better function. It will be important to determine whether the structure increase associated with carrying one copy of KL-VS can offset the cognitive shortage caused by disease.”
People who have one copy of a variant KL-VS tend to live longer and have lower chances of suffering a stroke (中风),whereas people who have two copies may live shorter lives and have a higher risk of stroke.
1. What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A. People’s cognitive abilities do not decline if people have KLOTHO
B. With the clear understanding of KLOTHO, Alzheimer’s disease can be cured now.
C. Genetic variation in KLOTHO could be helpful in treating mental disease in elderly people
D. Genetic variation in KLOTHO could lead people to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease
2.If a person carries two copies of the gene variant, he/she may _______
A. have better kidney funtciton
B. have a shorter lifespan
C. have a higher level of the protein in his/her body
D. suffer from some cognitive disease
3.The reason why older people’s attention is easily distracted may be that _______.
A. they have fewer neurons in the RDLPEC
B. their brain region is too large
C. they have two copies of the gene variant
D. they have more neurons in the RDLPEC
4.What does the underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Prevent
B. Balance
C. Keep
D. Promote
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I am feeling too tired to drive any more. Will you _____?
A. take upB. take onC. take outD. take over
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短文改错
假定英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限1词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Sunday, I didn’t get up early as usually. In the morning after I finished my homework, I do some washing. Then I telephoned one of my classmates, invite him to see a film. And unfortunately, when we got to the cinema, we found all the tickets had sold out. Then we went back to school and played the football. After that, we were about to go home then we saw our English teacher, Ms Gao, coming into the school gate. She told us we had made great progresses in English. This term she suggested that we should read more and wrote more. She also asked us to help those on need. She hoped we would improve English together.
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Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. However, the real reason lies inside their bodies. At that time—about eight hours after you wake up—your body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. The people in these experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern. They slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours later.
In many parts of the world, people take naps(小睡；打盹) in the middle of the day. This is especially true in warmer climates, where the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon. Researchers are now saying that naps are good for everyone in any climate. A daily nap gives one a more rested body and mind and therefore is good for health in general. In countries where naps are traditional, people often suffer less from problems such as heart disease. Many working people, unfortunately, have no time to take naps. Though doctors may advise taking naps, employers do not allow it! If you do have the chance, however, here are a few tips about making the most of your nap. Remember that the best time to take a nap is about eight hours after you get up. A short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy afterward. This can also happen if you sleep for too long. If you do not have enough time, try a short nap—even ten minutes of sleep can be helpful．
1.Why do you sometimes feel sleepy in the early afternoon?
A. Because you eat too much for lunch．
B. Because it’s hot in summer．
C. Because your body temperature goes down at that time．
D. Because you didn’t have a good sleep last night．
2.What can we learn about “naps” according to the last paragraph?
A. All the people in warmer climates take naps in the middle of the day．
B. Doctors need to take naps while employers don’t．
C. If you take naps everyday, you’11 never suffer from heart disease．
D. Taking naps regularly is beneficial to people’s health．
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. You’ll feel sleepy at regular intervals（间隔）.
B. Taking a nap whenever you want will do good to your health.
C. You will feel less sleepy if you sleep for a long time.
D. If you get up at 6:30 am, you’d better take a nap at about 1:30 pm.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Just for a Rest
B. All for a Nap
C. A Special Sleep Pattern
D. Taking Naps in Warmer Climate
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Sorry for not having got what you wanted．She kept her mouth shut and just said __________．
A． that’s her feet of clay
B． a little bird told her
C． she wanted to kill the fatted calf
D． she was the salt of the earth
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