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Law School Essays that Made a Difference

Price: US $ 13.95

Paperback 256 pages

The Princeton Review

ISBN: 0375763457

Face it, and a lot of students have great LSAT scores. The best way for you to stand out in a crowd of applicants to top law schools is to write an exceptional(特别的,出众的) personal statement. This book puts you in the admissions office's seat. It gives you the intimate details一test scores, GPAs (grade point average), demographic information, and personal statements一of 34 law school hopefuls, then shows you why they got into the colleges they applied to, and why some didn't. It's invaluable information that will help students evaluate (评估)their own chances of admission to the most selective law schools in the United States.

Business School Essays that Made a Difference

Price: US $ 13.95

Paperback 304 pages

The Princeton Review

ISBN: 0375763511

What makes business school applications so brutal (无情)? For most applicants, it's the number, length, and complexity(复杂性) of the essays they have to write when applying for a course. Most top schools require multiple essays and this book is your best bet for succeeding with them. It contains: 1. Forty-four real-life essays critiqued (评论) by admissions officers from schools like Tuck, Chicago, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2. Eight case studies of business school applicants saying what worked for them and what did not. 3. Translations of essay questions telling you what they are really asking.

College Essays that Made a Difference

Price: US $ 13.95

Paperback 384 pages

The Princeton Review

ISBN: 0375763449

This book helps students get into the college they want by showing them what essays helped actual students achieve their dreams. The book tells you what colleges want to see using interviews with actual admissions officers. The book has sections on the basics of essay writing—grammar and punctuation (标点符号〉一as well as the sections looking at what topics you should write about and how you should communicate your personality in your work. It finishes by looking at the work of a great many successful applicants to America's top colleges, and some unsuccessful students to tell you what to avoid.

1.With the three books, the Princeton Review aims at ________.

A. offering students guides in making a difference in their jobs after university graduation

B. offering guides on the writing of application essays for American universities

C. showing students how to pass LSA T in the US

D. showing college graduates what helped actual students achieve their dreams

2.LSAT is most probably ___________.

A. an admission test given by a law school

B. a test for admitted law students

C. information on business and college

D. information on GPA

3.What's the purpose of writing the three texts?

A. To sell the books.

B. To make the books easier to read.

C. To show the importance of the schools.

D. To introduce new authors

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There is a workman in America who earns as much as a company director. He is Max Quarterman, a thirty-year-old plasterer (泥瓦匠).

Max lives in an upper middle-class housing estate. His______are mostly bank managers, business executives, airline pilots and the______, but Max’s seven-bedroom house —______$ 80,000 — is the largest in the area. ______ outside the house are Max’s $ 7000 sports car and his wife’s Morris Mini. Indoors is a 150 colour TV set and the family’s ______ — a circular bath with gold-plated taps. There are also many labour-saving ______ and luxury furniture.

How can a plasterer ______ all this? The answer, says Max, is hard work. In ______ with another plasterer, Max______ contract plastering jobs for a firm. The owner of the firm ______ them as human machines, the best and quickest in the ______ , who can do as much in two days as ______two-man team can in two weeks.

How do they manage it? Not by working overtime. They work a(n) ______ eight-hour day, five days a week. The secret ______ in Max’s hod (桶) in which he carries the plaster to the site of the job. Max’s is a superhod — it contains double the usual ______of plaster, and Max, a strong fellow, runs when he carries it. More time is thus ______ to get on with the plastering. Besides, ______ man wastes time smoking, and they ______ their lunch break to a ______ of an hour a day. Now Max earns over $ 800 a week which is four times the average weekly pay in Britain today, and if he gets as ______ as $ 15, it’s a disaster.

1.A. colleagues B. neighbours C. relatives D. friends

2.A. like B. kind C. class D. same

3.A. worthy B. spending C. costing D. worth

4.A. Stopped B. Stopping C. Parked D. Parking

5.A. property B. honour C. facility D. pride

6.A. objects B. devices C. articles D. materials

7.A. acquire B. use C. afford D. provide

8.A. harmony B. correspondence C. partnership D. terms

9.A. makes B. does C. takes D. gets

10.A. tells B. treats C. compares D. describes

11.A. trade B. job C. area D. walk

12.A. no B. few C. any D. all

13.A. unusual B. extra C. ordinary D. normal

14.A. relies B. lies C. hides D. falls

15.A. quality B. size C. quantity D. weight

16.A. left B. needed C. spent D. kept

17.A. both B. either C. neither D. each

18.A. have B. cut C. miss D. spend

19.A. time B. period C. limitation D. total

20.A. much B. little C. more D. less

Many years ago my student asked me the question, "Mrs. Kindred, why do you teach?" Without taking time to reflect, I answered, "Because someday I might say something that might make a difference in someone's life." Even though I was sincere, that wasn't a very good answer and my student didn't let it slide.

"Let me get this straight," he said, "You went to college for four years so you could come here every day because you have the hope that someday you might say something that will influence someone?" He shook his head as if I were crazy and walked away looking confused. I'm one of those people who look back and wish they had said something smart or witty, or swift.

Even though that particular student might no longer wonder why I teach, there are days when I wonder. On those days, I remind myself of the real reasons I teach:

It's in my blood. My mother was my most influential teacher, and she was a 6th grade reading teacher until her death in 1990. She instilled(逐渐灌输) in me a love of reading and the knowledge that education opens doors.

Teaching is a way to make a difference. If you throw a stone in a pond the ripples go on and on until they reach the shore. You can't have ripples without a "stone." Good teachers throw stones that make a positive difference, and that's what I strive to do.

I genuinely love teenagers.

I want to share with others what I know and what I have learned through the years. Life is full of ups and downs, and if I can help students avoid some potholes on the road of life, I want to do so. If they'll allow me to celebrate their victories with them, I want to do too.

Teaching isn't for everyone, but I know I made the right career choice.

1.Why did the student continue to ask the question about the writer’s being a teacher?

A. Because he thought her answer was unbelievable.

B. Because the writer was insincere.

C. Because the student was naughty.

D. Because the answer was difficult to understand.

2.What do you think of the writer?

A. Stupid. B. Honest. C. Conservative. D. Polite.

3.According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The writer’s mother has the greatest influence on her.

B. The writer’s answer made the student confused.

C. In the writer’s opinion, some people in the world are unfit to teach.

D. The writer annoyed the student who asked the question.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A. A student’s silly question.

B. A good teacher who likes students.

C. A confused student.

D. The reason why I teach.

The city of Vienna has always been popular for its famous physicians. Around the year 1482 one such well-known physician was Dr. Paul Urssenbeck. His fame came from his ability to predict with certainty whether a patient would recover his or her health or would die. He thus became known as the doctor of death.

In his earlier years, he followed the trade of a poor but honest weaver in the town of Deckendorf near Straudigen in Bavaria. It was a time of famine(饥荒), and he, his wife, and their eleven children were in great need. Then a twelfth child was born, and they could find no one to serve as its godparent. As a last chance, the poor weaver walked to a nearby village and asked an old friend to serve as godfather, but met only rejection. Disappointed and frustrated, the poor man made his way back to his family. While walking sorrowfully through the dense forest toward his home, he said, “If only I could die.” Suddenly a tall figure dressed in a dark cloak(斗篷) appeared before him, saying, “You called me. I am Death. What can I do for you?” As much as the man had previously wanted to die, he now wanted to live. “I am seeking a godfather for my youngest child. But I cannot find anyone who will serve as his godparent,” answered the weaver sadly. “I will accept this responsibility,” said Death. And thus it happened.

Following the baptism(洗礼), the mysterious godfather took the father aside and said, “Since I own neither gold nor silver to give to your child as a baptism present, I will make you into the most famous doctor of all times. Whenever you are called to a sick person, I—invisible to others—will seat myself either to the head or to the feet of the patient. If I am seated at the head, then this will show you that hope for recovery exists. If I am seated at the feet, then the patient will die.” Through this gift, the weaver was able to cure many illnesses, for he knew whether the patient who had sought his treatment would be helped by medications, or whether he would die. Soon the previously poor weaver became a wealthy and respected physician. However, his increased wealth made him ever-more greedy.

One day, a very wealthy man fell seriously ill, but when Dr. Urssenbeck was called in, and he saw that Death was already seated at the patient’s feet. Upon hearing the diagnosis, the relatives could not be comforted, and they offered the physician a fortune if he could heal the man. Then Urssenbeck resorted to trickery. He quickly had the patient’s bed turned around, so that Death was now seated at his head. Thus the man was rescued from Death, and he regained his health. On the physician’s way home, Death suddenly appeared before him. “You unfortunate one, why have you deceived me? In return for the life that you have given back to the rich man, you yourself must now die.” Death spoke with a threatening voice, and disappeared.

Dr. Urssenbeck suddenly found himself in a large room where thousands of candles were burning. Death said to him, “Each of these candles represents someone’s life. This tiny stump that is about to go out is yours.” Terrified, Dr. Urssenbeck reached for a taller candle, wanting to take some wax(蜡) from it to fill his stump, but in doing so he touched his own candle, and it went out, and he fell to the floor dead. That evening his body was found in a valley. He was buried in the graveyard of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral.

1.Why did Death make the weaver a famous doctor?

A. Because he wanted to play a trick on him.

B. Because he didn’t have any baptism gift for his child.

C. Because he wanted to give him something as a reward.

D. Because he wanted to show his sympathy to the weaver.

2.What does the underlined phrase “resort to” mean in paragraph 4?

A. to ask someone for help

B. to visit a place of interest

C. to consult information in the dictionary

D. to make use of something bad to achieve something

3.Choose the right time order of the following events in the story.

a. Dr. Urssenbeck became more and more greedy for wealth.

b. Dr. Urssenbeck died and was buried.

c. Death made the weaver the most famous doctor in Vienna.

d. The poor weaver wanted to find a godfather for his 12th child.

e. Dr. Urssenbeck resorted to trickery to heal the patient.

A. dceab B. cdaeb C. dcaeb D. cadeb

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The weaver had a dozen children altogether.

B. A new-born baby had to receive baptism after he/she was born.

C. The weaver’s old friend refused to be the godfather of his child.

D. If Death seated himself at the head, the patient could never be saved.

5.Which of the following CANNOT be used to describe Dr.Urssenbeck?

A. Grateful B. Greedy C. Dishonest D. Unfaithful

6.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Dr. Urssenbeck, the Physician of Death

B. The Death Game

C. A Famous Physician in Vienna

D. A Poor Weaver

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