Eleven top universities are joining the Open University to launch free Internet courses. King’s College London, along with the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick, has partnered with FutureLearn, a company set up by the Open University that will offer free and non-credit bearing courses to Internet-users around the world.
The courses are modeled on the US phenomenon “Massive open online courses” ( Moocs ), which have attracted millions of users around the world and are especially popular in emerging economies.
FutureLearn will improve UK institutions for international students, said Prof Martin Bean, voice-chancellor of the Open University. “At the moment, foreign students’ perception of UK Universities is: wonderful history, great tradition, really good teaching, but a bit boring.”
Leeds University says the partnership will benefit students studying on campus. “Students will have access to a rich set of resources from both Leeds and our partners. They can also broaden their education beyond their main subject areas.”
The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for Britain Moocs have grown rapidly in the US over the past year, with two providers leading the field. Coursera offers courses from 33 Universities, including Princeton, Brown, Columbia and Duke, and has reached more than 1.7 million users, EdX, a nonprofit start-up from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses this autumn.
Simon Nelson, one of the key architects of BBC Online, will head FutureLearn as launch CEO. “It’s really meaningful for these universities to come together –we’ll punch much harder collectively than any other university will individually,” he said.
Partner Institutions will be responsible for their own content while the OU, which has been providing distance-learning courses since 1971, will assist with course delivery and infrastructure. Details of further universities will be revealed next year, as will the courses on offer.
【小题1】 What does the underlined word “perception” in paragrah3 mean?

A.expectationB.viewC.dreamD.proposal
【小题2】 We can learn from the passage that              
A.Coursera, one of the two providers, leads the online courses in the US.
B.Economics is the most popular subject among these online courses.
C.FutureLearn is only set up for the Internet-users.
D.About 1,7million users are taking the free courses launched by UK.
【小题3】What is implied in Simon’s words?
A.It’s really meaningful for these universities to cooperate.
B.Single university can’t do the work very well.
C.These universities will compete with each other.
D.Joint efforts by these top universities will help the program go more smoothly.
【小题4】All of the following statements are true except             
A.Internet-users don’t need to get credit for the courses.
B.UK may top the list of online education one day.
C.The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for England.
D.Some foreign students may think UK universities are not so satisfying.
【小题5】 In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?
A.EntertainmentB.ScienceC.EducationD.Business Week

Eleven top universities are joining the Open University to launch free Internet courses. King’s College London, along with the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick, has partnered with FutureLearn, a company set up by the Open University that will offer free and non-credit bearing courses to Internet-users around the world.

The courses are modeled on the US phenomenon “Massive open online courses” ( Moocs ), which have attracted millions of users around the world and are especially popular in emerging economies.

FutureLearn will improve UK institutions for international students, said Prof Martin Bean, voice-chancellor of the Open University. “At the moment, foreign students’ perception of UK Universities is: wonderful history, great tradition, really good teaching, but a bit boring.”

Leeds University says the partnership will benefit students studying on campus. “Students will have access to a rich set of resources from both Leeds and our partners. They can also broaden their education beyond their main subject areas.”

The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for Britain Moocs have grown rapidly in the US over the past year, with two providers leading the field. Coursera offers courses from 33 Universities, including Princeton, Brown, Columbia and Duke, and has reached more than 1.7 million users, EdX, a nonprofit start-up from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses this autumn.

Simon Nelson, one of the key architects of BBC Online, will head FutureLearn as launch CEO. “It’s really meaningful for these universities to come together –we’ll punch much harder collectively than any other university will individually,” he said.

Partner Institutions will be responsible for their own content while the OU, which has been providing distance-learning courses since 1971, will assist with course delivery and infrastructure. Details of further universities will be revealed next year, as will the courses on offer.

1. What does the underlined word “perception” in paragrah3 mean?

A.expectation        B.view             C.dream            D.proposal

2. We can learn from the passage that              

A.Coursera, one of the two providers, leads the online courses in the US.

B.Economics is the most popular subject among these online courses.

C.FutureLearn is only set up for the Internet-users.

D.About 1,7million users are taking the free courses launched by UK.

3.What is implied in Simon’s words?

A.It’s really meaningful for these universities to cooperate.

B.Single university can’t do the work very well.

C.These universities will compete with each other.

D.Joint efforts by these top universities will help the program go more smoothly.

4.All of the following statements are true except             

A.Internet-users don’t need to get credit for the courses.

B.UK may top the list of online education one day.

C.The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for England.

D.Some foreign students may think UK universities are not so satisfying.

5. In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?

A.Entertainment      B.Science           C.Education         D.Business Week

 

       “Love your neighbor as yourself" is a saying familiar to most of us. It means that you must have he ability to love and accept yourself in order to form and keep satisfying relationship with others self-esteem means accepting yourself for who you really are, and believing that you are indeed a ivdrthwhile person who is deserving of love and respect from others.

Self-esteem is our sense of how good we feel about ourselves. It is based on our judgment of urselves, not on other people's assessment, but simply on our own. Our self-esteem is not efaendent on our talent. Some very ordinary people feel very good about themselves, while other extranordinarily high achievers hold low opintions of themselves.

Self-esteem is the primary key to long-term stress managerment. Why? The first three sourees of stress are: predictable life event, unexpected changes and build-up of daily stresscs, These are much easier to handle when we believe in ourselves, A postive, healthy self-estcem gives us the “hardiness”(强健) to deal with the difficulities of life, and to see them as challenges to be met, rather than threals to be feared.

The forth category of streesons is entirely the result of a low self-esteem. It is the category of stress that is most common and tiring over the long run. This kind of stress cannol be overcome, or evenchanged, until the self-exteem problems that cause it are corrected.

Learning to love yourself for who y ou are is the key to overcoming stress. Self-esteem comes form the self, and cannot be promoted by others. A person who fecls that his self-estecm comes from the approval of those around him or her is bound to self-destruct(自毁), One cannot keep the level of “performance” required to please everyone else, especially if that performance disagrees with who you are and is simply a facade that makes you popular with the world. When the applause is gone, there is nothing left.

Only those who can feel the strength of knowing who they are and those who can feel good about that will survive the stresses of life. Sef-esteem is the basis of contentment and positive living.

58. What is self-csteem?

       A.A kind of positive lifestyle.

       B.The impression we have on other people.

       C.Our sense of how good we feel about ourselves.

       D.Our understanding of how we are seen by others.

59.What is the key to overcoming stress according to the passage?

       A.Removing yourself from stressful situation.

       B.Learning to love yourself for who you are.

       C.Facing the stress and dealing with it.

       D.Getting help from friends.

60.What does the underlined word "facade" (in Para 5) mean?

       A.A false appearance.   B.A big worry.

       C.A wrong action.        D.A strange feeling.

61.The passage is written to ______.

       A.tell people how to overcome stress

       B.help people form good relationship with others

       C.show the importance of feeling good about yourself

       D.provide the different methods to get a clear view of yourself

Before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. He targeted a company which planned to  36 only one person. However, there Were over 20 candidates, among whom was my son. I  37 him,“It’s difficult to get into the company. Don’t  38 too much for fear that you would feel disappointed when you fail.”My son said smilingly, “ 39 I try, there will be hope!”

Of the 20 candidates, only three could  40 the final round, which would later decide the one to be employed. Everything seemed to  41 quite weIl and my son  42 the first round and entered the final. Unexpectedly, the final interview was unbelievably 43 , and all of them were asked to go home and wait for the  44 of the interview.

One morning, my son  45 a text from the company that he was not cmployed. Bcfore I  46 what to say to comfort him, I was told that afternoon that my son received another

47 saying he was employed.  48 the first text was also part of the test in the interview. The three men received the same text that morning and only my son’s  49 was satisfying to the company, so he was employed. I asked my son  50 they replied. My son told me that one  51 silent, one said“good-by”and he said“thank you”.

Only then did I know my son’s“ 52 ”came in that way. That is: don’t forget to say“thank you”to those who even  53 ou. Saying“thank you”shows your  54 for

others’work, therefore, you will get the upper hand in terms of  55 compared with others under the same conditions.

36. A. employ     B. support     C. manage     D. interview

37. A. interrupted  B. promised    C. reminded    D. followed

38. A. spend     B. expect     C. waste     D. wish

39. A. As if     B. as soon as   C. Even if     D. As long as

40. A. enter     B. survive     C. change     D. judge

41. A. move      B. go       C. fit      D. stay

42. A. passed     B. eatned     C. left      D. started

43. A. challenging  B. simple      C. perfect    D. secret

44. A. course     B. plan      C. answer     D. result

45. A. prepared    B. received    C. copied     D. wrote

46. A. figured out  B. took up     C. set off    D. worked on

47. A. gift      B. note      C. text      D. rule

48. A. Ridiculously  B. Actually    C. Cleverly    D. Sadly

49. A. reply     B. question    C. reason     D. belief

50. A. when      B. what      C. how      D. whom

51. A. got      B. kept      C. made      D. went

52. A. hope      B. dream      C. plan      D. aim

53. A. cheat     B. hate      C. dislike    D. disappoint

54. A. pity      B. doubt      C. respect    D. desire

55. A. chances    B. skills     C. lessons    D. salaries

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