●Visit the new College of Engineering Alumni Web for career services．
●coming events, photo collections, and career services．
●Reunion Weekend 2004 is just around the corner, and we invite you back to BU to take part in all the fun．
★BU Breaking News
□Boston University Professor demands Napping at the Workplace in His Speech．(3/18)
□Boston University Hosts Discussion on Putin, U．S．-Russian ties for Future．(3/11)
□BU Physicist Receives Boltzmann Award For Excellent Work In Physics at the Conference．(3/8)
★Features
□Learn more about the Young Alumni Council, serving alumni up to 15 years out of BU．
□Offer students jobs for earning income to pay their taxes．
★Student Village will be the center of BU life．
□Four BU students share their home schooling experiences, and the lessons they learned．
□Scientists at the South End will study the world’s most dangerous microbes(微生物), and develop measures to bioterrorism．
The Alumni Magazine
Winter 2003
(1)
Which of the following statements is true according to the webpage?
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A．
Alumni Web cares about BU’s scientific research rather than international situations．
B．
BU provides students with home schooling．
C．
Reunion Weekend 2004 is one of the most important news of this week．
D．
Amumni Web was set up 15 years ago．
(2)
The underlined word “around the corner” probably means “________”．
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A．
in the immediate future
B．
at present
C．
in the distant future
D．
around here
(3)
If you are a biology student at BU, what is most probably your first choice after you finish reading the webpage?
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A．
Watch the video of the Discussion．
B．
Buy the magazine Bostonia．
C．
Watch the video of the Conference．
D．
Book tickets for the Reunion Weekend．
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Plea se speak to me in 1 , ” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 2 speaking in Spani sh．The word s 3 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 4 if she learned to speak Engli sh．We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 5 to store owner s and my teacher s．I wa s determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 6 ．“Don't you want to be 7 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered．Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me．“What? ” I wa s not 8 with her, either．She 9 for the Engli sh word s．“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 10 her, but now she refu sed to an swer．In 11 , we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I wa s 12 ．I had expected a meeting at someone' s 13 -a garden club or a parent s’ group．Then I 14 a sign on a door．My mother wa s 15 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!
“I don't under stand． 16 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked．“You'll learn fa ster if you 17 with me．” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent．She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 18 you．”
I 19 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 20 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, e stabien．”
