【题目】Will Nanfang University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen announce a new beginning for China’s higher education reform? It’s too early to answer. But its presence is challenging the Ministry of Education. Even without the approval of the ministry it seems that the school is determined to move forward and enroll 50 students, so-called child prodigies(奇才), to begin classes on March l, 2011.On graduating in 2015, these students will receive a diploma unauthorized by the Ministry of Education----unlike the students of their age from the state-run universities.

The school is committed to modeling itself on Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but if the government will not approve the school, the situation could cause a lot of trouble for those 50 students if they want to do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions. Other schools could turn their applications down for their unauthorized diplomas.

The difficulties, however, have not frightened students and their parents away. On Dec.18, 2010 more than 1,000 students and their parents visited Nanfang University of Science and Technology for interviews.

Private investment marks the school out from other higher learning institutions in the nation. Not a penny comes from the government. So the government will have no voice in how the school will be run.

The Ministry of Education has published a comprehensive plan for education reform and development between 2011 and 2020.The goal is to make China’s higher education internationally competitive. To accomplish this goal, the government should have the courage to let the educators who have big ideas try them out. The ministry should have applauded the independence. The school in Shenzhen has shown and encouraged more to do likewise.

Education reform in China has reached a new and crucial stage. Nanfang University of Science and Technology has a long way to go to prove itself competitive rather than a diploma mill.

【1】Over 1,000 students and parents visited the school because _________.

A．they believe that the school will have a bright future

B．they believe the government is sure to approve the school

C．the school models itself on Hong Kong University successfully

D．they will never do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions

【2】The trouble the students in the school may have is that ________.

A．the government will have no voice in the school

B．they won’t receive any diploma when graduating from the school

C．other schools are unlikely to accept their diploma from the school

D．they will not learn how to be competitive

【3】What does the author think of Nanfang University of Science and Technology?

A．It is another kind of diploma mill.

B．It’s impossible for the school to be competitive.

C．It will never get the approval from the Ministry of Education.

D．Its independence from the government may benefit the education reform.

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A．University of New Style.

B．China’s Education Reform.

C．Modeling Hong Kong University.

D．Authorized or Not?

【题目】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(Λ)，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一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I was working in a beer company, helped the president do something important. At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of the cancer. I worked during the day and drive 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tired, but it was that I wanted to do. I didn’t want to bother the president with my trouble, yet I felt someone at the company needed to know about it. So I told a friend and asked him not to share the information with someone. Therefore, the president called me into his office one day. He faced me from across her large desk, looked at me and said, “Alice, I hear your mother is very ill.” I was caught by surprise and burst into tear. He just gentle said a sentence I will never forget: “Whatever you need.”

【题目】

【1】amber

A. vase B. apart C. dragon D. trial

【2】bread

A. great B. leader C. weak D. breakfast

【3】choral

A. above B. glory C. host D. hot

【4】rise

A. dip B. chip C. dinosaur D. artist

【5】school

A. catch B. chemistry C. match D. teach

【题目】Researchers have invented _________ ears that look and act like the real ears, giving hope to patients missing all or part of their ears.

A. technological B. artificial

C. false D. magical

【题目】A

When I was six years old, my mother started making me take piano lessons. Every morning, she would make sure I sat in front of the piano and practiced for at least one hour. After two years, I still didn’t like it. When the time for my Grade Ⅰ examination, I couldn’t go through with it. I cried because I didn’t want to play the piano anymore. In the end, I was spared from going for any more lessons. That was the end of my music career.

When I look back at that time, I ask myself—why did I do that for two years? I didn’t think abut it then but the answer seems obvious now—I didn’t think I had a choice.

Then for twelve years, I felt that my life had no meaning. I felt that I really couldn’t go on. I kept waiting for something outside of me to happen to make me happy. But the universe intervened (干涉) and sent me help disguised in the form of a sales call.

One afternoon a lady called me about a Tony Robbins event called Unleash the Power Within. Part of me was curious; but when the time came, I still was considering if I should go in or go to the beach instead. I made a choice to give it a try. In that hall filled with 4,000 people, Tony gave me back something I never knew I had---the power of choice. I left there renewed and refreshed, excited about my new life, knowing from that point forward that in life there are no victims, only choices. To this day, I sometimes wonder how differently my life would have turned out if I had missed taking that sales call.

Sometimes in life, we are stuck in certain situations and it may seem that there is nothing we can do about it. Just remember that everything in life is about choice. You can make a choice to remove yourself from any situation that is not serving you right now. The question is---will you?

【1】What was the possible reason for the author’s giving up the piano?

A. His mother thought he played badly.

B. He liked playing other instruments.

C. He didn’t like to play the piano.

D. He couldn’t pass the examination.

【2】In the author’s opinion, the sales call is______.

A. to promote certain kind of products to him.

B. to help him in a different form.

C. to give him a chance to make a choice.

D. to interfere his normal life.

【3】After the author participated in the Tony Robbins event, he_____.

A. forgot about all the pleasant things in his life.

B. went to the beach immediately.

C. was hopeful and optimistic.

D. was ready to help others.

【4】What is main idea of the passage?

A. People should try different things in life.

B. Somehow we will get help in the end.

C. We should participate in more activities.

D. We aren’t helpless; we can control our own lives.

【题目】The doctor told Tom’s father that it would not take him a long time to _____ from his disease.

A. suffer B. cure C. treat D. recover

【题目】You can not imagine what great difficulty we had _____ the home for the old.

A. to set up B. setting up

C. set up D. to setting up

【题目】Too many young people doing volunteer work just for their resumes is ______ to the very purpose of volunteer groups and reduces their effectives.

A. effective B. faithful

C. artificial D. contrary

【题目】阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

It seemed that the water led to cholera．John Snow looked into the s 【1】 of the water for these two streets．He found that it came from the river, 【2】 had been polluted by the dirty water from London．Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to r 【3】 the handle from the water pump so it could not be used．Soon the disease began to slow 【4】 ．

John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas． 【5】 addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak．A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day．Both she and her daughter, who often visited her, 【6】 （死掉）of cholera after drinking the water．With this extra 【7】 （证据） , John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the disease．

To p 【8】 this from happening again, John Snow suggested that all water supplies be examined and new methods of 【9】 （处理）with polluted water be found．The water companies were also instructed not to expose people to polluted water anymore．Finally “King Cholera” was d 【10】

【题目】I am sorry that I can not meet you at the railway station. I _______ Beijing by the time you come back from abroad.

A. have left B. will have left

C. will leave D. am leaving