题目内容
_____do you go to the cinema? Twice a month.
A.How many time B.How much
C.How long D.How often
D
What is the difference between a college and a university? This is a good question for students who want to attend a college or a university in the United States.
Colleges and universities have many things in common. Both provide a greater understanding of the world and its past. Both provide education in the arts and sciences. And both can help prepare young people to earn a living.
Students who complete their undergraduate studies either at a four-year college or a university receive a bachelor’s degree. One difference is that many colleges do not offer graduate studies.
Universities are generally bigger, offer more programs and do more research. Modern universities developed from those of the Middle Ages in Europe. The word “university” comes from the Latin “universitas”. This described a group of people organized for a common purpose. The word “college” comes from a Latin word with a similar meaning, “collegium”. In England, colleges were formed to provide students with places to live in. Usually each group of students was studying the same thing. So college came to mean an area of study. But a college can also be a part of a university. The first American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college. This is still true.
Programs in higher learning may also be called schools. The University of Arizona in Tucson, for example, has 18 colleges and 10 schools. They include the colleges of pharmacy (制药学), education, engineering and law. They also include the schools of architecture, dance and public administration.
College is also used as a general term for higher education. A news report might talk about “college students” even if they include students at universities. Or someone might ask, “Where do you go to college?”
Today, most American colleges offer an area of study called liberal arts. These are subjects first developed and taught in ancient Greece. They include language, philosophy and mathematics. The purpose is to train a person’s mind instead of teaching job skills.
【小题1】The passage is probably written to _________.
| A.persuade students to go to college instead of schools |
| B.tell students the differences between colleges and universities |
| C.help students make a better choice of what kind of colleges they should go to |
| D.inform students about how much they are going to spend in going to college |
| A.only students studying in colleges |
| B.students studying in colleges in the USA |
| C.only students studying in universities |
| D.students receiving higher education |
| A.Both universities and colleges include different schools. |
| B.The purpose of liberal arts is to train a person’s job skill. |
| C.Both universities and colleges can help prepare students to make a living. |
| D.Most American universities have 18 colleges and 10 schools. |
| A.get students ready to earn a living |
| B.teach students subjects from engineering to philosophy |
| C.help students achieve a stronger and clearer mind |
| D.encourage more students to begin the study of arts |
B
He is a lesson to every boy who ever picked up a basketball and dreamed that it would change his life.
The lights were never brighter and the crowds were never bigger for a homegrown sports hero than they were a quarter-century ago for Ray Hall. But his athletic achievements, as impressive as they are, are to my mind not what is most admirable about the man.
Known as “Sugar Ray” in his teens, Hall was rated among the country’s top 25 high school basketball players. An inner-city kid from a solid family, Hall took on the challenge of lifting Canisius College — still recovering from its failure — back to respectability, rejecting more favorable offers. His status of a savior (救世主) brought more pressure than any 18-year-old should have to handle. However, I watched him mature into the player who led Canisius back to daylight.
After college Hall played professionally in Italy and Greece for over 10 years until a car accident at 32 ended his basketball career. The news that he would never play again shocked Hall but unlike so many others he was ready for life after basketball. When I met Hall — still fit at 46 — for lunch Monday, he wore a cut-sharp gray suit, designer tie and blazing white shirt that screamed Success. “That was always the question — when the cheers end, where do you go? Who do you turn to?” he said. “It starts and ends with that person in the mirror.”
Hall got the concept of academics-first from his parents. He graduated from Canisius a semester early. “No matter how good of an athlete you are, you are just one injury away from losing it all,” he said. “But if you take care of things academically, you are prepared until you leave this earth.”
For the past 14 years, he has been in a computer sales job at Ingram Micro. He married his college sweetheart. They have three kids and a nice house in the suburbs. He figured out early what others learn too late: Athletics is part of a journey, not the destination.
Congratulations, Ray, you made it. In more ways than one.
【小题1】Ray was regarded as a savior because ________.
| A.he liked to take on challenges |
| B.he helped his team to regain its glory |
| C.he was faithful to his hometown city |
| D.he fought hard against failure at a young age |
| A.Unlike other athletes, he was academically superior. |
| B.He defeated his injury and returned to the playground. |
| C.He enjoys a successful job and a happy family. |
| D.He has gained impressive athletic achievements. |
a. He was rated among the best high school basketball players.
b. He was in a car accident.
c. He graduated from Canisius College.
d. He started his computer sales job.
e. He gave up his athletic career.
| A.a, c, b, e, d | B.a, c, e, b, d | C.c, a, b, d, e | D.c, a, e, b, d |
| A.Ray was from an academic family |
| B.Ray was very mature in his teens |
| C.Ray was once desperate facing the cruel reality |
| D.athletics was not Ray’s final goal in life |
| A.To describe the difficulties of being a professional athlete. |
| B.To explain the importance of choosing the right college. |
| C.To emphasize the need for a good education. |
| D.To warn against playing professional basketball. |