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The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term is also connected with academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism(精英主义).
The term became official, especially in sports terminology, after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954, when much of the nation polarized around favorite college teams. “IV” was used because originally the league consisted only of four members. The use of the phrase is no longer limited to athletics, and now represents an educational philosophy inherent to ( 固有的，内在的)the nation's oldest schools. In addition, Ivy League schools are often viewed by the public as some of the most prestigious （著名的）universities worldwide and are often ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
All of the Ivy League's institutions place near the top in the U.S. News & World Reportcollege and university rankings and rank within the top one percent of the world's academic institutions in terms of financial endowment(捐助). Seven of the eight schools were founded during America's colonial period; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions, therefore, account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The Ivies are all in the Northeast geographic region of the United States. All eight schools receive millions of dollars in research grants and other subsidies from federal and state government.
Undergraduate enrollments among the Ivy League schools range from about 4,000 to 14,000, making them larger than those of a typical private liberal arts college and smaller than a typical public state university. Ivy League university financial endowments range from Brown's数学公式26 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world

  1. 1.

    Which meaning can the term “the Ivy League” convey today?

    1. A.
      The largest enrollment
    2. B.
      The strongest government support
    3. C.
      The most expensive schools
    4. D.
      First-class education
  2. 2.

    From the passage, we know the word “Ivy” in “the Ivy League” was first chosen to refer to _______

    1. A.
      a plant
    2. B.
      a number
    3. C.
      a sport
    4. D.
      a spirit
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      There is no longer sports competition in the Ivy League
    2. B.
      Seven colleges were set up before the USA was founded
    3. C.
      Brown University has the smallest number of students
    4. D.
      Typical public state universities are larger than the Ivies
  4. 4.

    What is special about Cornell University in the League?

    1. A.
      It is the oldest one
    2. B.
      It was founded by colonists
    3. C.
      It has the smallest endowment
    4. D.
      It is the youngest one
  5. 5.

    Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      The ABC of “The Ivy League”
    2. B.
      Best Universities in the USA
    3. C.
      The Financial Income of American Universities
    4. D.
      How to Apply to an Ivy League University
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试题分析：文章介绍常青藤大学的一些基本信息，常青藤这个词的起源，含义，常青藤大学的一些情况。
1.细节题：从第一段的句子：The term is also connected with academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism(精英主义).可知the Ivy League可以是一种优质的教育。选D
2.细节题：从第一段的句子：The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group.可知答案是B。
3.细节题：从最后一段的句子：Undergraduate enrollments among the Ivy League schools range from about 4,000 to 14,000, making them larger than those of a typical private liberal arts college and smaller than a typical public state university.可知常青藤大学一般比典型的公立大学小，选D
4.推理题：从第四段的句子;Seven of the eight schools were founded during America's colonial period; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865.可知是Cornell大学是最年轻的，选D
5.主旨题：从整篇文章可知文章讲的是常青藤大学的一些基本信息。选A 
考点：考查教育类短文
点评：文章结构清晰，先介绍主旨，然后举例说明，题目设置很合理，做题时可以带着题目到文章找信息句，再加以判断。
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If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music.
“Facts suggest that exercise improves the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.
The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after working out with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress, sadness and nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
In medical fields, music is used widely for patients who have had head hurts before and after operation. “The Four Seasons” was used because of its moderate tempo（舒缓的节拍）and positive results in earlier research. “Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system(神经系统) and these changes may have a direct result on learning ability,” Emery said.
Scientists have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. By 2000, psychologists were using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders. Mozart was chosen because his music is not overexciting and has clear structures. A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them

  1. 1.

    The underlined word enhance can be replaced by ______

    1. A.
      impress
    2. B.
      improve
    3. C.
      provide
    4. D.
      produce
  2. 2.

    The text mainly tells us that _____

    1. A.
      music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleep
    2. B.
      33 volunteers work on music in medical fields
    3. C.
      exercising to music makes people healthy and bright
    4. D.
      scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise to
  3. 3.

    It can be learned from the last paragraph that ______

    1. A.
      you are supposed to follow your parents’ words
    2. B.
      students should not listen to music before exams
    3. C.
      you have some good reasons to exercise to music
    4. D.
      music might help you to get higher grades in tests
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      Exercise seems to cause negative changes without music
    2. B.
      Exercise reminds people with head hurts of what they’ve learned
    3. C.
      Scientists often use Mozart’s music, for it is not too exciting
    4. D.
      “The Four Seasons” is used to help children with speech disorders

One of Lewis Gordon Pugh’s first big attempts to put his cold-water skills to the test nearly ended in disaster. On a one-mile swim in Antarctica in December 2005, just yards from the finish, his body began to give in. The temperature inside his thigh muscle dropped to 87.8 degrees, the lowest ever measured in him. He was completely at the limits of his ability.
Despite what he called the “grueling (折磨人的)” Antarctic swim, Pugh scheduled an even more fearsome test for himself at the North Pole. Stepping off the way of the Russian icebreaker that had crunched(咯吱作响的穿过) through floating sea ice for five days to take him to the North Pole, Pugh walked across the ice to a pool of open water over one mile long and two and a half miles deep. The sea temperature was 29 degrees, only a little above the freezing point of salt water.
Pugh quickly took off his padded clothes. In only his bathing suit and cap, his skin already pink, he walked to the water’s edge. “The only place I’m getting out is at the end,” he told himself. Then he removed his earphones and dived in.
The pain was immediate. His entire body felt on fire. The doctor kept pace with him in a boat. Through iced-up goggles(护目镜), Pugh could see the armed guards keeping watch for bears.
His friend Becker had broken down the huge task into manageable parts, each one marked by a flag planted in the ice that represented a friend, family member, or teammate. Fog started to roll in as Pugh headed for the final marker, the flag of Great Britain. He imagined his late father standing beside it--- the man who had done so much to give him an interest in adventure. Then Pugh drove himself to the finish. After 18 minutes 50 seconds in the water, his body was not even hypothermic(体温过低的)

  1. 1.

    Why did Lewis Gordon Pugh swim in Antarctica in December 2005?

    1. A.
      To train his determination
    2. B.
      To end a disaster
    3. C.
      To test his cold-water skills
    4. D.
      To check the temperature in Antarctica
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred that in the pool at the North Pole Lewis Gordon Pugh __________

    1. A.
      had to suffer from the cold water with his goal to achieve
    2. B.
      dived to the depth of two and a half miles
    3. C.
      broke the records that the Russian kept
    4. D.
      spent nearly 19 minutes walking over one mile
  3. 3.

    To make sure of the successful test in the pool at the North Pole, __________

    1. A.
      Lewis Gordon Pugh had to carry flags
    2. B.
      Lewis Gordon Pugh was accompanied by his father
    3. C.
      Pugh took measures to keep his body temperature
    4. D.
      Pugh’s task was separated into several parts

It is a matter of common observation that although money income keeps going up over the years, we never seem to become richer. Prices are rising continuously. This condition is what we call inflation: the money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable. We have got used to higher and higher rates of inflation in recent years. What could be bought twenty years ago for one pound now costs well over 2 pounds. And at present this rate of inflation seems to be rising rather than falling. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices do. One might think that inflation doesn’t matter. But it does ------.When money is losing value it also loses one of the qualities of a good money—stability of value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes an unsuitable means of delayed payment. Nobody wants to hold a wasting possession, so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore simply stimulates（刺激）our spending and discourages saving

  1. 1.

    From the passage we can know that inflation is a situation in which________

    1. A.
      everyone’s incomes rise
    2. B.
      money will hold its value
    3. C.
      we can watch our money grow
    4. D.
      money constantly loses its value
  2. 2.

    In the writer’s view, if incomes and prices rise at the same rate, ________

    1. A.
      inflation maybe still be a problem
    2. B.
      we have nothing to worry about
    3. C.
      inflation is no longer a problem
    4. D.
      we will become richer and richer
  3. 3.

    Under inflation people are likely to ________

    1. A.
      go to the bank more often than usual
    2. B.
      save more money since their incomes rise
    3. C.
      spend money quickly rather than to save it
    4. D.
      keep money at home instead of going to banks
  4. 4.

    We can conclude according to the passage that ________

    1. A.
      the writer is a government official
    2. B.
      the writer is worried about inflation
    3. C.
      the writer encourages people to spend money
    4. D.
      the writer has become richer because of inflation
  5. 5.

    Which of the following words is omitted at the end of the underlined sentence “But it does”?

    1. A.
      matter,
    2. B.
      goes
    3. C.
      rises
    4. D.
      fall

What’s on Stage
An acrobatic（杂技） show: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe（剧团） will present “The Soul of China”, where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills（寒意） will run down your spine（脊柱） as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge.
Time: 7:30 p.m. , September 13~19
Place: Capital Theatre, 22 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District
Exhibitions
Joint Show: A group ink paiting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display.
Time: 9:00a.m. ~5:00 p.m. until September 10
Place: Huangshicheng Art Gallery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng District
Oil paintings: The Wangfu Art Gallery will host a joint show of oil painting by 10 young and middle-aged artists. On display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture（充分体现） the wonderful variety of life in unique styles.
Time: 9:00 a.m. ~4:00 p.m. until September 15
Place: 136 Nanchizi Street, Dongcheng District
Literature museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an indepth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949.
Time: 9:00 a.m. ~4:00 p.m. , daily
Place: 45 Anyuan Donglu, Chaoyang District (Shaoyaoju area）
Concerts
Beijing rocks: “The Fashion Night of Chinese Rock” is set to bring back fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm.
Time: September 16
Place: The Olympic Center
Belgium Orchestra: La Petite Bande, the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium, will perform in Beijing at the Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities as part of activities across the world in memory of the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death.
Time: 7:30 p.m. , September 11~14
Place: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

  1. 1.

    The main purpose of the passage is to ______

    1. A.
      prove there’re more cultural activities in September
    2. B.
      compare several interesting activities
    3. C.
      ask use to decide which activity is the best
    4. D.
      attract the audience to attend different activities
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is NOT on stage in the same district?

    1. A.
      Oil paintings
    2. B.
      An acrobatic show
    3. C.
      Literature museum
    4. D.
      Joint Show
  3. 3.

    If it is September 15th today, how many activities can you choose to attend?

    1. A.
      3
    2. B.
      4
    3. C.
      5
    4. D.
      6
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      When you are watching the acrobatic show, you’ll certainly feel cold
    2. B.
      The audience cannot select any music in Beijing rocks concert
    3. C.
      If you are interested in foreign literature, you can go to the Literature museum
    4. D.
      We can enjoy a lot of cultural activities in Beijing in September

Marie Curie was a Polish-born physicist and chemist and one of the most famous scientists of her time. Together with her husband Pierre, she won the Nobel Prize in 1903, and another one in 1911.
Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867, the daughter of a teacher. In 1891, she went to Paris to study physics and maths at the Sorbonne where she met Pierre Curie, professor of the School of Physics. They married in 1895.
The Curies worked together studying radioactivity(放射性), building on the work of the German physicist Roentgen and the French physicist Becquerel. In July 1898, the Curies announced the discovery of polonium(钋). At the end of the year, they announced the discovery of another, radium(镭). The Curies, along with Becquerel, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
Pierre’s life was cut short in 1906 when he was knocked down and killed by a carriage. Marie took over his teaching post, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, and devoted (献身于) herself to continuing the work that they had begun together. She received a second Nobel Prize, for Chemistry, in 1911.
The Curies’ research was important in developing X-rays in surgery. During World WarⅠ, Marie helped fixed X-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She helped train doctors for the International Red Cross.
Although she achieved much success, men scientists in France were still against Marie, and she never received any financial help from her work. By the late 1920s her health was beginning to become worse. She died on 4 July 1934 from her dangerous research. The Curies’ eldest daughter Irene was a scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

  1. 1.

    All the following people contributed to Marie’s first Nobel Prize EXCEPT _____

    1. A.
      Irene
    2. B.
      Pierre
    3. C.
      Becquerel
    4. D.
      Roentgen
  2. 2.

    We can know from the text that Marie’s work______

    1. A.
      won her respect from men scientists
    2. B.
      brought her some financial help
    3. C.
      had a bad effect on her health
    4. D.
      had no influence on her children
  3. 3.

    Which is the right order of the following events?
    ①Marie became a teacher at the Sorbonne.
    ②Marie helped train doctors.
    ③The Curies discovered polonium.
    ④The Curies won the Nobel Prize for Physics.
    ⑤The Curies discovered radium

    1. A.
      ①④⑤③②
    2. B.
      ③⑤④①②
    3. C.
      ⑤④①③②
    4. D.
      ②③⑤①④
  4. 4.

    Which of the following about Marie is NOT true?

    1. A.
      She married at the age of 28
    2. B.
      Her parent was a teacher
    3. C.
      She was the first woman teacher at the Sorbonne
    4. D.
      She helped the International Red Cross fix X-ray equipment


Climate change experts from the Tyndall Climate Research Centre in Britain have said urgent action is needed to curb the rapid growth in air travel if the government is to meet its commitments on tackling global warming. This report from Stephen Evans:
Falling ticket prices and rising incomes are leading to rapid growth in global air travel. According to the British government, the number of British air passengers, for example, will more than double in the next quarter of a century. Increases of such an order would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and aviation fuel may be more harmful to the environment than other fuels because the resulting smoke is emitted at high altitudes.
A group of scientists at the environmental research group, the Tyndall Centre, says that if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging emissions, other uses of fuel like for heating homes or driving cars would have to be cut dramatically.
The British government wants the use of aviation fuel covered by international agreement on the environment. The difficulty for any individual government is that taxing fuel used at its own airports might push airlines to move their operations to competing airports in other countries

  1. 1.

    Which statement is TRUE?

    1. A.
      A lot of people around the world have recently stopped flying because they have less money to spend and the price of plane tickets is going up
    2. B.
      Half as many people as today will fly in the next 25 years
    3. C.
      Because more planes are suing more flight petrol and more pollution is being produced in the sky
    4. D.
      The British government would like all countries to agree not to tax airline fuel
  2. 2.

    Which is the reason that leads to the rapid growth in global air travel?

    1. A.
      The increase of incomes and the decrease of ticket prices
    2. B.
      The growth of the number of good planes
    3. C.
      The falling of the oil price
    4. D.
      The encouragement of the governments
  3. 3.

    The Tyndall Centre says ________

    1. A.
      the number of British air passengers will more than double in the next quarter of a century
    2. B.
      Britain will have to use less energy at home and on the roads to meet the goal of cutting pollution
    3. C.
      If airports are taxed for using fuel by each country’s government, then airlines might use other airports with cheaper fuel taxes
    4. D.
      Only the use of aviation fuel needs to be cut down to meet the overall target for cutting damaging emissions
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title of the text?

    1. A.
      Falling Ticket Prices and Rising Incomes
    2. B.
      Growth in Air Travel Harms Environment
    3. C.
      Rapid Growth in Global Air Travel
    4. D.
      More Flight Petrol, More smoke

_____ was obvious ______ the manager was waiting for LiFang to leave


  1. A.
    It, that
  2. B.
    This, that
  3. C.
    That, what
  4. D.
    What, that

Brave Frenchman Found Half­way Around the World (NEW YORK)A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two­year­old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday’s DailyNews said 29­year­old Julien Duret from France is the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum.He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
“I didn’t think at all，” Duret told the DailyNews.“It happened very fast.I reacted very fast.”
Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier (码头) when he saw something falling into the water.He  thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river.In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said.Fortunately，when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera.An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers.Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France.Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism had greatly moved New York until he  was leaving the city the next morning.
“I don’t really think I’m a hero，”said Duret.“Anyone would do the same thing.”

  1. 1.

    Why was Duret in New York?

    1. A.
      To meet his girlfriend
    2. B.
      To work as an engineer
    3. C.
      To spend his holiday
    4. D.
      To visit the Andersons
  2. 2.

    What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

    1. A.
      He was interviewed by a newspaper
    2. B.
      He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes
    3. C.
      He went to the hospital in the ambulance
    4. D.
      He disappeared from the spot quickly
  3. 3.

    ．Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

    1. A.
      David Anderson
    2. B.
      A passer­by
    3. C.
      His girlfriend
    4. D.
      A taxi driver

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