Have you ever got stuck with unwanted courses or a class schedule that cannot be changed? If so, that’s because you don’t know how to select the perfect schedule.But by following a few simple steps, you can begin any term with the right courses at the most convenient times.

First, you must find the right courses.These are the ones that have the least amount of work, the fewest tests and the kindest professors.Ask your friends about courses in which they received A’s after attending only 70 percent of the classes.Ask around, too, to see which instructors have given the same tests for the last fifteen years.Photocopies of these tests are usually cheap and can be easily found in school.Then, pick up a copy of the master schedule and study it carefully.Find the course titles that mean an easy pass for a painless subject.Look for titles like “Arts and Crafts for Beginners,” and “Rock Music of the 1950s.”

Next, when you have got lists of easy instructors and subjects you can begin to select your time periods.If you stay up late in order to watch old movies, you may want a daily schedule that begins no sooner than noon.You should schedule only afternoon courses, too, if you’re one of those people who hate to leave a warm bed in the morning.On the other hand, if you are a person who gets out of bed at dawn, you may want to get your classes as early as possible.That way you have the rest of the day free.Morning classes are also necessary if you are a soap opera(肥皂剧)fan.

Finally, you want your schedule to pass through registration successfully.The main way to do this is to register(注册)early.If a course does happen to be closed because you simply couldn’t register at 7:00 a.m., you may still be able to get in.Talk to the professor and tell him or her that a serious and hardworking student like yourself would be a shining example to other students.Be sure to carry a list of backup courses to registration, though, just in case one of your chosen classes changes professors or time periods.By following these suggestions, any student can pick the perfect class schedule.College can thus become an almost pleasant activity.

Which of the following statements is true?

A.You can get copies of tests if you are willing to pay the price.

B.“Rock Music of the 1950s” may be an easy course.

C.It is difficult to pick the perfect class schedule.

D.Attendance is required in all classes.

You should           

A.register for classes in the morning if you get up early

B.have classes late in the morning if you stay up late

C.sign up for afternoon classes if you want to see soap operas

D.choose classes in the evening if you want to watch old films

If a course happens to be closed, you should            

A.register at 7:00 a.m.                       B.sit in on the class anyway

C.register for a backup course                 D.get help from the professor

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Course Registration Made Easy       B.How to Find the Right Courses   

C.Classes and After-class Activities     D.How to Pick the Perfect Schedule

IV. 阅读理解:                   

   Bill Robinson is on trial for murder(因谋杀而受审).He grew up in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year.When he was nineteen years old,he was asked to join the army and was soon sent to fight in Vietnam.He was very unhappy there as he hated the war and he hated killing people.Two years later he returned home and tried to pick up where he had left off,but things were never quite the same again for the young black man.For one thing,he always had terrible dreams about the war.He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to leave school.Then he was fired from one job after another.He wanted to meet someone nice and get married,but he just couldn't seem to get close to anyone.He became angry easily and people avoided him.He was always lonely.Finally one day,while eating at a restaurant,Bill lost control of himself and shot someone for no reason at all.Bill's lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible for the shooting.He hopes that the judge and the jury(陪审团)will understand that Bill was“temporarily insane(一时精神错乱)”and did not really choose to kill anyone.

1.What did Bill Robinson do after he returned from abroad?

   A.He gave up the chance to go back to college.  B.He tried to go back to his normal life.

   C.He picked up his things and left again.       D.He found what he had dreamed of.

2.He failed to complete his college education because he ____ .

     A.hated school           B.joined the army  

    C.didn't study hard        D.found it difficult to keep his mind on his studies

3.He never married because ____ .

    A.there were no nice girls around      B.he didn't care to meet any girls

    C.he hadn't met girls that he liked      D.he found it hard to make friends with girls

4.The best title for this article is ____ .

    A.Robinson on Trial            B.Murder at a Restaurant

    C.A Young Black Man          D.A Victim(受害者) of the Vietnam War 

     Last April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office. It

 included a variety of “fun facts” about the mall, for example, 140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full-time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking places, 13,000 tons of steel and $ 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs. Opened in the summer of 2005, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had been. It was only a five-minute drive from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. With 4.2 million square feet of floor space ----- twenty-two times the size of the average American shopping center –the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United States.

    I know already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not only as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attaction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall.  Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $ 625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales are expected to be at $ 650 million for 2008 and at $ I billion for 2009. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Amold Schwarzenegger visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as Knott’s Camp Snoopy.

60. We know from the text that the Mall of America is _________.

  A.near an old stadium                  B.close to an airport

  C.higher than the Eiffel Tower           D.bigger than most American parks

61. Why are the pieces of information provided by the Mall of America referred to as “fun facts”?

  A.They are largely imagined.          B.They are surprising figures(数字)

  C.They give exact descriptions.        D.They make people feel uneasy.

62. Why does the author mention popular stars who have been to the mall?

A.To show its power of attraction.

B.To show that few rich people like to shop there.

C.To tell the public about a new movie being made about it.

D.To tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.

63. We can infer from the text that _______.

  A.Japanese visitors are most welcome to the mall

B.Canadian visitors would spend $ I billion at the mall

C.Knott’s Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of America

D.the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose(目的)

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