Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 8:30a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..

The Language Center is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m. to 5:00p.m. for all full-time students.

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.

ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.

BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.

If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).

72. When do classes begin and end on a full day?

A. 8:30a.m.—1:30p.m..                        B. 8:30a.m.—3:00p.m..

C. 8:30a.m.—3:15p.m..                        D. 3:15p.m.—5:00p.m..

73. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. No teachers are in the language lab.    

B. 90% attendance is required for the students.

C. Books can’t be taken out of the center.  

D. Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes.

74. Timetable can be seen in _____.

A. the lecture hall       B. Room 3520     

C. the classroom        D. Room 1110

75. The books which the students wish to buy are in the _____.

A. library                            B. bookshop in the college    

C. street               D. classroom

What_____pleasant surprise! I’ll tell Richard about it____minute he comes home.

       A. a, the        B. a, a      C. a, /           D. /, the

. Some students are looking for a new study method, _____ that can help them get higher test scores.

A . it             B . which           C . that           D . one

 The little boy came ___________ the direction of his mom.

  A. running to    B.ran towards   C.running in         D. to run towards

 Some people said _____ that Copenhagen Conference 2009 didn’t reach any official agreement.

A. what was a pity                   B. what a pity it was

C. how pity was it                   D. it was what a pity

. Yesterday I went to see him, _________ that he had gone abroad two days before.

A. only to learn    B. to learn only    C. only learned    D. only learning

— It’s getting dark earlier than before, isn’t it?

       — Yes. I think so. I see ____ is on already.

       A．the street’s light            B．the light of the street      

       C．the streets’ light              D．the street light

When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it ________’

   A.breaks           B.were broken      C.has broken              D.had been broken

Coal mine accidents are frequently headline makers in China, offering a plentiful supply of long lists of the dead．Before this, five major coal mine accidents since January have already claimed lives of 287 coal miners.

    Once an accident happens, the safety measures are scrutinized, officials and owners responsible are punished or warned or fined．But the accidents keep happening time and again.

The background of this endless disaster is a country thirsty for energy to satisfy the appetite of its economic engine.

    With the rich reserve（储存）of coal and relatively limited petroleum（石油）reserve, the former makes up 67.12 percent of energy consumption．By contrast, petroleum and natural gas take about 60 percent of the energy consumption in other countries.

    Such a situation is unlikely to change within a foreseeable future because the country still counts heavily on coal for more and more energy．If no measures with great effects are taken to improve the safety in the mines, the accidents will remain a long-term headache for China.

    Digging coal underground is, by its nature, a dangerous job．No equipment can guarantee 100 percent safety for the miners working underground because numerous uncertainties exist.

    Most of China’s coal mines are far from being mechanized．The average output of coal for each Chinese coal miner every day is 1 ton, while the number in the US coal mines, where the production is highly mechanized, is 40 tons.

    Mechanized production in coal mines can cut down the number of miners who have to work on the dangerous coal face．It can also enhance the capability of the mines to detect potential danger．In this way mine accidents will be decreased.

    Admittedly, the mechanized production demands financial support.

    But what is the price of a life, or a dozen, a score – a hundred? Compare these awful figures with the misery they bring, heavy investment is worthy.

53．The writer’s attitude towards dealing with coal mine accidents is ________．         

       A．critical    B．positive          C．unclear          D．doubtful

54．The underlined word “scrutinized” most probably means ________．               

       A．made     B．examined        C．criticized         D．discussed

55．According to the writer, the best way to stop coal mine accidents is to ________.

       A．perfect safety measures           B．use more natural gas

       C．cut down the number of miners    D．improve mechanized production

56．The writer implies in the article that ________.

       A．by improving mechanized production, we can stop coal mine accidents

       B．it’s improper to depend too much on coal for energy consumption

       C．officials and coal mine owners didn’t take safety measures seriously

       D．losing lives costs much more than improving mechanized production

We ______ last night, but we went to the concert instead.

A．must have studied    B．might study

C．should have studied  D．would study