There are two main forms of teaching in Nottingham University: seminar(研讨会) and lecture. They are very different from the sort of teaching most often used in schools and colleges.

    In seminars you will be taught with discussion focusing on a text or topic set in advance in a friendly and informal atmosphere. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to try out new ideas and to think through difficulties with fellow- learners. Students develop friendships through groups, as well as learning more about other people’s ideas. You can also know your tutors as an individual rather than a face at the end of the room.

    Lectures are the most formal. There may be over a hundred in the audience and the lecture Mil last about fifty minutes. The value of the lecture is that it can present to a large number of people information which is not readily available in books, that it can give you an opportunity to hear a specialist develop a coherent (有条理的) argument, and that it can show visual material to a wide audience.

    Your typical week’s work will feel strange after school or college since there are fewer timetabled teaching hours. Each week in the first year you may attend about six lectures and four to six seminars or tutorials (辅导). For the rest of the time you are working on your own, doing the necessary reading in preparation for tutorials or writing seminar papers. When writing an essay or carrying out project work, you can often discuss with your tutor about the title and topic.

68. The purpose of the passage is ________.

to introduce two main forms of teaching

to persuade you to try out new ideas

to stress the importance of discussion

to make you believe that seminar is more helpful

69. One of the values of the lecture is

  A. to make friends through groups

  B. to learn more about other people’s ideas

  C. to offer a chance to discuss with a specialist

  D. to present to students information not found in books

70. Your typical week’s work in the university will feel strange because ________.

  A. you may have no project work after class

  B. you may give lectures and seminars

  C. you may have fewer timetabled teaching hours

  D. you may write seminar papers with fellow-learners

71. We can learn from the passage that _________.

  A. seminar is better than lecture        B. lecture is better than seminar

  C. seminar is more formal than lecture   D. lecture is more formal than seminar

Cafe Hub

Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our caf6 is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining.  Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.

The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Open every day from 9:30 a.m. till late.

Tel: 0131 473 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh. com

Enjoy being "A Farmer for a Day". Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies -- bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course, Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.

Open: May―Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a. m.--5 p. m.

Tel: 01797 260256/260321 www. farmworld-rye, co. uk

Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 19 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2006 is for you!

Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English -- based on one of three different topics. You can register(报名) between May I and June 15, 2006 and will bare to turn in your entry before September 15, 2006.

The rewards are wonderful: £150,000 in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp -- plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!

For further information and registration forms go to: www. siemens, com/join _ multimedia.

64. You' 11 have to register first if you want ________.

  A. to enjoy delicious food

  B. to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres

  C. to enter the Europe-wide student competition

  D. to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace

65. According to the passage, there will be _______ rewards for the Europe-wide student competition.

  A. only one      B. two           C. three           D. four

66. You can visit Farm World

  A. on Monday in May              B. any day in October

  C. at 2 p.m. at Christmas           D. at 10:30 a.m. during school holidays

67. From the advertisements above, we can learn that __

  A. Cafe Hub is a popular place in the local area

  B. families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground

  C. Farm World provides lunches, snacks and fine dining

  D. the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15, 2006

  As skies are filled with millions of migrating(迁徙) birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange: The fatter the bird, tile better it flies.

    The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics (空气动力学), which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight.

    For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think. Researchers found that red knot wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice-a-year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic. Distance: 5,000 kilometers.

    Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an aerodynamic group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird' s air stream.

    Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds complete difficult migrations. Researchers had thought that thinner, stronger birds would have the best chance to survive.

    The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it takes to carry the additional weight.

    In the study, researchers said their team studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated(模拟的) flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds' bodies so that they could measure the amount of energy burnt during the flight.

60. A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh ________ before making its nonstop migrating flight.

  A. 50 grams    B. 100 grams       C. 150 grams       D. 200 grams

61. During their migrating flight, red knot wading birds can save energy by flying

  A. separately   B. alone           C. in groups        D. in pairs

62. A ________ red knot wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.

  A. stronger     B. weaker         C. thinner          D. fatter

63. The best title for this passage may probably be ________.

Birds Thin Down For Journey

Birds Fatten Up For Journey

How Birds Build Up Fat For Journey

How Birds Burn Energy For Journey

    Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I' m not a football commentator (评论员), though --just an English teacher in Japan.

    I came to Japan two years ago, and did’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it' s best to teach, in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for tile nightlife factor. But I' d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.

    I teach English privately, which means I' m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it's well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule (日程表) of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.

    Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.

    The schools are reluctant to take time off -- even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

56. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in ________.

  A. Tokyo                       B. a small town

  C. a city of middle size            D. a big city

57. According to the writer, one had better ________ first to do private teaching better.

  A. take a TEFL course             B. decide his or her own lessons

  C. find students                  D. build up a full schedule

58. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that ________.

  A. there are many foreigners in Japan

  B. Japan is good for nightlife

  C. they can teach English privately in Japan

  D. Japan has something more attractive than expected

59. The underlined word "reluctant" in the passage may probably mean ________.

  A. kind         B. unwilling          C. free           D. careless

    The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn't until October 26 that Vice-Admiral(海军中将）Collingwood was  36  to send off his report to Britain  37  tile victory and Nelson' s death.

    He chose  38  the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet. Pickle.  39  by Captain Lapenotiere. In spite of  40  winds and rough seas, Pickle made the  41  of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days,  42  Falmouth on the morning of November 4.

    From there, Captain Lapenotiere  43  a fast post chaise (轻便马车) to London, traveling   44   for 37 hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6 -- less than 11 days after he had.  45   Collingwood.

    Most of the officials had gone to bed  46  , but the secretary was still  47  in the famous Board Room. Lapenotiere hurried in and  48   the report with the simple words:" Sir, we have gained a great victory. But we have  49  Lord Nelson."

    Copies of the report were quickly made and  50   to the Prime Minister and King George III. A special edition of a  51  was rushed out and delivered all over the country.

    The atmosphere of public  52  for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow for the   53   of Nelson.  As one poet later wrote: "The victory of Trafalgar was  54  . indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing (欢庆),  55  they were without joy."

 Always read the __ on tile bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine.

  A. explanations     B. instructions   C. descriptions     D. introductions

 --It's burning hot today, isn't it?

   -- Yes,     yesterday.

  A. So was it      B. So it was      C. So it is       D. So is it

_______ for the breakdown of tile school computer network, Alice was in low spirits.

  A. Blaming       B. Blamed       C. To blame      D. To be blamed

The workers will go on strike if the demands they ________ put forward are turned down.

  A. could       B. would          C. 不填         D. had

The moment the 28th Olympic Games ________ open, the whole world cheered.

  A. declared                       B. have been declared

  C. have declared                D. were declared