On every measure, Britain is an expensive place to study. Tuition fees(学费) in the UK have now reached £ 9,250 a year and students also face some of the highest living costs in the world. Fortunately there are a number of countries where universities offer degree programmes entirely in English, along with the chance to learn the local language while you live there. Here are three of the options broken down in detail.
University of Amsterdam
The Dutch capital is not a cheap city to live in, but standard tuition fees of £ 1,800 a year make it significantly cheaper than a British degree at £ 37,400 for three years all in. There are 14 bachelor’s degrees on offer that are taught in English, including Political Science, Economics & Business Economics and Actuarial Science. Nearly all Dutch people speak English, making it an easy country to get by in.
Tianjin University
Moving to China is not for the faint-hearted. Undergraduate degree courses at Tianjin last four years,
but the total cost, at £ 28,800, is still around half the cost of a three-year degree in Britain. Living costs are only around £ 400 a month and tuition fees are £ 2,300 a year. Flights will cost £ 3,600 over the four years. Tianjin is one of the world’s latest cities and is only a half-hour train ride from Beijing. Three undergraduate programmes are offered in English:Chemical Engineering, Environment & Energy and Pharmaceutical Science.
University of Milan
The University of Milan’s fees range from £ 140 to £3,650 a year. The one bachelor’s degree offered entirely in English--Political Sciences--is a three-year course. While living costs in Milan are high, the significantly lower fees make it a cheaper option than a British university.
1.What may be the annual living cost in Tianjin University?
A.£ 400. B.£ 2300.
C.£3600. D.£ 4800.
2.Where can you major in Political Science?
A.London and Tianjin. B.Amsterdam and London.
C.Amsterdam and Milan. D.Tianjin and Milan.
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To encourage people to study abroad. B.To introduce some affordable universities.
C.To advertise some degree programs. D.To compare tuition fees and living cost
你是李华,你校学生会即将组织一次徒步活动,已在校园网发布方案,征求师生的修改意见。你需要写一 封邮件,包含以下两点:
1. 提出你觉得需要改进的地方;
2. 需要改进的原因。
徒步活动主题:发现重庆
时间:5月1日下午2点
路线:从人民大礼堂(the Great Hall of the People)到解放碑、(Liberation Monument),全程徒步。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\ )划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today I’d like to introduce you to Chinese knots. In China, it is a long history of using knots for decoration. Culturally they are expected to keeping off evil spirits. Associated with symbolic meanings, knots are also used gifts.
One major characteristic of decorative knotwork is that all the knots is tied by using one piece of thread, which is usually about one meter in the length. However, finishing knots look the same from both the front or back. They can come in a variety of color, though the most common used color is red. This is why it symbolizes good luck and prosperity.
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Getting a new phone isn't cheap, so you want 1. to last as long as possible. The following problems are what you need to pay attention to. Your phone, like any other tool or device, 2. (age) and loses effectiveness the more you use it. So little extras, like vibrating notice, are habits that make your phone's job 3.( hard) than expected. The issue with these habits essentially boils down to having your phone constantly 4.( run) at full capacity when it's unnecessary.
Unused apps can eat up the battery life of both iPhones and Androids. If you open an app once and never use it again, the app might still run in the background. 5., swiping out of apps you aren't using or no longer need is 6.easy solution, which can extend the battery life of your phone while also 7.(free) up valuable storage space, too. Extreme heat or extreme cold temperatures can 8.( short) the life of your phone. Excess heat can cause everything from data 9.(lose) or corruption to battery leakage. In cold temperatures, some smartphones shut off, have display problems, or run out of battery; in rare 10.( case) screens may shatter.
I wanted to be a journalist. But my parents _______ that math makes money, so off to engineering school I went. In my post-university young-adult life, I’ve managed to become_______ successful. As a female _______, I worked for a big oil company and owned a home. My life was_______ in front of me, and I didn’t like what I saw.
So, I did what any respectable 24-year-old would do and left my _______ behind. I said goodbye to my job and _______ my suitcase. I _______ myself solo into the world with the grace and beauty of a baby deer taking its first steps with skateboards under its feet.
I _______ my knees mountain biking through the red rocks of Utah. I partied at a spring bath party in Budapest. I spent four days _______ through Yellowstone with 50 pounds on my back. I took a ________along the Danube river with someone from the hostel. They were just small everyday ________ that happened to happen abroad, leading me to realize that the true value of my flight tickets were not the ________ but rather becoming a( n) ________ participant in my own life.
I now spend less time online shopping and more time ________ alone on the floor listening to an album cover - to - cover. I ask my friends how they’re doing; sometimes, I ________ them with flowers to see them smile. I tell everyone to have a good day.
Maybe I’ll continue to be ________ for the next five years and touch down in dozens more countries. Maybe I’ll stay grounded in my home city, but the idea no longer ________ me. ________ with new wisdom earned in a year of travel, I know with complete ________ that there’s adventure hiding in any aspect of my life—as long as I’m ________ enough to look for it.
1.A.insisted B.predicted C.recalled D.ordered
2.A.commonly B.consciously C.conventionally D.officially
3.A.journalist B.engineer C.designer D.manager
4.A.laid out B.set down C.given out D.put away
5.A.job B.dream C.parents D.life
6.A.turned in B.pulled out C.took off D.looked through
7.A.made B.moved C.threw D.created
8.A.hugged B.loosened C.cured D.bloodied
9.A.hiking B.leaping C.reading D.crawling
10.A.visit B.walk C.drink D.look
11.A.moments B.conversations C.problems D.routines
12.A.feelings B.quarrels C.landmarks D.conflicts
13.A.wise B.brave C.active D.tough
14.A.lying B.eating C.running D.practicing
15.A.concern B.shock C.treat D.surprise
16.A.organized B.grateful C.kind D.selfish
17.A.cheers B.bothers C.attracts D.hurts
18.A.Connected B.Armed C.Faced D.Fed
19.A.respect B.surprise C.confidence D.confusion
20.A.glad B.good C.brilliant D.awake
Facebook will no longer use facial recognition to let users automatically identify their friends in photographs uploaded to its site after America’s consumer watchdog called the practice “deceptive” (欺 骗性的).Facebook had used technology called Deep Face to scan the millions of pictures uploaded to its site each day in search of faces it recognized. 1.
This, Facebook boasted, enabled it to hold the “largest facial dataset to date” - a trove of information built up as its 2. 4 billion users uploaded hundreds of pictures of people at different times in their lives, from different angles, in different clothes and hairstyles.
2. - unless they request it - and will give existing users the option to turn it off. The Federal Trade Commission, which protects consumer rights in America, described the technology as deceptive to tens of millions of users”. It said that Facebook must obtain “ affirmative express user content” before enabling it.
Facebook also used the facial recognition feature to alert a user if a picture of them had been uploaded on to the site. 3.
Srinivas Narayanan, the head of artificial intelligence applied research at Facebook, said: 4., but we won’t recommend you to be tagged (加标签)if you do not have face recognition turned on.”
“We don’t share your face recognition information with third parties. 5..” It also emerged this week that Facebook began experimenting with hiding the amount of “likes” a person gets for their posts. Some users can develop a fixation with getting as many likes as possible and feel inadequate if they gain fewer than their friends.
A.We also don’t sell our technology
B.People will still be able to manually tag friends
C.Scanning ability of Facebook is criticized by the public
D.We appeal to the users to use the technology in a secret way
E.However, the feature is now being switched off for all new users
F.It then offered users the ability to “tag” that person with their name
G.It allowed people to check if someone was trying to use their identity in a wrong way