A recent study shows that a third of UK students aged between 16 and 30 are interested in overseas study. Among them, half wish to study at the undergraduate level.
UK students have increasing interest in studying or working in a European country through the EU’s Erasmus Program, an EU student exchange program started in 1987. Recent Erasmus statistics(数据) show that nearly 15,600 UK students spent up to a year in another European country through the program during 2013-2014 school year, up 115 percent since 2007.
The figures reflect that more young people in the UK are realizing the value of receiving international experience. “The UK needs graduates who have the skills and confidence to compete worldwide, and can compete against foreign talent that may speak more languages and have wider international experience,” said Rebecca Hughes, director of education at the British Council.
Most UK students would like to go to the United States, followed by Australia, France, Canada and Germany, the findings show, but 42 percent of those who took the questionnaire were interested in traveling outside of the English-speaking world.
Why do UK students want to go abroad? Among those who are interested in overseas study, nearly 50 percent want to have fun traveling and exploring different cultures, while 30 percent want to work for an international company and live overseas. About 15 percent said they wanted to go to the best university and get the best education offered worldwide. What’s more, the high cost of UK university studies plays a role in over half of students’ interest in overseas study.
Also, the study found the biggest schooling check to studying abroad was a lack of foreign language skills—chosen by over half of those who were not interested or had not made a decision about studying overseas. But the top non-schooling check for students was the great cost.
1.The writer presents UK students’ increasing interests in overseas study by ______.
A. giving examples B. making surveys
C. having interviews D. listing statistics
2.It can be learned that ______ is probably the last choice for UK students to study abroad.
A. Australia B. America C. Germany D. France
3.Which is the greatest reason why UK students are interested in overseas study?
A. Working for an international company.
B. The high cost of UK university studies.
C. Receiving the best education worldwide.
D. Travelling in non-English-speaking countries.
4.Which of the following statements is true?
A. UK students are expected to compete with students around the world.
B. Half UK students are unable to afford the university education in the UK.
C. More UK students choose to study abroad through the EU’s exchange program.
D. Overseas UK students all hope to travel around and experience different cultures
A survey shows that the number of fires in government buildings each year is small compared to home fires. This is probably because such buildings are taken good care of and managed. However, at home after work fire safety is your own duty.
For most of us who live in high-rise buildings, the safety of you and your family depends on how much you know to do with an emergency(紧急情况). When a fire happens, there is usually little time to decide what to do or how to act. The best thing is to make your emergency plan as soon as possible.
Sit down with the family and prepare a careful escape project. Do remember that every fire is unpredictable. Fire and smoke can move very quickly and the situations in any part of the building may change very quickly. Smoke is usually more dangerous than fire. It can spread throughout the building and enter your house when the fire is many floors away.
Some information says it is best to leave your house immediately when there is a fire. Others say it is safer to stay there. Which is correct?
Usually the best thing to do is to leave the building as soon as possible. However, do not try to leave your house a long time after the fire alarm has sounded. There is a higher chance that heavy smoke has already spread into stairways and hallways.
Never travel through smoke. You must stay inside your house and place wet towels at the bottom of the door to stop smoke from entering. Call the Fire Services Department by dialing “119”, tell them where you are and then move to the most smoke-free room. Open the window there to let in fresh air if possible. Hang a sheet from the window to show fire fighters where you are.
1.In the writer’s opinion, an emergency plan for a fire should be made early ______.
A. so that the fire can be put out in time
B. because we might lose our way in a fire
C. because we may have little time to call 119
D. so that we can keep ourselves safe from a fire
2.The underlined word “unpredictable” in Paragraph 3 is close to ______ in meaning.
A. unexpected B. unlikely
C. unacceptable D. unchanged
3.If it is a long time since the fire alarm sounded, the proper thing to do is ______.
A. to try to put out the fire
B. to stay inside the house
C. to leave the house at once
D. to sit down with the family
4.The writer wrote this passage in order to ______.
A. tell people some information about fires
B. teach people some skills of preventing fires
C. give people some advice on escaping from fires
D. show people some causes of fires in tall buildings
Many of you have heard a Cinderella story, but what you may not know is that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. Each of these stories is written by a different author. The story of Cinderella has many different versions.
The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderella’s dress and the mice turn into carriage men and help Cinderella go to the ball in the pumpkin that turns into a carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella’s friends. They help her meet the Prince, who Cinderella marries, and together they live happily ever after.
In another version of this story, written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, there are birds that help Cinderella throughout the story. Cinderella’s mother is not living at the beginning of the story. She visits her mother’s grave three times a day to say a prayer for her.
Cinderella’s father has given her a brunch when he goes to the festival. She plants the brunch and her tears water the brunch until it grows into a tall tree.
The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and silver and slippers of the same colours. Cinderella goes to the festival to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, Cinderella marries the Prince and they have a nice life ever after.
Have you read other versions of the Cinderella story? More than one author can tell a story in a different way from their viewpoints(观点). That is why there are many versions of the same story.
1.The first version of the Cinderella story was written by ______.
A. Jacob Grimm B. Charles Perrault
C. Wilhelm Grimm D. Christian Andersen
2.The common part in the two versions of Cinderella mentioned in this passage is that ______.
A. both Cinderella and the Prince enjoy their marriage life
B. birds and mice help Cinderella meet the Prince at the ball
C. Cinderella wears a gold dress and silver shoes at the festival
D. Cinderella plants a small brunch and waters it with her tears
3.According to the passage, there can be many versions of the same story because ______.
A. there’re many authors who create stories
B. there’re many different kinds of old stories
C. there’re different ideas from different authors
D. there’re different stories by more than one author
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
School was out. The bell had rung and the went out of every doorway – some to go running wildly towards their homes their lives depended upon it, some to line up to catch buses under the watchful of their teacher, and many more to walk off in groups or pairs in any one of several .
Deborah was with her best friend, Pat. They were in a hurry today they did not run, only walked quickly, hardly at all, straight to Pat’s place. At the weekend one of Pat’s guinea-pigs had had four , and Deborah was to see them for the first time.
Half a kilometre school, they arrived. Opening the gate, running now, they their school bags onto the grass and flew around the back.
Firstly, the dog had to be locked away. Then, the attraction of grass failed to make the babies appear, the cover of the darkened nest had to be opened. , Deborah held one of the tiny animals right in her hands.
She was awfully . The darling little thing! She sat down on the grass, holding it gently, taking care not to hurt it in way. It was perfect, so exactly like its mother, with its soft fur and little nose. It sat up in her hands and rubbed two tiny paws over its nose as if had just been taught.
“You only hold it for a minute,” Pat said importantly. “For a few minutes, anyway. Otherwise its mother might go off it.”
1.A. teachers B. children C. parents D. policemen
2.A. ever since B. so that C. as if D. even if
3.A. eye B. ear C. mouth D. nose
4.A. directions B. shapes C. areas D. corners
5.A. for B. so C. but D. or
6.A. worrying B. speaking C. thinking D. listening
7.A. dogs B. friends C. pigs D. babies
8.A. at B. to C. from D. in
9.A. carried B. kept C. pulled D. threw
10.A. while B. until C. before D. when
11.A. Actually B. Finally C. Luckily D. Hopefully
12.A. pleased B. nervous C. serious D. sorry
13.A. the B. a C. any D. every
14.A. he B. it C. she D. they
15.A. must B. should C. can D. Would
书面表达
每个同学都有自己喜欢的学科和学习方法，请以“My Ways of Learning English”为题，为《English Learner》写一篇征文，介绍你的学习方法。
要点如下：
1.你最喜欢什么学科；
2.就你喜欢的这门学科，谈谈你的学习方法（至少列举3条）；
3.在学习过程中遇到问题时你是怎样解决的。
要求：1.征文不少于80词；
2.文中不得出现真实的学校和姓名；
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翻译句子
1.天太黑，什么也看不见。(too…to…)
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2.寿光以蔬菜而著名。(be famous for…)
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3.王老师经常鼓励我们学英语。(be encouraged to…)
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4.到现在为止，我们在英语学习上取得了巨大的进步。(make great progress …)
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