CONGRATULATIONS
We’ve organized the following information to help you prepare for your arrival at Boston College．Please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at any time over the coming months with any questions．
Your First Steps
Please return the Acknowledgment Form sent with your acceptance letter to Dean Robert Howe, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, McGuinn Hall 221,140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467．
■For Ph．D．Acceptances and Master’s Acceptances with funding, we ask you to reply by April 25, 2008．
■For Master’s Acceptances without funding and Non-degree Acceptances, we ask you to reply by May 31, 2008．
■You should also contact your department to receive any department information．
Over the Coming Months
Get informed about services around campus．We have provided links for you to the following offices．
■Student Services
After you return your Acknowledgment Form, you should receive a letter containing your BC Username and Eagle ID number．With this information you can reach email and Agora．In Agora, BC’s online community, you can update your student information, check your student account, and register for classes．
The Office of Student Services issues （发行） your BC Eagle One Card．This ID card acts as your campus library card and meal card．
Student Services’ website offers a complete listing of courses for the school year, as well as student forms and other important student information．The Office of Student Services also handles billing．
■Housing
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If we can be of any more help to you, just contact us．Congratulations again! We look forward to your joining our University!
1.The above page can most probably be read ________．
A．on the Boston College website
B．in the Boston College newspaper
C．on BC Eagle One Card
D．at Student Services
2.The information above is particularly useful for those ________．
A．who want to apply for Boston College
B．who want to know about Boston College
C．who’ve been admitted to Boston College
D．who’ve decided to pay a visit to Boston College
3.If you want to study for your master’s degree with funding, you will have to ___．
A．return your Acknowledgment Form by May 31, 2008
B．send back your Acknowledgment Form by April 25, 2008
C．email your Acknowledgment Form to Admissions Office by May 31, 2008
D．return your Acknowledgment Form to Student Services by April 25, 2008
4.If you want to decide what courses for the school year you’d better ________．
A．call up the Office of Student Services
B．get in touch with the Admissions Office
C．read your acceptance letter
D．visit Student Services’ website
Companies can increase the money with which they run their business in a number of ways．One way is borrowing money, and another way is buying things with the agreement that payment would be made later．There are also other processes for providing money for use by a company．Two of these processes are described here．
One process the company may use is to issue（发行） bonds（债券）．Bonds are a special kind of promissory note．They are issued in different values, in the forms of money used in different countries, such as the pound in England or the euro in Europe．These bonds can easily be sold again to other people or to other companies．The company that issues the bonds promises to pay a particular amount of money as interest regularly for a certain period of time．This continues until when the company has to pay back the principal（本金） of the bond．Payments of principal and interest must be made on time whether the company has been earning money or not．If these payments are not made on time, it means that the company has not done what it agreed to do and can be accused．
Another process companies may use is to issue other forms of promissory notes called stocks（股票）．Bonds and stocks are opposite methods of providing money for a company．The people who buy stocks provide money that is earned and take part in deciding how the company will conduct its business．They must also take part in the losses．The people who own stocks receive dividends（红利）only after the company has paid all of its debts to the people who own bonds．On the other hand, the persons who own bonds have no right, according to the law, to help decide how the company will handle its business, unless it is bankrupt（破产）or in danger of becoming so．
1.Which of the following statement is NOT the way for companies to increase their
capital?
A．Borrowing money． B．Buying materials without paying．
C．Issuing（发行） bonds D．Issuing stocks
2.As to bonds, we know from the passage that ________．
A．they are cheques like bank notes
B．the company only pays back the principal
C．they are issued in the forms of money
D．if a company is bankrupt, it needn’t pay back the interest
3.According to this passage, who have the legal control over the decisions of the business?
A．Stockholders B．Bondholders
C．The government D．The workers in the company
4.It can be inferred from this passage that ________．
A．to issue bonds is a better way than to issue stocks
B．stockholders can accuse the company when it is bankrupt
C．bondholders have the same rights as stockholders
D．investing in stocks has more risks than in bonds
As China’s women’s gymnastics team enjoyed the glory of winning the country’s first team Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，the young gymnasts took the opportunity to remind the world that they are old enough to compete．
Weeks before the Beijing Games, some international media raised questions about the ages of some of the members of China’s gymnastics team, particularly He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan．They said the girls might be younger than 16, the minimum age for the Olympics．But the Chinese Gymnastics Association quickly provided copies of the gymnasts’ ID cards and passports, proving they are indeed old enough to compete．
In the final, He Kexin gave a clean performance on her favorite uneven bars（高低杠）, earning the second highest score after falling from the bars during qualification．“Although I fell down in the qualification, I became more confident today to make up for my mistake and I finally made it,” she said．It was a great moment for head coach Lu Shanzhen．“Our team made history today and proved to the world that we are the best．” the coach said, “The gold medal is not only for the gymnastics team，but also for the whole Chinese delegation at the Beijing Games．”
The coach owed the team’s success to a series of reforms．The Chinese team used to train a 1ot, but competed less, which led to poor results in international competitions．To improve their ability to compete and to strengthen their psychological power, the Chinese team sent more team members to compete abroad, so they could bring a competitive spirit back to the team．All six gymnasts in the Olympic team final were selected from fierce competition, and they proved themselves today．
1.Before the Beijing Games started，some international media doubted whether ____．
A．Chinese women gymnasts could win the team gold medal
B．He Kexin would fall from the bars during qualification
C．Chinese women gymnasts could make history at the Beijing Games
D．some Chinese women gymnasts were old enough for the Games
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The international media’s doubts proved to be true．
B．He Kexin’s fall in the qualification had no bad effect on her performance in the final competition．
C．Chinese women gymnasts’ success at the Beijing Games proved that the reforms did work．
D．Each team is made up of 6 members to compete for the team gold medal in women gymnastics．
3.In the opinion of Lu Shanzhen, the key to achieving success for athletes is to______．
A．practice harder than ever
B．experience more competitions abroad
C．have strong psychological power
D．have a competitive spirit
4.The main purpose of the text is to________．
A．tell a story B．provide evidence
C．give a report D．compare opinions
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a saying goes, every bean has its black．It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life．My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no 1．Several decades ago, he made a mistake — a（n） 2mistake, though．
On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his 3was sending to an orphanage （孤儿院） in Congo．On his way home, he 4into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone．So he drove back to the church．His search proved 5．When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened．The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen 6one of the cases．His brand new glasses, having 7him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for Congo! He had to drive home 8．
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church, 9Grandpa and his family also attended．
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the 10you sent last year．You see, the bandits（土匪） had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses．I was desperate．”
“ 11I had the money, there was simply no way of 12those glasses． 13not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day．Then your cases arrived．When my staff 14the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top．”
Then, still gripped （吸引注意） with the 15, he continued: “Folks, when I tried 16the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened, 17for the miraculous glasses．But the director surely must have 18their church with another, they thought．There were no glasses on their 19of items to be sent overseas．But an ordinary carpenter was sitting 20in the back, with tears streaming down his face．
1.A．expectation B．success C．luck D．exception
2.A．perfect B．foolish C．avoidable D．common
3.A．factory B．church C．family D．country
4.A．turned B．reached C．filled D．put
5.A．proper B．reasonable C．fruitless D．unnecessary
6.A．into B．onto C．in D．out
7.A．charged B．spent C．paid D．cost
8.A．disappointed B．pleased C．nonstop D．quick
9.A．which B．what C．where D．when
10.A．cases B．clothes C．glasses D．wishes
11.A．As well as B．As long as C．As if D．Even though
12.A．replacing B．finding C．wearing D．changing
13.A．Except that B．Along with C．Rather than D．As for
14.A．turned B．burnt C．removed D．took
15.A．preparation B．pleasure C．satisfaction D．wonder
16.A．out B．over C．for D．on
17.A．pity B．happy C．curious D．eager
18.A．confused B．associated C．combined D．compared
19.A．cases B．order C．list D．orphanage
20.A．happily B．quietly C．carefully D．excitedly
Some students want to challenge themselves by helping those victims in Zhouqu
______ the mud slides took place．
A．what B．which C．that D．where
Kate on her new novel，which is supposed to come out next month．
A．has been working B．had worked
C．will be working D．was working
