Twenty students want to attend the class that aims to teach to read first.
A. what B. who C. how D. why
What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You're to be asleep. ,
A. supposed B. known C. thought D. considered
If you __ go, at least wait until the storm is over.
A. can B. may C. must D. will
Hungry for the brightest students, many of the country's stronger universities are actively discounting tuition （学费）．And it's the high achievers, rather than the needy students, who are getting a good chunk of the money．The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost all but the 30 or so Ivy and other top colleges that forbid good grades-based financial aid．Schools are also becoming more aggressive in raising their discounts．At the DePauw University Website, enter an SAT or ACT score, grade point average and class rank, and a computer program immediately tells you what kind of "award"．Only "the real unlucky" pay full price any more．
About 76% of first-year students got some form of discount this year at 331 private schools．Average award per student: $7,000．At small schools with tuition under about $20,000, the average discount is even higher, with some schools returning over half their tuition．
Carnegie Mellon even tells students it will "negotiate（讨价还价）" and perhaps match financial-aid packages if kids are offered bigger awards at other schools．Much as banks and insurers offer special rates to their best customers, schools are giving the biggest breaks to their top students．Public four-year colleges, too, are offering discounts．
The flip side of big discounts is that less money is available to improve academic programs and keep school infrastructure （基础设施） up to date．Universities that have sharply increased their tuition discount rates have seen graduation rates fall, and that's true even among highly selective schools．They get the students in the door, but don't have the services to keep them．
1.From the first paragraph, we can judge that _______．
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A．all the universities don’t offer tuition discounts． |
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B．Ivy and other top colleges offer financial aid to the high achievers |
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C．the needy students get more money from the universities |
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D．the graduation rates of the students from highly selected schools fall |
2.The underlined words “flip side” in the last paragraph probably mean “_______”．
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A．advantage |
B．disadvantage |
C．bad practice |
D．good function |
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．The brightest students are not at all hungry for stronger universities． |
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B．About 76% of first-year students got an award of $ 20,000 per year． |
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C．Public colleges never offer discounts to the students． |
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D．Colleges should concentrate more on the services to keep the students |
4.This passage mainly talks about _______．
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A．the great benefit of offering lower tuition |
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B．college tuition discounts in popularity |
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C．the top students in need of tuition discounts |
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D．reducing graduation rates due to big discounts |
A HOLIDAY jet pilot （飞行员） said that he would land and call the police after a woman refused to stop smoking．
He warned Maureen Harkavy, “Put that cigarette out, or I’ll land the plane and have you arrested．”
Maureen, 47, was so shocked she wrote to the airline’s chairman．But his reply was even ruder．
“You seem to think you have a God-given right to pollute your neighbors’ atmosphere,” wrote John Ferriday of Paramount Airways．
（a）Said Maureen, “I only found out about it when I was checking in．I’m a nervous flyer so I lit a cigarette during the flight．A stewardess （空姐） asked me to put it out, but I said I wanted to carry on as there was no rule against smoking on the plane．” She was just finishing her cigarette when the pilot arrived．
（b） “I’ve never seen such an unpleasant letter．” She said, “I don’t think I’ll ever fly again．” But there was a funny side．Maureen explained, “We were offered duty-free （免税） cigarette from the stewardess on the plane!”
（c） Mr．Ferriday went on: “Believe me, you haven’t．Especially when you travel on my planes．”
Maureen and her husband Michael were moved to Paramount flight just before they left Portugal．But they were not told of the company’s no smoking policy．
（d） “He was loud and rude,” said Maureen．“He said if I lit another cigarette he would land the plane at Bordeaux and hand me to the French police．”
Later, from her home in Mosely, Birmingham, Maureen wrote to the company and received the rude reply．
1.The second half of the story has been in wrong order．（Parts a-d） Choose the rearranged order which you think is right．
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A．a, c, b, d |
B．c, a, b, d |
C．c, a, d, b |
D．d, a, b, c |
2.The pilot warned Maureen Harkavy ____________________．
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A．to throw her cigarette out of the plane, or he would get her off the plane． |
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B．to stop smoking, or he would bring down the jet and hand her to the police． |
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C．not to light another cigarette after her first one． |
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D．to stop smoking, or he would bring her to justice． |
3.Maureen Harkavy ______ on the plane．
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A．accepted the warning |
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B．agreed to the warning |
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C．refused to do what she was told to |
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D．was so shocked that she wrote to the airline’s chairman |
4.In the answer letter to Maureen Harkavy, the airline’s chairman ____ ．
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A．made an apology to her for his worker’s rudeness |
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B．made sure that he would solve the problem |
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C．said that she had the right to smoke on his plane |
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D．actually completely agreed with what the pilot said |
To switch or not to switch, that is the question．Google’s announcement of its Nexus One smartphone（智能手机） happened over a week ago and I’m still receiving lots of e-mails from readers asking the same question: Should they give up their iPhone for the Nexus One?
Some people with iPhones, disappointed by American Telephone&Telegraph’s inadequate service and the high monthly cost, are wondering if they have really got something to replace it．Does the Nexus One offer the functions that Apple has led them to expect?
I’m on the fence myself, even though I never thought I’d be interested in anything but the iPhone．From my experience using the Nexus One, and from talking to people who have made the change, it’s not necessarily about the differences between the iPhone and the Nexus One．The phones are extremely similar in design and general feel．Instead, the decision can be made based on the software（软件） services you use on your desktop．
My friend Chad Dickerson received a pre-launch Nexus One from Google three weeks ago．He said Google’s phone feels connected to certain services on the Web in a way the iPhone doesn’t．“Compared to the iPhone, the Google phone feels like it’s part of the Internet to me,” he said．“If you live in a Google world, you have that world in your pocket in a way that’s cleaner and more connected than the iPhone．”
Personally, the phones work perfectly with their own software, but both of them don’t make an effort to play well with other services．
1.Why are some iPhone users expecting a new type of phone?
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A．Because their old ones are out of date． |
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B．Because they accept Google’s announcement． |
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C．Because of the limited service and high cost． |
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D．Because of the terrible software they can use．． |
2.What’s the author’s attitude towards the new phones in the third paragraph?
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A．Negative |
B．Neutral |
C．Indifferent |
D．Positive |
3.In Chad Dickerson’s opinion, the Nexus One is ________ the iPhone．
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A．better than |
B．worse than |
C．as good as |
D．as bad as |
4.The best title of the passage might be ________．
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A．Apple’s New Smartphone |
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B．Torn Between Two Phones |
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C．Good Services Matter |
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D．Google’s New Smartphone |
