Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性), but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that's not what I did.
I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesn't even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who weren't studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. They told me I was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.
I headed off to the college and sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering "factories" where they didn't care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.
Now I'm not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.
The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I supposed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
1.Why did the author choose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university?
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A．He intended to become an engineer and humanist. |
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B．He intended to be a reasonable student with noble ideals. |
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C．He wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality. |
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D．He wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students. |
2.According to the author, by communicating with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can ___________.
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A．become noble idealists |
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B．broaden their knowledge |
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C．find a better job in the future |
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D．balance engineering and liberal arts |
3. Which word below can replace the underlined word “reconcile”?
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A．confuse |
B．compare |
C．combine |
D．compete |
4.The underlined sentence in 1st paragraph means ___________.
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A．he has failed to achieve his ideal aims |
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B．he is not a practical and rational student |
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C．his choice of attending to a small liberal-arts university is reasonable |
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D．his idea of combining engineering with liberal - arts is noble and wise |
5. The author suggests in this passage that ___________.
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A．liberal-arts students are supported to take engineering courses |
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B．technical experts with a wide vision are expected in the society |
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C．successful engineering students are more welcomed in the society |
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D．engineering universities with liberal-arts courses are needed |
Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻).
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”
1.The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.
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A．build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream |
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B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years |
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C．inform us of the main topic of the whole passage |
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D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is |
2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _____________.
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A．is brave in expressing her love |
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B．is attended badly by the stepmother |
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C．has a dream of meeting a prince |
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D．is embarrassed by the pop singer |
3. What can we infer from the passage?
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A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class. |
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B．Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing. |
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C．Not many people have a dream to be realized. |
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D．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary. |
4.The passage is mainly about ___________.
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A．an introduction to a film |
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B．a review about a film |
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C．an essay about dreams |
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D．an advertisement of Cinderella |
5.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story ________.
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A．follows Cinderella with nothing new |
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B．pays more attention to the looks of the actors |
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C．encourages young people to follow their dreams |
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D．focuses more on materialism than other films |
语法填空Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper mistook his brother ___1____ him and carried an article ____2_____(announce) the death of Alfred Nobel. “___3_ merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. Alfred Nobel，___4____ became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died yesterday. ”
Alfred put ___5____ the newspaper sadly. It was his brother rather than _6___ who had died and the French newspaper had made a mistake. All the same, Alfred felt uncomfortable. Was this the way the world was going to remember him? He did not like that idea at all. He wanted people to remember him as a man of peace.
He invented his dynamite at a perfect moment in time. Many countries were beginning to build roads through mountains and needed a safe, strong dynamite. His dynamite was developed for such peaceful uses. He also thought that ____7___ all countries had the same great weapons, they would see how impossible war was and that any country fighting a war ___8_(destroy). Therefore, there would be no more wars. Many people of his day also thought this way.
To make sure that he was remembered with love and respect. Nobel arranged in a will to give the __9__(large) part of his money to establish the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to people who made great ___10___ (contribute) to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences.
I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can __1 it, they can certainly send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a 2 out. There are plenty of loans（货款）and scholarships for the bright and 3 ones who can’t afford to pay.
When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the 4 to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it,it must be considered a(n) 5 not an obligation（责任，义务）.
Do parents owe their children anything? Yes,they owe them a great deal.
One of their obligations is to give their children personal 6 .A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly 7 to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so _8_ , so afraid of failing that he（or she）won’t try at all .Of course they should be __9__ corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time.All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate（宽容）them and give them chances to try and fail.They must learn to stand 10 .When criticisms（批评）are really needed,they should be 11 with praises,with a smile and a kiss.That is the way children learn.
Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives.This means teaching them to 12 the rights and opinions of others;it means being respectful to elders,to teachers,and to the law.The best way to teach such values is by 13 .A child who is lied to will lie.A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have 14 laughing and loving.
No child asks to be 15 .If you bring a life into the world,you owe the child something.
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阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150左右的英语短文。
Here are some comments on Li Hua from his classmates.
Lily said, Li Hua is the smartest student in our class and scores the highest marks in the English and mathematics exams. His homework and assignments are always done to a very high standard so our teachers ask us to follow his example. We all admire his intelligence.
Kate said, Li Hua is really a hard-working student. He spends at least four hours every day reviewing his lessons and his homework is never late. As the exams get closer he becomes even more diligent and works into the early hours of the morning, making sure he has gone over all of the information covered in our classes.
John said, Li Hua is the kind of person who is easy to co-operate with. Although he’s very clever he is still willing to listen to others’ opinions and take their suggestions. When we do our groupwork in class we all want to be in his group because he always does his share of the work and is easy to get along with.
Tim said, Li Hua is the class monitor and the most helpful student in our class. He always makes sure the classroom is kept clean and assists the teachers in handing out and collecting the students’ books and homework. When a student is absent from school he will call and tell them what they have missed.
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假如你是李平，你的同学李华拟申请到美国某一大学学习。申请材料需包括同伴的推荐信。李华邀请你为他写一封推荐信。上文是其他同学对李华的一些评价，请根据这些评价和你自己对李华的看法，写一封推荐信。以下是信的内容 （ 信的开头和结尾已经为你写好 ）
以约30个词概括同学们眼中李华的特点和优点；
以约120个词表达你对李华的看法，并包括如下要点：
你对同学们评价意见的看法；
以你和李华之间的经历来说明其中的一点看法。
[写作要求]
1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直
接引用原文中的句子。
2.信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
假如你是李明，某报社委托你在就读的中学生进行关于午睡情况的问卷调查。请根据下表中的内容（打√的选项为大多数人的选择），用英语写一封信，简要向报社介绍调查的结果。
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午睡情况调查表 你有午睡的习惯吗？ √□ A. 有 □ B. 没有 2. 你大约何时开始午睡？ □ A. 12.:00 □ B. 12:30 √□ C. 13:00 3. 你通常午睡多长时间？ □ A. 约15分钟 □ B.. 约30分钟 √□ C.. 约50分钟 4. 你通常在什么地方午睡？ □ A. 教室 □ B. 家中 √□ C. 宿舍 5. 你.认为午睡有好处吗？ √□A. 有 □ B. 没有 □ C.. 不确定 |
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根据以上调查的结果写一篇调查总结，并简要谈谈你对午睡的好处的看法。
[写作要求]
1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数；
3. 参考词汇； 午睡 take a nap after lunch; 宿舍dormitory
4. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Editor,
Recently I have conducted a survey on taking a nap after lunch in my school.
Yours,
Li Ming
