Question

B

We answer some questions this week in our series on getting into an American college or university.

The first question is about our recent discussion of English language test. Vo Ngoc from Vietnam would like to know about the TOEIC, which is designed to measure skills of English as spoken in the workplace.

The Educational Testing Service administers the TOEIC. It says the test measures the language skills of people working in an international environment. American colleges and universities accept scores from the TOFEL and often the IELTS. If you miss our report on these tests, you can find it at our website www. unsv. com..

Tahir Mahood from Pakistan asks how to improve his English before taking these kinds of tests. Well, you can start by looking for ways to use English as much as you can Watch American movies and TV shows and read books in English Look for English speakers to talk to.

The Internet has many free materials for Engiish learners. Visitors to www. unsv. com. for example, can read, listen and watch programmes on many different subjects. The U.S. Department of Education recent launched a free website designed to help immigrants learn English.

The site is called USA Learns at www. usalearns, org, like www. chinadaily. cn, intended for English learners in China

Next,a question from Turkey:Hasan Eker asks about getting a postdoctoral position in the U. S. This is work generally done by a person who recently earned a PhD. The National Post-doctoral Association in Washington has information about international postdocs on its website www. Nationalpostal.org.

And, finally, we have questions from Iran, Afghanistan and Indonesia about how to pay an education through jobs. There’re rules that restrict the kinds of jobs that foreign students

can have while studying in the U. S.

1.What-s the purpose of the passage?

A. To attract more people to the website.

B. To introduce the TOEIC to readers.

C. To ask questions on entering American universities.

D. To help deal with some puzzles on entering American colleges.

2.According to the passage, TOEIC is            .

A. a must for those who go to American universities

B. designed for whoever apply for a job with companies

C.to test a student’s language skills in the workplace

D. a test for students to graduate from universities

3.A person wb.o wants to learn. English can go to the following EXCEPT.

A. www. unsv. Com

B. www. national postdoc. org

C. www. usalearns. Org

D.www chinadaily. cn,

4.What can we know from the passage?

A. Foreign students are not allowed to do whatever jobs they like in the U. S.

B. Every graduate from colleges can get a postdoctoral position if they want to.

C. The IELTS is also necessary for job application like the TOEIC.

D. Students from Iran aren’t allowed to have jobs in the U. S.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

1.细节题，根据第一段We answer some questions this week in our series on getting into an American college or university可知，文章是回答关于进入美国大学的一些问题。故选D。

2.细节题，根据第二段第二句… know about the TOEIC, which is designed to measure skills of English as spoken in the workplace和第三段第二句It says the test measures the

language skills of people working in an international environment可知TOEIC是为了测试工作场所的所需要的英语语言能力，故选C。

3.推理题。根据倒数第二段最后一句话The National Post-doctoral Association in Washington has information about international postdocs on its website www. Nationalpostal.org可知B项中的网站主要提供有关申请博士后的信息，不是英语学习网站，故选B。

4.推理题。根据最后一段的最后一句话There’re rules that restrict the kinds of jobs that foreign students can have while studying in the U. S可知，外国学生在美国读书期间从事工作的相关条文。故选A。