Some say college is wasted on the young. So many of us look back at our own college years and realize what we could have done differently to make the most of them. While we can’t go back, we certainly can offer our sons and daughters our best advice to help them make the right choices in college. Hopefully, they will have fewer regrets than we do. Following are five guidelines parents can share with their college-bound kids to put the whole experience in perspective.
EDUCATION IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
As soon as you arrive on campus, there will be competing interests. Feel free to check them out but always remember that you are there first and foremost for your education. Go to class prepared and on time. Be engaged during class. Make sure your professor knows you and realizes that you care.
BE RESPONSIBLE
There are many layers of responsibility. Do what you say you will do and, if you can’t, confess it early and communicate clearly. But being responsible isn’t just about meeting your commitments; it is also about taking care of you, your body, and your friends. For example, more than 1800 college students die annually from alcohol-related injuries. Look out for yourself and other people. Make moderate, sensible decisions so you aren’t reeling from(受…影响) the consequences later.
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
Incredible opportunities will present themselves: studying abroad, interning at a unique place, trying new things. Don’t let fear prevent you from taking advantage of them. There may never be so much time or as many resources devoted to your betterment again in your life. Say yes to opportunities that will help you grow.
FIND AND BE A MENTOR
Some of the best lessons available to us can come outside of the classroom in the form of a mentor(良师益友). One of the most powerful growth opportunities is being a mentor. Early on, find someone on campus who you feel can help you grow and develop a relationship with him or her. Also find someone for you to mentor. You will reinforce and enrich your own learning experience by teaching someone else.
GET THE JOB DONE
It is natural to occasionally feel you want to quit, when it makes more sense to you to go find a full-time job. Resist that urge. As Jocelyn Negron-Rios, a mother of two, who is currently completing her degree, advises, “No matter how difficult it seems, keep at it because however insurmountable（不可克服的） it feels now multiply that by 10,000 and that is how it feels when you are in your thirties with a full-time job and a family and are trying to pursue a degree.”
1.According to the passage, the most important thing for college students is ______.
A. taking part in different activities
B. working hard to get a degree
C. seizing every chance to try new things
D. improving themselves by learning from the others
2.Which of the following about college life is true?
A. Passing on what you’ve learned in college can help you enrich your learning experience.
B. Make sure that you are responsible for yourself rather than others.
C. Professors will not assess your performances in class but the grades you get in exams.
D. You can make full use of the opportunity whenever you want.
3.What can we infer from the words said by Jocelyn in the last paragraph?
A. Persistence is the key to success when you meet with difficulties in your learning process.
B. It is better if you gain more working experience before you finish your education.
C. As long as you work hard, you can gain a degree even when you are in your thirties.
D. Youth is the best time to learn since you have less burden.
4.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To give some rules for the college students.
B. To call on the students to make full use of college years.
C. To summarize some tips for parents to share with their children.
D. To analyze the benefits and difficulties of college life.
By today's standards, my mobile phone is pretty rubbish. It's a Nokia 1616. If that doesn't mean much to you (it's not the kind of phone you see advertised on television), all you need to know is that it's a small, not very heavy device with which you can send and receive telephone calls and text messages. It also has a very handy torch on the top for when you can't find your keys, or when you drop something on the floor in the cinema. Other than that, my phone doesn't do much. Well, it has an alarm, and it probably has a calculator and things like that, but it's nothing compared to a smartphone. Why would I want one of those?
I have often been told that the big advantage of having a smartphone is that "you can do everything with them!" But when was the last time you saw someone doing "everything" with a smartphone? Okay, so they may have an endless list of functions, but generally they are used for checking social networking sites, playing games, and receiving and replying to emails. I'm happy just doing all of those things at home on my laptop.
As far as I can tell, the best thing about having a smartphone is that you can be connected to the Internet all the time. Don't get me wrong, I love the internet, but I just don't see the point of constantly being online. I can't remember the last time I received a Facebook update which was so very urgent that I had to read it as soon as it appeared, and I can't imagine ever having a job which was so important that I would need to read work-related emails immediately. I would think that if someone needed me urgently, they would just ring me rather than send an email. And my trusty Nokia can manage that.
One of the most peculiar（独特的）effects of the smartphone is, in my opinion, the newly-found addiction to maps and navigation (导航) systems. Is there anything more boring than knowing exactly where you are all of the time?! How do you get to know an area if you don't get lost there a few times? And if you are dependent on online maps, what happens to those great places you find just by chance? You can't exactly find out from Google maps the journey from "here" to" that hidden cafe with the tasty-looking cakes" , or to "that pond next to the church which looks really pretty in the evening sun. " It is, of course, true that we all occasionally need to be pointed in the right direction, but I find that there are often real life humans you can ask.
There are many benefits of having a very basic mobile phone, like the fact that it cost me about twenty pounds, and that I don't have to worry too much about it being stolen .But the main benefit has to be the fact that it provides me with the word 'greatest excuse for my bad habits’. Whether it's turning up late to events ,or getting lost on a trip, or missing buses or trains ,or forgetting about an appointment at work ,I'm pretty sure I'm covered with the following explanation: “I’m really sorry, I don't have a smartphone."
1.The writer uses his Nokia 1616 mainly to _______.
A. play online games
B. do calculating work
C. check social network sites
D. make calls and text messages
2.It can be inferred from the above passage that_______.
A. work-related emails should be answered immediately
B. a laptop and a smartphone share many functions
C. smartphones should always be connected to the net
D. a Facebook update is usually very important
3.According to the passage, if you use navigation systems, you may _____
A. miss some really wonderful places
B. find a boring trip actually exciting
C. be persuaded to eat in a certain café
D. be misled to a totally wrong place
4.The writer’s purpose for writing this article is to______
A. explain why he doesn’t want a smartphone
B. warn readers of the risks of using smartphones
C. complain about the troubles caused by smartphones
D. inform readers of the latest development of mobile phones
书面表达
请以“The person I admire most” 为题，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。要求包括以下三个部分内容：
1. 对人物的简单介绍
2. 喜欢该人物的理由
3. 从该人物身上得到的启示
短文改错
文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加： 在缺词处加上一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除： 把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改： 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Time is valuable but limit．There’s a famous saying, “Time is life”, this shows the importance of time．When time has gone, it will never return．It is a pity when many people make poor use of time．They spend their precious time over sleeping, drinking and hanging around．They don’t realize wasting time is equal with wasting part of their life．They always regret having made little achievement as far．Therefore, we should form the habit of value time．Do not put off what can be done today tomorrow．Laziness will not only bring us failure, but lead us on the road to poverty and even deaths.
语法填空,阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was my first day in Hangzhou，the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn’t have much time to spare. I wanted to see 1.___________much of the city as possible in the two days 2.___________I returned to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where to go and 3.___________to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city’s wellknown tourist4.___________(attract)and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady who noticed my book5.___________(come)up to me and introduced 6.___________(her)．
She said her name was Miss Bai and she 7.____________(kind)offered to show me around the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn’t so sure about 8.___________(cross)the Broken Bridge. If it was broken，did she expect me to jump across？And I couldn’t swim，so if I fell in then I9.________(drown)．That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation，10.___________(close)my book and walked away.
完型填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a famous concert. After they were seated, the mother a friend and walked over to greet her. Seizing the to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy got up and explored his way a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE（禁止进入）”. When the lights became less bright and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains and the lights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
At that moment, the great piano master, Paderewski, on the stage, quickly went to the piano and in the boy’s ear, “Don’t . Keep playing.”
Then, leaning(倾斜) over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began in a bass (低音的) part. Soon his right arm reached to the other side of the child and he added a beautiful piece of music. , the old master and the boy a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative .
That’s the way it is in life. we can complete on our own is noteworthy(值得注目的). We try our best, but the aren’t exactly graceful or flowing music. when we put our trust in the hands of greater power, our life can be truly beautiful.
The next time you set to create great performances, listen carefully. You can hear the________ of the master whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
1.A. made B. saw C. looked D. called
2.A. chance B. performance C. piano D. lesson
3.A. over B. above C. across D. through
4.A. stage B. seat C. room D. table
5.A. parted B. drew C. pulled D. pushed
6.A. singing B. knocking C. playing D. creating
7.A. stood B. appeared C. sat D. fell
8.A. shouted B. cried C. whispered D. looked
9.A. perform B. stop C. leave D. run
10.A. filling B. getting C. breaking D. taking
11.A. forwards B. down C. up D. around
12.A. Separately B. Together C. Luckily D. Hurriedly
13.A. made B. became C. changed D. grew
14.A. experience B. play C. concert D. film
15.A. What B. That C. Which D. When
16.A. hard B. hardly C. always D. usually
17.A. failures B. successes C. causes D. results
18.A. So B. And C. But D. Though
19.A. down B. about C. away D. out
20.A. sound B. noise C. voice D. song
