When you first arrive in Oxford, it may take a little while for you to find your way around. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike (most students in Oxford find cycling is the best way to go around), setting up a bank account, getting their computer and mobile phone working, finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.
One of the major events you will experience shortly after “coming up” to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University’s Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.
International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in the UK and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you, as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you. The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and cultural differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow students.
Another good thing to experience early is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses, and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return the favor. In this way, you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many of the historical college grounds and dining halls.
1.For a newcomer to Oxford, what does he have to do first?
A. To work out what to major in.
B. To open a qq account.
C. To get a bike to go around.
D. To buy a new mobile phone.
2.What is matriculation?
A. A special day for International students to start academic year.
B. A ceremony when students are formally admitted to Oxford.
C. Performances held at the Sheldonian Theatre.
D. The best places to socialize.
3.Which talk can students attend on the orientation day?
A. Studying in the Cambridge system.
B. Talks on how to meet fellow students.
C. Practical issues like employment, immigration, and health.
D. University services about the life in Britain and cultural similarities.
4.What does the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Treating you to dinner.
B. Visiting historic college in return.
C. Studying the subjects with your friend.
D. Showing you around the college.
China Daily Oc11,2008-TheMinistry Of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday．
More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression，the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily reported．The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020，the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent ,and mental problem will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide．
Dang Xianhong，the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau，said rapid social change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems．If these mental dispenses are not addressed on time, science of crimes，drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors are expected to rise．Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors，such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies．A number of experts have also said the one child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young．Children are said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in a one child family．It’s reported that schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being．Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No，105 Middle School，told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month．“Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions.” Yin said．“The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.”
1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day
B．Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Diseases Expected
C．How to Maintain Mental Well-being
D．Seriousness of Youngsters Mental Health Problems
2.The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that _____.
A. mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness
B. only young people are suffering from mental health problems
C. mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem
D. the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent
3.Which could be the consequence if the problem is left untreated?
A．Inability to handle interpersonal relations．
B．Unstable emotions.
C．Drug taking and other dangerous behaviors．
D．Rapid social changes
4.Why is Beijing No. 105 Middle School mentioned in the passage?
A．To provide the students with counseling sessions．
B．To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with．
C．To help ease the anxiety arising from college entrance exams．
D．To call on other schools to learn from No．105 Middle Schoo1．
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Every day my husband parked his car in the same open-air car park in Zimbabwe. On this particular day, he had been running to his car with a pile of office papers under his arm. As he opened the car door, he suddenly lost control of his body. He felt a stabbing pain in his arm, and became totally breathless and lost consciousness. As he fell down, half in, half out of the car, his last thought was “what a way to die”.
A young woman getting into her own car in the deserted car park noticed what was going on and at once ran to my husband’s aid, trying to bring his life back. Realizing time was important, she tried to move my husband to her car, calling the guard at the gate.
Fearing an ambulance would take too long to arrive, she felt it better to get to the hospital as quickly as she could. She raced through traffic lights sounding her car’s horn and rushed into the hospital, calling out, “I have an unknown man here who I think is having a heart attack.
Having realized he was in capable hands, the woman returned to the car park, found his keys on the ground, collected his papers and piled them in the car. Having seen my husband come out of a certain building each day, the security guard thought he knew where he worked. The young woman managed to locate his colleagues and they in turn contacted my niece, who waited for me to return home so she could break the news to me.
After careful tests it turned out that my husband’s disease had nothing to do with heart. We were naturally eager to find the kind stranger who had come to his aid. After some weeks we discovered where the young woman worked. She was overjoyed when my husband walked into her office with a huge bouquet of flowers. She said she required no thanks, and preferred to remain anonymous (匿名的).
We now live in a different country, but each Christmas my husband remembers her act of kindness and sends a gift. We regard every day of his life as a bonus, all thanks to this kind stranger.
1.From the passage, we can infer that _______.
A. a heart attack hit the writer’s husband suddenly
B. there were few people in the park that day
C. the young woman was at a loss at first
D. the woman was fined for breaking the traffic lights
2.Who told the writer the news of her husband’s illness?
A. The young woman.
B. The security guard.
C. The colleague of her husband.
D. The writer’s niece.
3.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. The Gift of Life
B. An Act of Gratitude
C. The Attack of a Disease
D. The Story of a Young Woman
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假定你叫李华，你的美国笔友John来信告诉你他想在上海迪斯尼乐园(Disneyland)开放的第一天去参观。请你给他写封回信，要点如下：
1. 诚挚邀请；
2. 接机事宜；
3. 住宿安排；
4. 行程规划。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结尾语已为你写好。
Dear John,
I’m so pleased to receive your last letter.
I’m looking forward to seeing you as soon as possible.
Yours,
Li Hua
语法填空：阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Last week, our class was _1.___duty in the cafeteria for student self-management(自我管理). On the first day, I __2.___ (shock) to see so much left over food thrown away by students. What a waste! Being concerned about it, my classmates and I had a heated discussion,_ 3._ is on how to solve the problem. Lots of good ideas came up, such as holding class meetings, putting up wall newspapers and charging a fine for wasting food. Finally, we all agreed that wall newspaper would be __4.___(good) choice.
The next day, we put our idea into 5.__(real). Towards lunch time, we put up a wall newspaper outside the school cafeteria, _6.___(call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and __7.___(express) their support. To my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I found the trays（托盘）returned after lunch all empty without any leftover. Food __8.___ (save) and the dining hall was cleaner. Seeing this, I was full of_9.__ (excite) and was proud of _10.___ we had done.
