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“It’s been a unique tradition of our school for a decade,” said Wang Yueran, 20, a journalism major at Renmin University, who organized a weeklong trip to Sichuan with 12 classmates last year.
But having fun is just one dimension of the spring break. Field trips, voluntary work, and social projects are all on students’ to-do lists. Experts say the spring break is not just for students to enjoy a few days off, but for them to gain new experiences beyond the campus walls.
Push them out
The traditional Chinese belief of the exploration of knowledge and truth emphasizes “reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles”, which indicates the importance of experience as much as theory. But while Chinese universities have the tradition of spring outings, what’s the benefit of making spring break an institution?
Qin Jianguo, of the student affairs office at Shenzhen University, thinks the idea of the spring break in some universities in China comes from the intention of pushing students out of the ivory tower to experience more diversity in their lives.
“Take traveling for example. A week traveling is a very different experience to a one- or two-day outing,” said Qin. “Students are expected to acquire the spirit of teamwork and compromise, and learn survival and communication skills when put out there in an unfamiliar context.”
Diverse approaches
Many countries have similar vacations in the middle of the semester for students to do things out of their own interest. Taking Japan as an example, instead of partying like their US counterparts, many Japanese students choose to work as interns or engage in study-related projects.
“The spring break is an opportunity for many of our students to put their learning to use,” said Hiroshi Kanno, dean of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University, in the school’s description of a recent spring break project.
As for Chinese students who take a week off around the Labor Day holiday, many tend to do volunteer work. Duan Zhipeng, a 22-year-old economics major at Renmin University, applied for a project to go back to his hometown in Jiangxi province to introduce his university’s enrollment policies and campus culture to local high school students.
Not a trend yet
Apart from Renmin University, only a few other universities, such as Yantai University, have a spring break for their students. The concept in China is still far from the culture and norms built around it in the US.
Wei Xiang, a professor specializing in holiday economics at Beijing International Studies University, said that the spring break is a good experiment for universities to make study schedules smoother in order to give students more options to arrange their own leisure and study activities.
小题1:According to the text, up to now, Apart from Renmin University, which University has a spring break for their students.
A.Yantai University |
B.Peking University |
C.Suzhou University |
D.Nankai University |
A.field trips | B.exploration of knowledge |
C.spring break | D.ivory tower |
A.Because they tend to do volunteer work. |
B.Because they go home to meet their relatives. |
C.Because they get a spring break. |
D.Because they have lesser courses . |
A.Reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles |
B.Spring break expands horizons |
C.Enjoy yourselves |
D.A weeklong trip |
A.Spring break can help students to gain new experiences beyond the campus walls. |
B.Students are expected to acquire the spirit of teamwork through pring break. |
C.Spring break can help students tolearn survival and communication skills when in an unfamiliar context. |
D.Spring break is not common in the US. |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
解析
试题分析:文章介绍了放春假虽然有很多益处,但是中国的春假还有很长一段路要走。
小题1:细节题:根据Apart from Renmin University, only a few other universities, such as Yantai University, have a spring break for their students. The concept in China is still far from the culture and norms built around it in the US. 除了人民大学之外,只有烟台大学等几所高校正在推行春假制度。故选A。
小题2:推理题:根据前后段落,可知这里“it”指的是春假,故选C。
小题3:细节题:根据Every year in late April, students at Renmin University of China become the subjects of admiration and jealousy of their peers on other campuses in Beijing. Why? Because they get a week off in the middle of term, the so-called spring break.可知每年四月末,中国人民大学的学生总能成为京城其他高校学子们羡慕和嫉妒的对象。因为他们拥有一周的期中“春假”。故选C。
小题4:主旨题:从全篇文章的描写可知这篇文章介绍除了人民大学之外,只有烟台大学等几所高校正在推行春假制度。与美国的春假文化及习俗相比,中国的春假还有很长一段路要走。北京第二外国语学院的魏翔教授认为,春假是国内高校在改进学生课程安排方面一次不错的尝试,可以在休闲与课业安排上,为学生提供更多选择。所以最好的题目应该是春假不再只是个传说。故选B。
小题5:细节理解。根据文章倒数第二段中的The concept in China is still far from the culture and norms built around it in the US.可知,春假在美国是正常的模式。故选D。
核心考点
试题【Every year in late April, students at Renmin University of China become the subj】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.
Longer hours do of course increase the GDP(国内生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.
It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in its interest. It is too early to explain the different trends(趋势)in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?
小题1:Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?
A.Spain. | B.France. | C.Germany. | D.America. |
A.The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America. |
B.Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US. |
C.People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer. |
D.Americans are happier than Europeans. |
A.Americans and Europeans |
B.Staying at Home |
C.Work and Productivity |
D.Work and Happiness |
The countryside is particularly beautiful during the summer, especially in August and September. As one travels the countryside, you’ll find more of its treasures: so many plants and animals, romantic castles(浪漫的城堡), secret gardens, and villages so unchanged in the last decades that they seem to have been caught under a fairy’ s spell.
Must-sees include Derbyshire, called “the heart of England” and home to the National Park. The great peaks were the muse(创作灵感)of the Bronte sisters (and if you love the book Jane Eyre, you can visit North Lees hall, where the real Eyre family once lived).
History lovers will enjoy a visit to Lincoln city (its most famous son is Lord Alfred Tennyson). It is also known for its cathedral(大教堂), the charming tea shops, a small castle. One would never guess its violent past—built by Romans, it was once a center for arrow(箭) making.
Harry Potter fans shouldn’t miss a visit to Alnwick, which is better recognized as the “Hogswarth” in the movies.
Let’s not leave out the Wessex region, where one can see one of England’s greatest mysteries, Stone Henge. You can also go to the City of Bath, which has been famous for its medicines springs since the Roman times. Other popular tractions include Salisbury Cathedral, and landscaped(景色优美的) gardens of Stourhead, and the cobbled(用鹅卵石铺的) streets of Shaftesbury. This is also home to Oxford, one of the world’s most famous universities.
Art lovers will also like a visit to East Anglia, whose landscapes inspired the painter Constable (he was born in Dedham village). This is also home of the University City of Cambridge, and the famous architectural(建筑上的) attraction, King’s College Chapel. Be sure to visit the aircraft museum of Duxford.
小题1:What was Shakespeare’s attitude towards the English countryside?
A.Uninterested. | B.Dissatisfied(不满意的). |
C.Surprised. | D.Admiring. |
A.produced arrows in the past |
B.will be enjoyed by music lovers |
C.was the place where the Eyre family once lived |
D.has one of the world’ s most famous universities |
A.the Wessex region | B.Derbyshire | C.Yorkshire | D.Alnwick |
A.a travel guide |
B.a book review(书评) |
C.a history paper |
D.a newspaper report |
Brother Michael and Chris were born in the early 1960s and grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in the primary school and brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.
But in a black family with eight children, money was always , so the two growing boys often went . They turned to stealing. They stole cookies from the grocery store and bread from the . They even stole money from their parents to feed.
At the end of his first year in high school, Chris received three A’s and F’s on his report card --- the first time he had anything in school. Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures four years, one more F and Chris would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to .
Chris made every effort to become in school. After Chris graduated from college, he worked as a prosecutor(检察官), criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. Today Chris is famous as one of the prosecutors in the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson trial!
That decision to change took him in an entirely direction from his brother Michael, who changing his bad behavior. After high school, Michael continued his anti-social ---fighting in the streets, taking and stealing. At the age of 42, Michael Darden died from AIDS.
This story us that what we become is determined by the we make. We can choose to get or we can choose to get worse. Chris changed. He changed from being a criminal to prosecuting criminals. His brother Michael, on the other hand, was changed. He was changed by drugs…and finally, he was changed by a deadly disease. Chris made the right choices. He made the changes in his life that helped him his great dreams.
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When an adopted person has access to his or her adoption file and original records, it is referred to as an open adoption. The term is also used to describe any contact that may be between the adoptive family, the birth parents, and the adopted child. The level of openness can change greatly in such contact depending on each individual relationship. There can be indirect contact between the natural birth parents and the child through the form of letters and photographs, or there can be actual physical contact.
A semi-open adoption is where the birth parents may have contact with the adoptive parents before the birth of the child, either once or several times. After the birth there is no more contact. A semi-open adoption may remain as it is or it can become either open or closed.
A closed adoption is where only the medical and historical information about the biological parents is given to the adoptive family. Typically, the birth and adoptive parents do not know each other’s identities. The record of the birth parents is kept sealed (密封). A closed adoption is usually only effective in the adoption of babies. The adoption of an older child who already knows his or her birth parents cannot be kept closed.
小题1:How many adoption types are mentioned in the passage?
A.2. | B.3. | C.4. | D.5. |
A.The birth parents may have indirect contact with the adoptive parents. |
B.The biological parents may often go to see their birth child. |
C.No information about the biological parents is given to the adoptive parents. |
D.Generally speaking, the adoptive parents do not know the birth parents’ identities. |
A.a closed adoption | B.an open adoption |
C.a semi-open adoption | D.a semi-closed adoption |
A.where a child is brought up by the government |
B.where a child is legally sent abroad by the birth parents |
C.where a child is legally placed with adoptive parents |
D.where a child is sent to live with the children whose parents have died |
In September, scientists announced at the National Snow and Ice Data (数据) Center that Arctic summer sea ice had fallen to its second lowest level since 1979, and probably long before that. The Arctic has lost an area of ice greater than the area of all U.S. states east of the Mississippi River. And what ice remains appears to be getting thinner and weaker.
Nick Toberg and Till Wagner are polar ice scientists who are doing sea ice fieldwork. “There is plenty of data to suggest that the ice is becoming thinner as well as smaller in area,” they say.
The changes happening in the Arctic are a warning for the entire world . As polar expert Walt
Meier puts it, “What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.”
Some scientists worry that Arctic sea ice may be going from a downward spiral (螺旋线) to a “death spiral”, one from which there is no escape. As more ice melts (融化), more dark open water appears. The darkness absorbs (吸收) more heat, which speeds up the pace of melting.
Until recently, many scientists thought it might take until the end of the century for the North Pole to become completely ice free during the summer. Now some believe it could happen by 2030 or even earlier. “The melting is happening faster in the real world than it has in the models,” says Nick Toberg.
小题1:The purpose of the first paragraph is to tell readers __________.
A.it’s difficult to arrive at the Arctic |
B.it is too cold for people to live in the Arctic |
C.what caused the climate change in the Arctic |
D.we can see the most obvious climate change in the Arctic |
A.is still decreasing |
B.began reducing in 1979 |
C.fell to its lowest level in September |
D.is equal to the Mississippi River |
A.The changes don’t affect the Arctic at all. |
B.The changes will only happen in the Arctic. |
C.The changes happening in the Arctic will stop. |
D.The changes will also affect other parts of the world. |
A.the ice in the North Pole will stop melting |
B.the ice in the North Pole is melting faster than expected |
C.the ice in the North Pole will melt before 2030 or even earlier |
D.the ice in the North Pole will not disappear until the end of the century |
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