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新动力3册unit8

Unit8

Direction:

ListentothereporttakenfromtheVOASpecialEnglishandanswerthefollowingquestions.

ChooseYourDegreeatanAmericancollegeorUniversity

Today,weansweraquestionfromMartininMexicoCity.HeasksaboutthekindsofdegreesthatcanearnatAmericancollegeanduniversity.

Americanhighereducationoffersdegreesinmanyareasofstudy.Acommunitycollegestudentearnsanassociatedegreeaftertowyearsofgeneralstudy.Thestudentmaythencontinueatcollegeoruniversityforanothertwoyearstoearnabachelor’sdegree.

Anundergraduatestudentatafour-yearschoolearnsabachelor’sdegree.StudentmajoringinanareaofsciencereceivetheBachelorofScience,alsoknownbythelettersB.S.ArtsorhumanitiesstudentsgettheBachelorofArtsdegree,orB.A.

Studentswhocontinueinschoolmayearnamaster’sdegreeaftertwoorthreemornyearsofstudy.ManyAmericansearnmaster’sdegreesatnightorontheweekendswhiletheyareworking.OneexampleofthisistheMBA,amaster’sdegreeinbusinessadministration.Studentslearntodealwithallkindsofbusinesssituation.

Theydevelopskillsneededbymanycompanies.

MBAprogramteachabouteconomics,financeandmarketing.Theyalsoteachaboutthestructureoforganizationsandothersubjects.BusinessisapopularsubjectforstudentswhocametotheUnitedStates.TobeadmittedtoanMBAprogram,aforeignstudentmusthaveabachelor’sdegreeandgoodscoreontheTOEFL.MoststudentsalsotaketheGraduateManagementAdministrationTest.Mostofthe1,800MBAprogramsaroundthewordusethesetestscores.

TheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncilsaysforeignstudentsshouldfindoutwhatdifferenceschoolsdotohelpthemfindajobaftertheyreceivetheirdegree.Representativesfrommanycompaniesvisitcollegestohirestudents.Youshouldhowmanycompaniesarewilltohireinternationalstudents.Thecouncilsayseventhebestschoolsmayhavefewerjobplacementsforinternationalgraduatesforothers.

Question:

1.Whatisthisreportabout?

（ItisaboutthekindsofdegreesthatstudentscanearnAmericancollegeanduniversity.）

2.Whatdegreedoesastudentincommunitycollegeearn?

（Heearnsanassociatedegreeaftertwoyearsofgeneralstudy.）

3.WhatisMBA?

（It’samaster’sdegreeinbusinessadministration.Studentslearntodealwithallkindsofbusinesssituations.Theydevelopskillsneededbymanycompanies.）

4.WhatmustaforeignstudenthaveinordertobeadmittedtoanMBAprogram?

（Hemusthaveabachelor’sdegreeandagoodscoreonTOEEF.）

Conversation

Directions:

Inthispartyouwillhear8shortconversationand1longconversation.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkA,B,C,D,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.

SectionA:

shortconversations

1.W:

TonsaidthatParisisagreatplaceforconferences.

Q:

WhatdoesthemansayaboutTom?

（B）

2.M:

Mytoothacheiskillingme.Ithoughtitwasgoingaway,butnowitisgettingworseandIcanhardlybearit.

W:

Itoldyouyesterdaymakeanappointment.

Q:

Whatdoesthewomanmean?

（A）

3.W:

ofallthemouthsJuneismyfavorite.IwasborninJune.Whataboutyou?

M:

MybirthdayisDecember,butIlikeOctoberbest.

Q:

Whenthemanwasborn?

（D）

4.M:

I’dlikeaskmyteachertotheparity.Doyouknowheraddress?

W:

Sorry,butIcanfinditout.

Q;whatdoeswomanmean?

（C）

5.W:

Ihadahardtimegettingthroughthenovel.

M:

Ishareyourfelling.Whocanrememberthenamesof25differentcharacters?

Q:

whatdoesthemanimply?

（C）

6.M:

Isthis689213?

I’mtryingtoreachtheguesthouse.

WI’msorry.Youmusthavewrongnumber.Thisisaprivateresidence.

Q:

Wheredidthisconversationtakeplace?

（D）

7.W:

whatdoyouthinkoffutureforonlineeducation?

Isitgoingtoreplacetheregularschools?

M:

Idon’tthinkso.Evenmoreandmorestudentsarebecominglearners,Istillbelievefewerofthemwillquitschoolaltogether.

Q:

Whatdoesthemanthinkoftraditionalschools?

（B）

8.M:

Ihaven’tseenyouforalongtime,MissWhite.Haveyoumovedorsomething?

W:

No.I’vebeenonavisittoItalyfortwoweeks,andthenstayedwithmymotherfortwomouths.

Q:

HowlonghasMissWhitebeenaway?

（C）

SectionB:

longconversation

W:

I’mgoingovertothegym.Iwanttodosomerunning.

M:

Yeah,Isuppose.Iguessitisn’thealthytoruninthisweather.Iwillgoovertotegymtoo.

W:

Yes,whynot?

Justletmegetmygymclothestogether..

M:

Ididn’tknowyoucouldexercise.Ialwaysthoughtyouwereonlygoodatliftingbeerbottlestoyourmouth.

W:

No,notatall.Iwasontheswimmingteaminhighschool.AndI’dliketosomeweighttraining.Theyhavedecentequipmentatthatgym.Iwanttostart.Ineedtokeephealthy,Ifeelmyenergyislowthesepastcouplemonths.

W:

It’strue.Ifapersondoesn’texercise,theygetinactive.That’swhyIkeeprunning.Eveninwinter.Butliftingweightisn’tbestthing.Youshoulddosomekindofaerobicexercise.

M:

Iknow.ButIwanttostarttodaywithalittleweightlifting.thenI’mgoingtobuyaswimmingsuitandgoggles,andeveryotherdayI’mgoingtoswimminginthepool.Howdoesthatsound?

W:

It’sstilljustsurprisedyoureallywanttodoit.Itdoesn’tseemtogowithyourcharacter.

M:

Well,ifthat’strue,thenmaybeIneedchangemycharacter,don’tI?

Idon’twanttocomeafatandunpleasantperson

Question9to12arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

9.Whatwillthewomendo?

（B）

10.Whydoesthemanwanttodosomeexercise?

（A）

11.Howoftenisthemangoingtogoswimming?

（C）

12.Whatimpressiondoesthewomanalwayshaveabouttheman?

（D）

Passages

Directions:

Inthispartyouwillhear2shortpassages.Attheendofpassages,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththequestionandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedABCD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.

Passageone

Tuitiondiscountincreaseinpopularity

Hungryforthebrighteststudents,manyofstrongeruniversitiesareactivelydiscountingtuition.Thepracticeisremarkablywidespread,reachingalmostallbutthe30orsoIvyandotherfirst-classcolleges.AttheDePauwUniversityWebsite,enteranSATorACTscore,acomputerprogramimmediatelytellsyouwhatkindof“award”.Only“therealunlucky”payfullpriceanymore.About76%offirst-yearstudentsgotsomeformofdiscountthisyearat331privateschools.Theaverageawardperstudentisabout7,000dollar.

Studentscaneven“bargain”withschooliftheyareofferedbiggerawardsatotherschools.Muchasbanksandinsuresofferspecialratestotheirbestcustomers,schoolsaregivingbiggestbreakstotheirtopstudents.Publicfour-yearcollege,too,areofferdiscounting.

Thenegativesideofbigdiscountisthatlessmoneyisavailabletoimproveacademicprogramsandkeepschoolsinfrastructureuptodate.Universitythathaveshapelyincreasedtheirtuitiondiscountrateshaveseengraduationratesfall,andthat’strueamongevenamonghighlyselectivelyschools.Justasoneteachersays,“theygetthestudentsinthedoor,butdon’thavetheservicestokeepthem.”

Questions1to3arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

1.Whyareuniversitiesengagedinthepracticeoftuitiondiscount?

（A）

2.Whatcantopstudentdoiftheygetbiggerawardsatotherschools?

（C）

3.Whatisthedisadvantageoftuitiondiscounts?

（D）

Homeschooling

AllchildrenintheUnitedStateshavetoreceiveaneducation,butthelawdoesn’tsaytheyhavetobeeducatedatschool.Anumberofparentsprefernottosendtheirchildrentoschool.Thereareabout300,000home-schoolintheUnitedStatestoday.Someparentspreferteachingtheirchildrenathomebecausetheydonotbelievethatpublicschoolsteachthecorrectreligiousvalues;othersbelievetheycanprovideabettereducationalexperiencebyteachingthemathome.Interestingly,resultsshowthathome-schooledchildrenquiteoftendobetterthanaverageonnationaltestsinreadingandmath.

Davidandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome.Hesaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninschool.Learningstartswithchildren’sinterestsandquestion.Forexample,whenthereisheavysnowfallonwinterday,itmaystateadiscussionorreadingaboutclimate,snowremovalequipment,Alaskaorpolarbears.Aspringeveningwhenthefamilyisputwatchingthestarsisgoodtimetoaskquestionaboutsatellitesandthespaceprogram.

Homeschoolingisoftenmoreinterestingthanregularschools,butcriticssaythathome-schoolareoutsiderswhomightbeuncomfortablemixingwithotherpeopleinadultlife.Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildren.However,mostparentsdon’thavethetimeordesiretoteachtheirchildrenathome,soschoolswillcontinuetobewheremostchildrengettheirformaleducation.

Questions1to4arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

1.Whichofthefollowingisoneofthereasonsforsomeparentstoteachtheirchildrenathome?

（C）

2.WhyDavidandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenathome?

（C）

3.Whatistheopinionofcriticsabouthomeschooling?

（A）

4.Whywillschoolcontinuetobetheplacewheremostchildrengettheirformaleducation?

（D）

Compounddiction

Direction:

inthispart,youwillhearapassagethreetimes,whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadsecond