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1、已经听过的听力答案及原文Unit 1Task 1【答案】A. unusual, whatever, escape, traditions, present, grey, moulded, shape, hereB.A Chronicle of Cambridges Early YearsYearsEvents1209Several hundred students and scholars arrived in Cambridge from Oxford.1284 Peterhouse, the oldest college in Cambridge, was founded.1440 Kin

2、g Henry founded Kings College.C. 1) Students were forbidden to play games, to sing (except sacred music), to hunt or fish or even to dance.2) When people went anywhere on a visit, the pretty English girls all kissed them.3) Erasmus, Bacon, Milton, Cromwell, and Newton (or Wordsworth, Byron, Tennyson

3、, etc.)【原文】 My coming to Cambridge has been an unusual experience. From whatever country one comes as a student one cannot escape the influence of the Cambridge traditions-and they go back so far! Here, perhaps, more than anywhere else, I have felt at one and the same time the past, the present and

4、even the future. Its easy to see in the old grey stone buildings how the past moulded the present and how the present is giving shape to the future. So let me tell you a little of what this university town looks like and how it came to be here at all. The story of the University began, so far as I k

5、now, in 1209 when several hundred students and scholars arrived in the little town of Cambridge after having walked 60 miles from Oxford. Of course there were no colleges in those early days and student life was very different from what it is now. Students were of all ages and came from anywhere and

6、 everywhere. They were armed; some even banded together to rob the people of the countryside. Gradually the idea of the college developed, and in 1284, Peterhouse, the oldest college in Cambridge, was founded. Life in college was strict; students were forbidden to play games, to sing (except sacred

7、music), to hunt or fish or even to dance. Books were very scarce and all the lessons were in the Latin language which students were supposed to speak even among themselves. In 1440 King Henry VI founded Kings College, and the other colleges followed. Erasmus, the great Dutch scholar, was at one of t

8、hese, Queens College, from 1511 to 1513, and though he wrote that the college beer was “weak and badly made”, he also mentioned a pleasant custom that unfortunately seems to have ceased. “The English girls are extremely pretty,” Erasmus said, “soft, pleasant, gentle, and charming. When you go anywhe

9、re on a visit the girls all kiss you. They kiss you when you arrive. They kiss you when you go away and again when you return.” Many other great men studied at Cambridge, among them Bacon, Milton, Cromwell, Newton, Wordsworth, Byron and Tennyson.Task 3【答案】A. 1) b) 2) c)B. “Five Secrets” for Getting

10、a Student VisaSecret One: Get free, accurate information by visiting the US Embassy website.Secret Two: Be thoroughly prepared. Bring: I-20 form or IAP form; Diploma(s); Standardized test score reports (TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, etc.);All letters and e-mails from the school, esp. those discussing fina

11、ncial aid; Evidence of funding for the applicants studies;Business cards;Any other documents that might be important.Secret Three: Answer the questions that are asked. Dont give the visa officer a prepared speech.Secret Four: Tell the truth.Secret Five: Come back to China in two ways:1) Come back to

12、 see your family and maintain your ties to China.2) Come back to China after graduation.【原文】On March 7, US Consul General David Hopper and three other officials from the Visa Section of the American Embassy met with students at Peking University. One of the officials presented “Five Secrets” for get

13、ting a student visa.Secret One:Get free, accurate information on applying for a student visa. Visit the US Embassy website. There is no charge for using these resources. Why pay to get the same information from other sources?Secret Two:Be thoroughly prepared. Make sure you bring: Y I-20 form (or IAP

14、-66 form);Your diploma(s);Your standardized test score reports (TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, etc.);All letters and e-mails from the school, especially those that discuss scholarships, assistantships, fellowships and other forms of financial aid;Evidence of funding for your studies (bank documents, etc.);

15、Your business cards (if you have a job);Any other documents that you think might be important.Secret Three:Answer those questions that are asked. Dont give the visa officer a prepared speech! Heres an example of what to avoid.Visa officer：Hi, how are you today?Applicant：Im going to study chemical en

16、gineering at X University.Visa officer：X University? Ive been to the campus many times.Applicant：I will surely return to China and find a good job with a major multinational company. Visa officer：So tell me, what color is the sky?Applicant：I was given a teaching assistantship because the school beli

17、eves my test scores and credentials are excellentThese people are not communicating, and the applicant is not advancing his cause!Secret Four：Tell the truth. If the visa officer thinks youre lying, you wont get a visa.Secret Five：Come back to China. We mean that in two ways：1. Come back to see your

18、family and maintain your ties to ChinaKeep up your friendships and professional contacts hereStudents returning on vacation dont even need to come in for an interview；they can simply use the drop-box service offered at many CITIC Bank locations.2. Come back to China after you graduate. Use those adv

19、anced skills and theories that you learn in the US to make China a better placeTask 5【答案】domestic, diversity, flexibility, more than 3,600, campuses, enrolled students, industries, about 3 million, Harvard, Stanford, community colleges, state universities, faculties, ethnic minorities, subjects and

20、course options, student, consumer, flexibility, specialize, a higher education, postsecondary, a new career, retired people【原文】That a record 453,787 foreign students from 180 countries attended colleges and universities in the US in the past academic year is perhaps the most vivid indication that th

21、ere are important advantages in American higher education. No other country receives even half as many foreign students, yet international students represent only 3% of the total enrollment at US colleges and universities. In all, some fifteen million students attend Americas institutions of higher

22、education.These statistics illustrate four major features of the American higher education system which make it attractive to both domestic and foreign students: size, diversity, flexibility and accessibility. Today there are more than 3,600 institutions of higher education in the United States. Som

23、e of the large state university systems, such as those in New York, California and Texas, comprise dozens of campuses and hundreds of thousands of enrolled students. Indeed, higher education has become one of the biggest industries in the US, employing some three million people.The range and diversi

24、ty of institutions and programs of study in the US are even more impressive. The system encompasses both prestigious private universities such as Harvard and Stanford, which are among the best in the world, and local publicly-funded community colleges; both huge state university campuses enrolling 4

25、0,000-50,000 students and tiny private institutes with fewer than 100 students.American higher education is diverse in other ways, too. Not only do most colleges and universities enroll foreign students, but foreign faculty and visiting scholars play an important role on many campuses, particularly

26、the large universities. In most comprehensive institutions, there are as many female students as male, and the numbers of students and faculty from ethnic minorities, particularly Asian-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have been steadily increasing. As a result, the campus communities of many Americ

27、an universities reflect in microcosm the diversity of larger society.Higher education in the US is also unique in offering an enormous variety of subjects and course options, ranging from Aerospace Engineering to Womens Studies and from Art to Zoology. Because it is dependent on tuition for funding,

28、 higher education in the US is student-centered and consumer-oriented; institutions teach what students want to know and what society as a whole thinks is useful. For example, the large public universities of New York, Ohio State University, and the University of Texas at Austin offer hundreds of di

29、fferent degree programs and have academic catalogs listing thousands of courses.The variety of programs and courses contributes to the flexibility of the American system. Undergraduates usually begin their program taking general education, liberal arts, or core curriculum coursesin order that they m

30、ight become more well-rounded studentsand only later select their major in many cases, not until their second year. Because they do not specialize from the very beginning, undergraduate students have more options than their counterparts in other countries. Not infrequently, American undergraduates c

31、hange their mind and decide to take a different major, but this does not oblige them to start over, for at least part of their course work can still be applied to the new degree.Most academic programs include elective courses which students can sometimes take outside their main field of study. This

32、gives them added choice in planning their education, and enables them to broaden their perspective by learning about other subjects. Thus, much is left up to student, who is expected to choose from a bewildering variety of institutions, degree programs and courses, and often must depend on his/her academic advisors for help in planning a program of study.The size, diversity and flexibility of the American higher education system all contribute to its accessibility. Americans t