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Good advice is like medicine for the soul. What kind of 1 have you recently received? Who do you go to got advice? Do you have a mentor(顧問)? A mentor is a 2 adviser.
Parents, teacher and friends are often great 3 .Sports figures, public officials can also be good 4 of mentors, but a person with whim you are a personal relationship will most likely be able to 5 you the best advice.
Mentors teach things that seem to be 6 sense. Proverbs are wise old sayings that are common in every language and 7 , and can sometimes be 8 for a nonnative to understand. For example, all that 9 is not gold(some things are not as 10 as they appear ).
Advice 11 in newspapers and magazines are another way to 12 advice.
Talk shows on radio and television are also very popular. Americans and Canadians love to 13 themselves. Many people are not 14 to ask for help or 15 about a problem in order to receive advice. People generally will 16 their own experience to 17 their friends. Overcoming a difficult situation is 18 respecter in North America. People love to heat motivational (積極的) stories and 19 . One proverb, a friend in need is a friend indeed, shares the concept that a true friend will help you out in times of 20 .
1. A. success B. measure C. position D. advice
2. A. devoted B. united C. trusted D. expected
3. A. interviewers B. mentors C. followers D. competitors
4. A. examples B. mentors C. manners D. services
5. A. consider B. exchange C. adapt D. offer
6. A. present B. attractive C. common D. particular
7. A. experience B. difference C. culture D. behavior
8. A. simple B. difficult C. natural D. brief
9. A. glitters B. packages C. acts D. forces
10. A. different B. negative C. primary D. valuable
11. A. columns B. materials C. wonders D. add
12. A. reduce B. add C. keep D. get
13. A. enjoy B. teacher C. express D. defeat
14. A. brave B. afraid C. honest D. lucky
15. A. talk B bring. C. care D. look
16. A. remind B. suggest C. clone D. share
17. A. lead to B. set free C. help out D. take over
18. A. originally B. highly C. equally D. closely
19. A. encouragementB. sadness C. movement D. adventure
20. A. happiness B. trouble C. excitement D. nature
Since we are not wealthy now,we’d better take our daily expenses into________.
A.thought |
B.account |
C.position |
D.effect |
When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face; Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost (教務長) of Yale, who’ll become Oxford’s vice-chancellor—a position equivalent to university president in America.
Hamilton isn’t the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc, have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big and competitive business nowadays, and like so many businesses, it’s gone global. Yet the talent flow isn’t universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America.
The chief reason is that American schools don’t tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university’s budget. “We didn’t do any global consideration,” says Patricia Hayes, the board’s chair. The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist (活動家) who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising. Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and necessity.
Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But government support has failed to keep pace with rising student number. The decline in government support has made funding-raising an increasing necessary ability among administrators and has hiring committees hungry for Americans.
In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, when Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen “a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position.”
Of course, fund-raising isn’t the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of education means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind of promote international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices.
1.What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage?
A.Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S.
B.A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators.
C.American universities are enrolling more international students.
D.University presidents are paying more attention to funding-raising.
2.What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators?
A.The political correctness.
B.Their ability to raise funds.
C.Their fame in academic circles.
D.Their administrative experience.
3.What do we learn about European universities from the passage?
A.The tuitions they charge have been rising considerably.
B.Their operation is under strict government supervision.
C.They are strengthening their position by globalization.
D.Most of their revenues come from the government.
4.Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because _____.
A.she was known to be good at raising money
B.she could help strengthen its ties with Yale
C.she knew how to attract students overseas
D.she had boosted Yale’s academic status
5.In what way do top-level administrators from abroad contribute to university development?
A.They can enhance the university’s image.
B.They will bring with them more international faculty.
C.They will view a lot of things from a new perspective.
D.They can set up new academic disciplines.
America is growing older. Fifty - eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. To day, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect(影響)American society in many ways—education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior(行為) is suitable(合適)at various , ages.
A person s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29 - year - old university president or a 35 - year -old grandmother, or a 70 year - old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother— or my father— was at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
67.It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ________ .
A. has made people feel younger
B. has changed people’s social position
C. has changed people’s understanding of age
D. has slowed down the country’s social development
68.The underlined word “one” refers to ________ .
A. a society B. America
C. a place D. population
69.“Act your age” means people should ________ .
A. be active when they are old
B. do the right thing at the right age
C. show respect for their parents young or old
D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
70.If a 25 - year - old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ________ .
A. normal B. wonderful
C. unbelievable D. unreasonable
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