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【題目】 Preparing to go to Chinese university is tiring enough. But when studying abroad, you need to worry about things like new tests, essays, recommendations(推薦信), college choices and visa applications(簽證申請).

The first thing you should do after picking the country you want to study in is to make a list of universities, including a dream school (a school you may not get into, but is at the top of your list), a safety school (a school you can definitely get into), and several schools in between. Look at the websites of those universities and you will get a complete list of everything you need for your applications.

The most important in any application will be your test scores, so pick a time as early as possible to take an exam preparation course.

If you are in a lecture hall with a teacher telling jokes, you are probably just wasting your time. As a reference point(參照標準), US students who attend top universities spend between 500 to 1,000 hours studying for the SAT, so probably you should do more.

You are also going to need to think about how to tell a story about yourself. Chinese students are well-known for being very hardworking, but also for sometimes short of creativity(創(chuàng)造力).

You need to show the university that you are excellent because of your own personality, not because your parents have forced you to be excellent.

Are you interested in sports? Make sure to play on your school’s team. Universities want to see that you have interests of your own and can show initiative(主動性).

Finally, find an agent(代理人) to help you finish the application. You will need this help, but be as cautious as you can. Some agents will try their best to help students achieve their dreams but there are also ones who care more about the fees paid by students.

【1】The main purpose of the text is to ________.

A.introduce some top foreign universities

B.give advice on how to apply to a foreign university

C.let readers know about how to prepare for the SAT

D.tell readers how to choose a good foreign school

【2】When preparing to go to a foreign school, you are advised to ________.

A.make a list of the universities you’re interested in

B.take some exam preparation courses

C.spend about 500 hours preparing for the SAT

D.write a good story to show you are hardworking

【3】The underlined word “cautious” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

A.earlyB.braveC.carefulD.prepared

【4】What can we know from the article?

A.It is better to have your parents help you with your applications.

B.Foreign universities pay more attention to their students’ creativity.

C.Sports fans have greater chances to go to foreign universities.

D.Agencies don’t help your application much.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要就如何申請國外的學校給出了一些建議。包括選學校、參加備考課程、盡早做準備、思考如何講自己的故事及如何向老師證明你很優(yōu)秀、有自己的愛好、尋找代理幫你完成申請等內(nèi)容。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文中“The first thing you should do”、“pick a time as early as possible to take an exam preparation course”、“Finally, find an agent to help you finish the application.”等內(nèi)容可以推斷出本文主要為到外國去上學的人提了一些相關(guān)建議。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“The first thing you should do after picking the country you want to study in is to make a list of universities.”可知當準備到國外上大學時，你應該列一個你感興趣的大學的名單。故選A。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)最后一段中“Some agents will try their best to help students achieve their dreams but there are also ones who care more about the fees paid by students.”可知如果需要找經(jīng)理人，需要盡量當心，因為有的經(jīng)理人會盡力幫學生圓夢，而有的則只關(guān)心錢。cautious與careful意思相近。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題題。根據(jù)第5段中“You are also going to need to think about how to tell a story about yourself. Chinese students are well-known for being very hardworking, but also for sometimes short of creativity.”可推斷出外國大學更注重學生的創(chuàng)造力。故選B。