u校园quiz答案quiz2新视野⼤学英语（第三版）读写教程2
长篇阅读10题，总分值：20分
Directions：You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choo a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
A Parents’ Guide to UCAS Applications
A) To support your child through the UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) process, you’ll need to be aware of the key dates and —make sure that they are, too. “The universi ty application process is a minefield,” says Wendy Pannell, who daughter is in year 13. It can be particularly confusing for parents who want to be supportive, but who have no previous experience of the university admissions rvice. “University has chan ged enormously,” says Andrew Swarbrick, university applications coordinator at the independent Abingdon school, Oxfordshire. “Parents need to remember that it’s different from how it was for them. They need to start with a blank slate.” With that in mind, here’s how you can help your sixth-former to find and apply to a university that’s right for them.
B) Most schools will host information days that help parents to prepare. “Go to tho ssions if a school is running them,”says Nancy Raynsford, who daughter is in her first year at Liverpool University. Students should think about where they want to go and what they want to study in year 12, as the application procedure will get underway in the autumn term of year
13. But with 37,000 cours to choo from at over 300 institutions, how can you help them to narrow down the options?
C) If your sixth-former has a dream career in mind, such as medicine or dentistry, they’ll need a specific degree to achieve it. If they don’t know, admissions tutors advi students to apply for a subject they enjoy or a cour they are fascinated by. Make u of the resources available online, such as university league tables and prospectus（简章）.”I found the UCAS website a mine of information,” says Wendy Pannell. “It’s got all the deadline dates and everything in one place. You can also download apps and u Twitter —I’ve followed UCAS and universities.”
D) Parents and sixth-formers should go to open days to get a feel for what
a university is like. “We went to about 20 open days,” says Nancy Raynsford. “We sat in lectures and that helped us to understand what it was all about. I was designated as the note-taker so that my da
ughter could listen. I didn’t ask any questions publicly becau that was her job, but my being there gave her confidence. We could talk about it afterwards, and the shared experience of having been there with her meant that we could understand the process as well.” “I went on a couple of visits to universities,” says Barbara Asante, who dau ghter is now at Susx University. “It’s important for the parents to go becau you know your child and so you can e that a university or a cour will suit them.”
E) Parents should know important dates in the UCAS calendar and remind their sixth-former of them. All applications are made through UCAS and the final deadline for the majority of cours is January 15. However, most applications are submitted during the autumn term of year 13. It’s recommended that students complete applications as early as possible; although universities must consider every one received by the deadline, many make offers in the autumn.
F) Students can apply for up to five cours. Entry for most cours will be determined by predicted A-level results and tariff points. A certain number of tariff points are given for each A-level grade. You can look at tariff tables online to e how many points each grade has. Many schools advi that students have at least one “back-up” option, with lower entry requirements, in ca they do not get their predicted grades.
G) As well as understanding and guiding your child through the application process, parents can help with the personal statement, which is a chance for students to show their passion for a subject. “Parents can help their son or daughter to begin their personal statement,” says Swarbrick. “Get them to explain what they find interesting and exciting about their subject,” he says, “as well as to say what they’ve done to demonstrate that interest. However, it’s als o important that parents recognize that their son or daughter has to write their personal statement themlves.”
H) Parents can also help by being aware of the early deadline. The deadline for Oxbridge and some specific cours, such as medicine and dentistry, is October 15. If your sixth-former is thinking about applying to any
of the subjects or universities they should prepare well in advance. Students may need to take a test or submit written work. They are then shortlisted and could be invited for an interview.
I) At the offer stage, parents should play a monitorial role. Offers are staggered（犹豫，动摇）depending on when an application was made. Offers can be “unconditional” or “conditional” – which means they depend on A-level results. Students
have to decline or accept only when all of their five choices have got back to them. They will then ha
ve to respond by a t deadline, given by UCAS. If a student’s first choice is a conditional offer, they can also accept a cond insurance choice, which asks for lower grades. “At this stage, parents should ask sixth-formers what the deadline is and when they plan to make their respon by, to make sure that they are on top of the procedure. As the whole thing becomes more real, parents could help to organ ize another visit or two so that they get a cond impression.”
J) If your sixth-former did not get into any of their choices, then they can still find a cour through UCAS Extra, which stays open until early July. They can u the cour arch to find out which cours still have places available and apply through UCAS. Another option is to go through clearing, which matches students with unfilled places on cours. It’s organized by UCAS and opens at on A-level results day, August 15. It then runs until September. Encourage your child to keep calm, as clearing can be a stressful process. Expect them to be on the phone, contacting universities. Institutions say they prefer students, rather than parents, to call, so it’s best for parents to take a step back and to let their son or daughter speak for themlves.
1)
If a student is not sure about what subject to learn, he will be advid to apply for the subject he is interested in. C
如何清理运行内存2)
If a sixth-former graduate applies for medicine cour, he should get to know the deadline for it and prepare for some tests ahead of time. H
3)
The advantage that parents accompany their children to the open days is that they can give their children confidence and help. D
4)
Many applicants submit their applications in the autumn of year 13 rather than in the January of year 14. E
5)
Students have to make a final decision about which university to attend by the deadline given by UCAS. I
6)
Students are recommended to choo at least one cour with lower entry requirements. F
7)
Some parents, especially tho who have never gone through university admission rvice, feel troubled and worried about the process of their kid’s university application. A
8)
Parents are suggested to go to the colleges on their information days to get well prepared to help their children. B
9)
Students who fail to be admitted by their ideal universities can still find vacancy in other universities before early July through UCAS Extra. J
10)
When writing personal statement, students should explain their interests in the chon subject. G
参考答案：
1) C 2) H 3) D 4) E 5) I
6) F 7) A 8) B 9) J 10) G
阅读理解15题，总分值：30分
Directions：Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished ntences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choo the best answer to each question.
Worldwide, 40 million new pasnger cars are built every year. A recent survey estimates that the number of cars will triple over the next 20 years. Most of this growth will take place in China. In comparison, the United States has been completely transformed by cars.
Cars did not become necessities for families in the United States until after World War II. Prior to that time, cars were en mainly as toys for the rich. By the end of the war, however, people were tired of saving their money. They were ready to have some fun. Unlike Europe and Japan, who industries had been wiped out by World War II, factories in the United States could quickly be changed from pr
oduction of wartime items to mass production of such luxury items as cars.
As cars grew in popularity in the United States, there were also changes in lifestyle. Farmers who were once isolated from society by rural life now took weekend trips into the city. Also, workers in the cities no longer needed to live in inner-city housing in order to keep their jobs at nearby factories. Tho who made enough money moved out of the cities and into the suburbs. Now that each family had its own car, going to work from the suburbs became a common practice.
Cars not only changed the way people lived, but also changed the way they thought. Traditionally, becau young people spent most of their time outside school in and around the home, the strongest role models for teenagers were their parents. However, once they had access to their own cars, teens began spending more time out with friends. Therefore, they became less likely to follow the behavior of their parents and more likely to follow their friends’.
One thing producers paid little attention to, however, was safety. It wasn’t until the mid-1960s that consumers began to demand that all car companies include at least a few common safety features in new cars. The new standards eventually led to safety features such as at belts, air bags, anti-lock brakes, and automatic door locks.
11)
Why cars didn’t ll as well in Europe as in the United Stat es?
A. Becau people weren’t interested in cars.
B. Becau fewer
factories were able to make cars. C. Becau people couldn’t afford cars.
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D. Becau fewer people lived on farms.
12)
According to the passage, what was the greatest benefit of cars to American life?
狐臭传染人吗A. They provided people with more freedom to travel.
B. They
encouraged people to drive cars to and from work. C. They led to the七年级下册历史书
development of drive-in movies and drive-through restaurants. D. They
allowed teenagers to spend more time with their friends.
13)
The main point of Paragraph 4 is that cars ________.
A. caud families to grow clor
B. changed the thoughts of
teenagers C. changed the lives of adults D. made everyday life easy
and fun
14)
What caud the change of the car safety features?
A. Many car accidents during 1960s.
B. The regulations by the
government. C. The standards by the car company. D. Customers
who would purcha cars.
15)林逋读音
What’s the main theme of the passage?
A. The US has most of the cars in the world.
B. China will soon
surpass the US in the car market. C. Americans’ lives have changed a lot
with the car industry. D. Europeans were living in poverty after World War
II.
参考答案：
最后的陪伴11) C 12) A 13) B 14) D 15) C
吃什么可以减肥What do Leonardo da Vinci (达芬奇) and Albert Einstein have in common? They were both left-handed, along with other famous people including Pablo Picasso (毕加索). In fact, an estimated 11 percent of Americans and Europeans are left-handed.
对数函数的图像Most people around the world are right-handed. This fact also ems to have held true throughout history. In 1977, scientists studied works of art made at various time in history starting with cave drawings from 15,000 B.C. and ending with paintings from the 1950s. Most of the people shown in the works of art are right-handed, so scientists guesd that right-handedness has always been common.
Many rearchers claim to have found relationships between left-handedness and various physical and mental characteristics, such as blond hair, blue eyes, vegetarianism, and sleep difficulties. Other studies have found a higher-than-normal level of left-handed people in certain occupations, including professional baball and tennis players, architects, lawyers, as well as prisoners. However, some of the connections are very weak, and others haven’t been proven.
What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet, no one really knows for sure. One simple idea suggests that people normally get right-handedness from their parents. Studies have found that two right-handed parents
have only 9.5 percent chance of having a left-handed child, while two left-handed parents have a 26 percent chance of having a left-handed child. Another common theory is that left-handed people suff
er mild brain damage during their birth. Whatever the reasons behind it, people’s attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (10-12 years old) are left-handed, only 6 percent of the elderly are left-handed. Left-handed children ud to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are left-handed are no longer looked down upon nor are they considered abnormal.
For most people today either ca is perfectly acceptable. There are even a number of shops now that specialize in lling products designed for left-
handed people, such as left-handed scissors, can openers, guitars, and even a left-handed camera. Don’t you think it’s wond erful?
16)
From studying works of art, scientists have learned that ________.
A. left-handed people are better artists
B. most artists are left-handed
C. most people in history were right-handed
D. cave drawings were
drawn using both hands
17)
What is talking about in the Paragraph 3?
A. People with certain characteristics are better at certain jobs.
B. Left-handed people are better at some jobs.
C. Left-handedness is
linked with certain characters and occupations. D. There are some
reasons why people are left-handed.
18)
Why is a person right-handed?
A. It is caud by the person’s parents.
B. It is due to the environment
the person lives in. C. It is suffered a mild brain damage at birth. D. It
