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第一学期作业（大学英语Ⅲ）第1次作业
姓名：银召林
学号：13927180
专业：土木工程（工程管理）
班级：土木工程（工程管理）2013－78班（专本）
二、主观题(共1道小题)
41. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “How to Keep Healthy”. You should write no less than 80 words.
三、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题)
42.
Online degree programs have come a long way since their early days. Tradi tional colleges and universities have developed distance learning programs to a ccommodate individuals who would not otherwise have the time or funds to earn a n advanced degree. Online programs require the same amount of study and work as a classroom program. If you are under the impression that courses offered onlin e will be a walk in the park, think again! Online degree programs are often mor e difficult than traditional university programs due to the fact the work and s tudy is left up to the student. Time management skills are crucial, since there is not a particular time of the day set aside specifically for study. It may ta ke some time to become accustomed to this method of scholarship, but the pros o f online classes may outweigh the cons in your situation.
The main difference between online degree programs and traditional higher education is the location of learning. Instead of being confined to a stuffy cl assroom filled with students, these online classes have a more personal feeling . While many students would be hesitant to speak one to one with a class instru ctor, online programs find their students more willing to contact their profess ors via e-mail. This great participation encourages better understanding of the course material. Of course, not attending a class also comes with additional ba rriers. A student must be equipped with time management skills in order to succ eed in an online class. Students that lack the proper time management skills ma y find themselves overwhelmed with course work at the end of the semester or fa lling behind in their studies.
Whether you choose to attend a traditional college or university or enrol l in an online higher education program, the chances of success are equal. In t he end, it is up to you in order to complete the course of study and earn your degree. For busy individuals or students wishing to return to school without gr eatly affecting their everyday lives, an online degree program may be the best option.
[共5题]
(1) According to the passage, the main difference between online degree program s and traditional higher education is __________.
(A) the requirement for time management skills
(B) the place where students choose to study
(C) the tuition students have to pay
(D) the knowledge students learn from the class
(2) Which of the following is TRUE about online degree programs?
(A) Online degree programs are very easy for most of the students.
(B) The students in online classes are shy to communicate with the professors .
(C) Online degree programs can help students make progress in understanding t he course material.
(D) Online degree programs are better than traditional higher education.
(3) Which of the following is NOT the advantage of online degree programs?
(A) Students can benefit from the flexible time-tables provided by online deg ree programs.
(B) Students can enjoy more personal feeling from online degree programs.
(C) Students have to stay in the classroom for a whole day.
(D) It’s much easier for students to exchange ideas with the teachers via e-mail.
(4) To succeed in online degree programs, it is necessary for the students to _ _________.
(A) make a plan on how to use their time
(B) communicate with the classmates
(C) listen carefully to the teachers
(D) finish their homework
(5) Online degree programs are most appropriate to __________.
(A) the people who are unemployed
(B) the people who lack time management skills
(C) the people who have more free time
(D) the people who want to earn an advanced degree but busy with their own bu siness
43.
Successful and happy distance learners have a few characteristics in comm on. Compare yourself to the following list to determine whether or not online c lasses are a good fit for your personality and habits.
1. Successful distance learners do just as well, if not better, without p eople looking over their shoulder. While some people need teachers to keep them motivated and on-task, distance learners are able to motivate themselves. They realize that they will never be face-to-face with the people who give them assi gnments and grade their work, but they don’t need others to encourage them. Th
e most successful students are self-motivated and set their own goals.
2. Successful distance learners never (or at least rarely) put off their assignments or wait until the last moment to write their papers. These students enjoy the freedom of working at their own pace and appreciate the ability to co mplete their work in as much time as it takes them, instead of waiting for an e ntire class. However, they understand that putting off their work too often can end up adding months, if not years, to their studies.
3. Successful distance learners have good reading comprehension skills. W hile most people learn by listening to lectures and taking notes, the majority
of distance learners are expected to master material through reading alone. Alt hough some distance learning courses offer video recordings and audio clips, mo st programs require that students understand a large amount of information that is only available through written text. These students are able to comprehend t exts at the college level without the direct guidance of a teacher.
4. Successful distance learners can resist constant distractions. Whether it’s the phone ringing off the hook, the kids screaming in the kitchen, or the temptation of TV programs, everyone faces distractions. Successful students kno w how to filter out the constant disturbances that threaten their progress. The y feel comfortable turning down an invitation or letting the machine pick up th e phone when they know there is work to be done.
[共5题]
(1) Which of the following is NOT included in the successful distance learners ’ characteristics?
(A) Being self-motivated.
(B) Being self-disciplined.
(C) Being with good reading comprehension skills.
(D) Being easy to distract attention.
(2) If putting off his work too often, what will happen to this student?
(A) An entire class will wait for him.
(B) The professor will punish him.
(C) He has to postpone his graduation.
(D) Nothing will happen to him.
(3) The phrase “filter out” in the last paragraph means __________.
(A) choosing something to learn
(B) getting rid of the disturbances
(C) working out a plan
(D) solving the problem
(4) What we can infer from this passage is that __________.
(A) distance learners will never refuse the invitation for coming out because they are free
(B) only with written texts provided by online class, reading comprehension s kills are very important to distance learners
(C) traditional learners can enjoy the freedom of working at their own pace
(D) even without good reading comprehension, traditional learners still can m ake progress with the help of teacher
(5) Based on this passage, the author intends to tell us that __________.
(A) online learning is the perfect option for everyone
(B) no one would like to enroll at a traditional school
(C) learners must consider whether they have the qualities to attend online c lasses before making their decision
(D) online learning will take the place of traditional school in future
44.
If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the re search finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains a re not getting enough exercise-and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soo n.
Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmer s in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.
With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about meas uring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupati ons.
Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurement s of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to in tellect and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of th e brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculti es.)
Contraction of front and side parts was observed in some subjects in thei r thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty-and-seventy-year-olds. Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the c ontraction normally associated with age-using the head.
The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins s ooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Mat suzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White colla r workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to h ave shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
Matsuzawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrin king. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” he says. “Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t rel y on pocket calculators.”
[共5题]
(1) The team of doctors wanted to find out __________.
(A) why certain people age sooner than others
(B) how to make people live longer
(C) the size of certain people’s brains
(D) which people are most intelligent
(2) What are their research findings based on?
(A) A survey of farmers in northern Japan.
(B) Tests performed on a thousand old people.
(C) The study of brain volumes of different people.
(D) The latest development of computer technology.
(3) The doctor’s tests show that __________.
(A) our brains shrink as we grow older
(B) the front section of the brain does not shrink
(C) sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds
(D) some people’s brains have contracted more than other people’s
(4) The word “subjects” in paragraph 5 means__________.
(A) something to be considered
(B) branches of knowledge studied
(C) persons chosen to be studied in an experiment
(D) any member of a state except the supreme ruler
(5) According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?
(A) Lawyers.
(B) Farmers.
(C) Clerks.
(D) Shop assistants.
45.
Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way —was it through training and practice, or are great players born, not made? Fi rst, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past—pla yers that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of socc er, only six countries have ever won the World Cup—three from South America an d three from Western Europe. There has never been a great national team—or a r eally great player—from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a socc er player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four.
Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood—a po or, crowded area where a boy’s dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or busines sman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpo ol which produced the Beatles (甲壳虫乐队)，had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a “ball” made of rag s. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums (贫民窟)of Belfast.
All great players have a lot in common, but that doesn’t explain why the y are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one b ecame Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets th em apart from all the others.
[共5题]
(1) According to the author, which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) Great soccer players are born, not made.
(B) Truly great players are rare.
(C) Only six countries have ever had famous soccer stars.
(D) Soccer is the least popular sport in North America and Asia
(2) The word “tricks” at the end of Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____ ______.
(A) “experience”
(B) “cheating”
(C) “skills”
(D) “training”
(3) Pele is cited as an example in the second paragraph to illustrate that ____ ______.
(A) famous soccer players live in slum areas
(B) people in poor areas are born with some unique quality
(C) children in poor areas start playing football at the age of 3 or 4
(D) many great soccer players come from poor areas
(4) From the statement “only one became Pele” in the last paragraph, we can l earn that __________.
(A) Pele is the greatest soccer player
(B) the greatest players are born with some unique quality
(C) Pele’s birthplace sets him apart from all the other players
(D) the greatest players practice with “balls” made of rags
(5) Which of the following is NOT included in the factors of a soccer player’s success?
(A) his family background
(B) his neighborhood
(C) his practice
(D) his height
46. With 11 Internet courses and three master’s degrees to his credit, 28-year -old Charles Sturek __(1)__ the panic he felt during his first week of e-class. He graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in May. He sa id he was __(2)__ overwhelmed __________ any college freshman by the time he “
arrived” at his first online session. “I printed out all the course materials , put them in six-ring binders,” Sturek said. In a class with few set time con straints, he struggled to understand where to “be” at any given time. It took a face-to-face meeting with the professor to __(3)__ online learning. Anyway, i t’s an entirely different medium with few direct connections to the chalk-and-talk set. It has been less than a decade __(4)__ schools first embraced the Int ernet for distance learning. Now the university is among several colleges that are preparing to take the next big step. Distance learning is the next big thin g in education, according to Paul Edelson, Stony Brook’s dean of the School of Professional Development. For several years he has taught graduate-level course s online. “E-learning has many benefits __(5)__ the physical classroom”, he s aid. These include a better ability to __(6)__ students in must-participate dis cussions and media-rich resource materials over the Net. It also gives time-con strained or remotely located part-time students __(7)__ to college level instru ction they might otherwise never have. “It fulfills the dream for higher educa tion of improving performance of writing and thinking skills,” Edelson said. B ut __(8)__ as established universities race ahead with online programs, many ar e urging caution. Critics __(9)__ that dropout rates for e-classes are signific antly higher than that for face-to-face classes, in some cases __(10)__ 40 perc ent. [共10题]
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(B) recalls
(C) reviews
(D) remembers
(2)
(A) as … as
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(3)
(A) get familiar with
(B) get adjusted to
(C) get to know
(D) get to continue
(4)
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(C) since
(D) before
(5)
(A) over
(B) on
(C) from
(D) at
(6)
(A) take
(B) help
(C) engage
(D) encourage
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(A) accident
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(C) accept
(D) access
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(A) even
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(A) point to
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(A) exceed
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(D) exceedingly。