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Homework and stress are rarely reduced inside the classroom. Meanwhile, outside the classroom, the pressure is on to find scholarships for college.
According to Braintrack, a higher education database with worldwide reach, more than 3 billion US dollars (18 billion yuan) in private scholarships are awarded to college students annually. Average awards range from $2,000 to $3,000.
The scholarship application process is similar to the college application process: forms to be completed, test scores and transcripts to be sent, essays to be written and often interviews to be prepared for.
A few great places to start looking for scholarships are: www.fastweb.com, www.finaid.org and www.collegexpress.com.Check out the annual scholarship guidebooks Scholarships, Grants & Prizes by Peterson’s and the Ultimate Scholarship Book: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes by Gen Tanabe and Kelly Tanabe.
Be selective. Thoroughly research the qualifications required by each of the scholarships. Don’t waste your time applying for those that are need-based if you can’t produce the appropriate documents.
Research past recipients (接受者). Check out the websites of the organizations sponsoring the scholarships. Many post the biographies of past recipients. You don’t need to have cured cancer, but if you don’t think your résumé (履歷) measures up to the past winners’, you might be better served by moving onto the next scholarship on your list. Prepare for the interview.
You’ll want to dazzle them with your personality, but above all you’ll want to be prepared. Find someone you trust to conduct a similar interview with you – someone who will be honest with you and provide valuable suggestions.
Let your personality shine through in your essays. The essays are the best way for students to share who they are, where they’ve come from, what they’ve overcome and so on. Tell your story in an interesting and persuasive way. And if you do have an interview, send a thank-you note afterward.
By Lee Bierer
【小題1】What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article?
A.To explain where to find scholarships for US colleges. |
B.To inform readers of the scholarship application process. |
C.To introduce some typical scholarships offered by US colleges. |
D.To give tips on applying for US college scholarships. |
A.www.collegexpress.com |
B.the annual scholarship guidebooks published by Peterson’s |
C.the websites of the organizations sponsoring the scholarships |
D.The Ultimate Scholarship Book: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes |
A.influence | B.impress | C.guide | D.present |
A.a(chǎn)pply for as many scholarships as you can |
B.tell an interesting story in your essay |
C.do a similar interview to help you prepare for the real one |
D.have a talk with past recipients and try to talk like they do |
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Relax. He is the same little boy you loved yesterday. I smiled trying to hold back the tears. “No, he isn’t. Yesterday I dreamed he would be an astronaut. Today I am hoping he will learn to talk.”
It was like some sort of cosmic joke. I could still recall the day that determined my fate. It was October in Ottawa and the summer breezes had given way to the autumn rainfall of leaves. The snow would begin soon. The crispness (清爽) of coming frost was in the air. My casually mentioning Wyatt’s behavior to Dr. Martin aroused his worries. He started asking me questions about Wyatt’s activities speech pattern and emotions. I still see clearly in my mind the cleanness of the room and all its belongings when the doctor turned to me and said, “He almost sounds autistic (自閉) .”
I couldn’t face that picture in my mind. I had to run to get away from this all too painful place that was reminding me of what was to be my child’s life-being strange.
I could not remember how many times I told myself, “This is normal. He is a little boy who is not talking yet,” when my asking questions met with his blank-eyed response in a restaurant; how many times I would tell myself, “He loves to play on his own for hours at a time and he never gets into trouble,” when Wyatt was playing games that no one else could imagine, let alone join in while other boys in the park were playing together or in small groups played around a sand pail(桶) or toy truck. My life was changing direction. So was Wyatt’s.
I started to hide Wyatt from my friends and neighbor especially from a good friend. It was too painful to let others know about my boy acting strange.
It was a Thursday afternoon and I found one half of a great pair of kitchen scissors was missing. They were unbelievably sharp and could be taken apart so they could be washed or the blades (刀片) sharpened. I knew Wyatt had taken the missing blade.
“Wyatt,” I began as patiently as I could, “Do you see this?” I held up the blade. “Do you know what this is?”
Wyatt put a bunch of Fruit Loops in his mouth. No response.
“Wyatt!” I forced eye contact with him. “Where are the other scissors? See these.” I showed him the half pair.
He smiled big. Ate Fruit Loops. Turned the TV on and off. Still no response.
I didn’t know what to do. It was really hard. “Wyatt,” I tried once more, “Mommy wants these scissors. Can you go get them for Mommy? It will make Mommy so happy if you bring me the scissors.”
“Watch Spongebob.” Wyatt asked as he slid down from his kitchen stool and ran off, leaving me shaking my head and wondering in exactly which way this situation was going to end badly.
Five minutes later, I turned my head to see Wyatt coming downstairs, his favorite doll in one hand, the missing half pair of kitchen scissors in the other. I immediately ran over and took it from him.
“Wyatt!” I hugged him. “Thank you for bringing me the scissors! Good job! You did it! These scissors need to stay in the kitchen. These are Mommy’s scissors!”
Wyatt laughed, looked at me straight in the eye and said, “Mommy so happy!”
I came close to tears. A realization dawned on me that he was the best gift I had ever gotten even though he was not as normal as other children. And why did I hide him from others as if he were some dark and terrible secret. No! He was my pride. It was a long, hard battle to get him to this point, expressing his wants and needs without turning to violence in embarrassment. With love and patience I have found the beautiful, happy boy who would teach me more about life.
And that is the solution.
【小題1】From the first part of the story we can get to know that the son’s problem was _______ to the mother.
A.a(chǎn) heavy blow | B.a(chǎn) white lie |
C.a(chǎn)n unforgettable lesson | D.a(chǎn) ridiculous experience |
A.the questions the doctor asked puzzled her. |
B.the cleanness of the doctor’s room stuck her |
C.His son’s illness was beyond her wildest expectation. |
D.The sudden change of weather left her a deep impression. |
A.He never gets into trouble |
B.He responds with blank eyes. |
C.He plays with others for hours. |
D.He likes watching TV programmes. |
A.his mother forced him to do that |
B.he could get his favorite doll in reward |
C.he intended to delight his mother |
D.he realized that the sharp blade would cause danger |
A.Never hiding Wyatt from normal kids. |
B.Turning to violence in disappointment occasionally. |
C.Making Wyatt a kind and joyful boy with great care. |
D.Helping Wyatt learn to talk and become an astronaut. |
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Boys at the top of the pecking order(長(zhǎng)幼次序) either by birth or because their older brothers died score higher on IQ tests than their younger brothers.
Norwegian researchers now report that it’s a matter of what they call social rank in the family that gives the first born the highest scores or, if the first born had died young, the next oldest.
Kristensen and Bjerkedal studied the IQ test results of 241,310 Norwegian men drafted(征兵) into the armed forces between 1967 and 1976. All were aged 18 or 19 at the time.
The average IQ of first-born men was 103.2, they found second-born men averaged 101.2, but second-born men whose older brother died young scored 102.9. And for third-borns, the average was 100.0. But if both older brothers died young,the third-born score rose to 102.6.
The findings provide “evidence that the relation between birth order and IQ score is dependent on the social rank in the family and not birth order as such.” they concluded.
It’s an issue that has been hotly discussed since at least 1874,when Sir Francis Galton reported that men in noticeable positions tended to be firstborns more often than would have been statistically (統(tǒng)計(jì)) expected.
Since then, several studies have reported higher intelligence scores for firstborns, while other analyses have questioned those findings and the methods of those reports.
“These two researchers prove that how study participants(參與者) were raised, not how they were born, is what actually influences their IQs,” said Sulloway, an American professor, who was not part of the research team.
“The elder child pulls ahead,” he said, “perhaps as a result of learning gained through the process of tutoring younger brothers and sisters”.
“The older child benefits by having to organize and express its thoughts to tutor youngsters”, he said, “while the later born children may have no one to tutor.”
【小題1】According to Norwegain researchers’ finding, which of the following is linked to boys’ IQ?
A.Birth order | B.Position in the family |
C.Parents’ social rank | D.Educational experience |
A.Many people take interest in IQ study. |
B.IQ study has gone further and further. |
C.Many people do research on boys’ IQ. |
D.Opinions are divided on the conclusion. |
A.treating them as the oldest child |
B.teaching them as the oldest child |
C.talking to them as much as possible |
D.encouraging them to express thoughts |
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An estimated 80 percent of American adults think music lessons, though at times boring and challenging in the eyes of some kids, improve children’s ability to learn or their performance in school . They say that the satisfaction for learning to play a new song helps a child express creativity.
Researchers at Harvard University, however, have found that there’s one thing musical training does not do. Samuel Mehr, the leading researcher of the new study, said it is wrong to think that learning to play a musical instrument improves a child’s intellectual development. The evidence comes from studies that measured the mental ability of two groups of 4-year-olds and their parents. One group attended music class; the comparison group went to a class that places importance on the optical arts-arts that can be seen.
“We found no evidence for any advantage on any of these tests for the kids participating in these music classes,” said Mehr.
Samuel Mehr says researchers have carried out many studies in an effort to learn whether musical training can make children smarter. Only one study seems to show a small percentage increase in IQ, intellectual scores among students after one year of music lessons.
He does not believe that IQ is a good measure of a child’s intelligence. Therefore, the researchers in his study compared how well children in the musical training group did on mental processing tasks, then the results were compared to those of children who did not take lessons.
Music lessons may not offer children a fast easy way to gain entry to the best schools later of their life, but the training is still important.
Mr Mehr notes that the works of writer William Shakespeare are not taught , so the children will do better in physics. He says Shakespeare is taught because it is important for cultural reasons.“And I don’t think music needs to be any different than that.”
【小題1】What attitude do most American grown-ups have towards music lessons? _________
A.Uninterested | B.Approving | C.Doubtful | D.Uncertain |
A.visual | B.colorful | C.traditional | D.serious |
A.many studies show that music training can improve IQ |
B.IQ is a good measure of a child’s intelligence |
C.music can enable a child to go to a better school |
D.music should be taught for cultural reasons |
A.early music training has negative effects |
B.musical lessons should be stopped at school |
C.musical training doesn’t improve kids’ intelligence |
D.playing musical instrument makes kids more creative |
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Dear Michelle,
Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,
Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle
【小題1】From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter _________ . .
A.is being fooled by the boy |
B.has fallen behind in her studies |
C.doesn't talk much with her mother |
D.has chosen which college to attend |
A.a(chǎn)re too young to manage their life |
B.a(chǎn)re old enough to live their own life |
C.should have management before experience |
D.have reached the age of an adult |
A.false love | B.foolish love | C.pure love | D.a(chǎn)dolescent love |
A.come up with the right decision |
B.follow her boyfriend's advice |
C.worry her parents for unconscious reasons |
D.influence her boyfriend's behavior |
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When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower(人力資源) for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐漸減少的) returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.
A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.
If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(閉塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
【小題1】According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.
A.will not be a disgrace to society |
B.will become loyal citizens |
C.can take care of themselves |
D.can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower |
A.they are improperly educated |
B.they are of little commercial value to their society |
C.there are fewer jobs in high schools |
D.they prefer easier jobs that make more money |
A.with diplomas |
B.who specialize in physics and chemistry |
C.who are valuable to the gross national product |
D.who receive little education |
A.Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison. |
B.One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree. |
C.The higher your education level, the more money you will earn. |
D.If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands. |
A.a(chǎn) means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical workers |
B.a(chǎn) way to broaden one’s horizons |
C.more important than finding a job |
D.a(chǎn)n opportunity that everyone should have |
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Although websites such as Facebook and MySpace experienced rapid growth during the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, some users remain unaware of the fact that the information they post online can come back to haunt them. First, employers can monitor employees who maintain a blog, photo diary, or website. Employers can look for controversial(引起爭(zhēng)議的) employee opinions, sensitive information disclosures, or wildly inappropriate conduct. For example, a North Carolina newspaper fired one of its features writers after she created a blog on which she wrote about the strange things of her job and coworkers without signing her real name.
The second unintended use of information from social networking websites is employers who check on prospective employees. A June 11, 2006 New York Times article reported that many companies use search engines and social networking websites such as MySpace, Xanga, and Facebook to conduct background checks on college campuses. Although the use of MySpace or Google to check a student’s background is somewhat unsettling to many undergraduates, the Times noted that the use of Facebook is especially shocking to students who believe that Facebook is limited to current students and recent alum(校友).
Corporate employers are not the only people interested in college students’ lives. The third unintended use of social networking websites is college administrators who monitor the Internet — especially Facebook — for student bad behavior. For example, a college in Boston’s Back Bay expelled (除名) its student Government Association President for joining a Facebook group highly critical of a campus police sergeant. In addition, fifteen students at a state university in North Carolina faced charges in court for underage drinking because of photos that appeared on Facebook.
Although more users of websites such as Facebook are becoming aware of the potential dangers of online identities, many regular users still fail to take there basic security precautions(警惕). First, only make your information available to a specific list of individuals whom you approve. Second , regularly search for potentially harmful information about yourself that may have been posted by mistake or by a disgruntled
(不滿的)former associate. Thrid, never post obviously offensive material will likely make its way to the wider world. By taking these simple steps, members of the digital world can realize the many benefits of e-community without experiencing some of the damaging unintended consequences.
【小題1】The main purpose of the passage is to _____.
A.explain the growth of the digital world from the view of privacy |
B.discuss the risks of the digital world and suggest ways to protect yourself |
C.propose steps Facebook, MySpace and Google can take to protect user privacy |
D.illustrate(說明) potential unintended uses of private information |
A.know to whom you make your online information available |
B.a(chǎn)ctively hunt for damaging information posted about you or under your name |
C.speak with employers to inform them of any misinformation published about you |
D.a(chǎn)void uploading information that would be extremely damaging if it were discovered |
A.Information obtained unwillingly from the Internet is permitted in court. |
B.It is impossible to protect yourself from unintended uses of information online. |
C.Even if you restrict who can view your data, the government may still access it. |
D.Done properly, posting offensive information about oneself brings no risk. |
A.offers detailed examples to support previous viewpoints |
B.further explores the ill-effects of the Internet on the protection of privacy |
C.summarizes the points of the above paragraphs |
D.provides suggestions to overcome the previously mentioned problems |
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Most parents and teachers would get angry when they hear that teenagers listen to their iPods while preparing for exams. But pupils who listen to music when doing their homework may be, in fact, working hard.
Thirty three schools have downloaded specially written pop and rock songs for their 10,000 pupils who are studying for GCSE (初級(jí)畢業(yè)證書). The professionally recorded music, based on texts in English literature, teaches teenagers about themes in the GCSE curriculum (課程). Two young men set up “Revise”, the company that produced the songs, and worked with teachers to make sure the lyrics (歌詞) reflected the curriculum. Some of the songs were written by Geraint Brown, a director, and they are performed by professional singers and musicians.
Songs for the GCSE science and maths lessons are also being developed in 36 schools. They have also started using the program, called, “LearnThruMusic”.
Dave Matthews, the head of Hawthorn High School in the South Wales valleys, said the program aimed at helping teenagers who are unwilling to study. He said, “There are lots of pupils who don’t have a high level of home support. It’s almost cool to say you have no need to find a support and we have got to change that. With this, they don’t have to be sitting at their desk at home. They can be outside, walking around or even listening to it on the bus, which is very convenient for them.” Everyone has a phone, MP3 or CD player, and they’re more likely to listen to these than pick up a book. “I think everyone would agree that music had an important influence on us when growing up. Both boys and girls are very good at remembering the words and dancing to the music in the charts. There’s no one thing that will successfully engage (使…產(chǎn)生興趣) every child, and some of them will make little or no use of this. But the fact that they don’t have to do any extra work makes this a very good deal for a kid,” Dave Matthews added.
【小題1】The pop and rock songs used in 36 schools ________.
A.were written for the students to relax themselves |
B.made most parents and teachers angry |
C.were specially written for hardworking students |
D.were closely related to the curriculum |
A.It saves students much extra work. |
B.It offers different ways of learning. |
C.It makes remembering easier. |
D.It improves family support to kids. |
A.The program is not expected to have equal effect on every student. |
B.Some students used the song as an excuse for not reading textbooks. |
C.It’s more difficult to create songs for science and maths lessons. |
D.Students involved in the program needn’t go to school every day. |
A.Special-written Songs — A Reason Why Students Should Listen to IPods. |
B.Special-written Songs — A New Way to Learn the Curriculum. |
C.Special-written Songs — A Substitution for Textbooks. |
D.Special-written Songs — Mothers’ New Concern. |
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In the past, going to a piano teacher was the most popular way to learn how to play the piano. You could get one-to-one teaching and have the opportunity to learn as much as the teacher knew. If you didn’t have private lessons, you could still learn the piano, but you would have to teach yourself. This was easy for some, but very difficult for most. However, with technology developing today, there is at last another way that you can take piano lessons. You can take an online course.
An online course is much cheaper than a private lesson. If a private lesson costs 30-40 dollars per week, just think about how quickly that adds up. You can take a whole online course in piano for just a fraction(小部分) of the money that you would spend on weeks of private lessons. Also, private lessons are usually only one hour per week. So you would have to wait for your next lesson to continue your learning. However, online piano courses are quite different.
With an online piano course, you can work at your own pace. You can also take as many lessons per week as you want, or go back and listen to your last lesson if you have forgotten anything. Most adults who want to learn how to play the piano enjoy being able to go back and listen to the lessons again.
Of course if you need someone to sit beside you and offer you immediate feedback(反饋) as you are playing, you might not get that from an online piano course. However, the lessons online can be viewed(觀看) at any time, or as often as you’d like, which means that you can get your own type of feedback from an online piano course.
【小題1】This passage mainly tells us ______.
A.the disadvantages of the traditional ways of learning to play the piano |
B.the differences between traditional piano courses and online courses |
C.why people prefer online piano courses to traditional piano courses |
D.the advantages of learning to play the piano through an online course |
A.That private piano lessons shouldn’t be that expensive. |
B.That taking private piano lessons really costs a lot. |
C.That not everyone can afford to take piano lessons. |
D.That the price for private piano lessons has increased greatly. |
A.By giving detailed data. |
B.By giving many examples |
C.By writing about his own experiences |
D.By comparing with the old ways. |
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There are some new drivers going back to school. Teens who have recently gotten their driver's licenses may be taking the wheel to school this fall. However, parents fear when their teen starts driving. And it turns out that such parental fears are justified, so it's worth reviewing how to keep your teen safe while he or she is behind the wheel.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among US teens. Drivers 16 to 19 years old are at the greatest risk of crashes. In fact, their risk is 4 times greater than that of older drivers. The teens at the greatest risk are those who are male, those carrying other teenage passengers in the car, and those still in their first year of driving. Nearly 50 percent of teen deaths related to automobile crashes happen on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays between the hours of 3 pm and midnight.
Why are teens at higher risk of motor vehicle crashes?
Development. Teens haven't completely matured mentally and have greater risktaking behaviors, possibly because they tend to underestimate the risk associated with a particular behavior. Teens also have a greater tendency to speed and to drive too close to the cars in front of them.
No seatbelts. Teens have the lowest rate of seatbelt use among all driving groups.
Alcohol. A least 25 percent of motor vehicle deaths in teens are related to drinking alcohol.
Technological distractions(分散注意力的事).Cellphones,texting,MP3 players,and the like can all distract drivers greatly—and who more than teenagers?
Be aware of your teen's driving practices and discuss safe driving habits when opportunities present themselves. Check out the applications and devices now available for restricting your teen's use of technology while driving. Some applications alert you to the danger when your teen is texting while the vehicle is moving. Another device blocks incoming and outgoing texts when the car is running—incoming messages get an automatic reply (eg. “I'm driving right now”), and phone calls go directly to voicemail. You can also get notifications if your teen tries to shut off the program. There are also GPS programs that let you know your new driver's whereabouts at all times. All in all, you can't be too cautious when teaching your teen how to be safe on the road.
【小題1】What factor is least related to the teen drivers' high risks of crashes?
A.Drivers' age. | B.Passengers' sex. |
C.Driving experience. | D.Driving time. |
A.using no seatbelts | B.drinking water |
C.carrying passengers | D.a(chǎn)nswering cellphones |
A.Texting. | B.GPS programs. |
C.Automated replies. | D.Voicemail. |
A.offer parents practical suggestions |
B.summarize teens' driving practices |
C.a(chǎn)dvocate different driving habits |
D.set an example for the teens |
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