Below are Top 10 Scholarly Stars in America in 2011.
It’s not always about fame and fortune for these celebs – education is a priority in their lives. Find out what scholarly stars have earned degrees and diplomas or are returning to the classroom as you head back to school.
No. 10: James Franco
James has attended FOUR prestigious universities in his life: UCLA, New York University, Columbia University and Yale University. We hear he’s is so serious about school, he missed the Oscar nominations to attend class!
No. 9: Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman is so Ivy League: she graduated from Harvard University in 2003, thanks to her parents, who she says always made sure she put her studies before her acting.
No. 8: Haley Joel Osment
When students at NYU heard Haley Joel would be joining them as a freshman in 2006, they chalked the campus’ sidewalks with his famous Sixth Sense movie line: “I see dead people.”
No. 7: Emma Watson
Although Emma Watson put her education on hold to wrap up the Harry Potter film series, in July 2011 she announced that she was going back to school at Brown University to complete her degree.
No. 6: Dakota and Elle Fanning
Celeb sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning are stars on screen and in class. Dakota was her high school’s homecoming queen two years in a row while Elle, who still attends middle school, somehow manages to balance her acting career with math tests and gym class.
No. 5: Mara Wilson
Mara Wilson graduated from NYU in 2009. Mara, who played the adorable Nattie in Mrs. Doubtfire, eventually grew up and headed to New York to attend NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; she graduated in 2009.
No. 4: Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks is known for being a savvy businesswoman, but even the best could use some formal training. She enrolled in Harvard Business School in 2011 and even went so far as to live in a dorm with her fellow classmates!
“We live in dorms,” confirmed the TV star. “I have my own room but we share a kitchen, living room and study area. It’s mandatory dorms. I freaked out. In the beginning I was like, ‘Oh yes, I’m going to Harvard and I’ll be at the Four Seasons down the street.’ And they were like, ‘Girl, you’re living in dorms!’”
No. 3: Shakira
Singer Shakira is resting her hips and giving her brain a workout at UCLA, attending classes on the history of western civilization so she could “l(fā)earn from the best”.
No. 2: Steven Spielberg
Director Steven skipped getting a formal education to be an unpaid intern at Universal Studios, where he learned his tricks of the trade. But eventually he did go back and earned his film degree in 2002.
No. 1: Danica McKellar
Danica McKellar is a math whiz. She used to be known for starring as Winnie Cooper in the Wonder Years, but Danica is also a UCLA graduate, math whiz and education advocate who’s written three best-selling books encouraging middle-school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics.

1. 1.

   What Danica McKellar and Natalie Portman share in common is that ______.

   1. A.
      both put their education in the first place
   2. B.
      they graduated from the same university
   3. C.
      the two actresses wrote best-selling books
   4. D.
      both of them will abandon their acting
2. 2.

   From the above, we can come to the conclusion that ______.

   1. A.
      Spielberg received a formal film education before he turned director
   2. B.
      both sisters Dakota and Elle have not finished middle school education
   3. C.
      Tyra Banks is sharing the same room with her classmates in Harvard
   4. D.
      Shakira and Haley Joel Osment are studying in university separately
3. 3.

   The underlined word “ trade” in the passage is closest to ______.

   1. A.
      business
   2. B.
      corporation
   3. C.
      studio
   4. D.
      occupation
4. 4.

   How many stars referred to in the material studied or will go to UCLA?

   1. A.
      Three.
   2. B.
      Four.
   3. C.
      Five.
   4. D.
      Six.

Many of us believe that a person’s mind becomes less active as he grows older.But this is not true，according to Dr.Lissy F.Jarvik，professor of psychiatry(精神病學(xué))at the University of California，Los Angeles，and a board member of the New Center for Aging at the Veterans Hospital.She has studied the mental functioning of aging persons for several years.For example，one of her studies concerns 136 pairs of twins, who were first examined when they were already 60 years old.As Dr.Jarvik continued the study of the twins into their 70s and 80s，their minds did not generally decline(下降)as was expected.
However，there was some decline in their psycho-motor(精神運(yùn)動的)speed. This means that it took them longer to accomplish mental tasks than it used to.But when speed was not a factor，they lost very little intellectual (智力的) ability over the years.In general，Dr.Jarvik’s studies have shown that there is no decline in knowledge or reasoning ability.This is true not only into the 30s and 40s，but into the 60s and 70s as well.
As for learning new things，and ability to remember，studies by Dr.Jarvik and others show that the old are equal to the young.It is true that older people themselves often complain that their memory is not as good as it once was.However，much of  what we call“l(fā)oss of memory”is not that at a11.
In the cases where the older person’s mind really seems to decline，it is not necessarilv a sign of a decay due to becoming old or“senility”.Often it is simply a sign of a depressed emotional state.This depression usually can be got rid of by counseling(咨詢)with a psychologist，or medicine which fights depression.
In American society，when an older person loses something，we tend to call him or her“senile”.But notice that when a younger person loses something，he does not blame it on senility or loss of memory.He finds some other excuse!

1. 1.

   A long-term study of 136 pairs of twins showed that the only factor that declined over the years was______ .

   1. A.
      mental health
   2. B.
      intellectual ability
   3. C.
      the amount of knowledge
   4. D.
      psycho-motor speed
2. 2.

   According to Dr.Jarvik’s studies，middle-aged and older persons should expect to______ .

   1. A.
      reason better
   2. B.
      learn fewer new things
   3. C.
      remember less
   4. D.
      1ose little ability to remember
3. 3.

   The word“senility”most likely means_______ .

   1. A.
      excellent health
   2. B.
      weakness in body and mind because of old age
   3. C.
      occasional forgetfulness
   4. D.
      giving up one’s life
4. 4.

   Both younger and older persons should realize that______ .

   1. A.
      a sign of a decay due to old age or“senility’’is a common thing
   2. B.
      older persons are wiser than younger ones because of different knowledge amount
   3. C.
      senility or mental decay due to aging is much less common than most of us believe
   4. D.
      a sign of a depressed emotional state is not a reason of decay

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND—A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported a plan to employ dogs as classroom assistants.
At the yearly conference of the Professional Association of Teachers in Southport, northwest England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate “accidents”. Wendy Dyble, a Sheetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not “barking mad”. They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions（棄權(quán)）.
She said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order. “A big dog would also be helpful for stopping flights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls,” Dyble said at the conference. “The dog will also be useful in sniffing out(find out) smells that children do not own up to,” she added. “It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the criminal.”
The idea was welcomed by the Dog Defense League but less by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary, David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honor for occasional strange ideas.
Earlier this week, its yearly conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination（調(diào)整）and manual（手工的）skill.

1. 1.

   According to the writer’s opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants ________.

   1. A.
      is not a good idea
   2. B.
      can improve the relation between children and animals
   3. C.
      is beyond ordinary people’s imagination
   4. D.
      can make some teachers lose jobs
2. 2.

   What Dyble said at the conference ________.

   1. A.
      gained some support from the members
   2. B.
      frightened everyone present
   3. C.
      interested everyone present
   4. D.
      caused some trouble to trained dogs
3. 3.

   The last paragraph of this passage ________.

   1. A.
      has nothing to do with the topic of this passage
   2. B.
      shows there are too many exams in British school
   3. C.
      provides further facts about the teaching union
   4. D.
      shows the writer’s anger to the union

All too often , a choice that seems sustainable（可持續(xù)的）turns out on closer examination to be problematic. Probably the best example is the rush to produce ethanol（乙醇）for fuel from corn . Corn is a renewable resource —you can harvest it and grow more, almost limitlessly. So replacing gas with corn ethanol seems like a great idea.
One might get a bit more energy out of the ethanol than that used to make it, which could still make ethanol more sustainable than gas generally, but that’s not the end of the problem. Using corn to make ethanol means less corn is left to feed animals and people, which drives up the cost of food. That result leads to turning the fallow land — including, in some cases, rain forest in places such as Brazil — into farmland, which in turn gives off lots of carbon dioxide（CO2）into the air. Finally, over many years, the energy benefit from burning ethanol would make up for the forest loss. But by then, climate change would have progressed so far that it might not help.
You cannot really declare any practice “sustainable” until you have done a complete lift-cycle analysis of its environmental（環(huán)境的）costs. Even then, technology and public policy keep developing, and that development can lead to unforeseen and undesired results. The admirable goal of living sustainable requires plenty of thought on an ongoing basis.

1. 1.

   What might directly cause the loss of the forest according to the text?

   1. A.
      The growing demand for energy to make ethanol.
   2. B.
      The increasing carbon dioxide in the air.
   3. C.
      The greater need for farmland.
   4. D.
      The big change in weather.
2. 2.

   The underline word “it” in the second paragraph refers to______.

   1. A.
      the energy benefit
   2. B.
      the forest loss
   3. C.
      climate change
   4. D.
      burning ethanol
3. 3.

   The author thinks that replacing gas with corn ethanol is ______.
   

   1. A.
      impractical
   2. B.
      acceptable
   3. C.
      admirable
   4. D.
      useless
4. 4.

   What does the author mainly discuss in the text?

   1. A.
      Technology.
   2. B.
      Sustainability.
   3. C.
      Ethanol energy.
   4. D.
      Environmental protection.

July 21st, 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I lift work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house bad never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. we put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社區(qū)）.We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.
Although-our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought , “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was swept away , and our house is still sanding . We’re lucky .”
We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year , I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions . Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush — we have our home back, and that’s the main thing.

1. 1.

   What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?

   1. A.
      Wrong.
   2. B.
      Missing.
   3. C.
      Right.
   4. D.
      Found.
2. 2.

   It can be inferred from the text that the author                    .

   1. A.
      was sick of staying upstairs
   2. B.
      cared much about her children
   3. C.
      could not stand living a wooden house
   4. D.
      did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood
3. 3.

   Why does author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

   1. A.
      Because her situation was not serious.
   2. B.
      Because many other places were flooded.
   3. C.
      Because she had been to Northern India.
   4. D.
      Because some others suffered even more.
4. 4.

   What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?

   1. A.
      She valued human feelings more than before.
   2. B.
      She realized she almost didn’t need possessions.
   3. C.
      She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.
   4. D.
      She thought her own home was the most important.

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1. 1.

   How many reasons for going to college does the author mention in the text ?

   1. A.
      2
   2. B.
      3
   3. C.
      4
   4. D.
      5
2. 2.

   The author thinks you should choose the college that is _______.

   1. A.
      well-equipped
   2. B.
      competitive
   3. C.
      suitable
   4. D.
      famous
3. 3.

   What does the author advise you to do to pay the high cost of college?

   1. A.
      To ask the family for help
   2. B.
      To make a study of financial courses.
   3. C.
      To do research on the price of college
   4. D.
      To get to know how to ask for financial aid
4. 4.

   What’s the author’s purpose of writing this test?

   1. A.
      To suggest ways to prepare for college learning
   2. B.
      To help readers find the right college
   3. C.
      To make Johnson Review popular
   4. D.
      To introduce college life

If you are looking for an animal to take the title of “most violent fish in the sea”, then the tiger puffer (河豚) fish would have to be a strong contestant. Not only is it deadly poisonous --- though that doesn’t stop people trying to eat it --- but it is also able to scare off enemies by inflating itself to become much larger than normal, when it is young it even chews on its own brothers and sisters.
Tiger puffer fish attach their eggs to rocks near the bottom of the sea, often at the mouths of bays. Then the larvae (幼魚) move to the entries of rivers and lakes once they have grown a little. Then, having put on a lot of weight, they head out to sea. There’s no innocent childhood for the puffer fish, as Shin Oikawa of Kyushu University in Japan and his colleagues found out when they put the larvae of tiger puffer fish in the lab and monitored them for two months. They found that the larvae went through three steps in which their metabolic(新陳代謝) rates increased dramatically when they reached body weights of 0.002g, 0.01g, and 0.1g. When a larva went through one of these steps, its behavior also changed. For instance, once a larva had passed the first level it would have grown its first tooth and could start attacking larvae that had not yet reached that stage. Similarly, any larva that had reached the 0.01g or 0.1g levels would start attacking lighter larvae.
The researchers noted that the baby fish had a “relatively small mouth”, so rather than swallowing their brothers and sisters whole, they would bite pieces out of them. Despite this limitation, the fish caused plenty of deaths --- up to 12 per cent of the deaths that happened in the lab each day.
Those fish that grew fast enough to be able to chew on their fellows had an advantage. The extra food accelerated their growth and development. Tiger puffer fish are likely to be faster and swifter, so they can deal better with enemies.
As the name suggests, puffer fish can inflate to make themselves seem much larger than they really are, thus scaring off enemies. They do this by filling their stomachs, which are extremely elastic(彈性的), with water. If that’s not enough of a threat, the tiger puffer fish --- like most of the other puffer fish in the family --- carries a deadly toxin(毒素). Eat one puffer fish and the poison will paralyze (癱瘓) your muscles, including the muscles responsible for breathing, so death is usually caused by a lack of oxygen. Famously, the fish is a delicacy in Japan, where highly qualified chefs produce dishes that contain the safe level of the poison. Interestingly, the puffer fish does not go to the trouble of producing the poison itself. Instead, it hosts bacteria (細(xì)菌) that produce the stuff. It obtains these bacteria from its diet, so the youngest adult fish are not poisonous.

1. 1.

   All of the following statements account for the violence of puffer fish except that______.

   1. A.
      they are very difficult to catch
   2. B.
      they can become larger to threaten enemies away
   3. C.
      they kill their younger companions as they grow up
   4. D.
      they are deadly poisonous
2. 2.

   We can learn from the second paragraph that puffer fish ______.

   1. A.
      can only grow to a weight of 0.1g
   2. B.
      do not change their behavior as they grow up
   3. C.
      like to find a safe place to hatch the next generation
   4. D.
      begin to grow teeth when they reach the third level
3. 3.

   Where does the poison in the puffer fish’s body come from?

   1. A.
      Its inner organs.
   2. B.
      The air it breathes in.
   3. C.
      The diet it eats.
   4. D.
      The bacteria around it.
4. 4.

   Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Puffer fish can only produce poison when they face danger.
   2. B.
      People like eating puffer fish even though they are poisonous.
   3. C.
      The larvae are more aggressive than adult puffer fish.
   4. D.
      Young puffer fish taste better than adult puffer fish.

1. 1.

   If you want to go out for lunch on Tuesday you can call up the number      .

   1. A.
      2706630
   2. B.
      7364431
   3. C.
      3562367
   4. D.
      2785161
2. 2.

   You do not have to pay on Monday if you go to      .

   1. A.
      Skyline Hotel
   2. B.
      Lansdowne Park Shopping Center
   3. C.
      New York Museum
   4. D.
      Garden Restaurant
3. 3.

   Suppose you want to enjoy yourself on Sunday mornings, you can go to      .

   1. A.
      5300 No.3 Road
   2. B.
      Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St.
   3. C.
      9020 Bridgeport Road
   4. D.
      3031 No.3 Road
4. 4.

   What can you do after 9:30p.m. on Sunday?

   1. A.
      Visit New York Museum.
   2. B.
      Do some shopping in Lansdowne Park shopping Center
   3. C.
      Go to Garden Restaurant
   4. D.
      Go to the Coffee Shop of Skyline Hotel
5. 5.

   According to the ad, which of the following is TRUE?

   1. A.
      At 6:00 am every day coffee is served at SKYLINE HOTEL.
   2. B.
      You can have supper every day at GARDEN RESTAURANT
   3. C.
      Tel 2785161 can give you some information about shopping.
   4. D.
      NEW YORK MUSEUM is open from Monday to Sunday.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is NOT included in a starter pack?

   1. A.
      One hundred used stamps and hinges and album pages.
   2. B.
      The Collectors Club Guide to Collecting and badge and stickers.
   3. C.
      The latest Collectors Club magazine and membership card.
   4. D.
      Royal Mail Stamp Calendar and Collectors Corner supplement.
2. 2.

   This advertisement is written for people who want to_______.

   1. A.
      make money through collecting stamps
   2. B.
      develop stamp collection as a hobby
   3. C.
      get something free from the club
   4. D.
      find out where the club is located
3. 3.

   From the advertisement we can learn______.

   1. A.
      Collectors Club is among the biggest clubs in this country
   2. B.
      how much you must pay to become a member of the club
   3. C.
      today is the last day for stamp collectors to join the club
   4. D.
      members may receive a set of album pages every month
4. 4.

   Where is this advertisement most probably found ?

   1. A.
      In a newspaper.
   2. B.
      On a web page.
   3. C.
      In a magazine.
   4. D.
      On a TV program.

Below is a discussion on a website.

1. 1.

   Who would miss his or her family most?

   1. A.
      Jaime
   2. B.
      Jayne
   3. C.
      Miko
   4. D.
      Paola.
2. 2.

   Which of the following people would feel most uncomfortable without the news media?

   1. A.
      Steve.
   2. B.
      Jaime
   3. C.
      Roger.
   4. D.
      Tomas
3. 3.

   How many of them mentioned that they would miss food or drink?

   1. A.
      One
   2. B.
      Two
   3. C.
      Three
   4. D.
      Four