important to them.
So next academic year, Term 1 will be like always: sentences to
paragraphing. And Term 2 will work toward the 5-paragraph essay. The final 3 weeks of Term 2 will be reserved tointroduce writing for TOEFL and CEE. By that time, if the students have done their job correctly, then they should be able to write quite well.
As for the Latin course, I will post notices around campus next week
so that the students will understand what?s on offer before I actually introduce the course. A number of students already emailed me about the course.
I am sure you don?t understand what a big deal our opening this
program at our school is. People around the world are interested in what we plan to do. There are many rewards available to the students who succeed in the course. Please share what I have said with the administration. I want them to understand the importance of this course. The reason I have contacted these colleagues (actually Oxford contacted me) isthatI have confidence in our students and in myself. I know that when those professors meet our students and hear them speaking and reading Latin, they are going to be amazed. It will open all sorts of doors for students that they never even thought of knocking on.
Well, that?s it for now. I?ll see you soon.
Yours, Edward Johnson
56. According to the letter, what will Edward teach about writing in Term 1?
A. Critical thinking.
B. 5-paragraph essay. D. Writing for TOEFL and
C. Sentences to paragraphing. CEE.
57. We can learn from the letter that Edward?s Latin course______. A. has aroused students? interest reputation
D. benefitsanyone who takes
B. enjoys a nationwide
C. has won a number of awards it
58. Why does Edward write this letter? A. To seek assistance from the administration. B. To inform the school of his course plans. C. To show his achievements in Latin. D. To apply for the teaching position.
B
I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we?ll buy another. But the insurance payout didn?t
even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car—I worked out that, with the loan (贷款) we?d need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as ￡600 a month.
And that?s when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes? walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family.
But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn?t shared by my family. My
teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasn?t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.)
My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if
someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I?d soon realize that a car was a necessity.
Eight months on, I wonder whether we?ll ever own a car again. The
idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other citizens do too—in a place that has
never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but we?d be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and I?m a lot richer because I dared to ask the question.
59. The author decided to live a car-free life partly because ______. A. most families chose to go car-free car accident
C. the cost of a new car was too much unbearable for him
60. What is the attitude of the author?s family toward his plan? A. Supportive. C.Optimistic.
B. Disapproving. D. Unconcerned.
D. the traffic jam was B. he was hurt in a terrible
61. What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends? opinion?
A.Argue against it. C. Think it over.
B. Take their advice. D. Leave it alone.
62. What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month car-free life?
A. Life cannot go without a car. little bit hard.
C. His life gets improved without a car.
D. A car-free life does
B. Life without a car is a
not suit everyone.
C
In colleges around the country, most students are also workers. The reality of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too.
This isn?t a temporary phenomenon.The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and one-fifth of students work yearround. About one-quarter of those who work while attending school have both a full-courseload and a full-time job. The arrangement can help pay for tuition (学费) and living costs, obviously. And there?s value in it beyond the direct cause: such jobs can also be critical for developing important professional and social skills that make it easier to land a job after graduation. With many employers looking for students with already-developed skill sets, on-the-job training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on.
But it?s not all upside. Even full-time work may not completely cover the cost of tuition and living expenses. The study notes that if a student worked a full-time job at the federal minimum wage, they would earn just over $15,000 each year, certainly not enough to pay for tuition,