Question

[1] If you are applying for an American higher education, you probably dream of getting into an Ivy League （常青藤聯(lián)盟） university．The eight schools with the best reputations attract top students from the United States and many other countries． However, on average, the Ivy League schools accept less than 15 percent of applicants．And with the applicants growing in size year on year, it is becoming more and more difficult _________．

[2] So how can you give yourself the best chance of admission?

[3]Having a high school grade point average （GPA） in the top 10 percent of your class and being ranked among the top few students dramatically betters your chances．But although GPA and SAT scores are important, they only tell admission deans（主任） part of the story．

[4] The whole admissions process will single out （挑選出） from a large pool of academically strong applicants the unique individuals．They  stand out because they have shown in their interviews a range of virtues （優(yōu)點(diǎn)） expected of these universities．Take Harvard for example．Although there is no guarantee of admission, the school judges applicants based on 15 additional criteria．

[5] Intellectual curiosity （求知欲） comes first tor almost all admission deans．Schools look to such students because they believe their peers find them stimulating（激勵(lì)人的）inside and outside the classroom．

[6] Leadership also weighs heavily．The school would rather see an applicant who takes on additional responsibility in one or two areas where he or she is good at, rather than one who is merely "very good" academically．This can mean the class presidency（主席職務(wù)）, leading the cheerleading team or being the officer of a student union．

[7] Whether a person has personal warmth and cares about others counts a lot with the admission deans．Writing an essay on a personal experience, like a summer spent raising funds for the earthquake victims or teaching in a local school, can show that a person has qualities in addition to academic experience．

1.According to the passage,what’s the attraction of Ivy League universities ?（no more than 3 words）________________________________________________________________________________

2.What is the purpose of the writer? （no more than 15 words）__________________________________

3.Fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (no more than 5 words)_________________________________________________________

4.Based on the passage, list three additional criteria for admission besides academic performance．（no more than 10 words）①____________________ ?②_______________ ?③____________________

5.What does the word “They” (Line 2, Paragraph4) probably refer to ? (no more than 3 words)

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Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.the best reputations

2.To tell applicants how to get into an ivy / To introduce the criteria by which an ivy admits students / To show applicants how to give themselves the best chance of admission to an ivy

3.to get a place / to be admitted / to enter an Ivy / to become a student there

4.①Intellectual curiosity ②Leadership ③Personal warmth and caring attitude

5.the unique individuals

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了美國(guó)常青藤大學(xué)吸引很多學(xué)生，作者介紹了一些方法告訴讀者怎樣申請(qǐng)進(jìn)入常青藤大學(xué)。

1.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：The eight schools with the best reputations attract top students from the United States and many other countries．可知常青藤學(xué)校是因?yàn)槊麆俸梦�引美�?guó)和其他國(guó)家的學(xué)生的，答案是：the best reputations

2.寫(xiě)作意圖題：從第二段的句子：So how can you give yourself the best chance of admission?可知作者是想告訴讀者怎樣申請(qǐng)進(jìn)入常青藤大學(xué)，答案是To tell applicants how to get into an ivy / To introduce the criteria by which an ivy admits students / To show applicants how to give themselves the best chance of admission to an ivy

3.完成句子題：這句話是：每年申請(qǐng)的人越來(lái)越多，被常青藤大學(xué)錄取就越來(lái)越難了�！氨讳浫　笨梢允莟o get a place / to be admitted / to enter an Ivy / to become a student there

4.細(xì)節(jié)題：文章最后三段提到除了學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)，還有三個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是：①Intellectual curiosity ②Leadership ③Personal warmth and caring attitude

5.猜詞題：從這段的第一句話：The whole admissions process will single out （挑選出） from a large pool of academically strong applicants the unique individuals．可知這里的they指的是前面提到的the unique individuals“獨(dú)特的個(gè)體”。

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