We answer some questions this week in our series on getting into an American college or university．

The first question has to do with our recent discussion of English language tests．Vo Ngoc Toan from Vietnam would like to know about the TOEIC，which is designed to men―sure skills in English as spoken in the workplace．People may be required to take it if they apply for jobs with companies or other employers．But TOEIC scores aren’t used for college admission in the United States．

The Educational Testing Service administrates the TOEIC．It says the test measures the language skills of people working in an international environment．But，American colleges and  universities accept scores from the TOEFL and often the IELTS．If you missed our report on  these tests．you can find it at our website www．unsv．com．

Tahir Mahmood from Pakistan asks how to improve his English before taking these kinds of tests．Well，you can start by looking for ways to use English as much as you can．Watch American movies and TV shows and read books in English．Look for English speakers to talk to．

    The Internet has many free materials for English t learners．Visitors to www．unsv．com，for example，can read, listen and watch programs on many，different subjects. The US. Department of Education recently launched a flee website designed to help immigrants learn English．The site is called USA Learns at usalearns．org，like chinadaily．com．cn in China．Next，a question from Turkey：Hasan Eker asks about getting a postdoctoral(博士后的) position in the United States．This is work generally done by a person who recently earned a PhD．The National Postdoctoral Association in Washington has information about international postdocs on its website nationalpostdoc.org．

And，finally，we have questions from Iran，Afghanistan and Indonesia about how to pay for an education through jobs．There’re rules that restrict the kinds of jobs that foreign students can have while studying. in the United States．

  61．The purpose of the passage is                ．

    A．to ask some questions on entering American universities

    B．to introduce readers the TOEIC

    C．to attract more people to click the websites

    D．to help do with some puzzles on entering American colleges

  62．What do we know about TOEIC?

    A．It is a must for those who go to American universities．

    B．Those who apply for a job with companies have to take it．

    C．It is to test a person’s language skills in the workplace．

    D．It’s a test designed for students to graduate from universities．

  63．How many questions are answered in this passage?

    A．2    B．3    C．4    D．5

 64．If you want to learn English, you can go to the following websites EXCEPT         ．

     A．www.unsv．com          B．www．nationalpostdoc.org

    C．www．usalearns．org       D．www．chinadaily．com．cn

 65．We can conclude from the passage that                  

    A．foreign students are not permitted to do whatever jobs they like in the US

    B．IELTS is also necessary for job application like TOEIC.

    C．every graduate from colleges can get a postdoctoral position if they want to

    D．students from Iran aren’t．allowed to have jobs in America

We answer some questions this week in our series on getting into an American college or university．

The first question has to do with our recent discussion of English language tests．Vo Ngoc Toan from Vietnam would like to know about the TOEIC，which is designed to men—sure skills in English as spoken in the workplace．People may be required to take it if they apply for jobs with companies or other employers．But TOEIC scores aren’t used for college admission in the United States．

The Educational Testing Service administrates the TOEIC．It says the test measures the     language skills of people working in an international environment．But，American colleges and  universities accept scores from the TOEFL and often the IELTS．If you missed our report on  these tests．you can find it at our website www．unsv．com．

Tahir Mahmood from Pakistan asks how to improve his English before taking these kinds of tests．Well，you can start by looking for ways to use English as much as you can．Watch American movies and TV shows and read books in English．Look for English speakers to talk to．

    The Internet has many free materials for English t learners．Visitors to www．unsv．com，for example，can read, listen and watch programs on many，different subjects。The US。Department  of Education recently launched a flee website designed to help immigrants learn English．The site is called USA Learns at usalearns．org，like chinadaily．com．cn in China．Next，a question from Turkey：Hasan Eker asks about。getting a postdoctoral（博士后的） position in the United States．This is work generally done by a person who recently earned a PhD．The National Postdoctoral Association in Washington has information about international postdocs on its website nationalpostdoc.org．

And，finally，we have questions from Iran，Afghanistan and Indonesia about how to pay for an education through jobs．There’re rules that restrict the kinds of jobs that foreign students can have while studying。in the United States．

1．The purpose of the passage is                ．

    A．to ask some questions on entering American universities

    B．to introduce readers the TOEIC

    C．to attract more people to click the websites

    D．to help do with some puzzles on entering American colleges

2．What do we know about TOEIC?

    A．It is a must for those who go to American universities．

    B．Those who apply for a job with companies have to take it．

    C．It is to test a person’s language skills in the workplace．

    D．It’s a test designed for students to graduate from universities．

3．How many questions are answered in this passage?

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

4．If you want to learn English, you can go to the following websites EXCEPT         ．

     A．www．unsv．com             B．www．nationalpostdoc.org

    C．www．usalearns．org            D．www．chinadaily．com．cn

5．We can conclude from the passage that                  

    A．foreign students are not permitted to do whatever jobs they like in the US

    B．IELTS is also necessary for job application like TOEIC。

    C．every graduate from colleges can get a postdoctoral position if they want to

    D．students from Iran aren’t allowed to have jobs in America

Here is a good reason to be hopeful about the future: it might help you stay alive.

Findings from a new study were presented at a recent meeting of the American Psychosomatic(身心的) Society. Researchers in the United States studied one hundred thousand women during an eight-year period, beginning in nineteen ninety-four. All of the women were fifty years of age or older. The study was part of the Women's Health Initiative organized by the National Institutes of Health.

The women were asked questions that measured their beliefs or ideas about the future. The researchers attempted to identify each woman's personality eight years after gathering the information.

The study found that hopeful individuals were fourteen percent less likely than other women to have died from any cause. The hopeful women were also thirty percent less likely to have died from heart disease after the eight years.

Hilary Tindle from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania was the lead author of the report. She said the study confirmed earlier research that linked optimistic (乐观的) feelings to longer life.

The researchers also gathered information about people's education, financial earnings, physical activity and use of alcohol or cigarettes. Independent of those things, the findings still showed that optimists had less of a chance of dying during the eight-year period.

Some women who answered the questions were found to be cynically (爱嘲笑地) hostile (怀敌意的), or highly untrusting of others. These women were sixteen percent more likely to die than the others. They also were twenty-three percent more likely to die of cancer.

The study also found that women who were not optimistic were more likely to smoke and have high blood pressure or diabetes. They were also more likely not to exercise.

Professor Tindle says the study did not confirm whether optimism leads to healthier choices, or if it actually affects a person's physical health. She also says the study does not prove that negative (消极的) emotions or distrust lead to bad health effects and shorter life. Yet there does appear to be a link that calls for more research.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-14-voa2.cfm

59. Which of the following is NOT true above study mentioned in the passage?

A. One hundred thousand women aged fifty years old or older were involved in the study.

B. The hopeful women were 30% less likely to have died from heart disease after the eight years.

C. Some women who were highly untrusting of others were 16% more likely to die than the others.

D. negative emotions or distrust actually affect a person's physical health.

60. The above passage mainly _________.

A. gives advice on how to keep hopeful

B. introduces a study about women’s psychosomatic health

C. introduces a study that confirmed optimism leads to healthier choices.

D. warns that negative emotions lead to bad health effects and shorter life

61. From the findings from the new study, we can infer _______________.

A. optimism might be helpful to your health. B. negative emotions don’t lead to shorter life.

C. There is no link between people’s emotions and their health.

D. There is necessary link between people’s emotions and their health.

62. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “independent of” in the sixth paragraph?

A. naturally connected with       B. not satisfied with

C. controlled by                D. not dependent on

It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out , and if it is really good science, it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they must be unknown in advance You cannot make choices on this matter. You either have science or you don't and if you have it you have to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and useful bits.

The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we don’t know enough about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, a clear piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century to be told by any of us how little we know and how strange seems the way ahead . In earlier times, they either pretended to understand how things worked or simply made up stones to give answers. Now that we have begun exploring seriously, we are catching sight of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are sorry. It is not so bad being ignorant     if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.

But we are making a beginning, and there ought to he some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can’t he answered, sooner or later. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, arid pay attention.

51. According to the writer, really good science_____________.

A. would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th  century.

B. will help people to make the right choice in advance.

C. will produced results which can be predicted

D. will bring about disturbing results

52. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century _________.

A. thought that they knew a great deal and could deal with most problems of science

B. knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature

C. were afraid of facing up to the realities of  scientific research.

D. did more harm than good in man’s understanding nature

53 .Which of he following is NOT mentioned about scientists in earlier times?

   A. They falsely declared to know all about nature.

   B. They did not believe in results from scientific observation.

   C. They paid little attention to the problems they didn’t understand.

   D. They invented false rules to explain things they didn’t understand.

54.What is the writer’s attitude towards science?

A. He is sorry because of the ignorance of scientists

B. He is delighted because of the latest scientific findings

C. He is doubtful because of the great difficulties in scientific research.

D. He is confident though he knows well the great difficulties in scientific research.

55. The writer believes that sooner or later__________.

A. man can’t deal with all the problems he can find because of the limits of human knowledge

B. man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up.

C. questions concerning nature are outside the field of scientific research

D. man can think up all the questions and answer them all