1. How many popular articles are there in the magazine?

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

2. Which article is about saving money?

A. Ice cream and banking.               B. Black sheep and Uncle Bob.

C. Relation between you and food.           D. Films that aren't really about Canada.

3.What is Black sheep and Uncle Bob about?

A. merican films.    B. Family stories.    C. Food.    D. Banking.

One day, Mr. White told the class that there would be a hobby show. It took all the students the whole morning to get ready for it.

 1 , the laziest boy in the class. It was very difficult for the others to believe that he had a hobby. But to their surprise,  2 . Mr White was very happy. After school, Bob was going to take them back.

“Bob, you can’t take them back until the others watch them this afternoon,” said Mr White.

“But  3 , they are my brother’s,” he answered. “He doesn’t want them to be out of our home for long. He’s afraid that they will be lost.”

“ 4 , not someone else’s!” Mr. White became a bit angry. But  5 . “Mr White, it’s true that I have a hobby. My hobby is watching my brother collecting shells.”

Bob _________ exercises. He’s ______ unhealthy boy.

A. hardly ever; an         B. always; an

C. usually; a             D. never; a

7 January, 2014

A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.

These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.

On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.

The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from

China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.

"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.

"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."

Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.

Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.

"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."

Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.

1.Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

A. an exchange student from the USA         

B. an expert of international education

C. a viewer of VOA                             

D. a reporter from VOA

2.Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?

A. South Korea              B. India                   C. China           D. America

3.Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?

A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children

B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.

C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.

D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.

4.Which of the following statement is true?

A. China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.

B. The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.

C. The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.

D. Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.

5.This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.

A. An advertisement          B. A radio programme  C. A science report           D. A tour guide

根据中文或首字母提示填写单词，注意词形变化
【小题1】I hope your dream will come t________ in the future.
【小题2】Sam has been learning English s__________ he was ten years old.
【小题3】Last night Bob ________(争吵) with Anna about the best place for vacation.
【小题4】Don’t be ________ (紧张的). You can try it slowly.    
【小题5】I fell off the bike, but luckily I didn’t hurt m________.
【小题6】Could you buy me a __________(入场券) to the concert?
【小题7】They went to the Great Wall e________ me, because I had a bad cold.
【小题8】I can’t make a ________ (决定) about the dresses. Can you help me?
【小题9】The three astronauts are regarded as our national ________(英雄).
【小题10】He wasn’t happy because he f________ the test yesterday.