A public high school in the rural town of Boonsboro，Maryland，offers a special program recently. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math，science，English and social studies.
The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. Rebecca Brown chooses the students for what Boonsboro High School calls the Academy. “What we really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve here，so that they’re prepared for college，” she said. They need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities.
Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High School for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. “The novels they’re reading now，are very manly novels. They’re novels that deal with the arrogance(傲慢)of man and the pride of man.” One of those books，for example，is “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush.
On this day，the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they’re drawing pictures that relate to the story. Vincent said，“The main character，Buck，gets abducted(绑架),? and they send him off to the Yukon in a train. So I’m drawing part of the story where he’s in the train. It gets you to visualize the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what’s going on in the story，the important events of the story.”“ Instead of just doing work sheets about it，this is a lot more fun，” Logan added happily.
Morgan Van Fleet likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. “To me，it almost seems like it’s hindering(妨碍)? your chances at developing yourself because you’re more focused on ‘Oh，I wish they’d shut up. Oh，what do they think of me？’ instead of focusing on what’s the homework or what’s going on in this class，what’s the lesson.”

1. 1.

   What is the purpose of the text?

   1. A.
      To educate
   2. B.
      To persuade
   3. C.
      To instruct
   4. D.
      To introduce
2. 2.

   In Rebecca Brown’s opinion，________

   1. A.
      any student in Boonsboro High School can take part in the program
   2. B.
      students in the program are expected to get well prepared for college
   3. C.
      students can all achieve their highest levels in the program
   4. D.
      students don’t have to join in the activities
3. 3.

   The underlined word “visualize” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．

   1. A.
      form a picture of
   2. B.
      pay a visit to
   3. C.
      take a look at
   4. D.
      have a gift for
4. 4.

   What can we conclude from the text?____________

   1. A.
      Michael Bair considers it unsuitable for boys to read the book “The Call of the Wild”．
   2. B.
      Vincent thinks that his drawings can help understand the novel better
   3. C.
      Jack London is a main character in the book “The Call of the Wild”．
   4. D.
      Morgan Van Fleet thinks the program does no good to her
5. 5.

   The text is probably taken from________

   1. A.
      a school’s introduction
   2. B.
      a teacher’s diary
   3. C.
      a headmaster’s speech
   4. D.
      a news report

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Most students enter college expecting to leave with a bachelor's degree; only half ever do. The others drop out.

　　College counselors (顾问), faculty advisers and one very successful student offer the following tips on how to get the most out of your college education.

　　INVOLVEMENT. The most successful students are those actively involved in their education, interacting (communicating) with classmates and faculty and joining in activities, you become part of the college community, developing support groups that you can trun to for help. Get involved, but not overcommitted(过分投入).

　　STUDY METHODS. Would you take a trip by stopping for directions at every station instead of reading a map? Of course not, but that's how most people study, says a professor, who teaches a course on preparing for college. Studying in college demands more reading and thinking, less memorization than in high school. Survey (go through) the material first to get a sense of it; ask some questions. Take down key ideas, tell yourself the essence (实质) of what you've read and review it. Does it make sense? Were your questions answered?

　　FINDING TOP TEACHERS. On every campus, there are professors noted for their inspirational (creative) teaching style, for their way of making a course an exciting voyage into the unknown, don't spend four years on campus without taking their classes. So what is the professors about? When Hargadon was admissions dean (招生部主任) at Stanford, he told parents to worry if their children were earning all A's by the end of the first quarter, which showed they were only taking subjects they would do well in, “College is a great feast (宴会) from which to choose,” he said. “Don't order the same meal every day.”

1．The most successful students usually ________.

[　　]

A．study hard

B．are active in school activities

C．ask for help from others

D．all of the above

2．The author compares ________ to “a trip”.

[　　]

3．When you survey the material of the history of Britain, you should ________.

[　　]

A．ask questions of yourself and then try to find the answers to them

B．ask others questions to see if you understand the material thoroughly

C．ask the professor questions to help you understand it better

D．needn't ask any questions, just read it

4．What does the author suggest?

[　　]

A．You should attend as many courses as possible.

B．You should remember as many facts as possible.

C．You should choose different courses, including those you are not good at.

D．You shouldn't order the same meal in the dining room every day.

5．What is the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．Advice that Can Help You Succeed on Campus.

B．Campus Life.

C．Different Students at College.

D．How One Student Succeeded at College.

　　阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．

　　In this week's program the host talks about internship(实习医生的职务) and part-time jobs with our guests Jing Long, Dana Stevens and Meng Fanxi.

　　Most students gain experience by way of internship or part-time jobs during their school time but few know clearly how to choose part-time jobs, what one should pay attention to in working, and how the jobs relate to one's future.

　　Jing Long, who comes from Siemens in China, says that things you do for internship or part-time jobs are not necessarily what would be closely linked to your future career. But experience you gain, friends you make and also the time you spend getting to know the society and to learn how to communicate with your workmates will be beneficial (有益的) to your later studies and your final entrance to the society.

　　Economic doctor Dana Stevens gives us some good advice on how to be a successful employee. Don't oversell(过度表现) yourself; don't claim skills you don't have; just be honest to yourself and to your employer. He says when a student has his first job, he will soon realize that one's attitude to work and one's personality are more important than skills because one is always working in a team with others.

　　Internship is necessary but one should also balance the relation between the internship and the lessons in school. Vice President of China Agriculture University Meng Fanxi says that as a student one should make good use of time. It's very hard to go back to school after you get used to earning money.

1．This passage probably comes from________.

[　　]

A．a newspaper called “TV GUIDE”

B．an article for middle school students

C．an interesting book for young people

D．a magazine for Siemens

2．In the opinion of Jing Long, ________.

[　　]

A．all the students should do part-time jobs to get some working experience before graduation

B．internship or part-time jobs have much to do with your future

C．you should make more friends and learn how to earn more money after graduation

D．what you get as you're taking up internship or part-time-jobs will do you good when you step into society

3．From the advice Dana Stevens gives, we know________.

[　　]

A．you don't have to worry if you lack skills required

B．how a person can be successful depends on his/her character and qualities as well as his /her skills

C．most students succeed after graduation because they have better skills

D．a successful employee, above all, shouldn't lose heart when he fails

4．If a student gets used to earning money, Meng Fanxi thinks, he/she ________.

[　　]

A．must be a success

B．can balance the relation between the internship and the lessons very well

C．will maybe spend little time on school work

D．will think money is everything

5．In fact, the three guests mainly talk about________.

[　　]

A．part-time jobs

B．internship

C．social practice experience

D．how to be a successful employee