Question

【題目】 Whether you are a national or an international student, we welcome you to Middletown University. Our reputation is built on providing high-quality education in both academic and vocational (職業(yè)的) subjects. As well as priding ourselves on our traditional face-to-face learning, we have recently introduced a range of distance-learning courses.

What do they cost?

Costs for our coursers vary considerably. Click on each department’s homepage for more information. Scholarships and bursaries an available for certain courses, particularly for those in the sciences and education.

SAMPLE COURSE OVERVIEW

BA in English Language and Literature

The main purpose of this course is to develop your ability to describe, analyze and manipulate features of the English language, and to see how these are expressed in literature. As well as taking core modules which cover these areas, students will be able to specialize in their fields of interest.

Duration: three-year course

Course: Choose 12 out of 20 modules.

Weekly timetable: eight hours of lectures/four hours of seminars

Assessment: essays, exams and an 8,000-word dissertation at the end of the third year

Requirements: academic experience and interest in the subject; good school-exam grades

Diploma in teaching

In the first term, you will learn about the theory of teaching and how to be an effective teacher. In the second term, you will also begin teaching in a school. The third term is completely practical.

Duration: one-year course

Course: Choose six out of ten modules (three are compulsory).

Weekly timetable: six hours of lectures/ two hours of seminars/ six hours of classroom teaching

Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation

Requirement: first degree in specific subject area

【1】What is Middletown University famous for?

A.Academic and vocational education.B.Traditional teaching methods.

C.Distance-learning courses.D.Face-to-face communication.

【2】What do the two sample courses have in common?

A.They both last for three years.

B.They both require students to hand in essays.

C.They both offer total freedom to choose modules.

D.They both favor students with interest in the subject.

【3】What is the main purpose of the text?

A.To advertise certain online courses.

B.To stress the need for distance learning.

C.To introduce distance-learning techniques.

D.To suggest a way of pursuing further education.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

這是一篇應(yīng)用文。文中一所大學(xué)就該校最近開設(shè)的在線課程就行了簡單的介紹，包括課程目的，時(shí)長，評(píng)價(jià)，要求等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的Our reputation is built on providing high-quality education in both academic and vocational (職業(yè)的) subjects.可知，這所大學(xué)因?yàn)樵趯W(xué)術(shù)和職業(yè)課程上提供高質(zhì)量的教學(xué)而獲得名譽(yù)，即它以高質(zhì)量的學(xué)術(shù)和職業(yè)教學(xué)而出名。A. Academic and vocational education.（學(xué)術(shù)和職業(yè)教學(xué)）符合以上說法，故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章BA in English Language and Literature下的Assessment: essays, exams and an 8,000-word dissertation at the end of the third year和Diploma in teaching 下的Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation可知這兩門課程的共同點(diǎn)是都需要提交文章。B. They both require students to hand in essays.（他們都要求學(xué)生上交文章）符合以上說法，故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段的As well as priding ourselves on our traditional face-to-face learning, we have recently introduced a range of distance-learning courses.（我們?cè)谔峁﹤鞴φn程的同時(shí)也提供了大量的在線課程）以及下文所敘述的兩種課程的課程內(nèi)容，時(shí)長，評(píng)價(jià)和要求等，可推測(cè)本文的主要目的是為一些在線課程打廣告。A. To advertise certain online courses.（為某些在線課程打廣告）符合以上推斷，故選A項(xiàng)