3. placementA. 地方，地点，场所B. 替换，更换C. 安置；安排；安顿D. （解决争端的）协议，和解

Banked cloze5 Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.A abilities F fortunate K optionsB absorbed G gain L passionateC competent H generally M portionsD confine I inevitably N reputableE confirm J obsessed O resortWhen choosing a college or major, you need to examine yourself: What are your 1)____ and strengths? What are your weaknesses? What do you want out of life? Are you socially 2)____ or do you need family and friends' support in order to 3)____ what you have decided is right?Your college does not have to be bigger than your high school. Don't be 4)____ with the size of your college. Since a smaller community is more favorable for self-exploration, many 5)____ colleges have a smaller student population. It is not the number of people, but the people themselves and the kind of school community in which you will learn that really matter.You don't have to 6)____ to other people's help, but think about the people in your life who are happy and successful and find out where they went to college. You will 7)____ find that success in life has less to do with the choice of college than with the experience and opportunities you'll 8)____ while in college, coupled with personal qualities and traits.There are many 9)____ to major in, but you may need the variety and depth of college coursework to determine the major you are 10)____ about. Whether you choose your major out of personal interest or for the needs of society and the country, you may possibly change your mind, even two or three times, before you finally settle on one.

4. Knowledge of at least one foreign language is a _______.A. plusB. planC. bugD. high

Fighting Binge Drinking On Campus It Takes a Village. It’s no secret that binge drinking is a thriving extracurricular activity on most college campuses today--any frat (兄弟会) party or tailgate bash will show you that. For years, university administrations have vowed to crack down on the practice, but their efforts seem to consistently fall short, as evidenced by student deaths and booze-induced (痛饮诱发的)sexual-abuse crimes. Nearly half of college students binge-drink, meaning they have five or more drinks in one sitting with the intention of getting drunk, says the Core Institute, a Southern Illinois University group that administers national surveys and tracks alcohol use at colleges and universities. What’s worse, more than 1,800 students die each year in alcohol-related accidents--a number that is rising. With alcohol abuse becoming more pervasive, do universities need to get tougher with existing policies, or do they simply need new ideas It’s a tricky problem, with no straight answer. But the consensus is that schools are less effective at combating the problem if they go it alone. What’s needed, say health experts and advocacy groups, is more help from the surrounding communities to penetrate the drinking culture from the outside in. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)first called for more campus- community partnerships in 2002, when it laid out a set of recommendations urging colleges to start communicating with external institutions such as the local police, bar owners, and alcohol distributors in order to combat the problem. The suggestions included straightforward tactics like raising local beer prices, training waiters and bartenders to spot fake IDs, lowering the blood-alcohol driving limit, increasing DUI checks, and requiring registrations for keg rentals. But eight years later, there is mounting evidence that such partnerships are not being forged. In a new paper published in the October issue of the journal Alcoholism. Clinical and Experimental Research, researchers from the University of Minnesota discovered that many colleges and universities haven’t obey to those guidelines, despite being aware of their potential effectiveness. "I continually heard comments from schools saying, ’We’re doing everything we can,’ "says Toben F. Nelson, a professor of epidemiology(流行病学)and community health and lead author of the study. "So we went back and checked if they were really doing the things with scientific backing behind it.And the answer was no." Nelson, who studied 350 colleges, concluded that most drinking takes place off campus, rather than in dorms where students are more likely to get caught. But off-campus isn’t where schools tend to get involved. Nelson found that very few colleges were engaged in anything beyond campus educational initiatives and policing regulations, which haven’t had much of an impact. "If anything, campus drinking problems are getting worse, despite the fact that we’re learning more and more about how to intervene and reduce it," says Ralph Hingson, director of the NIAAA’s Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research. The few schools that are forging partnerships are seeing results. In a new study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that institutions that had joined forces with their municipalities saw on average 6,000 fewer incidents of intoxication (~ff-) at off-campus parties and 4,000 fewer bouts of public drunkenness at bars and restaurants. The study compared seven public universities in California that had forged partnerships with the local police with seven control schools that hadn’t. According to Nelson, the most effective campus-community initiatives include raising the price of alcohol through taxes, banning drink specials, restricting the geographic density of alcohol distributors, and changing the laws to hold bar owners and other hosts more accountable for over-serving students. Public-health scholar Edward Ehlinger, who studies college-age youth, approves higher alcohol taxes as a way to dissuade cash-strapped students from having one too many. If prices remain low and marketing continues to court young people, overdosing on alcohol becomes a tough habit to break. But any effort to tackle binge drinking solely on the college level would be futile, says Ehlinger. The only way to solve the problem--for any age grouts-is by dealing with it nationally. "The ability to raise the price of alcohol, put limits on marketing, and sever the tie between alcohol and sports is beyond what colleges can do," he says. "Only a broad community commitment to alcohol control will be effective in doing this." Other solutions put equal emphasis on changing the national culture, but take the opposite tack. Barrett Seaman, the author of Binge. Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess, suggests loosening alcohol restrictions altogether. Simply policing the problem at school hasn’t worked because the drinking tends to move off campus, where it’s easier to hide booze. "When administrations try to crack down, they drive drinking underground, like Prohibition," says Seaman, who researched his book while living on 12 different college campuses. In it he compares Dartmouth College, where 200 undergrads (out of 4,400)were hospitalized for alcohol overdoses in 2003, with McGill University, which had a minuscule 12 alcohol-related hospitalizations (out of a whopping 20,000 students)over a two-year period. One major difference: Montreal-based McGill has a drinking age of only 18, whereas Dartmouth has the over-21 age restriction. It’s hard to tell whether campus drinking has worsened over the last several decades , but some, like Seaman, believe the 1984 law that increased the drinking-age limit from 18 to 21 actually made college bingeing more prevalent. That law went into effect in response to a spike in the number of alcohol-related highway fatalities, but even the person who helped usher in the higher age limit, Morris Chafetz, NIAAA founder and President Ronald Reagan’s appointee to the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving, announced last year that it has not worked. Seaman and others continue to circulate a petition to lower the drinking age back to 18. Already, 135 college chancellors and presidents have signed it, according to the sponsor, Amethyst Initiative. Lowering the drinking age, says Seaman, would bring drinking "out of the closet," eliminating some of the need to pregame, or drink in dorms before going out; it would allow colleges to regulate when and where drinking could occur. Seaman even envisions professors playing a role. "I think any student would tell you," he says, "that they would moderate their drinking if the same professor who was going to be grading them at the end of the semester was in the room." Many health experts believe Seaman’s take is naive--wouldn’t teenagers continue to prcgame for economic reasons What’s more, lowering the drinking age has an obvious appeal for students. "Drinking is part of the social fabric in college," says Ben, a senior from the University of Virginia, who asked that his full name not be used. He recalls a night earlier this year when he was underage and drank beer, rum, and vodka at a friend’s apartment before walking into a bar, having one drink and blacking out. He spent that night in jail. "If you know you can’t drink in public, you have to drink more in private." Still, forcing drinking out in the open won’t solve all the campus problems, and only time will tell if the campus-community partnerships will work. Colleges will undoubtedly run into establishments that are unwilling to cooperate if it means a plunge in sales. Scholars at Indiana University recently completed a study assessing alcohol interventions, and lead researcher Dong-Chul Seo reported that local beer distributors and restaurant owners were not receptive to meetings.According to health experts and advocacy groups, in order to combat the problem of alcohol abuse, schools need to(). A. get more help from the relevant committees B. invest more money in dealing with alcoholism C. get more help from the surrounding communities D. make tougher policies towards excessive drinking

Read the English version of three quotes extracted from The Analects of Confucius. Then work in pairs. Match them with the original Chinese version and discuss the virtue that each quote intends to promote. 1 Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. 2 I am not sure that anyone who does not make good on their word is viable as a person. 3 If you do not study the rituals, you will find yourself at a loss how to take your stand. a 不学礼，无以立。 b 己所不欲，勿施于人。 c 人而无信，不知其可也。

Listen to a long conversation and choose the-|||-best answer to each question you hear.-|||-1 A It is in their neighborhood.-|||-B It is near the woman's family.-|||-C It is an entertainment park.-|||-D It has nice paths and camping sites.-|||-2 A By asking their family to help.-|||-B By using the woman's backpack.-|||-C By buying a new grocery cart.-|||-D By using both their cart and backpack.-|||-3 A Make a special trip plan.-|||-B Bake a chocolate cake.-|||-C Buy their favorite food.-|||-D Pay a visit to her family.-|||-4 A Drink coffee around a campfire.-|||-B Spend time with their family.-|||-C Walk together in the beauty of nature.-|||-D Cook their favorite food for dinner.

Family structure has changed dramatically over the last 50 years． The "Leave it to Beaver" family is no longer the standard， and several variations on family have been created． Nuclear Family The nuclear family is the traditional type of family structure． This family type consists of two parents and children． The nuclear family was long held in esteem by society as being the ideal in which to raise children． Children in nuclear families receive strength and stability from the two- parent structure and generally have more opportunities due to the financial ease of two adults． According to U．S． Census data， almost 70percent of children live in a nuclear family unit． Single Parent Family The single parent family consists of one parent raising one or more children on his own． The single parent family is the biggest change society has seen in terms of the changes in family structures． One in four children is born to a single mother． Single parent families are generally closeand find ways to work together to solve problems， such as dividing up household chores． When only one parent is at home， it may be a struggle to find childcare， as there is only one parent working， which limits income and opportunities in many cases． Extended Family The extended family structure consists of two or more adults who are related， either by blood or marriage， living in the same home． This family includes many relatives living together and working toward common goals， such as raising the children and keeping up with the household duties． Many extended families include cousins， aunts or uncles and grandparents living together． This type of family structure may form due to financial difficulties or because older relatives are unable to care for themselves alone． Extended families are becoming increasingly common all over the world． Childless Family While most people think of family as including children， there are couples who either cannot or choose not to have children． The childless family is sometimes the "forgotten family，" as it does not meet the traditional standards set by society． Childless families consist of a husband and wife living and working together． Many childless families take on the responsibility of pet ownership or have extensive contact with their nieces and nephews as a substitute for having their own children． 1． In what aspect do single parent families usually work together ？ A． eldercare B． finance C． housework D． tutoring 2． Which of the following belongs to the type of extended family？ A． Jack and Betty， who have been married for over 15 years， have two children namedDaniel and Chirstine． B． Jose and Maria live with their 3 children． They also live with their parents， an uncle and an aunt． C． Two years ago Darrel and Tanya got married． Before they got married Darrel had three sons and Tanya had a daughter． Now they all live together． D． Harry and his wife Jane have been married for six years． They have one daughter named Melissa． 3． What can be inferred from the text？ A． Nuclear families are most common in America． B． The "Leave it to Beaver" family used to be a family type． C． Childless families tend to live with their nieces and nephews． D． Extended families form to take care of the old．

2.Finally, it turned____that the keys had been in her bag all along .A. onB. offC. outD. of

If your stress is __________ into more serious issues, you should reach out to a licensed professional to get a treatment plan that will help you.

Despite facing many financial difficulties, the young entrepreneur never gave up and finally managed to ____ all the obstacles to build her own company.A. surpassB. conquerC. defeatD. overcome