There is sixty minutes(分鐘)in          hour.

A. a          B. an          C. the          D.  /

 

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(專家) 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

 

Cooking and Learning
In this E-book package, we have four e-books.

Fun with Food This fun e-book is filled with exercises --- photo tests, word exams, riddle games coloring pages and exercises on learning more about food.	Kids Food Science Experiments Learn more about science and cooking with these food science experiments and instructions for kids.
Food Facts E-Book To go with the kids cooking lessons e-book, we’ve put our food facts into one e-book. Each part is easy to print off. You can keep it in the kitchen and teach kids facts about the food we eat. The Food Facts E-Book has over 60 pages.	Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book We’ve brought all our kids cooking lessons together into one easy e-book. We have a unit for each age group. This e-book is just planned to help you with cooking experience in the kitchen. If you’d like our lessons in e-book form with some learning exercises and other things, then this e-book is for you.

【小題1】Kids can ________ by reading Fun with Food.

A．do science experiments

B．get cooking experience

C．cook well in the kitchen

D．play some riddle games

【小題2】________ has over sixty pages.

A．Fun with Food

B．Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book

C．Food Facts E-Book

D．Kids Food Science Experiments

【小題3】Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book is popular because ________.

A．there is a unit for each age group

B．there are a lot of photo tests in it

C．kids can learn more about science

D．each part is very easy to print off

The Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o’clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening. It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool. There is a special cheap price for students with a student card. The price is one dollar forty. But you must bring your student card with you. On Wednesday morning the pool is only open to mothers and babies. So mothers can enjoy themselves in the water with their babies. Please leave your older children at home on Wednesday morning.
The new Water World Café will be open up on June 22nd. From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim.  Please call 2105369 for more information. We look forward to seeing you at the Water World Swimming Pool.
【小題1】How long is the Water World Swimming Pool open every day?

A．Eleven hours.	B．Seven hours.
C．Eleven and a half hours.	D．Seven and a half hours.

【小題2】A ten-year-old boy can’t go to the Water World Swimming Pool         .

A．on Saturday	B．on Sunday
C．on Wednesday afternoon	D．on Wednesday morning

【小題3】From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim ___________.

A．on May 21st	B．on May 22nd
C．on June 23rd	D．on June 21st

【小題4】This passage is a(n) ___________ .

A．a(chǎn)dvertisement

B．note

C．story

D．slogan

My name is Dave．I’m from（A） ________．Now I am in Shanghai with my parents，but my two grandparents aren’t in China．I have got a sister．（B）got，I，any，or，aunts，haven’t，uncles．So there are 6 people in my family．
My grandpa is sixty years old．He is a university teacher．（C）His students like him very much．His favorite food is cake．My grandma doesn’t work now．She likes eggs and fish．Now my grandparents live in a big house with my sister in New York．I miss them very much．I love my family．
【小題1】將A處補充完整。
【小題2】將B處連詞成句。
【小題3】將C處翻譯成漢語。
【小題4】從文中找出與下句意義相近的句子。
My grandparents and my sister live in a big house in New York now．
【小題5】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，寫出文章的標(biāo)題。