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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

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Many parents make their children do chores around the house.For some families，teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy.But in other families，getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem.

It is a good idea for parents to teach their children at an early age.All family members must work together to make the house clean，and each person must do his or her share(份) of the work.We can do this by starting a plan of chores and responsibilities when children are young.

Chores are good for children—even very young ones.Doing chores can teach children many important skills(技能) like working together.Chores also teach children what is fair.The skills and value(價(jià)值) from doing chores will be good to children all their life.

【1】The first paragraph(段落) tells us ______.

A. all the parents make their children do chores

B. it's easy to teach children to do chores

C. some children think doing chores is difficult

D. teaching children to do chores is different among different families

【2】The underlined word “responsibilities” means “______” in Chinese.

A. 雜事 B. 瑣事 C. 責(zé)任 D. 家務(wù)

【3】It's good to teach ______ to do chores.

A. young children B. girls

C. parents D. some families

【4】Children can learn ______ from doing chores.

A. working together with others

B. how to write

C. what is fair

D. A and C

【5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. It's a small thing to teach children to do chores.

B. Only the children who do chores know what is fair.

C. Some children like to do chores but some don't.

D. In a family，young children don't need to do chores.

【1】You can see the film _________________ on November 12th, 2014.

A. Comedy Of Power B. Ghost

C. Interstellar D.Red Sorghum

【2】Who is the major role in Zheng Xiaolong’s TV series?

A. Zhao Wei B. Yang Mi C. Zhou Xun D. Lu Yi

【3】What’s the theme of Red Sorghum?

A. The feeling of loving country

B. Exploring spirit

C. Protecting nature

D. Love story

fuel consumption-燃料消耗 petrol- 汽油 litre-升

【1】 The above chart shows ____________.

A. how much petrol was needed to fill the tank

B. the speed the car was going

C. which trip used the most petrol

D. how far the car travelled

【2】The driver bought petrol at ____________.

A. 8 a.m. B. 9 a.m. C. 4 p.m. D. 6 p.m.

【3】Throughout the day the car used ____________.

A. 45 litres of petrol B. 40 litres of petrol

C. 35 litres of petrol D. 10 litres of petrol

At the age of two，our kids began to help us with housework.They helped ______ their toys and clean the house.Now Kate can make her bed，______ the clothes and set(布置) the table.Last week，she ______ for us.We were happy because it was delicious.

I like getting kids to start early for a few ______．First，it is fun for kids to offer help.Two－year－olds like to work ______ the same things as their parents.They want to stay with their parents doing things by themselves.It's a good time to ______ them to help you when you are busy.Second，it's never too ______ for them to learn that the world doesn't go around them.______，having kids do chores is not robbing(剝奪) them of their happiness.______ make(s) them know that life has work and problems.______，it does help.I feel that Kate likes doing chores and she helps me a lot.

【1】A. take care of B. look at C. get back D. worry about

【2】A. buy B. fold C. sell D. make

【3】A. did chores B. did the dishes C. washed the clothes D. made dinner

【4】A. words B. reasons C. ways D. means

【5】A. for B. from C. on D. as

【6】A. borrow B. make C. drive D. invite

【7】A. early B. popular C. important D. old

【8】A. But B. Although C. However D. Because

【9】A. It B. They C. She D. He

【10】A. Slowly B. Hardly C. Quickly D. Finally

This year, Quzhou is trying to create a civilized city．As a Junior high school student, I think we can do our part．First, when we at school,

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Many things make human beings different from or better than or even superior to animals【3】

If I fail to receive higher education, my education will not finish．As I want to be a fully developed man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to provide．【4】But colleges and universities are among the best ways to teach me how to educate myself.

【5】Then I will be a better human being and be able to better fit into society.

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If you want others to like and respect you, you have to start by liking yourself．Do not change yourself in order to please (討好，取悅) others．

Be helpful to everyone and do it happily．Being nice to people is almost like helping them, too, because by being nice you make others happy．

Be active and have a positive attitude (積極的態(tài)度) towards life．Develop confidence in yourself．

Stay clean and wear fresh clothes．Do not try to follow fashion to please (討好,取悅)others．

Respect cannot be bought with big words or money．You have to get it by being honest．It also helps your personal growth．You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect．