范文一

　　Nowadays, there usually exists a wide selection of electives for college students to choose from. However, students have quite different plans for their future so they always end up learning courses based on their own ideas.

　　Some students may choose to learn a certain course in order to obtain an extra certificate for their job hunting after graduation. Because they assume that some more knowledge could ensure more chances of winning in finding a good job. Others may have their choice made just for fun. They tend to hold the idea that college life could be more colorful if they could widen their knowledge through elective courses.

　　As far as I’m concerned, I’m inclined to choose electives based on both the value of the courses and the interest of my own.

　　范文二

　　Nowadays many college students prefer to have electives in their spare time because the courses can offer a variety of skills and abundant knowledge apart from what they learn in the daily courses. There are many factors that may account for it, and the following are the most conspicuous aspects.

　　To start with, many students want to get another degree besides their own, so that they can have more competence when they seek a job. Furthermore, as for me, I don’t care about degree or job, I just want to obtain some necessary skills to make my college life worthwhile. What I’m concerned most is how to own more skills that may be necessary for my future. Finally, some students want to learn anything that is different from what they are learning now. The science students, for example, want to know about Shakespeare while the art students want to tell how a vehicle works and how to deal with it when it breaks down. So, they can all get what they think is useful to their college life.

　　On the whole, the phenomenon is one of the results of multi-demand of the employment market. There is still a long way for us to improve the elective itself, but as a student myself, I find it rewarding and interesting.

　　Part Ⅱ Fast Reading

　　1. D) a powerful force for global integration

　　2. C) at an annual rate of 3.9%

　　3. B) 20%

　　4. D) They give them chances for international study or internship.

　　5. A) Yale’s collaboration with Fudan University on genetic research

　　6. C) It was intentionally created by Standford University.

　　7. B) It has been unsteady for years.

　　8. changes in the visa process

　　9. take their knowledge and skills back home

　　10. strengthen the nation

　　Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension

　　Section A Conversations

　　Short Conversations

　　11. C) She was somewhat overweight.

　　12. D) At the hotel reception.

　　13. B) Having confidence in her son.

　　14. A) Have a short break.

　　15. D) He has been in perfect condition.

　　16. B) She still keeps some old furniture in her new house.

　　17. D) The woman forget lending the book to the man.

　　18. C) The man doesn’t look like a sportsman.

　　Long Conversations

　　19. A) She has packed it in one of her bags.

　　20. C) It will last one week.

　　21. B) The taxi is waiting for them.

　　22. A) At home.

　　23. C) She is tired of her present work.

　　24. A) Translator.

　　25. D) Education and experience.

　　Section B Short Passages

　　26. A) They care a lot about children.

　　27. B) Their birth information is usually kept secret.

　　28. C) They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.

　　29. D) Adoption has much to do with love.

　　30. B) He bought the Washington Post.

　　31. A) She was the first woman to lead to lead a big US publishing company.

　　32. D) Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.

　　33. C) It'll protect them from possible financial crises.

　　34. A) They can’t immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost.

　　35. B) They needn’t pay the entire medical bill at once.

　　Section C Compound Dictation

　　36. alarming 37. increased 38. sheer 39. disturbing 40. comparison

　　41. proportion 42. force 43. inverse

　　44. The percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage working in industry.

　　45. There is not enough money to build adequate houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals

　　46. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment,

　　Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

　　Section A Banked Cloze

　　47. K) projects

　　48. M) role

　　49. A) acting

　　50. J) offers

　　51. D) cooperative

　　52. G) forward

　　53. F) especially

　　54. I) information

　　55. O) victims

　　56. E) entire

　　Section B Short Passages

　　Passage One

　　57. A) All its courses are offered online.

　　58. C) a minimum or total absence of face-to-face instruction.

　　59. B) save a great deal on traveling and boarding expenses.

　　60. B) The evaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.

　　61. B) cutting down on their expenses.

　　Passage Two

　　62. D) All its courses are offered online.

　　63. B) a minimum or total absence of face-to-face instruction.

　　64. C) save a great deal on traveling and boarding expenses.

　　65. A) The evaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.

　　66. B) cutting down on their expenses.

　　Part Ⅴ Cloze

　　67. A) as

　　68. C) to

　　69. D) distinguished

　　70. A) related

　　71. C) in

　　72. B) much

　　73. D) behavior

　　74. B) but

　　75. C) negative

　　76. A) given

　　77. D) consistent

　　78. A) consumers

　　79. D) favorable

　　80. C) Moreover

　　81. B) enhancing

　　82. A) readily

　　83. D) volume

　　84. B) amount

　　85. D) intentions

　　86. A) turn

　　Part Ⅵ Translation

　　87. Thanks to a host of new inventions

　　88. I am more likely to get tired than before

　　89. whatever sacrifice I have to make

　　90. it is more convenient and less time-consuming

　　91. is measured by how many they can loan