2. What is the finding of the study published in The Journal of Applie

Twenty years ago just about 12 percent young people received higher education . Today more than 33 percent do so . Over the same period the number of undergraduate deg-rees awarded in Britain has risen from just over 100,000 a year to more than 260 000 a year . This does not mean that the quality of a degree is necessarily lower , but it does mean a university degree is no longer a qualification as distinctive as it once was . But the economy

has also moved on and the demand for graduates has grown at the same time as the supply has increased . If the growth over the past 20 years has been rapid , the expansion since the first big explosion of university growth in the mid -1960s is even more dramatic . In 1965 just over 400,000 students studied at British universities Today the figure is 1.8 million .

Englishmen have seen a shift from a university system serving a smal number of outstanding people to one that is now closer to the mass university systems of the USA or many continental European countries . At the same time , the university experience has gone from a five - star , luxury design to a mass - transit economy model . Not ＇一 reveals this moreobviously than the amount of public money spent on each student . This has falen from over ￡7,500 just over a decade ago to around ￡4,800 today .

The result is that most of today ＇ s students receive no grants to cover living costs , about half must pay something toward their tuition costs , and all face more crowded lecture theaters and less individual time with staff .

According to a survey , the top five courses are : business and management studies , computer science , law , psychology , and primary education . You have to go to the sixth place to find the first purely academic subject , namely English .

3. What can we infer about the university system of the USA ?

选项： A:

Most of the people can receive higher l education .

B:

Only the outstanding people can go to university .

C:

A smal amount of college graduates are outstanding .

D:

The majority of college graduates are outstanding .

7.The Leontief Paradox refers to the empirical finding that U.S.
exports are more capital-intensive than import substitutes. (
)

8.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? 选项： A: People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things. B: Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of people's spending habits to increasesales C: Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do. D: Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money

9.According to the passage, what is the best source for innovation 选项： A:

The growth of technology

B:

Talents and management

C:

Change and people's complaining

D:

Intelligence system

10.Residents in the global village have more
similarities than differences so we can sometimes overlook the
similarities among people and cultures.()

11.You work in a casual-dress office and you have a meeting at your
company's bank, so you _______. 选项： A、dust off your best suit – you want to leave nothing to chance. B、dress up a little more than usual, maybe add a jacket to your
ensemble. C、dress as casually as usual – what counts is the substance of
the meeting, not your appearance.

12.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text A: People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things. B: Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of people's spending habits to increase sales. C: Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do. D: Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.

13.The study in the journal Psychological Science suggests______.A．one's emotions can influen 选项：A:The study in the journal Psychological Science suggests______. B:A．one's emotions can influence one's facial expressions C:B．the frown-free people will never feel sad or angry D:C．one's facial expressions can influence one's emotions E:D．people can control emotions by frowning more often

14.The study in the journal Psychological Science suggests(). 选项： A、one’s emotions can influence one’s facial expressions B、the frown-free people will never feel sad or angry C、one’s facial expressions can influence one’s emotions D、people can control emotions by frowning more often

15.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text 选项： A、People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things. B、Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of people's spending habits to increase sales. C、Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do. D、Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.

16.Connected to the World

Social media is now part of many people’s daily lives. It is estimated that around of the world’s 4.2 billion people — nearly 56 percent of the world’s population — use social media regularly.

Facebook, the world’s most popular social media site, has 2.7 billion users worldwide. WeChat, a Chinese social media site, has about 1.2 billion users.

Research shows that, worldwide, the average person spends over two hours on social media every day. People in the Philippines have been found to be the most active users, spending over 4 hours on social media sites each day in general. Research also suggests that women are more active on social media than men are in the U.S.

But what do people spend this time on social media doing? According to one survey, the most common social media activities are visiting other users’ profile pages, reading their news, and leaving comments on what they post. It appears that users spend more time looking at other people’s pages than adding to their own.

Every second, five new Facebook profiles are created. And as Internet access becomes more widely available to people all over the world, the growth of social media’s popularity will only continue.

Task 1

Complete the summary with information from the passage. Use no more than one word or number for each blank.

As social media is becoming a part of more people’s 1. _______, researchers have become interested in finding out how users spend their time on social media. The world’s most 2. _________ social media site is Facebook. Generally, users spend more time reading their friends’ news and 3. ____________ on their posts than adding to their own 4. ________. With more people gaining 5. ______ to the Internet, the popularity of social media is expected to keep growing.

17.What do we know from the first paragraph ? 选项： A: More and more people take up the habit of smoking. B: There are more smoking women than smoking men in USA. C: It is good news that more people have given up smoking. D: The U.S. has more smoking people than any other country.

18.What is the finding of the new study? 选项： A:

Emotional intelligence helps people get along with others.

B:

Emotional intelligence is generally beneficial to its bearer.

C:

People who are aware of others’feelings may experience more stress.

D:

People who are emotionally stressed may have trouble making friends

19.Which sort of customers do credit card companies want? 选项： A:People who already have a lot of money、 B:Students who might have a lot of money one day、 C:People who are likely to spend more money than they have、 D:People who will never be able to pay the interest on repayments、

20.Beautiful music transportssome people. It can inspire their emotions. 选项： A:

improves one's hearing