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1、Information Matching:Directions:You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraphmore than once.Each paragraph is marked with a le

2、tter.Passage 1Hard timesA Money worries are part and parcel of university life,but recent events in theworld of finance,not to mention rising food prices,are making it tougher for students-from living costs as undergraduates to employment prospects once they havegraduated.But are they bothered?B Ray

3、mond Sawyer,a graphic design undergraduate at New College Durham,sayshe is concerned by the naivety of some of his fellow students when dealing with theirfinances.Tm surprised by the lack of maturity some of them have when it comes tomoney/9 he says.We had been at college for just over a week when s

4、ome of myfellow students got their grants through-and their first thought was spending moneyon clothes and planning nights out,which I couldnt believer.Many students seemunaware of the state of the economy right now.Sawyer says the prevailing economicconditions have influenced his choice of where to

5、 study.He lives at home,just a fewmiles from his college,which means he is able to run a Web design business thathelps ease his money worries.aRent and mortgages are costly these days and I guessthafs what swayed me toward studying locally,“he says.I only have to spend threedays a week at college an

6、d I can travel easily by car,devoting the rest of my time todeveloping my business/9C Sawyer counts himself fortunate that he is self-employed.A recent surveycommissioned by recruitment agency Reed reckons that over half of graduates are“concerned with finding a job in the current climate.Job securi

7、ty is also becoming amajor concern;one in four graduates say they would be willing to sacrifice up to fivepercent of their income in exchange for job security for three years.A significantnumber of graduates are moving toward creative marketing and media sectors,shunning City jobs,and watching banks

8、 and other financial services firms fall overhas been particularly disheartening for students who had planned to work in theSquare Mile（伦敦金融城）.Reports suggest that many are now also consideringteaching as an option.D With many recent graduates still looking for jobs in a difficult economic climate,u

9、ndergraduates need to remember there is a serious side to university,cautionsReeds marketing head,Mark Rhodes.Its important that incoming universitystudents have an eye on their future.Rhodes warns students not to leave theirjob-hunting too late.If you are trying to get on to a graduate program fbr

10、the yearyou graduate,you may have to start preparing at the start of your third year to avoidmissing the deadlines/9 he says.Rhodes also advises speaking with a universitycareers adviser at the earliest opportunity to get the latest news on jobs available.E Nick Wasson-Jones,who has recently graduat

11、ed in engineering from theUniversity of Sheffield,says the next few months will be tough.My advice tostudents is to get some relevant work experience,he says.I havent been able to getpast the CV stage and I think thats because I cant demonstrate that I have worked inthe field I am looking to enter.I

12、t I could go back to my university days,I woulddefinitely do some work experience in my first or second year before I got stuck intomy dissertation and exams in my final year.”F Third-year student Danielle Maughan has worked a part-time job since shestarted her criminology and psychology course at L

13、iverpool John Moores University,but she says shes finding it tougher to make ends meet.Ive worked in a local pubsince starting university,:she says,“but things are getting harder now.my student loanjust covers my rent for the year,so having a job is essential.Yet Maughan admits tobeing poor at manag

14、ing her finances.Im not great with money to start with,sothings can get a little tough.”G Unfortunately many students are responding to the financial crisis by burying theirhead in the sand,allowing money problems to snowball as graduation draws nearer.Asurvey conducted by the National Union of Stud

15、ents concludes that many students areunaware of even the basic costs of living,and dont have the information andguidance they need to manage their own finances.The survey suggests that theaverage cost of university life is nearly$450 a year higher than students expect.H In addition,some students are

16、 overly optimistic about being able to receivefinancial support in the form of bursaries（奖学金）.The survey show that 42 percentbelieve they will be eligible,whereas only 28 percent receive one.The issue ofbursaries is further complicated by confusion over what students are actually entitledto-leading

17、to thousands of eligible students failing to claim last year,says the Officefor Fair Access.I Its clear that students have no idea of the costs of living when going to university,says Lucy Payne,HSBCs youth and student manager,but lefs face it,how many ofus did?”HSBC has developed a website to offer

18、 advice in addition to the studentadvisers in its branches.J“We are getting a steady stream of enquiries,especially from mature students,saysJemma Samuels,manager of student charity Uniaid.Our aim is to help students planfor the costs of living before they get to university.There is plenty of suppor

19、t around,but students dont always know where to get it.Most tend to rely on friends andparents for advice,which may be inaccurate or simply out of date.The problem isparticularly bad for international students,who can run into hardship very quickly.”Uniaid runs training events for students and has a

20、 series of online tools that can beused to calculate costs and keep undergraduates abreast of what support they canaccess.1.University students9 life is hard due to the increase of living costs and theiruncertain employment prospects.2.Statistics show that 42 percent of the students believe they are

21、 qualified toget bursaries but some fail to receive one at last.3.Twenty-five percent of graduates are willing to sacrifice up to five percentof their income for three-year employment stability.4.Undergraduates can calculate their living costs and know what support theycan get through training event

22、s and some online tools.5.An undergraduate with the plan for graduate study should start thepreparation work as early as the beginning of his third year.6.It is helpful to get some relevant work experience n the first or second yearat university to get a job in the field one wants to enter.7.With ba

23、nks and financial services firms collapsing one after another,manystudents who planned to work in the field of finance fell disheartened and turn toother jobs like teaching.8.Many students neglect the financial crisis,and thus face more and moreserious money problems with graduation coming nearer an

24、d nearer.9.Some students are unaware of the present economic state and immediatelythink of spending the money on clothes and entertainment once they get their grants.10.Friends and parents may offer unreliable or outdated advice on financialissues.Passage 2 Degrees Are Great,but Internships Make a D

25、ifferenceA Traditionally,earning a college degree has been cause for celebration.For most,theachievement signaled the onset of adulthood and offered the promise of a career thatwould start in mere months,if not weeks.But in todays job market,undergraduateswho leave school armed only with a degree ma

26、y not be so fortunate.B In 2000,more than 1.2 million people received bachelors degrees in the UnitedStates.This year,that number is expected to rise 30 percent to more than 1.6 million,according to estimates by the National Center for Education Statistics.That hike hasfar outpaced the countrys incr

27、ease in population over the past decade,tripling theCensus Bureaus projected rate of population growth over the same period.With theincreased number of students,if Im an employer or a medical school or businessschool,finding a student who has a good GPA isn*t particularly tough anymore,n saysDan Gom

28、ez-Palacio,assistant director of career services at Westminster College inMissouri.So,what is going to separate you from your peers?C The answer:internships.University officials and employers almost universallymaintain that partaking in an internship-or several,which sets a student apart fromhis or

29、her peers even more-before graduation is integral to finding meaningfulemployment in todays seemingly impenetrable job market.More than ever,schoolsacross the country are pushing students of all majors toward internships,and severalhave even added them to their graduation requirements.These internsh

30、ips give thesestudents an edge that they would not have otherwise,1 says Patricia Cormier,presidentof Longwood University in Virginia,which requires an internship of all graduates.Italways amazes me that higher education didn*t think of this sooner.For me its ano-brainer.If youre going to position y

31、our students well,youve got to give them thisexposure before they graduate71D Longwood,with an enrollment of roughly 4,800,saw 74 percent of their 2008graduating class attain jobs within six months of graduation,despite the fact thatstudents were thrust into one of the worst job markets on record.Tw

32、o years ago,officials at Eastern Connecticut State University decided to institute a pre-professionalexperience requirement for students.Rhona Free,vice president of academic affairs atEastern Connecticut,says the school wants not only to educate students but to preparethem fbr their working lives a

33、fter school through experience-based learning.nStudents worry,If Tm an English major,can I get a job?n she says.We wantthem to know that before they leave here,they will have been in a setting thats likeone they*!go to work in.0E While smaller schools are able to ensure that their students can meet

34、theinternship requirement by fonning partnerships with local companies and workingone-on-one with students to facilitate their hunt for an internship,the task is moredaunting fbr larger schools.Finding an employer base near a large university that cansupport the influx of thousands of interns is a d

35、aunting,if not impossible,task.Forthat reason,many large schools have shied away from requiring internships but stilltake pains to impart the importance of work experience to their students.Plus,someprograms within larger institutions do require internships.Its a common practice infields where prior

36、 work experience is integral to the hiring process,like business andjournalism/communications.F The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University in Pennsylvaniadoes not require internships,but students are E-mailed a weekly list of internshipopenings and are constantly reminded of th

37、eir importance.The colleges website evenproclaims:INTERNSHIPS.dont leave Villanova without one!”Such marketingefforts have paid off.The school has seen a 30 percent jump in enrollment ininternships in the past three years alone.Such efforts are lauded（称赞）by largeemployers that hire a bulk of their i

38、nterns.Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers,for instance,draws more than 70 percent of its new hires from its internship program.Schools that focus in on accommodating internships as part of their coursecurriculum position their students very well for future employment,0 says Holly Paul,national

39、recruiting leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers.G Recent graduates whove listened to such advice are reaping the rewards.RyanMossman,who graduated from Boston College with a degree in English in May 2009,said that although BC did not require that he take an internship,the school regularlytouted their im

40、portance.After a discouraging job search in the months leading up tohis graduation,Mossman decided an internship was the best,if not only,way for himto launch his career.Instead of aimlessly searching for job openings as he claimsmany of his peers did after graduation,he took an internship at LVM Gr

41、oup,apublic-relations firm,soon after graduating.The internship eventually led to afull-time position as an assistant account executive with the company.Meanwhile,hesays many of his friends sit at home with their degrees,waiting for a job to fall intheir laps.Had I not taken a post-graduation intern

42、ship,I think Id be in the sameposition they are/he says.1.The growth rate of people who received bachelors degrees was three timesthat of population over the same period in the United States.2.Nowadays,undergraduates who leave school only with a degree may havedifficulty in finding a job.3.A college

43、 in Pennsylvania often reminds its students of the importance ofinternships.4.Universities across the United States are encouraging internships amongtheir students and some even include them in their graduation requirements.5.It is very difficult for a large university to find a nearby internship ba

44、se forits students.6.Graduates who take internships may find full-time positions,while thosewho stick to aimless job searching may end up with nothing.7.Holly Paul,a recruitment officer,thinks highly of those universities thatinclude internships in their course curriculum for their students9 better

45、employmentprospects.8.In the past,a university degree indicated the arrival of adulthood and thebeginning of a job within a short time.9.For journalism majors,their prior work experience is essential to the hiringprocess.10.To the amazement of a university president,higher education was notquick in

46、action to make students take internships before their graduation.Banked ClozeFill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank.You may notuse any of the word more than once.Passage 3The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission,also known as Carnegie Hero Fund,was establishedto recognize persons

47、 who perform extraordinary acts of heroism in civilian life in the UnitedStates and Canada.The Fund aims to provide financial 1_for those disabled and thedependents of those_2_ when saving or attempting to save others.Those chosen forrecognition 3_ the Carnegie Medal and become eligible for 4 aid an

48、d otherbenefits.A private operating foundation,the Hero Fund was 5_ in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,in 1904 with a trust fund of$5 million by Andrew Carnegie,aScottish American industrialist and philanthropist(慈善家).On January 25,1904,6_ bythe heroism at a coal mine disaster in Harwick,Pennsylvania,Andrew

49、 Carnegie decided to tosssome of his 7 wealth to uphold the ideal that“heroes and those dependent uponthem should be freed form pecuniary(金钱上的)cares resulting from their heroism.The commission has just 8 its latest batch of heroes,bringing the total number up to9,111.This is what they did to become

50、heroes:run into burning buildings and cars;fight off men withknives and snapping dogs;dive into water for flailing people;go after people hanging off cliffs.And those things must be done by a civilian who knowingly 9 his or her own lifeto a(n)10 degree while saving or attempting to save the life of