河北省省级联测2021--2022第三次考试英语试题（2021.10）.docxVIP

更多英语学习资料，请搜索关注微信公众号“EnglishAndLife” 河北省省级联测2021--2022第三次考试英语试卷及答案（2021.10） 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) A California is home to many private universities that offer first-rate education. Many of these schools have broad campuses and highly ranked, individual academic programs. Stanford University Stanford ranks as the fifth-best university in the nation, according to U. S. News . World Report, as well as fourth-best private university according to Global Language Monitor and eighth according to Forbes. The school is known for its dedication to research in both the sciences and the humanities. Stanford boasts(白夸) an 18. 7 billion-dollar donated fund and 5,100 sponsored research projects. California Institute of Technology Founded in 1891, Pasadena-based Caltech ranks second on Forbess list of top private schools and 10th according to U. S News . World Report, and it boasts a student- to –faculty rate of 3-to-1. The schools global facilities( 设施) include the International Observatory Network----which maintains locations in the United States, Antarctica and Chile- - the Caltech Seismological Laboratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. University of Southern California The University of Southern California( USC) ranks 15th on Global Language Monitors list and 23rd on U. S. News World Reports list of top universities. USC has more international students than any other university in the United States. This school is renowned for its high academic standards as well for the athletic achievement of its students: USC graduates have earned 418 Olympic medals. Pepperdine University Pepperdine is a Christian University that ranks 61st according to Global Language Monitor and has been named by the Peace Corps of America as“One of the Top Producing Colleges and Universities.” The 830-acre，Malibu-based campus overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The school, however, also maintains permanent facilities in Washington, D. C.，as well as in South America, Europe and Asia. 2