甘肃省兰州市第五十五中学2024届高三上学期开学考试英语试题9709.pdf

甘肃省兰州市第五十五中学2024届高三上学期开学考

试英语试题

一、阅读理解

Sincemanyofyouareplanningtostudyatacollegeoruniversityinthiscountry,

youmaybecurioustoknowwhatyouusuallydoinatypicalweek,howyoucanget

alongwithyourfellowstudents,andsoon.ThesearethequestionsIwanttodiscusswith

youtoday.

First,let’stalkaboutwhatyourweeklyschedulewilllooklike.Nomatterwhatyour

major(专业)maybe,youcanexpecttospendbetweenfourandsixhoursaweekfor

eachclassattendinglectures.Lecturesareusuallyinverylargeroomsbecausesome

coursessuchasintroductiontosociology(社会学)oreconomics(经济学)oftenhaveas

manyastwoorthreehundredstudents,especiallyatlargeuniversities.Inlectures,it’s

veryimportantforyoutotakenotesonwhattheprofessorsaysbecausetheinformation

inalectureisoftendifferentfromtheinformationinyourtextbooks.Also,youcan

expecttohaveexamquestionsbasedonthelectures.Soitisn’tenoughtojustreadyour

textbooks;youhavetoattendlecturesaswell.Inatypicalweekyouwillalsohavea

coupleofhoursofdiscussionforeveryclassyoutake.Thediscussionsection(部分)isa

smallgroupmeetingusuallywithfewerthanthirtystudentswhereyoucanaskquestions

aboutthelectures,thereading,andthehomework.Inlargeuniversities,graduatestudents,

calledteachingassistants,usuallydirectdiscussionsections.

Ifyourmajorischemistry,orphysics,oranotherscience,you’llalsohavetospend

severalhoursaweekinthelab,orlaboratory,doingexperiments.Thismeansthatscience

majorsspendmoretimeintheclassroomthannonsciencemajorsdo.Ontheotherhand,

peoplewhomajorinsubjectslikeliteratureorhistoryusuallyhavetoreadandwrite

morethansciencemajorsdo.

1.Themainpurposeofthistextis________.

A．tohelpthestudentstolearnaboutuniversitylife

B．topersuadethestudent