Schedule a Tour

    University of South Carolina （USC) is famous for its warm southern hospitality(好客). Schedule a visit and feel it in person. Our walking tours are led by current students, called University Ambassadors, who are looking forward to telling you what it's like to live and study in USC. Our walking tours run Monday through Friday and most are around 2 hours. The university will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in observance of the holiday. We welcome your visit year round and will be ready for you, rain or shine. Please refer to the list below to determine which tour is best for you and remember to book at least two weeks in advance.

25. Why is USC closed to visitors on July 4?

     A. To prepare a tour.                     B. To update its website.

     C. To celebrate the holiday.           D. To encourage a self-guided walk.

26. Who does Admitted Student Day target at?

     A. AU visitors to USC.                 B. Those applying for fall 2017.

     C. Independent consultants.            D. Those admitted for fall 2017.

27. If a 15-people group requests a summer visit, they need to               .

     A. submit Group Visit interest Form                                     B. email visior@mailbox.sc.edu

     C. call 800-922-9755                   D. check out Virtual Tour

   Last Friday, I rode my bike home   51      usual. But at a crossing, I accidentally knocked an old man off this bike. I found his leg was injured. Nervous and worried, I called my mom and told her what      52      (happen). We decided to take him to the hospital first.

  Soon after we arrived at the hospital, my mother came. The doctor gave   53   old man a thorough examination.     54   our delight and relief, there was nothing    55  (serious) wrong with him. We thanked the doctor and left.

   After that , we went back to the place where my bike was parked, only    56   (find) it didn’t work. So I immediately found a repairman to get it    57     (fix). Before the old man left, my mom offered him her call telephone number    58     case he needed to contact us. Then the old man got on his bike. And we waved goodbye to each other.

   The accident made me realize that in the first place we should be careful to avoid accidents,

  59    once they occurred, we should accept full     60       (responsible)

 The teacher asked the children to _____ a story about a trip to the moon.

        A. make up            B. make for 

C. make out            D. make up of

Since he took office, Donald Trump has already presented a big difference which sharply ______ 

with the former president Barack Obama, greatly______ the world strategic situation.      

A. contrasted, effect                         B. compares, affect   

C. contrasts, affecting                    C. compared, effecting

假如你是李华，是个集邮迷，在别人的帮助下，历经十年，现收集到120 多个国家的近万张邮票。你有一个大胆的想法，想申请“收集邮票最多的人”的吉尼斯世界纪录。 请你用英语给吉尼斯总部写一封信，咨询以下问题：

1. 是否可以申请

2. 目前这个纪录的详细情况和相关的规则

3. 费用问题

注意： 词数：100左右（开头和结尾已经写好，但不计入总词汇）

可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

参考词汇： 吉尼斯世界纪录：the Guinness World Record

Dear Sir/Madam,

    My name is Li Hua and I am from China.                                         

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Yours,

                                                                  Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

  2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Peter,

     I’m very glad to receive your e-mail asking for information about the host family we have arranged you to stay with.

     Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood,the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own.Apart from the convenient public transportation,our private car will make your visits easy.Because all the family members can speak fluent English but have outgoing personalities,I’m sure you will have no trouble communicate with them.Above all,they hosted the American student last year,through that they gained lots of experience.In addition to,the hostess’ cooking will guarantee you a wonderfully chance of tasting delicious Chinese food.

Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Yours,

Li Hua

     Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World
(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dive in after him.
“I didn’t think at all,”  Duret told the Daily News. “ It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”
Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling  into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning .
“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same ting.”
28.Why was Duret in NewYork?     
A. To meet his girlfriend              B. To work as an engineer
C. To spend his holiday               D. To visit the Andersons.
29. What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?             
A. He was interviewed by a newspaper
B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes
C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance

D. He disappeared from the spot quickly
30. Who divide after Duret into the river to save the little girl?        
A. David Anderson   B. a passer-by    C. his girlfriend     D. a taxi driver.
31. When was Duret most probably found to be the very hero?        
A.the day when he was leaving for home.
B. a couple of days after the girl was rescued 
C. the first day when he was in New York 
D. the same day when he was interviewed.   

    Luke didn't know what to do. He wanted to yell at Kyle, his  51   , because Kyle continued to    52     with his mom, Jane. She didn't demand very much from him---”Study hard, get the best    53   you can,” she told him. She tried to get it into is head that she didn't have the    54    for his college education. Not a cent could be expected!    55    studying harder, Kyle spent hour after hour playing video games on his computer. He always waited until the last minute to study for school      56    , and stayed up all night cramming(强记硬背) for them.     When Jane tried to    57     him that he needed good grades to get a    58   , he would turn a deaf ear to her or even get angry. He said it was her   59    to take care for him financially    60      he graduated from college.
   “Where did he get that     61     ” Luke asked. “You've   62    him for 10 years all by yourself. You don't    63     him a thing. He should be glad you haven't kicked him out of the apartment already. When I was in the eleventh grade, my father made it    64     to me that when I graduated from high school, I was expected to leave home.     65      Kyle thinks you have to pay his way through college!”
    Jane would     66     Luke to talk to Kyle. “He says you're not his father, so why should he have to listen to you”
   “Well, his father's dead. He should appreciate that I'm    67     to try to help him. ”Luke said.
     “Kyle will be able to learn to accept your help and advice      68    . But before that, Luke, we need to try hard to get him to accept you in his heart, close to the     69      of his own father.”
     “I agree and we sure have every confidence in him.”said Luke.
     “Yes. And in    70    , too!”Jane reminded him.
51. A. cousin      B. stepbrother     C. nephew           D. stepson
52. A. discuss          B. meet             C. argue                D. deal
53. A. teachers         B. grades          C. friends          D. prizes
54. A. need             B. money            C. hope             D. time
55. A. Instead of       B. In addition to       C. In spite of     D. Along with
56. A. rules        B. tests           C. regulations      D. admissions
57. A. inform       B. warn             C. promise          D. remind
58. A. scholarship  B. degree           C. reward          D. job
59. A. honor            B. right             C. pleasure            D. responsibility
60. A. since        B. when             C. until                D. after
61. A. principle    B. decision         C. saying           D. idea
62. A. helped           B. raised           C. educated         D. sponsored
63. A. owe              B. ask                  C. lend             D. offer
64. A. easy         B. possible         C. clear                D. strange
65. A. So           B. Yet              C. Still                D. Because
66. A. force       B. allow                C. invite               D. forbid
67. A. around       B. out                  C. away             D. off
68. A. in turn     B. at first             C. in time          D. at once
69. A. heart        B. place            C. duty             D. life
70. A. himself          B. ourselves        C. myself           D. yourselves

Speaking two languages can actually help reduce some effects of aging on the brain, a new study has found.

Researchers tested how long participants needed to   41   from one cognitive (认知) task to another, something that’s known to   42   longer for older adults, said lead researcher, Brain Gold, an expert at the University of Kentucky, “It has great effects these days because our population is   43   gradually,” Gold said. “Seniors are   44   longer, and that’s a good thing, but it’s only a good thing   45    a certain degree that their brains are   46  .”

Gold’s team compared task-switching of younger and older   47  , knowing they would find slower speeds in the   48   population because of previous studies.   49  , they found that older adults who spoke two languages were able to switch mental gear (齿轮)   50   than those who didn’t.

First, Gold and his team   51   30 people, who were either bilingual (双语的)   52   monolingual (单语的), to look at a series of colored shapes and   53   with the name of each shape by pushing a button. Then, they   54   the participants with a similar series of colored shapes and asked them to respond with what   55   the shapes were by pushing a button. The bilingual people had the   56   to respond faster to the shifting prompts (提示).

Researchers then gathered 80 more people for a second   57  ; 40 bilinguals and 40monolinguals. This time, researchers used FMRI machines to   58   brain activity during the same shape-and color-identifying   59  . Gold and his team found that bilingual people had different brain activity than their monolingual peers.

“Learning a second language in childhood was thought of as   60  ,” Gold said. “Actually, it’s beneficial.”

41. A. switch                                                        B. perform      C. jump                D. transport

42. A. hold                                                           B. spend  C. last                 D. take

43. A. increasing                                                 B. aging   C. growing                  D. exploding

44. A. surviving                                                   B. staying       C. living                D. expecting

45. A. with                                                           B. in        C. at                     D. to

46. A. powerful                                                   B. healthy       C. sensitive                D. special

47. A. adults                                                        B. researchers       C. leaders                   D. seniors

48. A. random                                                     B. ordinary      C. older                D. younger

49. A. Thus                                                         B. Otherwise   C. Besides                  D. However

50. A. faster                                                        B. slower  C. longer                     D. better

51. A. paid                                                          B. asked  C. promised                D. forced

52. A. yet                                                             B. nor      C. or                    D. and

53. A. remember                                                 B. realize C. recall               D. reply

54. A. presented                                                 B. rewarded    C. assisted                  D. treated

55. A. forms                                                         B. types   C. colors                     D. sizes

56. A. right                                                          B. ability   C. opportunity                    D. determination

57. A. experiment                                                B. conclusion        C. lesson                    D. task

58. A. recognize                                                  B. improve      C. make               D. record

59. A. tools                                                          B. scores C. tasks               D. games

60. A. simple                                                         B. reasonable             C. useless     D. interesting

    Taking good notes is a time-savin6 skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. 36   Second your notes are excellent

materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.

    You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook.or doing research for a report  37   Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process.   38   

    The following methods may work best for you.

    Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.

    Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.

    Write your notes in your own words.

    39     

Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.

    As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand (速记法). When you do this, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time.  40   

    A. Use words, not complete sentences. .

    B. There are three practical note-taking methods

    C. You must write your notes on separate paper.

    D. First; the simple act of writing something down makes it easier

for you to understand and remember it.

    E. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.

    F. You will' also want to develop your own methods for taking notes.

G. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.

   假定你是李华，暑假就要来了，你打算参加学校组织的国际游学（Study Tour）活动，目的地是California。请给美国朋友Peter写封信表达你游学的目的，并希望得到他的建议。要点如下：

   1.开拓国际视野；

   2.体验不同教育；

   3.提高语言能力。

注意：1.词数100左右；

      2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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Things You Should Quit Doing to be Successful

Would you like to be successful? But what are you willing to do in order to reach your goal?  31   If you want it bad enough, you will get it. When you are productive, you efficiently finish various tasks and achieve better results. However, there are many bad habits that successful people will try to avoid to reach their desired success.

They don’t do without first learning. The greatest thing about learning is the benefit that we receive in all aspects of our lives. If we stop learning, then the only thing we can do is settle with what we already know; if we settle for that, then there is no way to expand our minds.  32  Since our minds require learning for expansion, we must never stop seeking new knowledge.

They don’t work in their comfort zone. What is your comfort zone? Your comfort zone is defined as “A psychological state in which a person feels familiar, at ease, in control, and experiences low anxiety.” When you get outside of your comfort zone, it doesn’t mean that you should strive for a constant state of anxiety and stress.  33  

 34  Social networks are great for staying in touch with family and friends. However, when chatting, posting, sharing, and looking at various funny photos, we waste hours just scrolling through pages. Usually, before we fall asleep, we decide to check if there is something new in the news feed and end up falling asleep very late at night. You then feel tired in the morning and incapable of doing anything that demands focus and hard work.

They don’t hang around negative people. Negative people are very harmful to be around when it comes to achieving success.  35  When you are around negative people enough, you start to see things negatively and you begin to lose sight of your dream. If that happens, life will reward you with negative outcomes to deal with.

A. They don’t fear asking for advice.

B. Expansion is essential on the path to success!

C. They don’t spend a lot of time on social networks.

D. Success is not something that happens by accident.

E. Getting lost in small things causes us to miss out on the overall views.

F. Success is more about a person’s way of thinking than anything else.

G. It simply means that, in order to grow, you should try new things and expand your horizons.

42. C________(面临) with a severe economic downturn, China is trying to promote reform.

43. Just as a proverb goes, it takes two to make a q________. We can’t blame just one side.

44. As is well known, water is c________ of hydrogen and oxygen.

45. Porgy and Bess is an American opera r_______(关于) the ups and downs of Negro life in the early 1900s.

46. I feel greatly _______(荣幸)to be invited to attend the meeting.

47. In that school, English is a compulsory course while French and Russian are o_______.

48. Covering their noses with hands, the passersby sped by the dustbin, d_______ filling their heart.

49. We had great difficulty b________, for the air was thin at such high altitude.

50. Frankenstein regrets ________(牺牲) his health to create the monster.

51. The US d_______ war on Japan following the Pearl Harbor Attack.

It may not come as a surprise but the world as a whole is getting richer. Recent data has shown that the number of people living in extreme poverty has halved in recent decades. So should we celebrate the fact that more of us now have a better standard of living?

Maybe not. While the gap between rich and poor in some countries is narrowing, there is still a lot of inequality in other places---some people have a lot of money and opportunities and others don't. A recent report by Oxfam and Credit Suisse revealed how divided many of us are when it comes to wealth. A lot of the money in the world is in the hands of very few people. In fact, 48% of global wealth is owned by the richest 1% of the population.

But some countries are attempting to reduce this inequality and make the poor, less poor. According to David Bryer from Oxfam, Brazil has been taking “some really sensible measures - measures around having more progressive(稳定的) tax, around investing in a higher minimum wage and investing in central public services.” Having a higher minimum wage can help people eat better and seek a better education. And more people with more money buy more things---and factories can produce more. In turn, a factory which produces more will need more workers. So, more jobs are created.

Other wealthy individuals are doing their bit to help reduce inequality. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, earned a lot of money from his company but when he retired, he and his wife Melinda, created a foundation to help the poor. He thinks that rich people should all be philanthropic and take out some wealth to help the poorest both at home and abroad.

Bill Gates feels that giving money to help poor people is "fulfilling". But if other super-rich people don't want to experience this fulfillment then, according to Oxfam, very soon the wealthiest 1% will soon own more money than the rest of the world's population.

8. According to a recent report by Oxford and Credit Suisse, ________.

A. the gap between the rich and the poor is widening gradually

B. increased wealth helps people to reduce the inequality

C. people should be happy about the world’s getting richer

D. a small number of people possess the major world wealth

9. What is the meaning of the underlined word “philanthropic”?

A. Broadminded.    B. Responsible.     C. Realistic.      D. Charitable.

10. The author develops the article mainly by _________.

A. comparing opinions from different fields

B. listing detailed numbers and analyzing them

C. presenting a trend and analyzing its cause and effect

D. presenting research findings and giving some examples

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下句作文。文中共有10处错误，每处中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

       2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It was 2:10 in the afternoon when I entered the classroom. I was surprising to see our teacher operating the video camer. Most of us have never been in front of a video camer before, but we were very nervous. As for myself,I had once faced it at home. My uncle shot as we were

celebrating for my sister’s birthday. However, this was complete different. We had to talk about our articles as if we were reading news on TV. The funny thing was every time I tried to face the cameras and talked about my article,I forgot the article and couldn’t help look down at it. It was a quite different experience for me , thanks to our teacher.

   The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep，but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep．
   Charles Czeisler，a professor at Harvard Medical School，and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment．For five days in a row，the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep．Their sleep patterns were monitored all night．Before and after each trial period，the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin（褪黑激素）was in their blood at any given time．
   When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books，they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following morning．People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights，and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion（分泌）was delayed by an hour and a half．
   The researchers conclude in today's journal article that gives the rise of e-readers and the increasingly widespread use of e-things among children and adolescents，more research into the"long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed．"Czeisler and colleagues go on，in the research paper，to note"Reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk．"
However，software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers according to time of day，and there are also glasses that are made to filter（过滤）short wavelengths．While they seem like a logical solution for the nighttime tech users，it needs more research．

21. In Charles Czeisler's experiment，all the subjects were asked to ______ ．

The Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, is the best place in Europe for discovering dinosaur bones. Dinosaur Farm Museum was established in 1993. Since then, the museum has introduced the study of old bones to many more people.What we offer

Visitors can enjoy our displays, or watch us cleaning dinosaur bones and other fossils found on the island’s beaches. The museum has a variety of different fossils, many of them never displayed to the public before. As more are discovered all the time, you can be sure of seeing something new each time you visit.

We have a free Fossil Identification Service, so you can bring in any fossils you have and find out what they are. In addition, we have a reasonably-priced Museum Shop, where you can buy a souvenir of your visit. You could also bring a picnic and relax in our special picnic area.

Activities

Fossil hunts are organized from the museum and run all year round. Groups of up to 25 are guided on a local beach where they can search for fossils. All these hunts are fully licensed and insured, and guides can help to identify any fossils found and point out things of interest.

Due to the popularity of these hunts, all trips must be booked by a personal visit to Dinosaur Farm Museum.

Did you know…?

The BBC programme “Live from Dinosaur Island” was filmed along the coast here, and Dinosaur Farm Museum was the base for the television crew.

Find out more

Check out our website at www.isleofwight/dinosaurfarm to learn in detail how we dig for dinosaurs. You can also read about the many different kinds of dinosaurs which lived in this area, which was connected to Europe 120 million years ago.

21. One can book a fossil hunt ______.

A. through a BBC program

B. through the museum’s website

C. by making a call to the museum     

D. by visiting the museum personally

22. Which of the following is free of charge at the museum?

A. Food for a picnic.    B. Attending fossil hunts.

C. A souvenir of the museum. D. Having fossils identified.

23. The passage is most probably taken from ______.

A. a conference interview          B. a travel magazine

C. a history book                  D. a science fiction

 每句中有1处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。每处错误及其修改仅限一词。

 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其后面写出修改后的词

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\ )划掉

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词

(1) That never occurred to him that she might be against him.

(2) He got the news from Mary the sports meeting was put off.

(3) The host found some guests being invited to the party were late because of traffic jams.

(4) When I got on the bus, I realized I have left my wallet at home.

(5) Our lines can get very busy but please keep trying and you will eventually get over.

Do you like travelling? Staying   56   (health) while   57  (travel) can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one.   58   you are travelling abroad, here are the tips you need to make your trip much   59   (easy):

Make sure you have got signed passport(护照) and visas. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page. This will help a lot if your passport  60   (steal). Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other   61   you in a separate place from your passport.

Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit. Get yourself familiar with local laws and customs of the countries to   62   you are travelling.

Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行日程) with family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency.

Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not carry too much money or   63  (necessary) credit cards. If we make enough  64  (prepare), we will succeed. Have   65   good time!

We did not know you were in trouble at that time, ______we would have given you a hand.

A. otherwise    B. however

C. therefore    D. though