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高三小练习3Section A (A)The Problem with Top-Schools Lists There are around 4,000 accredited universities and other higher education institutions in the United States. They offer an immense range of educational experiences, (25)_ large research universities to small, friendly liberal arts colleges. This helps explain (26)_ the United States attracts more international students than any other country, says Allan E. Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education, (27)_ non-profit group promoting student exchanges to and from America. “While elite(精英) U.S. programs are among the top ten in the world,” Goodman says, “the unique strength of the U.S. higher education system is diversity.”There is no official ranking system to indicate which institutions are better than others, (28)_ several unofficial rankings are listed by magazines and associations. However, educators urge caution in using a ranking table and emphasize that (29)_ (good) choice for one student may be very different for another. Institutions of all types (30)_ (spread) across the United States. Some students want a campus that will give them the excitement and rich cultural life of a big city such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. (31)_ value the peace and beauty of a rural setting, whether the quiet forests and snowy winters of the Northeast, subtropical Florida, the dry expanses of the West, or the Pacific coast with its seashore and nearby mountains. Many institutions have particular strengths in certain academic areas, (32)_(make) them a good choice for students interested in those fields. (B)An evolving gameAsia has already become a center of the womens professional game, and much of the growth in participation across the world is coming from womens golf. Family-friendly facilities (33)_(develop) for a new golfing demographic(人群) in the following years, (34)_ more women are playing the game and men and women are increasingly spending their leisure time together. Childrens engagement with the game will increase. In China, golf is recognized as a game (35)_ teaches children important life principles. Free golf training is offered to kinder-gartners and some parents are now prepared to spend up to 300,000 yuan ($43,940) a year on lessons for their children. “Asia will play an increasingly vital role in the future development of golf,” say top players past and present. More top events will be added to the schedule in China and other places in Asia, (36)_ the game is becoming more popular. Back-to-back Open Champion Padraig Harrington agrees: “You only (37)_ _ look at the European Tours schedule and see how many tournaments are now being hosted by Asia, whether in the Middle East or Far East,” he says. “Change is the price of survival,” says golf legend Gary Player, one of a handful of players (38)_(achieve) the Career Grand Slam(大满贯). “With the eyes of the sport now firmly (39)_(focus) on Asia, I can see several of the worlds Top 10 coming from Asia and several more global tournaments hosted there by 2020.” The game will also become more technologically engaged. Advances in digital technology will change the face of (40)_(coach) with “smart clubs” which memorize golfers grip and swing, allowing them to analyze their performance and learn from their mistakes.Section BThe most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing is beyond the joy of discovering for yourself something that is a big 51 to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentally or a sudden insight, fitting together pieces of information or working through a problem. Such personal 52 are the “payoff” in education. A teacher may direct you to learning and even 53 you in it but no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen. That is 54 you.A research paper, assigned in a course and perhaps checked at 55 stages by an instructor, leads you beyond classrooms, beyond the texts for classes and into a(n) 56 where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the research paper is an active and individual process, and 57 learning process. It provides a structure within which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, that are basic to education. But the research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to 58 a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do. Writing a research paper is 59 just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing (综合), which forms the 60 of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering, an education. So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and a 61 satisfying experience! To some, the thought of having to write a(n) 62 number of pages, often more than ever produced before, is disturbing. To others, the very idea of having to work independently is 63 . But there is no need to approach the research paper assignment with 64 , and nobody is supposed to view the research paper as an obstacle that is impossible to overcome. 65 , consider it a goal to accomplish, a goal within reach and you will find great pleasure in it.51. A. mistakeB. deal C. plan D. challenge52. A. behavioursB. opportunitiesC. encountersD. entertainments53. A. encourageB. assessC. emphasizeD. affect54. A. familiar toB. suitable forC. considerate ofD. dependent on55. A. similarB. unbelievableC. flexibleD. various56. A. outcome B. processC. achievementD. position57. A. idealB. complicatedC. competitiveD. casual58. A. devoteB. leadC. suitD. adopt59. A. no more than B. less than C. none other than D. more than 60. A. evidenceB. basisC. impressionD. experience61. A. hardly B. skillfully C. thoroughly D. vividly62. A. assignedB. limitedC. establishedD. fixed63. A. inspiringB. rewardingC. frighteningD. threatening64. A. anxietyB. interestC. excitementD. embarrassment65. A. FurthermoreB. InsteadC. HoweverD. Therefore(C) For ages the word has been going around that the dog is the mans best friend. I agree. A dog can be handy as a night watchman around the house, as a pointer on a hunting trip, as a guardian and playmate for the children. But I think that having a dog for a pet is so expensive and annoying that I can do without such a friend. Providing for the dogs needs is so expensive that the animal should be an income tax deduction(扣除). Theres the medical bill for shots to keep the animal healthy. Unless its kept in the house 24 hours a day, a female must be given “preventive maintenance,” a ten- to twenty-dollar investment. Otherwise, before you know it, youll have more “income tax deductions” in your family. And dogs have to eat. Dont think you can buy a case of Ken-L-Ration and be done with it. A dog can be as particular about food as a French expert. To feed even a Chihuahua, a very small Mexican dog, youll spend three to five dollars a week. If you own a big dog, you need a large dog-house. Theyre expensive. A carpenter will build a luxurious model for about seventy-five dollars. For about thirty dollars worth of materials, a weekends work, and a smashed thumb, you can build a simple one yourself. And these are only the major costs.A dog is so annoying that no one in his right mind would want to own one. Consider the dog owner blessed with a dog that fetchesslippers, rubber toys, newspapers. Have you eased your bare feet into slippers bitten by dogs, seen a living room destroyed by a toy boxer, tried to read a newspaper chewed to wet pieces by an obedient Boston bull? And dogs make noise. Some huge dogs bark all night. But you arent the only one to endure sleepless nights; your neighbors let you know they didnt sleep either. Policemen are frequent visitors to dog owners homes. They inquire about holes reported dug in neighbors flower beds, prize cats injured and bleeding, and pet chickens and ducks sent to their reward. Suspect: your dog! You deny everything, of course. Rex, you assure the officers, was asleep by the door. But you secretly suspect him, because you dont really know where Rex was all week. And you remember wondering why feathers were floating in his water bowl yesterday. Dogs are annoying. Neither a fire-breathing mother-in-law nor a talkative wife will prove more annoying to man than a dog. Dog lovers will, of course, claim my argument one-sided, even exaggerated. They might consider me as cruel as the Russians, who possibly attempting to solve their own canine crisis shot Fido into orbit. But the fact remains, if our best friends caused us the expense and annoyance our dog does, wed soon encourage them to become astronauts. 74. Which statement is NOT true about the dog as mans best friend?A. A dog will help to watch people.B. A dog will guard your house at night. C. A dog will play with your children. D. A dog will serve as a guide for the hunters. 75. In paragraph 2, “preventive maintenance” means a measure to _. A. keep the dog in the house the whole dayB. invest ten to twenty dollars in female dogsC. prevent a female dog from becoming pregnantD. provide for the food that dogs eat76. Policemen frequently visit dog owners homes because _. A. the police station was destroyed by dogsB. neighbors domestic pets were killed or injuredC. they want to ask about neighbors flowersD. they cant stand sleepless nights any more77. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that _. A. a dog is not as annoying as a fire-breathing mother-in-law B. it is more difficult for man to cope with a talkative wife than with a dogC. dog lovers prove to be as cruel as the R