[填空题]A high-quality college in the Ivy League offers scholarships to the students who work hard and get high scores.

[单项选择]The college offers so many courses; the students haven’t decided ______.
A. where to choose
B. whom to choose
C. which to choose
D. why to choose

[单项选择]The college offers courses in a variety of (trades).
A. business
B. firm
C. work
D. occupation

[单项选择] The Ivy League is an association of eight universities in the northeast United States, which have high academic and social status. It comprises Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. All of the Ivy League universities share some general characteristics: They are among the most prestigious and selective universities in the U.S.; they consistently place close to the top of college and university rankings; they rank within the top one percent of the world’’s universities in terms of financial endowment; they attract top-tier students and faculty (although many undergraduate classes are taught by graduate students or adjunct faculty — the extent of this practice varies greatly, for example, Brown University and Columbia University require all their professors to teach undergraduates as part of their university-college models, and Dartmouth College simply avoids letting graduate students teach undergraduates in most cases)
A. they are highly selective in recruiting students
B. the Ivies are all located in the Northeast region of the United States
C. they are among most outstanding universities of the country
D. they get most of the financial support from the government

[填空题]Lafayette College offers scholarships,______and research grants to selected students.

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Mini-talk One

Which school in the Ivy League was not founded hundreds of years ago（）
A. Columbia University
B. Princeton University
C. The University of Pennsylvania
D. Cornell University.

[填空题]If government offers financial support, private schools could possibly develop further.

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Some college students drink too much alcohol at school. Many of them live on the campus. Heavy drinking has caused many problems. It can cause students to make bad choices and do dangerous things.
One college has decided to ban alcohol. It has gotten a reputation as a party school. Five students at the college have died from drinking too much alcohol. Recently, one student drank too much vodka. He slipped into a coma. The college hopes the new rule will prevent any more tragedies.
The new rule prohibits students from drinking alcohol in the dorms. The first time a student breaks the rule they will receive a warning. If they break the rule again, they will be evicted from the dorm. However, they will still have to pay for the dorm. Some students do not live on the campus. They live in houses near the campus. Those students are also banned from drinking alcohol, even if they are of legal age.
Freshmen at the college are now required to take a special course.
A. Students are getting bad grades.
B. There are too many bars on the campus.
C. Only a few students drink.
D. Several students have died and one is in a coma.