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Applying to Stellinga College Why Stellinga? Thank you for your interest in Stellinga International College. As an international student, we are sure you will find our college an exciting place to study, with like-minded and ambitious people. Preparing and submitting your application We have tried to make the application process as easy as possible for you, but there are a number of procedures you must follow. All our courses are taught in English, so first of all you will probably need to submit evidence of your English language ability. We require an IELTS score of 6.5. You will also have to send us your secondary school diploma, so that we can evaluate it. We will also require a personal statement. This is a text of up to 1,000 words in which you introduce yourself, explain your interest in our college, and why you want to study your chosen course. If you are from outside the European Union (EU), it is important that you have an entrance visa before you come to study in the Netherlands, but we will apply for this for you. We now only accept online applications, so please ensure that you have all your documents ready to upload before you begin. Any documents that are not in English originally will also need to be translated and the translation also uploaded. You will need a passport photograph; a copy of your passport; copies of all your certificates and diplomas; your proof of language ability; and your personal statement in English. What happens next? Your application will then be considered. If your initial application is successful, you will be invited for an interview. This will be conducted in English via skype, over the phone or on site. You will talk to two or three members of staff for up to 30 minutes. We aim to inform you of our decision in writing, within 4 weeks. There are several possible outcomes: you may not have been successful; you may be offered a place on the waiting list. You will need to reply to any offers within two weeks, otherwise your place may be offered to somebody else. Good luck with your application. 【1】Which is unnecessary for people inside the EU when submitting applications? A.A personal statement. B.An entrance visa. C.Evidence of English ability. D.A secondary school diploma. 【2】If your first application is accepted, what is the next process? A.You will have an interview in English. B.You will get the reply over the phone. C.You should make a decision within 4 weeks. D.You should reply to the offer the moment you get it. 【3】Where can we find the passage? A.In a science magazine. B.In a tourist brochure. C.In an English teaching book. D.On a university’s website. |
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One night in 1966, Michael Chapman rushed into a folk-music club in Cornwall, England to get out of the rain, and soon found himself onstage playing the guitar. “They offered me a job to play for the rest of the summer. And I’ve been playing ever since,” Chapman says. “I’ve told that story so many times, but it’s absolutely true. If it hadn’t been raining that night, I wouldn’t be talking to you.” The British guitar player has spent the 50 years since then on the road. He released some praised albums in the 1970s, but his health went downhill in the 80s and 90s. Like a lot of British artists in the 1960s, Chapman taught himself to play the guitar by listening to American jazz and blues records. Chapman actually taught photography, but quit when he was 26 to play music full time. When he was starting out, he was often compared to other British acoustic guitar heroes of the time, like John Martyn and Bert Jansch. “The fascinating thing about Michael Chapman is that he doesn’t fit in with those guys of his generation,” says Andrew Male, a music journalist. “He’s always been an outsider. He never moved to London. ” And while he never became part of the London music scene, Chapman was noticed by those musicians. “The 70s caught up with him in the 80s,” Male says. “He had a huge heart attack at the end of the 80s that nearly finished him off. When he made his way back into the world in the early 90s, people had forgotten about him.” But not everyone. A younger generation of musicians in America, including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and a younger singer and guitarist named Steve Gunn, recently rediscovered Chapman. “We wanted to capture Michael’s voice and character where he is now. You know, it’s a little road-weary, but he still has it,” Gunn says. “For me, it was really important to get that right.” “He’s the right old musician for present times,” Male says. “I think the music he makes seems quite in tune with where we’re at.” 【1】Which can best describe Michael Chapman’s first involvement in music? A.Untrue. B.Accidental. C.Unfortunate. D.Reasonable. 【2】What can we learn about Michael Chapman from the text? A.He has taught photography for 26 years. B.He taught himself to play the guitar and did far better than John Martyn. C.To some degree, he is not accepted by other people of his generation. D.He is one of the best guitar players in the early 90s. 【3】Why did Michael Chapman quit his music career once? A.He lost his special voice. B.He suffered from a severe heart attack. C.He got tired of competing with others. D.He was almost forgotten by everyone. 【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A.The Rise and Fall of Guitar Music B.The Sad Story of a Guitar Musician C.A New Generation Helps an Old Guitar Musician D.A Brief Introduction to a Guitar Musician |
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As PhD research goes, Brian Wisenden was enviable, watching baby fish swimming swiftly through the clear waters in the Costa Rican tropical dry forest. By recording their growth and numbers, he hoped to look at their risks of being eaten. Instead, he witnessed something odd. Many groups were increasing in numbers. In these groups, some were smaller than others, suggesting they weren’t siblings (兄弟姐妹). Wisenden had accidentally discovered that the fish, called convict cichlids, adopt each other’s babies. Why would they do that, he wondered? In the human world, we think of adoption as a selfless act. But in nature, its presence is puzzling. Taking on the burden of bringing up babies with no genetic link would seem to reduce an animal’s chances of survival or at least provide no gain. Yet, adoption is surprisingly common in the world. Take the eastern grey kangaroo. Between 2008 and 2013, Wisenden followed the fates of 326 baby kangaroos in the National Park in Victoria and recorded 11 cases of pouch swapping. The circumstances behind some of these adoptions aren’t known, but four were straight swaps and another four occurred after a mother had lost her own baby. How come? Before independence, baby kangaroos go through a period inside and outside their mother’s pouch. Following out-of-pouch forays, mothers normally sniff their young before allowing them back in, but Wisenden’s team suspect that during an emergency they may skip the sniff test, allowing a vulnerable baby to quickly climb in before fleeing from danger. Once inside the wrong pouch, the young may fake the mother’s odor, making them smell confusingly like her own progeny. So, poor baby recognition is the prime cause of “accidental” adoption. Some of nature’s adoptions are, actually, driven by young looking for better prospects. In burrower bugs, for example, females lay a nest of eggs close to those of unrelated bugs. Mother bugs tend their developing eggs before they hatch, then feed their babies nuts from weedy mint plants. Finding nuts is a competitive business, so not every mother bug gets her fair share. And if the delivery rate isn’t up to scratch, clever young may abandon their mothers to join a better-fed group. That’s similar to behavior in several species of gull whose babies, if poorly fed, may leave home in search of better parents. The consequences of adoption following mistaken identity can be dire. The true babies of adopting mothers were abandoned. But it can have remarkable benefits, not just for adoptees but also for adoptive parents. 【1】It can be inferred from the passage that Wisenden’s findings are . A.too weird to be witnessed B.out of his own expectations C.envied by his peer co-researchers D.a sound proof of his research object 【2】Which is NOT the reason for adoption in the animal kingdom? A.Baby animals’ looking for better parenting. B.Parents’ failure to recognize their own babies. C.Selfless adoption commonly seen in animal world. D.Parents, inability to provide enough food. 【3】The underlined word “vulnerable” in the fourth paragraph means . A.weak and easily attacked B.naughty and easily hurt C.independent and well-fed D.fragile and poorly raised 【4】What will the author most probably talk about next? A.The benefits for baby animals. B.The benefits for adopters. C.The consequences of adoption. D.The consequences of wrong identity. |
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If you think about it, work-life balance is a strange ambition for a fulfilling life. Balance is about stasis: if our lives were ever in balance-parents happy, kids taken care of, work working-then our overriding thought would be to shout “Nobody move!” and pray all would stay perfect forever. This false hope is made worse by the categories themselves. They imply that work is bad, and life is good. And so the challenge, we are told, is to balance the heaviness of work with the lightness of life. Yet work is not the opposite of life. It is instead a part of life-just as family is, as are friends and community. All of these aspects of living have their share of uplifting moments and moments that drag us down. The same is true of work. Treat work the same way you do life: by maximizing what you love. We have interviewed several anesthesiologists (麻醉师) about the thrills they feel in their jobs. One said he loved the thrill of holding each patient hovering at that one precise point between life and death. Another said she loved the bedside conversations before the operation aiming to calm the panic that affects many patients. Another was drawn mostly to the anesthetic mechanism and has devoted himself to defining precisely how each drug does what it does. Think of your life’s many different activities as threads. Some are black and some are white. But some of these activities appear to be made of a different substance. These activities contain all the tell-tale signs of love: before you do them, you find yourself looking forward to them; while you’re doing them, time speeds up and you find yourself in flow; and after you’ve done them, you feel energetic. These are your red threads, and research by the Mayo Clinic suggests that doctors who weave the fabric of their life with at least 20% red threads are significantly less likely to experience burnout. The simplest way for you to do this is to spend a week in love with your job. During the week, any time you find yourself feeling one of the signs of love write down exactly what you were doing in the column “Love”. And any time you find yourself feeling the inverse write down what you were doing in the column “Loathe”. By the end of the week you will see a list of activities in your “Love” column, which create in you a positive feeling, one that draws you in and lifts you up. Our goal should be to, little by little, week by week, intentionally unbalance all aspects of our work toward the former and away from the latter. Not simply to make us feel better, but so that our colleagues, our friends and our family can all benefit from us at our very best. 【1】What is the author’s attitude towards work-life balance? A.Doubtful. B.Disapproving. C.Supportive. D.Neutral. 【2】The author uses three anesthesiologists as examples to ________. A.prove people benefit from work B.indicate doctors take pride in their work C.show people gain joy from different situations D.imply doctors reduce the pressure of work successfully 【3】“Red threads” in Paragraph 4 refer to the activities that ________. A.arouse your passion B.satisfy your desires C.improve your motivation D.require your efforts 【4】Which of the following does the author probably agree with? A.Red threads are necessary for a balanced life. B.Recording activities helps create positive feeling. C.Find love in work instead of keeping work-life balance. D.Maximize what you love to remove the heaviness from work. |
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Are You a Prisoner of Perfection? Do you struggle for a goal that is beyond your reach? 【1】 Are you setting yourself up for failure and shame when you can’t achieve the unachievable? Understanding what drives perfectionism is the first step toward releasing this self-created anchor that keeps us stuck. Shame and fear are often the hidden drivers of perfectionism. We believe that if we can fashion a perfectly polished personality, flash our intelligence, and perfect our humour, then no one can hurt us with criticism and we’ll win respect and approval. 【2】 Politicians who display a desperate need to be right and refuse to acknowledge mistakes or uncertainty are often driven by a secret shame. They fear that showing vulnerability(弱点) will expose them to the accusation that they’re weak. They stick to a desire to be right, perfect, and polished, even when it’s obvious that the emperor has no clothes. Perfectionism keeps us leaning toward the future. We’re constantly evaluating ourselves in order to do better. 【3】 However, if we can’t relax and enjoy lighter moments, then we become prisoners of our perfectionism. We get painfully self-conscious and take ourselves too seriously. Sadly, we deprive(剥夺) ourselves of the simple pleasure of enjoying the moment and being ourselves. 【4】 We realize that failing at any enterprise doesn’t mean that we are a failure. Without failures, we’ll never learn from our mistakes; we’ll never move forward in our lives. Those who succeed have made countless mistakes. The important thing is to learn from our error, forgive ourselves and move on. Being human, perfection is impossible. 【5】 Releasing ourselves from the desire to protect our image, we’re freed to sail gracefully through our successes and failures—and enjoy our precious life. A. Do you hold an idealized vision that is impossible to realize? B. A cure to perfectionism is to make room for our human shortcomings. C. Do you fear that others will be horrified by what you judge about yourself? D. The addiction to staying perfect protects us from any sign of being imperfect. E. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to do our best and self-correcting along the way. F. People who are addicted to perfection are often isolated, even if they seem outgoing and popular. G. By accepting ourselves as we are and doing our best, we begin to rid the shame that drives perfectionism. |
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It is impossible to perform consistently in a manner inconsistent with the way we see ourselves. In other words, we usually act in direct ___________ to our self-image. Nothing is more difficult to ___________ than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings. One of the best ways to ___________ those inward feelings is to have some “success” under your belt (在以往的经历中). My daughter Elizabeth has a ___________ to be shy and wants to hold back on new experiences. But once she has ___________ to a situation, it’s “full steam ahead”. When she was in first grade, her school had a candy bar ___________. Each child was given thirty candy bars and was ___________ to sell every one of them. ___________ I picked up Elizabeth from school she was holding her “challenge” and needed some ___________ encouragement. It was time for a sales meeting with my new salesgirl. All the way home I taught her how to sell candy bars. I ____________ each teaching point with half a dozen “You can do it—your smile will ____________ them over—I believe in you” phrases. By the end of our fifteen-minute ____________, the young lady sitting beside me had become a ____________ saleslady. At the end of the day, all thirty bars had been sold. She excitedly ____________ as I tucked her into bed that night: “Oh God, thanks for the candy sale at school. It’s great.” Elizabeth’s prayer reflects the heart’s ____________ of every person. We all want to be winners. The next day Elizabeth came home ____________ another box of candy bars. She’d exhausted the ____________ of friendly neighbors, and she was thrown into the cruel world of the unknown buyer. ____________ I offered encouragement and a few more selling tips. And she did it. The experience ____________ two days of selling, two sold-out performances, two happy people, and one boosted (提高的)____________. How we see ourselves reflects how others see us. 【1】A.opposition B.response C.preference D.contrast 【2】A.accomplish B.acknowledge C.appreciate D.allocate 【3】A.follow B.control C.injure D.improve 【4】A.chance B.tendency C.need D.competence 【5】A.turned B.complained C.warmed D.submitted 【6】A.sale B.delivery C.present D.bargain 【7】A.forced B.ordered C.challenged D.warned 【8】A.When B.While C.If D.Because 【9】A.negative B.further C.rough D.positive 【10】A.decorated B.surrounded C.rewarded D.classified 【11】A.get B.take C.win D.look 【12】A.complaint B.quarrel C.amusement D.drive 【13】A.committed B.nervous C.frightened D.pretty 【14】A.wrote B.prayed C.recalled D.recommended 【15】A.humor B.impression C.desire D.justice 【16】A.toward B.without C.for D.with 【17】A.wealth B.emotion C.supply D.dignity 【18】A.Again B.Deliberately C.Instead D.Eventually 【19】A.added to B.amounted to C.came to D.catered for 【20】A.self-help B.self-study C.self-respect D.self-image |
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| He suffered from headaches and loss of _________ (食欲) because of the heavy study pressure. (根据汉语提示单词拼写） | |
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| There was a deep-rooted racial _________ (偏见) long before the two countries became rivals and went to war. (根据汉语提示单词拼写） | |
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| He was accused of illegally _________ (进口) weapons across state lines in court. (根据汉语提示单词拼写） | |
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| It can’t be a _________ (巧合) that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night. (根据汉语提示单词拼写） | |
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| Her lawyer told her she should be _________ (补偿) for the suffering that she had been caused. (根据汉语提示单词拼写） | |
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| The scientists think the plant _________ (类似) grass in appearance in some circumstances. (根据汉语提示单词拼写） | |
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| She tried _________ _________ (徒劳) to point out to him the unfairness of his actions. （根据汉语提示完成句子） | |
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| The articles were published in San Francisco newspapers _________ _________ _________ _________ (以...名字) Dorothy Dodge. （根据汉语提示完成句子） | |
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| New Zealand has lots of beautiful scenery, _________ _________ _________ (更不用说) kilometers of sandy beaches. （根据汉语提示完成句子） | |
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| Charles Dickens _________ _________ (突出) as a literary critic of the injustices of the society in the 19th century. （根据汉语提示完成句子） | |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 You’d never think of rabbits as dreadful, destructive creatures, would you? Rabbits are cute and lovable. However, Australians discovered 【1】 harm these cute creatures can do the hard way. Rabbits were introduced to Australia in 1788 as food animals. By 1827 they were running around and in 1859 a disaster 【2】 (strike). A man released 12 wild rabbits onto his farm for hunting and he must have thought that was harmless fun. But Australia has no predators (捕食者) adapted to killing rabbits and none of the diseases that kept their populations 【3】 control in Europe. By 1950, there were 600 million rabbits in Australia. Six hundred million hungry rabbits could do real harm. They caused more damage than any other 【4】 (species) introduced to the continent. They competed for food and shelter with native animals. They caused the extinction or endangerment of numerous creatures. And they were a nightmare for cattle and sheep farmers, 【5】 animals couldn’t get enough grass to eat and starved. The rabbits did some good, of course. They provided food for poor families and supported fur industries. But 【6】 (they) impact on the environment and major livestock economy was too negative to be ignored. People tried trapping them. They even built a huge wall against them. But the 【7】 (effective) weapon was a virus. 【8】 (test) multiple times, the deadly virus was released on Australia’s rabbits in 1950. The virus had been developed very carefully to affect only rabbits. Nearly 100 percent of the rabbits who caught the disease died. Populations fell. It was 【9】 huge success. Cattle and sheep farming recovered gradually, and threatened plants were better protected. 【10】 (eventual), rabbits became resistant to the virus. |
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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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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。 I took the Harvard Summer School program in my vacation. During my stay there, I spent many time studying in the main library Widener. I enjoyed myself in the ocean of knowledge, either doing research for my papers or read special edition books. The library, that is named after its donor Harry Widener, stands right next the Emerson building of philosophy. Opening a pair of heavy yet elegant metal door, I was immediately bathed in warm light. I wandered around the library, fascinating to find one treasure after other. The library is a amazing place. Only if when one visits the library can he fully experience the academic atmosphere. For me, the library as well as the courses explain Harvard’s place as the home of devoted scholars. |
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假设你是高中生李华，你校为了弘扬中国传统文化和丰富学生课余生活，将于本周五中午12点在学校报告厅举行国画展览，你的外教老师Linda对中国文化很感兴趣，请写一封邮件邀请她前来观看。 要点包括：1. 国画简要介绍；2. 本次展览目的；3. 展览时间地点 要求：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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