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　Stanford University
1、Stanford University is sometimes called "the Harvard of the West." The closeness of Stanford to San Francisco, a city thirty-two miles to the north, gives the university a decidedly cosmopolitan （世界性的） flavor.
2、The students are enrolled mainly from the western United States. But most of the fifty states send students to Stanford, and many foreign students study here, as well. And standards for admission remain high. Young men and women are selected to enter the university from the upper fifteen percent of their high school classes.
3、Not only because of the high caliber （素质） of its students but also because of the desirable location and climate, Stanford has attracted to its faculty some of the world's most respected scholars. The university staff has included many Nobel Prize winners in various fields. Stanford's undergraduate school of engineering and its graduate schools of business, law, and medicine are especially well-regarded.
4、What is student life like on "The Farm"? Culturally, the campus is a magnet for both students and citizens of nearby communities. Plays, concerts, and operas are performed in the university's several auditoriums and in its outdoor theater, where graduations are also held. Several film series are presented during the school year. Guest lecturers from public and academic life frequently appear on campus. For the sports-minded, the Stanford campus offers highly developed athletic facilities. Team sports, swimming, and track and field activity are all very much part of the Stanford picture. So are bicycling and jogging.
5、In addition to financial support from alumni （校友）, Stanford receives grants from the government and from private charities. In recent years, government grants have made possible advanced studies in the fields of history, psychology, education, and atomic energy. At present Stanford is carrying out an ambitious building program, financed in part by the Ford Foundation's 25 million grant. Recently added to the campus are a new physics building, new school of business, new graduate school of law, new student union   and undergraduate library
1、Paragraph 2_________.
2、Paragraph 3_________.
3、Paragraph 4_________.
4、Paragraph 5_________.
A Colorful Life on Campus
B Intelligent Student Body
C School Administration
D Distinguished Faculty
E Substantial Financial Support
F The Harvard of the West
5、Those high school graduates who can enter Stanford University_________.
6、Many professors like to teach in this university partly because here_________ .
7、On the faculty of the university there are_________.
8、Financial support from both private organizations and the government has made possible_________ .
A they can find the best students
B the university's academic advancement and physical extension
C some of the most distinguished scholars of the world
D where a sports meet is held every year
E must have been the top students in their classes
F must be hardworking
【参考答案】1. B 2. D 3. A 4. E 5. E 6. A 7. C 8. B
　How did English Become a Global Language
1、The rise of English is a remarkable tale as Professor David Crystal reminds us in his attractive，short book “English has a Global language.”
2、It is certainly quite a theme. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain more than 2，000 years ago， English did not exist. Five hundred years later， English， virtually incomprehensible to modern ears， was probably spoken by about as few people as currently speak Cherokee， the language of a small North American Indian tribe-and with little influence. About 1，000 years later， at the end of the 16th century， and after the Norman Conquest， the Reformation and the arrival of commercial printing technology， English was the native speech of between 5 million and 7 million people. And yet now look at it. As the second millennium approaches， English is more widely scattered， more widely spoken and written than any other language has never been. In the title of the book， it has become a truly global language. According to David Crystal， about 2.09 billion people， well over one-third of the world s population are routinely exposed to it.
3、As he rightly points out， what is impressive about this staggering figure is： “not so much the grand total but the speed with which expansion has taken place since the 1950 s. In 1950， the case for English as a world language would have been no more than plausible. Fifty years on and the case is virtually won. ”
4、So what happened？
5、Someone once said that a language is a dialect with an army and a navy. In other words， when the British navy set out to conquer the world， is set out an “army” of English speakers. As the British empire spread throughout the world， English became the basis of law， commerce and education. The British empire was succeed by another（the American）， which shared virtually the same linguistic heritage. American English， which has become the rocket-fuel of the English language， has magically found its way into areas undreamed of 40， let alone 400 years ago.
6、The most valuable part of Crystal s study is the section devoted to a speedy analysis of the cultural basis of this global reach， notably the influence of broadcasting， press， advertising， popular music and film. He is also up-to-date and informative in his identification of the World-Wide-Web as a powerful reinforcer of American cultural and linguistic dominance.
7、One of his most interesting passages concerns the role played by the League of Nations， and later the Untied Nations， in spreading English as an international language in the aftermath of the two world wars.
8、What does the future hold？ To this question， Crystal proposes the recognition of a new form of English-WSSE（world standard Spoken English）-which almost by definition rules out the possibility that English would fragment into mutually unintelligible language as Latin once did. “English， in some shape or form， will find itself in the service of the world community forever，” Crystal writes.
1、Paragraph 2____
2、Paragraph 3____
3、Paragraph 5____
4、Paragraph 6____
A The figure of English
B The speed of the spread of English
C The role played by culture and the net
D The role played by military expansion
E The role played by education
F The 2，000 years of English
5、The kind of English spoken 1，500 years ago was so different from the English we speak today____.
6、What impresses people most is not the interesting number of speakers of English found all over the world， ____ the language has spread in the past half century or so.
7、The two international organizations founded after the two world wars made their contributions____.
8、Crystal expresses the belief that in the future ____ will not happen to English.
A because of their similarity
B that we would not be able to understand it at all
C to the popularization of English as a world language
D the trend to become a global language
E what once happened to Latin
F but the speed with which
Keys： FBDCBFCE