【1】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.

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　　A Colorful Life on Campus

　　B Intelligent Student Body

　　C Excellent Administration

　　D Distinguished FacultyＷww.KaＯ8.CC

　　E Substantial Financial Support

　　F Rich European Flavor

　　5 Stanford University attracts students from

　　6 The faculty of the university boasts some of the world's

　　7 The university offers a rich variety of

　　8 The development of the university relies to a certain extent on .

　　A both indoors and outdoors

　　B both home and abroad

　　C most distinguished scholars

　　D desirable climate

　　E cultural activities

　　F external financial support

　　【参考答案】1. B 2. D 3. A 4. E 5. B 6. C 7. E 8. F

【2】Exercising Your Memory

　　1 Aging does not mean a dramatic decline in memory power， unless you help it happen by letting your mind go.

　　2 That's not to say that memory doesn't change throughout life. Researchers divide memory into categories based on the length of time when memories are stored. One system divides it up as short-term (less than one minute; remembering a telephone number while you dial， for instance)， long-term (over a period of years) and very long-term memory (over a lifetime)。

　　3 Short-term memory isn't mastered until about age 7， but after that you never 10se it. Long-term memory， however， involves more effort and skill and changes more through life. It's not until the early teens (十几岁) that most people develop a mature long-term memory.

　　4 First， we must get information into our heads through learning. Learning strategies can get rusty (生锈) without constant use. High school and college students， who are forced to repeatedly exercise their long-term memory abilities (at least long-term enough to get them through a final exam)， usually do well on memory tests. The longer you stay in school， the more chance you get to polish your learning skills. It's no wonder that more highly educated people have more effective memory skills throughout life.

　　5 Although older people in general learn somewhat more slowly than they did when younger， a dramatic difference exists between those who stay intellectually active m reading， discussing， taking classes， thinking —— and those who do not. Giving the brain daily workout (锻炼) is just as important as exercising your muscles. Brainwork keeps your learning strategies in shape， and this helps your memory to function at full capacity.

　　6 The next part of a healthy long-term memory is retention (记忆力)， the ability to store what you have learned. Memory researchers still do not know whether memories are lost ——whether they still exist in the brain but our mental searching cannot turn them up， or have disappeared entirely as our brain ages.

　　7 The third necessity for memory is recall， the ability to bring to mind the memories we have stored. Again， while aging has widely different effects on the recall abilities of different people， research indicates that the older we get， the longer it takes to recall facts But slower recall is still recall， in fact， aging does not seem to have any effect on forgetting at all， which takes place at the same rate in younger and older people.

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　　A Importance of staying intellectually active

　　B Effects of aging on a person's recall ability

　　C Short-term memory versus long-term memory

　　D Retention as the second necessity for memory

　　E Link between learning strategies and effective memory skills

　　F Significance of exercising your muscles

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　　6 The rate of forgetting is the same

　　7 Remembering something all your life 8 Exercising your brain every day is beneficial

　　A for younger and older people

　　B to the proper function of your memory

　　C is called long-term memory

　　D the capacity to store what you have learned

　　E belongs to very long-term memory

　　F the ability to remain mentally healthy

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　　1. C 2. E 3. A 4. D　5. D 6. A 7. E 8. B