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吉林省松原市油田高中2016-2017学年高二上学期英语开学考试试卷
What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man：Mark Twain. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain was his pen name. When Twain was 4, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was attracted greatly with life along the river - the steamboats, the big wooden boats, and the people who worked on them.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country is one of Twain's best-loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days. There's also a fence-painting competition to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this competition comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he persuades them to paint with him for fun, and they all join in the "fun". By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer is not true, it's based on fact. If you go to Hannibal,, you'll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.
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The diversity of the courses you can take in the College of Arts & Sciences is extraordinary: Academic Distribution Requirements The College's academic distribution requirements will include: effective writing foreign language beyond the introductory level imaginative and critical thinking To choose your courses for a semester, use the Class Roster. It shows the schedule of all classes offered in a particular term, along with class enrollment information and course details. The Class Roster is updated frequently. To plan your classes over your four years at Cornell, use the Courses of Study. It represents Cornell's full catalog of courses and is published annually. It provides information on Cornell degree programs, requirements, policies and procedures. If you need help, call 607-255-5004 for an appointment with an advising dean. Or contact a career counselor in the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center at 607-255-4166 to talk about your interests and how they can translate into a major and a future career. A New Curriculum On October 30, 2018, the College of Arts & Sciences faculty（教员） approved a new undergraduate curriculum to be carried out over the next two to three years. The new curriculum focuses on the theme of exploration and reaffirms the college's commitment to a liberal arts and sciences education. Students who have questions about the new curriculum can view the approved proposal on the Course Designer app of Cornell. Innovative Learning If you're one of the 3,000 students across the university taking biology or physics at the College, you may be part of an innovative（创新的） classroom project that uses active learning, a new model that is proving to be the quickest path to expert-level mastery. Your education at Cornell will extend far beyond the classroom. You can join a faculty member's research team on campus, conduct field study research in different states or spend a semester with Cornell in Washington D.C. You could study abroad in one of more than 85 countries or develop your own research project through independent study. Give yourself the freedom to explore. |
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