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        I think it was October, 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada, and I was asked to accompany her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her business, I was aimlessly wandering down

        Virginia Street,heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had a strong wish to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but I couldn't make eye contact with anyone. Quickly I went into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as

    though I were from some other planet and said, “Well…” Surprisingly, she followed me out.

        When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”

        For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God's in his heaven and all's right with the world.

        I thanked her for coming out to see it and sharing the beauty.

        Four years later my situation had changed a lot. I had come to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up aUnity Magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar situation. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: cosmetic sales in a department store. We had a lot in common.

        Then something happened to her that changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God's in his heaven and all's right with the world.”, and she had realized the truth in that sentence and that she simply had not been seeing it. From that moment on, she turned her life around.  

    (1)Why did the writer go into a department store?
    A . She wanted to find somebody sharing the beautiful sunset. B . She wanted to buy something for her friend.  C . She found it was boring with nobody talking to her. D . She thought it was his responsibility to share the natural beauty with others.
    【答案】
    (2)What does the sentence “God's in his heaven and all's right with the world” mean?
    A . We should be independent and enjoy ourselves in spite of difficulties. B . We should believe in God who can help us when we are in trouble. C . We should never hold the belief that God can change our life. D . We should be hopeful in the face of uncertainty.
    【答案】
    (3)What do you think finally changed the writer's attitude towards life?
    A . The old magazine she came across. B . The encouragement from the woman. C . The woman's story. D . The sunset they enjoyed four years ago.
    【答案】
    (4)What may be the best title for the text?
    A . Depending on yourself B . Sharing beauty C . Struggling every day D . Never giving up halfway
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        When was the last time you did something really fun with one of your parents—just the two of you?

        Parents who take their young children to music,swimming and art classes often stop arranging such activities once their kids are older and in school all day.But it doesn't have to be that way.Doing something enjoyable with your kids just might make you look at each other in a whole new way,especially if you do it through a class or an event.When parent and child become students together,it puts them on the same level,at least for a while.

    “I really like parents to come to class with their kids—they start sharing things and talking about what they're doing and what they like,” said art teacher Pyper Dixon.

        However,finding something new in common is a big  choice for them,especially when kids get involved in sports and other after­school activities.But it's possible to learn a new skill or hobby together.

        That's certainly true of Lauren,11,from Silver Spring,who is in Dixon's class with her father,Dennis.“I was just going to drop her off,” Dennis said,“but Dixon persuaded me to stay.”

        Now Lauren gets to nag her father about doing his art homework.“He always leaves it to the last minute,” she said.“But then he'll turn around to do amazing drawings,”  she added.“We have different styles of drawing,so it's interesting  to talk it over with him.”

        Without the Saturday morning art class,Dennis said,he  would be reading the paper,and Lauren would be on her own in her room or on the computer.But they talk more now.“I can't think of an experience where you communicate with your kid so closely,” he said.

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        It seems that the great desire among the young is to be popular. The desire to be popular can force you into looking and acting like everyone else. You can lose yourself in a sea of identical hairstyles and thinking styles.

        I was forced to think about popularity not too long ago in a talk I had with my daughter. Margy had to change schools when my busy work schedule made it necessary for me to move houses. I suppose that,for a girl in her teens,entering a new school is like spending a season alone in the tropical jungles. At least that's how Margy found it at first. However,as the school year drew to a close,one student after another came to her.I told Margy that I would have been more concerned if she had been an instant social success in her new school. Nobody can please everyone. If you try to do so,you will find values as lasting as soap bubbles blown into the air.

        Some teenagers claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in a certain way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon into a larger cocoon.

        I know that it has become harder for a young person to stand up against the popularity wave. Our way of life makes a young nonconformist stand out like a Martian. These days there's a great barrier for the young person who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. Well,go to it. Be yourself .Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.

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        Right now, I am looking at a shelf full of relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right now, I am looking at a shelf full of books. Yes, that's right. If you have some spare cash (the going rate is about $89) and you are looking to enhance your reading experience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader. E-readers are replacing the books of old and I welcome them with open arms (as you should).

        An e-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images or both, and produced on, published through and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic version of a printed book", but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent.

        E-readers put printed books to shame. E-readers are superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.

        The average e-reader can store thousands of digital books, providing a genuine library at your fingertips. What is more, the e-reader itself is very small. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This makes handling wooden giant such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina a breeze. Perhaps the only drawback to the space-saving aspect of an e-reader is that it requires you to find new things to put on your shelves.

        In addition, e-readers are environmentally friendly. The average novel is about 300 pages long. So, if a novel is printed 1000 times, it will use 300,000 pieces of paper. That's a lot of paper! And for the super bestsellers, these figures increase dramatically. For example, the Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies. That's about 2 million trees! Upon viewing these figures, it is not hard to grasp the severe impact of printed books on the environment. Since e-readers use no trees, they represent a significant amount of preservation in terms of the environment and its resources.

        Finally, e-readers provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. The typical e-reader allows its user to adjust letter size, letterform and line spacing. It also allows highlighting and electronic bookmarking.

        Furthermore, it grants users the ability to get an overview of a book and then jump to a specific location based on that overview. While these are all nice features, perhaps the most helpful of all is the ability to get dictionary definitions at the touch of a finger. On even the most basic e-reader, users can find instant definitions without having to hunt through a physical dictionary.

        It can be seen that e-readers are superior to printed books. They save space, are environmentally friendly and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not. So what good are printed books? Well, they certainly make nice decorations.

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        Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain­computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.

    Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated(展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person's thoughts.

        In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.

        "Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles." Tavella says. "Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices."

        The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.

        Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. "The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:communication,and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair."

        He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.

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    PROGRAM TITLE

    Hispanic Studies Program

    UNIVERSITY

    Universidad de Barcelona

    MINIMUM AGE

    18

    LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

    Open to all levels of Spanish speakers. Beginning level students, however, must have completed at least one semester of college-level Spanish.

    ACCOMMODATIONS

    Student apartments, local host families, and residence halls (Additional fees. Only available during the fall semester). Host family includes 2 meals per day and laundry service. All Barcelona housing includes internet access.

    G.P.A. REQUIREMENT

    2.75

    LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

    Spanish, Catalan, and English

    ACCEPTANCE TO U.S. UNIVERSITY REQUIRED

    No

    DATES & PRICES

    Fall 2017

    September, 4, 2017 —December 21, 2017

    $11,680

    Academic Year 17-18

    September 4, 2017 — April 28, 2018

    $23,380

    Spring 2018

    Late January, 2018 — April 28, 2018

    $11,680

        Barcelona is a city of contradictions: old and new combined, beautiful and industrial, traditional and modern. Bordered by France to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the east, Barcelona is one of the most “European” of Spanish cities. Stroll Las Rambles, one of the city's most famous and busy avenue. Students taking a gap year in Barcelona will find it to be a very cosmopolitan(世界性的) city that combines the latest trends with the most typical Spanish traditions. Barcelona offers museums, cinemas, restaurants, the beach, the mountains, and people from all over the world.

        Although local people speak both Spanish and Catalan, the mixture of local residents and international visitors makes it an easy city to understand and makes yourself understood. Barcelona exposes students to several cultures, languages, and world views; but then again, what else could be expected from the complex city of Barcelona?

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