1. Which of following study methods do you think is the most effective? Having discussions, repeating class materials or taking a lot of notes. Give specific examples and details in your explanation.

參考答案

I prefer to have discussions with classmates out of the three options for the following reasons. First of all, students get to exchange ideas when involved in discussions. We can learn from each other new ideas and perspectives. It's interesting to see there are so many different ways or approaches toward a single problem. It's mind blowing sometimes to see how differently people work. Also, it's fun to have discussions with other students. We get to challenge each other and have debates. When studying by myself, my mind is usually very limited and I get bored easily.

2. Some people prefer to sit in the front of a classroom during a lecture; others prefer to sit in the back during a lecture. Which do to think is better? Explain your response in details and examples.

參考答案

I prefer to sit in front of the classroom during lectures for the following reasons. First of all, this way I can be closer to my professors. From experiences I can safely say that when I'm sitting closer to the professor, I have better concentration, and I can focus more. Students who sit in the front get more chances to interact with teachers. When there's something I'm not sure of, I'll just raise my hand and the professor can see me very easily and address my questions. Also, sitting in the front helps me to see the projection or overheads better. This means I don't have to squint my eyes when taking notes which gives me headaches.

3.

閱讀：orientation program/ development 要讓大二大三大四的同學(xué)加入和新生一起：因?yàn)榭梢越Y(jié)識(shí)大一年級(jí)的別的學(xué)員，還能夠增加school touring的次數(shù)

聽(tīng)力：男的同意

理由一：大家住在不同的地方，很少有機(jī)會(huì)一起聊天，如果orientation提供機(jī)會(huì)，有利于大家認(rèn)識(shí)同學(xué)

理由二：增加school touring可以讓同學(xué)更好的了解校園。

Key Points:

Reading: The orientation program is going to join students together in order to get others familiar with freshmen and increase the number of school touring.

Listening: The man agrees with the program.

Reason1: They are living different places which is hard for them to have a chance chatting with each other. Given this opportunity, they are more likely to know each other better.

Reason2: Increasing the school touring would help students have a better picture of their school.

4.

閱讀：captive market，因?yàn)楫a(chǎn)品數(shù)量的固定，消費(fèi)者不得不消費(fèi)高額的價(jià)錢(qián)買東西。

聽(tīng)力：教授給了一種例子，說(shuō)在去一個(gè)城市do 商務(wù)， 在等飛機(jī)的時(shí)候要去買吃的，但只有兩家賣吃的， 而且隊(duì)很長(zhǎng)，教授最后還是買了，一個(gè)三明治花了兩倍的錢(qián)。

Key Points:

Reading: Captive markets are markets where the potential consumers face a severely limited amount of competitive suppliers; their only choices are to purchase what is available or to make no purchase at all.

Listening: The professor once went on business to a city. When he was waiting at the airport, he wanted something to have lunch. It turned out that there were only two restaurants, both of which had long lines. The professor bought one sandwich in the end that was the double cost of usual price.

5.

問(wèn)題：一個(gè)女生送她的roommate去機(jī)場(chǎng)，然后回了校園，但是暴風(fēng)雨航班取消，女生又要去接，但是會(huì)誤化學(xué)課（chemistry review session），下周有考試，這堂課很重要

方案：讓她的室友坐shuttle bus

評(píng)價(jià)：但是很貴要30-50刀

Key Points:

Problem: The girl has confronted with a time conflict that she has to pick her roommate up at the airport because her flight has been cancelled, but at the same time she has to attend the chemistry review session.

Solution1: Ask her roommate to take the shuttle bus.

Comment: But it will cost her $30-40.

Solution2: Pick her roommate up at the airport.

Comment: She will miss out the chemistry review session, which is very important because they will have a test next week.

6.

中心：海洋動(dòng)物（marine creature）在冷水中保持體溫(keep heat)的兩個(gè)方法

方法一：physical feature

舉例：一種生物（S），有blubber和fur，prevent heat from losing

方法二：behavioral adoption

舉例：otter, eat a lot, digestion creates heat

Key Points:

There are two ways marine creatures keep heat in the cold water.

Point1: They have physical features.

Eg. The "S", for example, has the blubber and fur that could help it prevent heat from losing.

Point2: They have behavioral adoption.

Eg. The otter, for example, eats a lot in order to digest which helps it create heat.