2. Get involved, and stay involved, in out-of-class activities. Sports, clubs, drama, bands and orchestras — these often count toward a student’s overall scholarship application evaluation. The same goes for paid (or unpaid) work experience.

3. Begin your scholarship research early — by your sophomore (大学二年级) or junior year of high school, if possible. Make special note of application deadlines, as they can vary from late summer to late spring.

4. Apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible (符合条件的) for — several smaller scholarships can add up to a lot of money. ? During the application process

1. Read the supplementary materials that come with scholarship application forms to better understand the program’s focus (community service, subject interest). Try to answer the questions with the focus area in mind.

2. Answer questions as they are asked. Don’t go off topic.

3. If there is a financial section to the application, make sure you get accurate and complete information from all appropriate sources to ensure your eligibility.

4. Take your time. Write down everything you can think of for each question, then set the application aside for a day so you can look everything over again before you send it off.

5. Don’t wait until the last minute to complete your application, especially if you are applying online. Computer systems can get blocked with the large volume of applicants hoping to submit (上交) their qualifications during the last few days and hours before a deadline.

6. If a third party has to complete part of your application, such as providing a letter of recommendation, make sure you ask them early on and remind them as often as necessary to ensure they provide you with the necessary materials.

7. Last but not least, review your application with your parents to make sure you haven’t left out any important details.

Good luck to the students applying for the 2013 scholarship programs!

70. Before you apply for a scholarship, it’s best to ______. A. pay more attention to grades than to out-of-class activities B. focus on only one scholarship application C. get as much work experience as possible D. begin your preparation as early as possible

71. The underlined phrase ―sweat about‖ most probably means ______.

A. worry about B. feel regret over C. think of D. be crazy about

72. When you are answering questions on the application form, you should ______. A. focus on the subject you are interested in

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B. answer to the point C. list your advantages D. prove your abilities

73. The author suggests that applicants should ______. A. submit the application in the few days

B. double-check their application with their parents C. complete and submit the application in one day D. avoid submitting the application online

(C)

Recently, a case of lifeboat ethics (伦理) occurred. On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while boating off the coast of South Africa, hit a rock. As the boat threatened to sink, the husband got off, but his wife was trapped in the boat. Instead of freeing his wife and getting her to shore, Graham grabbed Rosie, their pet dog. With Rosie safe and sound, Graham returned for Sheryl. All are doing fine.

It’s a great story, but it doesn’t strike me as especially newsworthy. News is supposed to be about something fairly unique, and recent research suggests that, in the right circumstances, lots of people also would have grabbed their Rosie first.

We have strange relationships with our pets. We look after our pets with great love and better health care than billions of people receive. We speak to pets with the same high-pitched voices that we use for babies. As an extreme example of our feelings about pets, the Nazis had strict laws that guaranteed the kind treatment of the pets of Jews being shipped to death camps.

A recent paper by George Regents University demonstrates this human involvement with pets to an astonishing extent. Participants in the study were told a situation in which a bus is out of control, bearing down on a dog and a human. Which do you save? With responses from more than 500 people, the answer was that it depended: What kind of human and what kind of dog?

Everyone would save a brother, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog VS people less connected with them—a distant cousin or a hometown stranger—votes in favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist.

What does a finding like this mean? First, that your odds aren’t so good if you find yourself in another country with a bus bearing down on you and a cute dog. But it also points to something deeper: our unprecedented (史无前例的) attitude toward animals, which got its start with the birth of kind-hearted societies in the 19th century.

We prison people who abuse animals, put ourselves in harm’s way in boats between whales and whalers and show sympathy to Bambi and his mother. We can extend sympathy to an animal

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and feel its pain like no other species. But let’s not be too proud of ourselves. As this study and too much of our history show, we’re pretty selective about how we extend our kindness to other human beings.

74. What is the function of the first paragraph? A. To create a relaxing mood for readers.

B. To present the theme of this essay straightly. C. To lead in the main topic of this essay. D. To raise problems that will be solved later.

75. The author mentions Nazi laws in the third paragraph _______________. A. to show how cruel the Nazis were to the Jews B. as an example to persuade people not to love pets

C. to illustrate the strange relationship between human and pets D. as an example to display the kindness of the Nazis

76. Which of the following is true according to the article?

A. The story of the Anleys and their dog was too unique to be newsworthy. B. Most people surveyed choose to save their own dog rather than a human. C. It was in the 19th century that human beings started to love their pets. D. Human beings are more and more concerned with animals nowadays.

77. What does the author mainly argue for?

A. Pets are of great significance to us human beings.

B. We should rethink about our attitude towards animals and mankind. C. It is kind of human beings to extend kindness to animals.

D. We should be selective when showing attitude toward other human beings.

Section C

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Do you melt at the creaminess of full-fat yogurt? Well, chances are you’ve been told to resist the temptation if you’re on a diet. The reason behind this seems pretty straightforward: The extra calories packed into the fat are bad for our waistlines.

But what if dairy fat isn’t the dietary evil we believe it is? In fact, two recent studies have concluded that the consumption of whole-fat dairy is linked to reduced body fat.

In one paper, published by Swedish researchers in Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health

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Care, middle-aged men who consumed high-fat milk, butter and cream were significantly less likely to become too fat over a period of 12 years compared with men who never or rarely ate high-fat dairy.

The second study, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, is an analysis of 16 other studies. There has been an assumption that high-fat dairy foods contribute to overweight, but the reviewers concluded that the evidence does not support this assumption. In fact, the reviewers found that in most of the studies, high-fat dairy was associated with a lower risk of overweight.

It’s not clear what might explain this phenomenon. Some researchers point to the satiety (饱腹感) factor. The higher levels of fat in whole milk products may make us feel fuller, faster. And as a result, the thinking goes, we may end up eating less.

Or the explanation could be more complex. ―There may be bioactive substances in the milk fat that may be altering our metabolism (新陈代谢) in a way that helps us use the fat and burn it for energy, rather than storing it in our bodies,‖ says Greg Miller, executive vice president of America’s National Dairy Council.

Whatever the mechanism, this association between higher dairy fat and lower body weight appears to hold up in children, too. And in addition to the body weight association, whole milk contains beneficial omega3 fatty acids.

However, some people should still avoid consuming too much whole-milk dairy products. These products are relatively high in saturated fat (饱和脂肪), and eating too much saturated fat can increase the risk of heart disease. So many experts agree that adults with high cholesterol (胆固醇) should continue to limit dairy fat.

78. Why are dieters told to stay away from full-fat dairy products?

_____________________________________________________________. 79. Both studies came to the same conclusion that _____________.

80. Besides the satiety factor, what might help explain the new findings? ______________________________________________________________.

81. Experts still agree that full-fat dairy products may not be good for those who _____________.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)

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