2024年5月13日发(作者：宇绢子)
长沙理工大学课程考核试卷 （B卷）
2013――2014学年第1学期
命题教师签名: 审核教师签名：
课号：
课名：英语报刊选读 考试考查：考试
此卷选为：期中考试 （ ）、期终考试 （√）、重考（ ）试卷
年级 专业 学号 姓名 得分
题项
得分
I
II
III
IV
Total
Part I. Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice
Passage One
University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chanc
RENO, Nev. -- Welcome to boot camp, you maggots.
Stand up straight, suck in that gut and recite the periodic table.
What did you say? I can’t hear you! Drop and give me 20.
When the University of Nevada, Reno holds its first academic boot camp Aug.
16-20, there won't be any snarling drill instructors ordering freshmen to scrub the
latrines with toothbrushes, but it won‘t be easy, either.
They will spend five days, from to , attending classes, working in
study groups and taking exams.
Just as basic training prepares soldiers for combat, the goal of UNR‘s new boot
camp, called Biofit, is to help freshmen majoring in certain scientific fields improve
their chances of surviving that fragile first semester of college.
―Students of all levels of preparation come here, and some of them struggle that
first semester,‖said Jeff Thompson, dean of UNR‘s College of Science. ―And studies
show that if students struggle that first semester, it‘s very hard for them to overcome.‖
Struggling students also are at risk of dropping out, and UNR is on a mission to
improve its graduation rate.
Last year, slightly more than half of the freshmen who entered UNR in 2006
graduated.
The graduation rate in 2012 for UNR students who earned a diploma in six years
was 54 percent. That's 2 points below the national six-year graduation rate of 56
percent.
Another hopeful indicator is UNR‘s retention rate: 79 percent of the freshmen
who came on campus in 2011 were still enrolled when the next fall semester began.
Attending the boot camp is voluntary, and during its first year, enrollment will be
limited to freshmen who plan to major in biology or neuroscience.
―It‘s a test run with no risk to them,‖ Thompson said. ―They have the opportunity
to make adjustments before they get a poor grade that first semester that‘s hard to
recover from. That‘s really what we‘re trying to address.‖
The students will live in the same residence hall and have to pay $200, which
will cover food, room and program materials.
UNR joins a growing number of campuses that offer this type of experience to
help freshman successfully make the transition from high school to college.
Louisiana State University held the first weeklong boot camp in 2005 for new
freshmen biology majors at its College of Science, where Kevin Carman was the dean
at the time.
Carman, who became UNR‘s new provost in February, made starting a boot
camp at UNR one of his top priorities.
Thompson said LSU‘s boot camp has increased student graduation rates for new
freshmen by 50 percent.
―That is very significant,‖ he said.
He credits that improvement to the way boot camp exposes freshmen to the
tougher academic requirements of higher education before they start their first
semester.
―The point of boot camp is that college is very different, but most students don‘t
really understand that,‖ Thompson said.
They can hear that message repeated by UNR recruiters, high school counselors
and their parents, but the boot camp experience drives it home, he said.
―We try to compress into a fairly short time what it is like to be a university
student,‖ Thompson said.
The students will attend several classes each day, take exams and get feedback
on how they did.
2024年5月13日发(作者：宇绢子)
长沙理工大学课程考核试卷 （B卷）
2013――2014学年第1学期
命题教师签名: 审核教师签名：
课号：
课名：英语报刊选读 考试考查：考试
此卷选为：期中考试 （ ）、期终考试 （√）、重考（ ）试卷
年级 专业 学号 姓名 得分
题项
得分
I
II
III
IV
Total
Part I. Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice
Passage One
University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chanc
RENO, Nev. -- Welcome to boot camp, you maggots.
Stand up straight, suck in that gut and recite the periodic table.
What did you say? I can’t hear you! Drop and give me 20.
When the University of Nevada, Reno holds its first academic boot camp Aug.
16-20, there won't be any snarling drill instructors ordering freshmen to scrub the
latrines with toothbrushes, but it won‘t be easy, either.
They will spend five days, from to , attending classes, working in
study groups and taking exams.
Just as basic training prepares soldiers for combat, the goal of UNR‘s new boot
camp, called Biofit, is to help freshmen majoring in certain scientific fields improve
their chances of surviving that fragile first semester of college.
―Students of all levels of preparation come here, and some of them struggle that
first semester,‖said Jeff Thompson, dean of UNR‘s College of Science. ―And studies
show that if students struggle that first semester, it‘s very hard for them to overcome.‖
Struggling students also are at risk of dropping out, and UNR is on a mission to
improve its graduation rate.
Last year, slightly more than half of the freshmen who entered UNR in 2006
graduated.
The graduation rate in 2012 for UNR students who earned a diploma in six years
was 54 percent. That's 2 points below the national six-year graduation rate of 56
percent.
Another hopeful indicator is UNR‘s retention rate: 79 percent of the freshmen
who came on campus in 2011 were still enrolled when the next fall semester began.
Attending the boot camp is voluntary, and during its first year, enrollment will be
limited to freshmen who plan to major in biology or neuroscience.
―It‘s a test run with no risk to them,‖ Thompson said. ―They have the opportunity
to make adjustments before they get a poor grade that first semester that‘s hard to
recover from. That‘s really what we‘re trying to address.‖
The students will live in the same residence hall and have to pay $200, which
will cover food, room and program materials.
UNR joins a growing number of campuses that offer this type of experience to
help freshman successfully make the transition from high school to college.
Louisiana State University held the first weeklong boot camp in 2005 for new
freshmen biology majors at its College of Science, where Kevin Carman was the dean
at the time.
Carman, who became UNR‘s new provost in February, made starting a boot
camp at UNR one of his top priorities.
Thompson said LSU‘s boot camp has increased student graduation rates for new
freshmen by 50 percent.
―That is very significant,‖ he said.
He credits that improvement to the way boot camp exposes freshmen to the
tougher academic requirements of higher education before they start their first
semester.
―The point of boot camp is that college is very different, but most students don‘t
really understand that,‖ Thompson said.
They can hear that message repeated by UNR recruiters, high school counselors
and their parents, but the boot camp experience drives it home, he said.
―We try to compress into a fairly short time what it is like to be a university
student,‖ Thompson said.
The students will attend several classes each day, take exams and get feedback
on how they did.