Every one of us has been hurt by others – 25____ by their words or actions. In those moments, you may feel so much anger 26____ you want to hurt the other person too.

     But we all know that revenge doesn’t get us anywhere. So, in order to live a happy life, the best way 27____ (deal) with the problem is, perhaps, as the old saying goes, to “forgive and forget”.

     The wisdom of this saying 28____ (prove) in scientific studies. “It is well established that one should learn to forgive others 29___ the positive benefits of one’s physical and mental health,” said Saima Noreen, a scientist at the University of St Andrews, UK.

     And now, Noreen and her research team may have found one more reason that you should stick to this principle—30____ (forgive) somebody who has hurt you makes it easier for you to forget the unhappy memory.

In the study, researchers asked volunteers to read descriptions of 40 different situations that contained bad actions 31____ ____ stealing, lying and cheating. Volunteers then had to decide 32____ they would be able to forgive the person if they were the victims.

Two weeks later, volunteers took part in a memory test. In the test, they 33____ (show) a series of words related to the situations they’d read about and were asked to recall certain ones and forget 34____.

The results showed that people were less likely to remember the details of the unpleasant experiences if they had found forgiveness in their hearts. In contrast, if they hadn’t forgiven the mistake, they could always recall 35 ____ had happened, 36 _____  ______ they were told to forget it.

According to Noreen, our abilities to overcome strong emotions 37____ someone and to deliberately forget about bad memories are linked to the same mechanism in our brains. And it might be this mechanism that 38____(connect) forgiveness to forgetting.

However, healthy and wise 39___ it is, to forgive someone who has hurt you is always 40____(easy) said than done. So, Noreen hopes that one day in the near future research will “give rise to powerful therapeutic tools (治疗手段)that will enable people to ‘forgive and forget’ more effectively”

A. explore        B. originally         C. objective         D. themselves     E. prospect      F. strangers     G. frustrated    H. source    I. universal   J. traditionally     K. eco-conscious

Your age reflects your state of mind, which is something ___41___ despite different family, social or cultural backgrounds.

In Western culture, 21 was the age at which young people ___42___ received a key to their parents’ door, as a symbol of entering adulthood. Now, the age of 21 is a time when people ask ___43___: where to go from here?

The 21-year-old college students are thrilled at the ___44___ of starting their careers within a year. But in the current global recession, some have to scale down their ambitions. They will realize that being realistic, instead of ___45___, is the solution.

The age of 21 is also a time to step out of your comfort zone. It’s a time to ___46___ the outside world, when you are ready to do so. Being open-minded is not a task to be completed, or a fashion to be pursued. It’s a bridge to an/a ___47___ view of oneself.

Reaching the age of 21 encourages young people to shoulder responsibility for their own lives. Also, it’s a time when they begin to take the interests of ___48___ into consideration.

Whether traveling, partying or shopping, 21-year-olds remain ___ 49___while having fun. They value supportive relations between countries. They see a country’s rise as a new ___50___ of global stability in difficult times.

Today I’d like to give you some idea about how life at an American university or college might be different from the way it is in your country. To be sure, the student body on a U.S. campus is a pretty diverse group of people. First of all, although most students start college at around the age of 18, you will see students in their 30s and 40s and even occasionally in their 60s and 70s. Students on a U.S. campus come from a wide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Many students work at least part-time, and some of them work full-time. Some of the students live in dormitories on campus, some have their own apartments usually with other students, and others live at home. Some colleges and universities have students from many different racial and ethnic minorities. Some schools have a fairly large foreign student population. So you can see that one meets all kinds of people on a U.S. college or university campus.

Now that you have some general ideas of differences in the student body population. I’d like to talk a few minutes about what I think an average student is. Foreign students are often surprised at how poorly prepared American students are when they enter a university. Actually, at very selective schools the students are usually very well prepared, but at less selective schools, they may not be as well prepared as students in your country are. Schools in the States simply admit a lot more students than is usual in most other countries. Also, most young American university students have not traveled in other countries and are not very well-versed in international matters. Foreign students usually find them friendly but not very well-informed about their countries or cultures.

What kind of academic experiences will this so-called “average” student have? The average undergraduate student takes five classes a semester and is in class about 15 hours a week. If he or she takes a class that has a laboratory, this will require two or three more hours. Many introductory undergraduate classes are given in large lectures of 100 or more students. However, many of these classes will have small discussion groups of 15 to 20 students that meet once a week. In these smaller groups, a teaching assistant will lead a discussion to help clarify points in the lectures. Other kinds of classes ---- for example, language classes --- will be much smaller so that students can practice language. In general, American professors are informal and friendly with their students, and, as much as possible, they expect and invite participation in the form of discussion. A large amount of reading and other work is often assigned to be done outside class, and students are expected to take full responsibility for completing these assignments and asking questions in class about those areas they don’t understand. As a rule of thumb, students spend two to three hours preparing for each hour they spend in class. American professors often encourage their students to visit them during office hours, especially if the students are having problems in the class.  (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)

78. __________, various socioeconomic backgrounds and large foreign student population are the four examples to show how diverse the student body on a U.S. campus is.

79. Why are most American college students found to be poorly-knowledgeable about foreign counties and cultures?

Because they_____________________.

80. Name at least two kinds of classes that students take based on their sizes.

_________________________________________________.

81. What are students responsible for in terms of their assignments？

_________________________________________________.

1.       不能再去上学的想法让我难以接受。(bear)

2.       下周要进行的这项活动旨在让大家更关注食物浪费的问题。(campaign)

3.       在异国他乡时要尊重当地的文化，记住：入乡随俗。(local)

4.       到2014年年底为止，在IT领域工作的印度公民的人数已达到二百五十万。(reach)

5.       通过现代技术奇迹，我们的世界比以往任何时候都更多地联系在一起。思想可以通过点击按钮跨越海洋。(connect)