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1、必修二 Unit 4课下语篇提能练.阅读理解ANursing is a popular choice for students who desire a practical and professional degree that will allow them to help people.Here are some best colleges for a degree in nursing.Simmons CollegeSimmons College is a private womens college founded in Boston in 1899.Nursing is a top
2、ranking major at the college as well as the most popular.The average nursing graduate from Simmons makes $58,000 in their early career.Villanova UniversityVillanova is a private research university located in Philadelphia.Nursing is a popular major, and students are offered an online degree as well.
3、The average nursing graduate from Villanova makes $63,000 in their early career.University of CaliforniaLos Angeles (UCLA)The UCLA School of Nursing is known for its excellent education provided by some leaders in the medical field.The fouryear programs allow students to focus on medical issues thro
4、ugh classroom learning and clinical training.Completion of the BS.(理学士) degree in nursing prepares students for the National Council Licensing Examination or continuation of the masters or doctoral degrees at UCLA.A nursing degree from UCLA leads to positions in various hospitals, clinics and medica
5、l institutions, with the midcareer salary averaging $86,000.Fairfield UniversityFounded in 1942, Fairfield University is a liberal arts university rooted in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.The School of Nursing offers established programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.The BS.programs
6、equip students with skills and ethics (道德规范) to prepare them for the medical field.At most 10 students are taught in a class using the latest medical technology to provide a strong theorybased knowledge.Graduates of Fairfield find numerous employment opportunities within the field and earn an averag
7、e starting salary of $62,000 and midcareer salary of $83,000.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了有护理专业的最好的四所大学，以及这四所大学护理专业学生的就业前景。1Where should Mary go for a degree in nursing if she is busy looking after children at home?ASimmons College.BVillanova University.CThe UCLA School of Nursing.DFairfield University.解析：选B细
8、节理解题。根据第三段的“Nursing is a popular major, and students are offered an online degree as well.”可知，该所大学的护理专业学生可以通过远程教育获得学位，因此，如果Mary边在家照顾孩子边学习的话，那就选择Villanova University。2What do we know about the UCLA School of Nursing?AIts university fee is the highest.BIt is devoted to the BS.degree alone.CIt provides
9、 theoretical and practical learning.DIts nursing students are only in demand in hospitals.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第四段的“The fouryear programs allow students to focus on medical issues through classroom learning and clinical training.”可知，UCLA护理学院提供课堂学习和临床训练，即理论和实践学习。3What is special about Fairfield University?AI
10、t is the most promising university of all.BIt provides numerous employment opportunities.CIt focuses on programs at the graduate levels.DIt has smallsized classes for nursing students.解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段的“At most 10 students are taught in a class using the latest medical technology to provide a strong
11、 theorybased knowledge.”可知，该大学的护理专业一个班最多有10个学生，实行的是小班教学，这是该大学的与众不同之处。BWhen I was eleven, my parents gave me the first book I ever owned The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.It was written by the famous novelist Edgar Allan Poe.I clearly remember opening it, reading the first lines of the book, and saying to
12、 myself, “So this is what reading is！” I was delighted.Little did I know at the time that I was at the beginning of a lifelong journey.So, if I read my first real book at the age of eleven, what was I reading before then？In a word, these books are relatively plotless (没有情节的) and repetitive, and they
13、 attempt to teach children to recognize letters and their sounds and to build their vocabulary.But I still had no idea what writing was.In Poes stories, the sentences were more complex and stylish than anything I had ever read before.Poe, in short, was a start.My parents gave me that first book, but
14、 then I searched for other books.I liked science, which led me to discover Jules Verne and HG.Wells.Other writers followed in quick one after another, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Arthur CClarke.But I didnt limit myself to science fiction.Other books that deeply impressed me, and which I have car
15、ried on my lifes journey, include: The Yearling, Shane, Ivanhoe, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Good Earth.It went on from there.I became that kid who, long after his parents turned the lights off, hid under the covers with a flashlight, a book, and his greatest fear of being discov
16、ered and having his flashlight taken away.I realized that my parents must have known I was defying them.But in their wisdom they pretended to ignore it.And so I owe my start as a reader to my parents.4What can we learn from Paragraph 1?AThe author was absorbed in reading at age 11.BThe author didnt read any books before 11.CThe author explained the meaning of reading.D
