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1、 1Hi, everyone! I will graduate from high school in June. Some of my foreign friends have asked me about the process of entering an American university, so here I will tell you how it works.First you have to choose which university you want to attend. This is not easy, as there are over 3,000 univer
2、sities and colleges in the USA. Do you want to stay near home, or do you want to go far away? What do you want to study? Once you have decided what is important to you, I would suggest choosing about five schools to apply to. This way, if one or two schools do not accept you, you still have a chance
3、 of being accepted by the others.After you have chosen which schools you would like to apply to, you have to complete an application form for each one. You also need to ask two or three of your teachers to write letters to the universities explaining why you would be a good university student. For m
4、any people, the worst part of applying for university is taking tests. Depending on which college or university you want to enter, you have to take either the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which tests your language, math and writing skills, or the American College Test (ACT), which tests your know
5、ledge in English, math, science and history.After you have been accepted to a university, you need to be able to pay for your study there. To help students pay for their education, the government offers loans which students do not have to repay until after they graduate. Scholarships are also availa
6、ble to students who have excellent grades, are good athletes or have financial needs. Because university tuition is so expensive, many students also work part-time while they are at university.University courses are quite different from classes at high school. You only attend each class two or three
7、 times a week, you have to study a lot more outside of class. Classes are much bigger too and some can have as many as 200 students in them. There will be many new things to learn, but I think I will enjoy university.Title: How to 1. for a new lifeMain ItemsContextChoosing universityIt is not 2. to
8、choose only one or two universities to apply to. Choosing more universities can add to the 3. of being admitted to by one of them.Applying for universityl Fill in an application form for the 4. university, with your teachers reference letters.l Take part in the proper tests 5. to the university you
9、have chosen.6 for educationl Apply for the loans 7. by the government, which can be repaid after graduation.l Scholarships can be given to 8. has excellent grades.l Find a part-time 9. while at university.Attending classesl There are fewer classes in university than at high school.l The 10. of the c
10、lass is also larger in university than at high school. Sometime it can have 200 students. 2Celebrating sleepWorld Sleep Day, observed on 21 March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems worldwide. Sleep is a natural part of human life, but many people in the modern wo
11、rld ignore its importance. As a result, sleep problems are increasingly common.In 2002, scientists at the University of Athens in Greece conducted a survey of over 35,000 people in 10 countries around the world, including China, Belgium and South Africa. Of the people that responded to the survey, 2
12、4 percent said that they did not sleep well, and based on their responses, 31.6 percent were diagnosed with insomnia(失眠) and another 17.5 percent were diagnosed with borderline insomnia. In addition, 30.7 percent of survey respondents reported visiting a doctor for help with sleep problems and 11.6
13、per cent said that they felt very sleepy during the day.Overall, the survey found that many people suffer the effects of poor quality sleep, some examples of which are being unable to fall asleep and waking up in the middle of the night. The main factors causing these problems are pressure from scho
14、ol or work and a fast pace of life, but noise pollution and light pollution also interfere with sleep and contribute to poor quality sleep. The surveys findings are particularly troubling because large numbers of people were found to have difficulty sleeping at night. The short-term effects of this
15、are tiredness and trouble concentrating. If this happens for a long time, the risk of gaining weight and having a heart attack may increase.There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep. First, you should have regular sleep habits. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day. You also need to make your bedroom a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep so that heat, light and noise do not disturb you. At night, you should also avoid things that contain caffeine, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and many soft drinks, as caffeine may keep you from slee
