C

Beginning college is exciting: new ideas to explore, new challenges to be met and many decisions to be made. Your future begins here.

However, you will find college life is different from your previous school environment. Many of us can be easily overwhelmed(壓垮) by the details of running a well-balanced life. While some of us may have the know-how, I guess there are more of us who can benefit from learning about the experiences of other who have walked the college halls before you.

The following you may find of use about life on campus.

● Plan well. There are so many new things to do at a new college or university, social and academic(學術的). Give yourself time to make new friends and become familiar with the campus, but don’t forget why you are there. Give some time for social activities and manage your time wisely.

● If you don’t have a “system” for planning your time now (like a day time, a computer date book), get one. Most of all, don’t depend on your memory.

● Don’t miss the guidelines, restrictions, rules and regulations of all kinds can usually be found in your student handbook. Consider them well-balanced food for thought. What dates are important? What pieces of paper need to be handed in? What can/can’t you do in your student residence(住處)? Who has authority for what? What do you need to complete to graduate?

● Write the word “STUDY” on the walls of our bedroom and bathroom, and maybe it will help to write it on a piece of paper and stick it on the telephone, TV and the kitchen table. Consider this – you are paying thousands of dollars for courses. You pay every time you have to repeat or replace a course.

9. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To offer advice on college life.

B. To explain why college life is exciting.

C. To describe the importance of college life.

D. To persuade you to go to college

10. From the passage, we can know .

A. one will have more freedom at college

B. one will make more friends at college

C. one prepares for one’s future career and life at college

D. professors at college will provide you with many new ideas

11. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “know-how” (in Paragraph 2)?

A. An understanding of how things are going at college.

B. A practical knowledge about how to behave and what to do at college.

C. College halls where rules and regulations are presented.

D. An environment completely different from the one you’re used to.

12. According to the passage, college students .

A. needn’t learn from those who went to college before them

B. should spend as much time as possible on social activities

C. should have a “system” for planning their time

D. are supposed to repeat or replace at least one course