Section A Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue.
Dialogue One A.we can make exceptions for Chinese companies. B.I will introduce you the details. C.Where do I send the registration form and the money? A: Hello. I am calling because I saw an ad in the newspaper about your trade show. B: Yes. 1 It's in New York on April the 10th and 11th. It costs $2,000 for a 7 by 8 booth. A: Excuse me, but when is the deadline for registration? B: The deadline is today. However, 2 A: Well, I am very interested. 3 B: To the address that appears on the bottom of the form. Please send it as soon as possible to reserve a space.
Dialogue Two A.It's about the oral presentation B.it's worth one quarter of your final grade C.It can't be just stage fright Professor: Well, I have time, Abby. Do you want to talk here or in my office? Student: We can talk here. 1 . Professor: OK. Was there something about the requirements you didn't understand? Student: No. Your explanation and the handout were both very clear. But, I...I just don't think I can do it. Professor: Well, I hope that's not true, because the oral presentation is a required part of the course. As I've explained repeatedly, 2 . It would be pretty hard to pass without doing it. Student: I know and I feel bad about even having to bring this up, but... Professor: You don't think you'll be ready in time. Is that it? Because if it is, I... Student: No, professor. I'm not here to ask for more time. I've done all the preparation already. Professor: Then what is it? 3 . Everybody gets the jitters. Once you're up there and start speaking, you'll be fine, especially if you know your material as well as you say and you do.
[解析] 由于前面学生说他已做好所有相关准备工作(I've done all the preparation already.)可见,他的问题不在于时间不够,因此教授推测他是否有怯场(stage fright)的问题,接着就安慰他说人人上场都会感到局促不安(get the jitters),不应该成为大问题。stage fright与jitters相呼应,两者都有“紧张不安”的意思。故选C。
Section B Directions: In this section there is one incomplete dialogue which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the dialogue. A.Make sure you don't rub it dry. B.Also, don't rub it hard. C.How can I get rid of them? D.So how can I help you? Julie: Hi, Mary, I know you're an expert in skin care. Mary: Well, I wouldn't say that, but I do know something. 1 Julie: I think I have an oily skin and there're always small bumps here and there on my face. 2 They're really irritating! Mary: Well, I would suggest that you wash your face often. Every night you should rinse your face with warm water, then pat it dry with a clean towel. 3 Then you apply this cream to your face. Julie: Oh, this cream? Mary: Yeah. It's pretty effective in wiping out dirt and oil. It rids your face of dead cells and helps stimulate circulation. Julie: Wow! Mary: Oh, just use a small amount on the oily areas. 4 Just dab it lightly. Julie: I'll keep that in mind! Mary: Of course. Also, I would suggest you get a facial every four to six weeks for a deep cleaning.
1.
D
[解析] 医生见到病人,首先应该是问明情况,通常可以说“so how can I help you?”(有什么需要我帮忙的吗?),故选D。
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary Directions: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one blank. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence.
1. There are still many problems ahead of us, but by this time next year we can see light at the end of the ______.
A.battle
B.day
C.road
D.tunnel
A B C D
D
[解析] light at the end of the tunnel是俗语,表示“曙光在前,胜利在望”的意思。battle“战役;斗争”;day“日期;一天”;road“马路”。根据句意,故选D。
2. Professor Johnson's retirement ______ from next January.
A.carries into effect
B.takes effect
C.has effect
D.puts into effect
A B C D
B
[解析] carry/put/bring into effect是“使…生效”的意思,要带宾语或用被动语态,因此A、D不正确;take/come/go into effect都可以独立使用,可以直接说:sth. takes/comes into/goes into effect。题目中retirement是主语,因此只能选B。C项has effect表示“有效果或影响”与句意不符。故选B。
3. Mary sat at the table, looked at the plate and ______ her lips.
Passage One Last week 29 earnest American high school students were invited to an evening of receiving good words, small talk, warm toasts and fancy silverware. "Find out something about the person sitting next to you, "advised by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Eventually, you'll discover they always have something interesting to say. And you should always use the proper silverware in the proper order." Albright was the guest of honor at the imitated Official Dinner, which was a lot like a real official dinner in Washington minus the soft money. The evening was sponsored by the St. Albans School of Public Services to introduce its first class to the fine art of social survival. More than 84 guests, including students, teachers, school donors and speakers, gathered to imitate the lifestyle of the rich and politicians. The idea was to teach the social graces that will help students survive any social situation. Anyway, the whole proper fork thing is overrated. Former White House official C. Boyden Gray shared his top tips for surviving dinner parties: "Drink as little as possible until you get to dinner." "Don't be the first person there or the last person to leave." "Try to get more out of your dinner partners than they get out of you." Every Official Dinner has a great reason for being. State dinners, for example, are either an opportunity to reward emerging democracies or strengthen old friendships. The Official Dinner was intended to show the students an elegant evening in Washington—part of the four-week intensive summer program to encourage public service. The students are from 13 states and two foreign countries. The program includes classes on the presidency, the courts, the media and international affairs. The students also debated on public policy issues. "They're still at it at 10 o'clock at night," said director Mary Waikart. "That's a good practice for Washington, isn't it?" Since there was no band, Albright offered herself up as the night's entertainer. No singing, but stories about her life in diplomacy. "Being secretary of state is the best job in the world," she said. "Better than being president, because you don't have to deal with the elections."
1. Last week a group of high school students were invited to the dinner party ______.
A.to see the lifestyle of the rich and political
B.to discuss international and public policy issues
C.to learn to survive in different social situations
D.to learn to become the future leaders of the White House
Passage Two Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if it's round and flat, and spun towards the water as fast as possible. Some enthusiasts even travel to international stone-skimming competitions, like world champion Jerdone Coleman-McGhee, who made a stone bounce 38 times on Blanco River, Texas, in 1992. Intuitively, a flat stone works best because a relatively large part of its surface strikes the water, so there's more bounce. Inspired by his eight-year-old son, physicist Lyderic Bocquet wanted to find out more. He tinkered with some simple equations describing a stone bouncing on water in terms of its radius, speed and spin, and taking account of gravity and the water's drag. The equations showed that the faster a spinning stone is travelling, the more times it will bounce. To bounce at least once without sinking, Bocquet found the stone needs to be travelling at a minimum speed of about 1 kilometre per hour. The equations also backed his hunch (直觉) that spin is important because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. The spin has a gyroscopic (陀螺的) effect, preventing the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water. To match the world record of 38 bounces using a 10-centimetre-wide stone, Bocquet predicts it would have to be travelling at about 40 kilometres per hour and spinning at 14 revolutions a second. He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dim pies on a golf ball reduce air drag.
1. Which of the following could be the best title for this passage?
2. In order to make a stone bounce best on water, one needs to ______.
A.find a big, round stone
B.reduce the spin of the stone
C.make the stone spin as fast as possible
D.do some complicated mathematical equations
A B C D
C
[解析] 细节题。根据第一段第一句话“Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if it's round and flat, and spun towards the water as fast as possible.”可知,旋转越快,石头弹跳越好。故选C。
3. According to Lyderic Bocquet, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor influencing the bounces of a stone on water?
4. Which of the following is not the reason why Lyderic Bocquet supposed that spin is important?
A.Because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next.
B.Because the spin can create a gyroscopic effect.
C.Because the gyroscope can prevent the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water.
D.Because the spin can reduce the water drag.
A B C D
D
[解析] 推断题。根据第四段可知,为什么Lyderic Bocquet认为石子旋转如此重要,“because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. The spin has a gyroscopic effect, preventing the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water.”所以A、B、C的选项内容都有涉及,而D没有提到,故选D。
5. Lyderic Bocquet drilled Jots of small pits in the stone in order to ______.
A.make it look smarter
B.reduce the water drag
C.increase the revolution of the stone
D.make the game more like golf
A B C D
B
[解析] 细节题。根据最后一段最后一句“He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dim pies on a golf ball reduce air drag.”可知,在石头上钻坑是为了减少空气阻力,故选B。
Passage Three The idea of humanoid robots is not new. They have been part of the imaginative landscape ever since Karl Capek, a Czech writer, first dreamed them up for his 1921 play "Possum's Universal Robots". (The word "robot" comes from the Czech word for drudgery, robota.) Since then, Hollywood has produced countless variations on the theme, from the sultry False Maria in Fritz Lang's silent masterpiece "Metropolis" to the withering C-3PO in "Star Wars" and the ruthless assassin of "Terminator". Humanoid robots have walked into our collective subconscious, coloring our views of the future. But now Japan's industrial giants are spending billions of yen to make such robots a reality. Their new humanoids represent impressive feats of engineering: when Honda introduced Asimo, a four-foot robot that had been in development for some 15 years, it walked so fluidly that its white, articulated exterior seemed to conceal a human. Honda continues to make the machine faster, friendlier and more agile. Last October, when Asimo was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh, it walked on to the stage and accepted its own plaque. At two and a half feet tall, Sony's QRIO is smaller and more toy-like than Asimo. It walks, understands a small number of voice commands, and can navigate on its own. If it falls over, it gets up and resumes where it left off. It can even connect wirelessly to the Internet and broadcast what its camera eyes can see. In 2003, Sony demonstrated an upgraded QRIO that could run. Honda responded last December with a version of Asimo that runs at twice the speed. In 2004, Toyota joined the fray with its own family of robots, called Partner, one of which is a four-foot humanoid that plays the trumpet. Its fingers work the instrument's valves, and it has mechanical lungs and artificial lips. Toyota hopes to offer a commercial version of the robot by 2010. This month, 50 Partner robots will act as guides at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Despite their sudden proliferation, however, humanoids are still a mechanical minority. Most of the world's robots are faceless, footless and mute. They are bolted to the floors of factories, stamping out car parts or welding pieces of metal, making more machines. According to the United Nations, business orders for industrial robots jumped 18% in the first half of 2004. They may soon be outnumbered by domestic robots, such as self-navigating vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers and window washers, which are selling fast. But neither industrial nor domestic robots are humanoid.
1. In Paragraph 1 the author introduces his topic by relating ______.
2. According to the author's description, Asimo ______.
A.is a four-legged robot
B.seems more like a human being than a machine in action
C.seems more like a machine than a human being in action
D.is in a sort of animal form
A B C D
B
[解析] 细节题。根据文章第二段第二句“...its white, articulated exterior seemed to conceal a human.”可知,它的白色人造外形下似乎隐藏着一个人,言外之意就是它走起路来更像人而不像机器,故选B。
3. Sony's QRIO could perform all the following tasks EXCEPT ______.
A.walking everywhere freely
B.understanding some words uttered by people
C.finding its way
D.continuing walking after it stumbles
A B C D
A
[解析] 细节题。本题可采用排除法。第三段对QRIO的情况进行了描述,It walks, understands a small number of voice commands对应B项;and can navigate on its own对应C项;If it falls over, it gets up and resumes where it leave off.对应D项。文章并没有说它可以walk everywhere freely,故选A。
4. From the passage we may infer that Toyota's Partner ______.
A.is much better than any other robots
B.is no more than a mechanic device
C.may be put into mass production
D.may speak like man
A B C D
C
[解析] 推断题。文中第四段倒数第二句提到“Toyota hopes to offer a commercial version of the robot by 2010.”(Toyota希望到2010年能够使这个机器人商业化。),可推断它们有可能大量生产这个叫做Partner的机器人。故选C。
5. Judging from the context, this passage is probably written ______.
A.in 2004
B.in 2005
C.between 2003 and 2004
D.between 2004 and 2005
A B C D
B
[解析] 推断题。根据第四段最后一句“This month, 50 Partner robots will act as guides at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan.”可推断出文章写于2005年,推断关键词“This month”,故选B。
Passage Four It has been argued that where schools become bureaucratized, they become bound up with the techniques and implementation of the managerial process, and may concentrate on concern with position and self-advancement. In so doing, they may neglect the purpose for which they were set up. Thus, they do not facilitate the development of those who are part of the school community, and tend to neglect the desires of children, parents and society at large. It is because of such criticisms that there has been an increasing influence in political rhetoric and legislation of free-market theories of organization and society. Such theories suggest that a much more market-oriented, competitive approach is required so that schools reorient themselves towards their "clients". By so doing, it is claimed, not only do they once again address the needs of those with whom they should be primarily concerned, but such an approach also unleashes the benefits of individual responsibility, freedom of choice, and reward. Though much of this sounds attractive, it has its roots as much in an economic body of thought as in social and political theory, and this must raise the question of whether it can be viably transferred to an educational context. Indeed, if by "educational" we mean the development of all within the school community, then free-market theory may miss the mark by concentrating on only one section, "the consumers". If teachers are seen as part of this community, then their development is just as important. If bureaucratic forms of management face the problem of explaining how their values can be objective when they are in fact the product of a particular value orientation, the forms of management derived from free-market theories, suggesting an openness to the adoption of different sets of values, are subject to the charge of relativism. In other words, free-market theories, granted that they are arguing that individuals should be allowed to pursue their own ends, must explain why any set of values, including their own, is preferable to another.
1. According to the author, criticism of schools arises from ______.
A.concerns that schools deliberately neglect students
B.the high cost of education due to bureaucracy
C.a perception of them as self-serving and bureaucratic
D.a misunderstanding of schools officials
A B C D
C
[解析] 细节题。根据第一段“It has been argued that where schools become bureaucratized, they...may concentrate on concerning with position and self-advancement.”可知,对学校的批评是因为学校专注于自我发展太过于官僚机构化。C项中的self-serving对应concentrate on concerning with position and self-advancement;bureaucratic对应bureaucratized。故选C。
2. The "school community" (Para. 4) the author refers to would probably include ______.
A.students
B.students and parents
C.students, parents and teachers
D.teachers and students
A B C D
C
[解析] 推断题。根据第四段第三行的“Indeed, if by 'educational' we mean the development of all within the...development is just as important.”可知,school community包括consumers和teachers。根据全文语境判断,consumers只指students和parents。故选C。
3. The transfer of free market ideas to the schools may fail because ______.
A.schools have no real clients
B.they concentrate only on the consumer and do not include teachers
C.schools are totally different from the free market
D.they have no solid purpose in their aims
A B C D
B
[解析] 细节题。根据第四段倒数第二句“...by concentrating on only one section, 'the consumers'.”可知,学校不能转向自由市场是因为它只关注于“消费者”,故选B。
4. According to the text, criticism of free market solutions in education arises from the fact that ______.
A.they do not explain why their set of values are better than others
B.their values are too subjective
C.their values are too different from those within an educational context
D.the educational context is not a free market
A B C D
A
[解析] 推断题。根据全文最后一句“In other words, free-market theories, granted that they are arguing that individuals should be allowed to pursue their own ends, must explain why any set of values, including their own, is preferable to another.”可知,自由市场管理形式无法解释自己的价值体系为何优越于其他价值体系。故选A。
5. The "charge of relativism" mentioned in the last paragraph is meant to show ______.
A.the values are too narrow-minded
B.the values are not specific enough
C.the values are too self-serving
D.the values are not strongly held
A B C D
C
[解析] 推断题。最后一段中词组In other words后的free-market theories, granted that they...any set of values, including their own, is preferable to another是对“charge of relativism”的具体阐释。故选C。
Passage Five A recent U.S. study claims that in areas where there are fewer single men, women are more career focused because there are less options for marrying. Increasingly, women have been delaying starting a family in order to nurture their careers. But a recent study asks if this phenomenon might just be on account of a lack of marriageable men. The study, published in the journal of Personality and Social Psychology, looks at the ratios of single men versus single women in various U.S. states and on college campuses. When stores of single men are low, or are perceived to be low, women showed higher levels of motivation to pursue high-paying careers. The researchers conclude that it's not necessarily ambition that drives a woman to single-mindedly pursue her career—it's merely because there isn't a potential husband in sight. The researchers also note that women who perceive themselves to be less desirable as mates—"those women who are not like Angelina Jolie", as Durante, a professor from the University of Minnesota, puts it, are more likely to immerse themselves in their careers. What do you think? Are careers merely a fall-back option for women who aren't able to marry and have children right away? Comment 1: For all women, is a career just something to pass the time and fill lonely, otherwise meaningless hours? What about lesbians (女同性恋者) and women who are not particularly interested in marrying or ever having children? Comment 2: I think this article is offensive, that's what I think. What if I published an article saying women delay getting married because most men are jerks? What do you say? Comment 3: But the issue is not that simple. If less single men are available as husbands, there will be more single women who need to get on with their lives. At the same time not all single women want to put up with husbands and they do not have to do so if they don't want to. Comment 4: Universities and colleges have spent the last 25 years trying to shut men out and make higher education female friendly through affirmative action programs. Well, they got what they wanted and now most universities have 60% to 70% women. Obviously, it will be more difficult for women to find male marriage. Comment 5: What if I told you the truth and said most women are now either lesbians, feminists, complaining, insane, or all around just not worth committing to? Back in my day when I got married it was worth getting married. Nowadays, why get stuck to one woman who isn't worth?
1. The main question of the quoted blog is ______.
A.whether women are more moral than men
B.what has caused women to choose career over marriage
C.whether there are short of marriageable men nowadays
D.why the ratio of single men versus single women is unbalanced
A B C D
B
[解析] 推断题。第一段第一句“A recent U.S. study claims that in areas where there are fewer single men, women are more career focused because there are less options for marrying.”可知,美国最近的一项研究声称:在单身男性较少的地方,女性会更注重事业,因为可选择的结婚对象比较少。博客最后又说“Are careers merely a fall-back option for women who aren't able to marry and have children right away?”即难道事业仅仅是女性现在不结婚不生孩子的退一步的选择吗?故选B。
2. It is implied by Durante that some women immerse in their careers because ______.
A.they are not interested in getting married
B.they single-mindedly pursue their career
C.they don't want to live a life like Angelina Jolie
D.they are not attractive to men
A B C D
D
[解析] 细节题。根据第四段内容可知,有些妇女认为很少有男人会选她们作为结婚对象,正如明尼苏达大学的教授Durante说的“她们不像安吉利娜·朱莉那么漂亮”,因此她们会更专心从事她们的事业。less desirable as mates是指not attractive to men,故选D。
3. Among all the comments, which of the following three give negative response to the question raised at the end of the blog?
Part Ⅳ Cloze Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Methods of studying vary; what works 1 for some students doesn't work at all for others. The only thing you can do is experiment 2 you find a system that does work for you. But two things are sure: 3 else can do your studying for you, and unless you do find a system that works, you won't get through college. Meantime, there are a few roles that 4 for everybody. The hint is "don't get 5 ". The problem of studying, 6 enough to start with, becomes almost 7 when you are trying to do three 8 in one weekend. 9 the fastest readers have trouble 10 that. And if you are behind in written work that must be turned in, the teacher who accepts it too late will probably not give you good credit. Perhaps he may not accept it at all. Getting behind in one class because you are spending so much time on another is really no excuse.
1.
A.good
B.easily
C.sufficiently
D.well
A B C D
D
[解析] 此处要与后面的doesn't work at all形成对比,而B、C没有对比的作用。空格前是动词(works),所以这里要填副词。故选D。
[解析] have trouble (in) doing sth.是固定搭配,意为“做…有困难”。故选B。
Part Ⅴ Text Completion Directions: In this part, there are three incomplete texts with 20 questions. Above each text there are three or four phrases to be completed. First, use the choices provided in the box to complete the phrases. Second, use the completed phrases to fill in the blanks of the text.
Text One A.learning B.until C.when Phrases: A.does not mature 1 about the age of two B.remember 2 to walk C. 3 they search through their mental files What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you 4 ? Or talk? The first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? Adults seldom recall events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four rarely retain any specific, personal experiences. A variety of explanations have been proposed by psychologists for this "childhood amnesia" (儿童失忆症). One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, 5 . But the most popular theory maintains that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot reflect childhood memories. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or narratives—one event follows another as in a novel or film. But 6 for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the pattern. It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary.
1.
B
[解析] 这儿指的是直到两岁记忆才成熟,用的not...until...结构,故选B。
2.
A
[解析] remember doing sth.“记得做过的事”,故选A。
3.
C
[解析] 根据上下文意思是当他们搜寻大脑档案时,when引导时间状语从句,故选C。
4.
B
[解析] 文章开头讲的是童年记忆,是否记得什么时候会走路和什么时候会说话,故选B。
5.
A
[解析] 这里讲的是大脑区域负责的功能,这项功能直到两岁才渐渐成熟,故选C。
6.
C
[解析] 空格后面是early childhood memories,所以前面用when they search through their mental files相对应,故选A。
Text Two A.until B.ground C.as Phrases: A.weren't discovered 1 the 1930s B.A Swiss writer wrote that the Nazca lines were designed 2 a landing place for UFOs. C.Seen from the 3 , it looks like lines scratched into the earth. In the desert of Peru, 300 kilometers from Lima, one of the most unusual artworks in the world has mystified (迷惑) people for decades. 4 But from high above, these marks are huge images of birds, fish, seashells, all beautifully carved into the earth. The Nazca lines are so difficult to see from the ground that they 5 , when pilots spotted them while flying over the area. In all, there are about 70 different human and animal figures on the plain, along with 900 triangles, circles, and lines. Researchers have figured out that the lines are at least 1,500 years old, but their purpose is still a mystery. 6 However, it would probably be very tricky to find a spaceship in the middle of pictures of dogs and monkeys.
1.
A
[解析] not...until是个固定搭配,意为“直到…才。”故选A。
2.
C
[解析] 本题考查介词as充当方式状语。design...as是“把…设计为”的意思。故选C。
3.
B
[解析] 根据空格前的定冠词the,可知此处要填入一个名词,只有B项符合,from the ground表示“从地面上看”。故选B。
Text Three A.sponsoring book discussion clubs B.how they can best adapt C.short attention spans D.accomplishments are admired Phrases: A.and knowing that their 1 B. 2 to such changes C.such as displaying their artwork or 3 D.As teenagers have 4 Teachers need to be aware of the emotional, intellectual and physical changes that young adults go through. And they also need to give serious thought to 5 . Growing bodies need movement and nutrition, but not just in ways that emphasize competition. Because they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new changes, teenagers feel especially awkward in the presence of others and need the confidence that comes from achieving success 6 . However, the typical teenage lifestyle is already filled with so much competition that it would be fair to organize activities in which winners outnumber losers, 7 . A variety of small clubs can provide multiple opportunities for leadership, as well as practice in successful group dynamics. 8 , activities should be organized in such a way as participants can remain active as long as they want, then proceed to something else without letting the rest down.
Part Ⅰ Translation Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese.
1. The opening ceremony of an Olympic games is not an entertainment show, it is not even really about the sporting event itself; it is a national manifesto, a reflection of how a nation sees itself, and where it is going. Beijing was a show of power, strength and dominance. It was an announcement to the world stage that China was re-emerging into the ascendancy. An unstoppable force which most citizens, and many foreigners, believed has its best days still to come. The British example could not have been more different. Leaving aside any concerns over matters of taste, which it would appear Aiden Burley MP has bravely taken the lead on, it was almost uniquely inward looking: championing political correctitude, social programmes, altruism and diversity, ignoring Empire, wealth, power, conflict and gain.
1. Directions: Write at least 150 words about the topic: A Better University or a Better Major? You should write according to the outline given below. 1.你认为在研究生学习阶段是选择一个好的学校重要还是选择一个好的专业重要? 2.你的理由…
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A Better University or a Better Major?
Nowadays, postgraduate students always feel confused about deciding which one is more important between a prestigious university and a good major. In my opinion, having a better major is more important. To begin with, a good major gives you momentum to struggle for your ideal. Generally speaking, the major you take determines what kind of job you will have. As a result, you have to think of the major choosing in advance to avoid regretting for the wrong job in the future. Secondly, a good major provides you with the competitive abilities which will benefit you in the society. Even if a famous university offers you a good reputation, without a good major it is unable to make you qualified for the need of society. In a conclusion, I argue that it is vital for a postgraduate student to consider majors rather than universities. Thus, you can do your best to learn the subject, and you have more abilities to develop your career.