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1、NewHorizonCollegeEnglishThirdEditionReadingandWritingBookOneUnit1FreshStartTextATowardaBrightFutureforAllBeforereadingBeforereadingTextA,youmayneedtoknowthefollowingthingstohelpyouwithabetterunderstanding.AmericanhighereducationIntheUnitedStates,studentscanchoosetog
2、otocollegeafterhighschool.(Theycanalsochoosetogostraighttotheworkforceafterhighschool.)Theyhavetheoptionofattendingatwo-yearcommunitycollegebeforeapplyingtoafour-yearuniversity.Admissiontocommunitycollegeiseasier,tuitionislower,andclasssizesareoftensmallerthanatauni
3、versity.Communitycollegestudentscanearnanassociatedegreeandtransferuptotwoyearsofcoursecreditstoauniversity.Collegeanduniversitystudentsneedtopaytuition,butmanyearnscholarshipsorreceiveloans.Althoughadmissionspoliciesvaryfromoneuniversitytoanother,mostdetermineadmis
4、sionbasedonseveralcriteria,includingastudent'shighschoolcourseofstudy,highschoolGradePointAverage(GPA),participationinextracurricularactivities,SAT(ScholasticAssessmentTest)orACT(AmericanCollegeTesting)examscores,awrittenessay,andpossiblyapersonalinterviewwitharepre
5、sentativefromtheadmissionsoffice.MoststudentsintheUnitedStatestaketheSATReasoningTestortheACTduringtheirfinalyearofhighschool.EachuniversitysetsaminimumSATorACTscorethatastudentmustachieveinordertogainadmission.Thesearestandardizedquantitativeexaminations.TheSATtest
6、scriticalreading,mathematics,andwritingskills.TheACTtestsEnglish,mathematics,reading,sciencereasoning,andincludesanoptionalwritingtest.Extracurricularactivitiesmayincludescholasticclubs,athleticteams,studentgovernment,andphilanthropicclubs.Voluntaryparticipationinth
7、esekindsofactivitiesisanindicationthatastudenthaslearnedvaluablelifelessons,suchasteamwork,leadership,orcivicresponsibility.Universitystudentspursuingabachelor'sdegreearecalled"undergraduates";studentspursuingamaster'sordoctoraldegreearecalled"graduatestudents".Most
8、universitiesgiveundergraduatestudentsaliberaleducation,whichmeansstudentsarerequiredtotakecoursesacrossseveraldisciplinesbeforetheyspecial
