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In a few weeks, nigh school students face the prospect of taking the much-publicized new SAT Reasoning Test, which for the first time will require them to write a timed essay. Yet colleges continue to send confusing signals about whether students applying in the fall to attend college must take the new exam. Some schools, including Harvard, say they will accept scores from either the new test or the old SAT, which was administered for the last time in January and did not contain a writing section. The University of Central Florida, for example, will require the new test, which will be given for the first time on March 12. Still others, such as the University of Virginia, strongly recommend that prospective applicants take the new test but under some circumstances also will accept the old SAT. A number of colleges are delaying a decision. The College Board, which administers the SAT, surveyed more than 1,900 four-year schools and has heard back from slightly more than 500. Of thos
A. University of Virginia.
B. Georgetown University.
C. The University of Central Florida.
D. Harvard University.

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In a few weeks, nigh school students face the prospect of taking the much-publicized new SAT Reasoning Test, which for the first time will require them to write a timed essay. Yet colleges continue to send confusing signals about whether students applying in the fall to attend college must take the new exam. Some schools, including Harvard, say they will accept scores from either the new test or the old SAT, which was administered for the last time in January and did not contain a writing section. The University of Central Florida, for example, will require the new test, which will be given for the first time on March 12. Still others, such as the University of Virginia, strongly recommend that prospective applicants take the new test but under some circumstances also will accept the old SAT. A number of colleges are delaying a decision. The College Board, which administers the SAT, surveyed more than 1,900 four-year schools and has heard back from slightly more than 500. Of thos
A. Students should make clear which test is acceptable.
B. Students should contact the university for the arrangement of the test.
C. Students should ask the College Board for the latest information about the program.
D. Students should get prepared for the new examination in less than a year.

[单项选择]The age of the students in night school ranged from 19 to 45 with a(n) _____ age of 34.
A. middle
B. same
C. average
D. legal

[单项选择]The study on the military school students indicated that ______.
A. life in the school was very stressful
B. disease could be caused by psychological factors
C. the good students were likely to fall ill
D. stress often made students unhappy

[单项选择]Although, some students graduate from high school, they are virtually illiterate______ writing a business letter.
A. in the event of
B. in the light of
C. in case of
D. in terms of

[单项选择]Some people say that students' progress in school is ______ by environment.
A. effected
B. affected
C. offered
D. afforded

[单项选择]Nearly half of the students in this school （）from Asia.
A. is
B. comes
C. are

[单项选择]High school and college students today are pushed so much in the direction of specialization______ little time is left for the further development of the basic reading skills initiated in earlier years.
A. as
B. so that
C. that
D. therefore

[单项选择]Three high school students started a website in order to ______.
A. attract greater public attention to their needs
B. appeal to the public for contributions and donations
C. expose officials who neglected their duties
D. keep people properly informed of the crisis

[单项选择]（）the students in our school （）over two thousand.
A. The number of, is
B. The number of, are
C. A number of, is

[单项选择]The number of college students in our school ______ every year.
A. rises
B. raises
C. amuses
D. lifts

[单项选择]There are ______ students in our school.