Zeús

當學生，做作業可是頭等要事兒，不過你分得清各種作業，比如dissertation 論文和essay 文章的區別嗎？還有三明治課程究竟是什麼意思？本期《英語小測驗》挑戰你對大學裡一些常用表達的理解。

1. Students are reminded that all coursework must _________ by the end of May.

(A) be handed in

(B) be handed

(C) hand in

(D) hand out

2. I had to write a 25,000-word _________ to complete my Master’s degree.

(A) email

(B) report

(C) dissertation

(D) presentation

3. What is ‘Freshers’ Week’?

(A) A week of celebration following graduation.

(B) An introductory week of activities for first-year students joining the university.

(C) A week of preparation before the first-year exams.

(D) A week of interviews to select new students for a university.

4. What is a ‘sandwich course’?

(A) A course at a culinary college in food preparation.

(B) A part-time course in which students study in their lunch hours.

(C) A special course that takes place during the university summer holidays.

(D) A university course in which students also take on full-time work related to their field of study.

5. What description best characterises a seminar?

(A) A speech delivered by a tutor to a large group of students.

(B) A one-to-one session between a teacher and a student.

(C) A class at university in which a particular topic is discussed by a tutor and a small group of students.

(D) A series of tasks that students must complete over the course of an academic year.

6. He was a first-rate student and won a _________ to study at Oxford University because of his academic excellence.

(A) scholarship

(B) grant

(C) bursary

(D) student loan 

答案

1.(A) 2.(C) 3.(B) 4.(D) 5.(C) 6.(A)

我們在日常辦公時需要處理各種各樣的事情和應對突發情況，比如組織電話會議，解決電腦、打印機小故障，群發郵件等等。本期《英語小測驗》測試你對辦公室裡常用語的掌握，來試試你知道多少個。

1. There is a meeting at 10.30 where we will have _________ with our counterparts in Europe and the Middle East.

(A) a conference call

(B) an instant message

(C) cosy chat

(D) launch party

2. Can someone call _________? The email network has gone down again.

(A) lab technicians

(B) marketing team

(C) sales department

(D) IT support

3. Oh no, the printer has run out. We need to order some more _________.

(A) paint

(B) paper clips

(C) ink cartridges

(D) hole-punches

4. My American colleague refers to office gossip as _________.

(A) an appraisal

(B) water-cooler chat

(C) an interview

(D) a pitch

5. I hate business jargon. Why do people say “think _________” instead of thing originally?

(A) inside the box

(B) outside the box

(C) over the box

(D) behind the box

6. My boss always asks me to _________ emails down instead of just saying pass this email on to the others.

(A) flow

(B) run

(C) cascade

(D) despatch

答案

1.(A) 2.(D) 3.(C) 4.(B) 5.(B) 6.(C)