PassageANormallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesinordertograduate,andeachcourseswhichheattendsgiveshimacreditwhichhemaycounttowardsadegree.InmanyAmericanuniversitiesthetotalworkforadegreeconsistsofth

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　　Normallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesinordertograduate,andeachcourseswhichheattendsgiveshimacreditwhichhemaycounttowardsadegree.

　　InmanyAmericanuniversitiesthetotalworkforadegreeconsistsofthirty-sixcourses,eachlastingforonesemester.Atypicalcourseconsistsofthreeclassesperweekforfifteenweeks.Whileattendingauniversityastudentwillprobablyattendfourorfivecoursesduringeachsemester.Normallyastudentwouldexpecttotakefouryearsattendingtwosemesterseachyear.Itispossibletospreadtheperiodofworkforthedegreecourse,thoughthisisnotinfactdoneasaregularpractice.

　　Foreverycoursethathefollowsastudentisgivenagrade,whichisrecorded,andtherecordisavailableforthestudenttoshowtoprospectiveemployers.Allthisisimposespressurefromthestrainofwork,butinspiteofthissomestudentsstillfindtimeforgreatactivityinstudentaffairs.Electionstopositionsinstudentorganizationsarousemuchenthusiasm.Theeffectiveworkofmaintainingdisciplineisusuallyperformedexamplebycheating,hastoappearbeforeastudentcourt.Withtheenormousnumbersofstudents,theoperationofthesystemdoesinvolveacertainamountofactivity.Astudentwhohasheldoneofthesepositionsofauthorityismuchrespectedanditwillbeofbenefittohimorherinhisorhercareer.

　　1.Normallyastudentwouldatleastattend__________classeseachweek.

　　A)10B)12C)15D)20

　　2.AccordingtothefirstparagraphanAmericanstudentisallowed_________.

　　A)toliveinadifferentuniversity

　　B)totakeaparticularcourseinadifferentuniversity

　　C)toliveathomeanddrivetoclasses

　　D)togettwodegreesfromtwodifferentuniversities

　　3.Americanuniversitystudentsareusuallyunderpressureofworkbecause____________

　　A)theiracademicperformancewillaffecttheirfuturecareers

　　B)theyareheavilyinvolvedinstudentaffairs

　　C)theyhavetoobserveuniversitydiscipline

　　D)theywanttorunforpositionsofauthorityinstudentorganizations.

　　4.Somestudentsareenthusiasticforpositionsinstudentorganizationsprobably

　　be