第二篇：outside-the-classroom learning makes a big difference

putting a bunch of一群 college students in charge of 负责a $300,000 dance跳舞 marathon, 马拉松式fundraiser 资金筹集活动surely sounds a bit risky.风险when you consider考虑 the fact that the money is supposed to 应该be given to children in need of 需要medical care, 医疗护理you might call the idea crazy.疯狂

most student leaders领导者 don't want to spend a large amount of time on something they care 关心little about, said 22-year-old university of florida student darren heitner. he was the dance marathon's operations 经营officer for two years.

yvonne fangmeyer, director主任 of the student organization 组织机构office at the university

of wisconsin, 威斯康星conducted a survey调查 in february of students involved 包含牵涉in campus校园 organizations. 团体机构she said the desire欲望心愿for friendship was the most frequently 经常地cited引用的reason for joining.

at large universities like fangmeyer's, which has more than 40,000 students, the students first of all 首先want to find a way to "belong in their own corner角落 of campus".

katie rowley, a wisconsin senior, confirms 确认the survey's findings."i wanted to make the campus feel smaller by joining an organization团体机构 where i could not only get involved加入参与 on campus but also find a group of一群 friends."

all of this talk讨论 of friendship, however, does not mean that students aren't thinking about 考虑their resumes.简历 "i think that a lot of people do join to 'fatten up their resume'", said heitner."at the beginning of my college career,生涯事业 i joined a few of these organizations, hoping to get a start in my leadership领导能力 roles."角色任务

but without passion 激情student leaders can have a difficult time trying to weather经受得住 the storms that come. for example, in april, several student organizations at wisconsin威斯康星 teamed up 参加for an event 事件活动designed to目的在于 educate students about homelessness 无家可归and poverty. 贫困student leaders had to face the problem of solving disagreements, 意见不一致moving the event because of rainy多雨的 weather天气, and dealing with 处理the university‘s complicated 负责的bureaucracy.官僚机构

"outside-of the classroom learning really makes a big difference", fangmeyer said.

1. an extracurricular课外的 activity 活动like raising a fund of $300,000 is risky because most student leaders_________.

a) are lazy懒惰的

b) are stupid愚蠢的

c) are not rich enough不富裕的

d) will not take an interest in it

解析：1 putting a bunch of一群 college students in charge of 负责a $300,000 dance跳舞 marathon, 马拉松式fundraiser 资金筹集活动surely sounds a bit risky.风险when you consider考虑 the fact that the money is supposed to 应该be given to children in need of 需要medical care, 医疗护理you might call the idea crazy.疯狂

2 most student leaders领导者 don't want to spend a large amount of time on something they care 关心little about, said 22-year-old university of florida student darren heitner. he was the dance marathon's operations 经营officer for two years.

2.    american students join campus organizations mostly for_________.

a) making a difference 不同

b) gaining experience 获得经历

c) building friendship 建立友谊

d) improving their resumes 提升他们的履历

解析：3 yvonne fangmeyer, director主任 of the student organization 组织机构office at the university of wisconsin, 威斯康星conducted a survey调查 in february of students involved 包含牵涉in campus校园 organizations. 团体机构she said the desire欲望心愿for friendship was the most frequently 经常地cited引用的reason for joining.

3. who is katie rowley? _________.

a) she's a senior professor教授           b) she's a senior student学生

c) she's a senior official官员             d) she's a senior citizen公民

解析：5 katie rowley, a wisconsin senior, confirms 确认the survey's findings."i wanted to make the campus feel smaller by joining an organization团体机构 where i could not only get involved加入参与 on campus but also find a group of一群 friends."

4. what do student leaders need to carry an activity through to a successful end? _________.

a) passion.激情    b) money.金钱    c) power.权力    d) fame.名声

解析：6 all of this talk讨论 of friendship, however, does not mean that students aren't thinking about 考虑their resumes.简历 "i think that a lot of people do join to 'fatten up their resume'", said heitner."at the beginning of my college career,生涯事业 i joined a few of these organizations, hoping to get a start in my leadership领导能力 roles."角色任务

7 but without passion 激情student leaders can have a difficult time trying to weather经受得住 the storms that come. for example, in april, several student organizations at wisconsin威斯康星 teamed up 参加for an event 事件活动designed to目的在于 educate students about homelessness 无家可归and poverty. 贫困student leaders had to face the problem of solving disagreements, 意见不一致moving the event because of rainy多雨的 weather天气, and dealing with 处理the university‘s complicated 负责的bureaucracy.官僚机构

5. the phrasal verb短语动词 fatten up in paragraph 6 could be best replaced替换 by_________.

a) invent 发明

b) rewrite改写

c) polish磨光，润色，使发亮

d) complete完成

6 all of this talk讨论 of friendship, however, does not mean that students aren't thinking about 考虑their resumes.简历 "i think that a lot of people do join to 'fatten up their resume'", said heitner."at the beginning of my college career,生涯事业 i joined a few of these organizations, hoping to get a start in my leadership领导能力 roles."角色任务