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The lecture()already()when we got to the school hall.
A.has;started
B.was;started
C.had;started
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It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a way that students and teachers alike will take part in it; in such a way that a perfectly natural daily intercourse will be established between them; and it is only by such an organization that they can be given real vitality as places of serious training, be made communities in which youngsters will come fully to realize how interesting intellectual work is, how vital, how important, how closely associated with all modern achievement--only by such an organization that study can be made to seem part of life itself. Lectures often seem very formal and empty things; recitations generally prove very dull and unrewarding. It is in conversation and natural intercourse with scholars chiefly that you find how lively knowledge is, how it ties into everything that is interesting and important, how intimate a part it is of everything that is "practical" and connected with the world. Men are not always made thoughtful by books; but they are generally made thoughtful by association with men who think.
The present and most pressing problem of our university authorities is to bring about this vital association for the benefit of the novices of the university world, the undergraduates. Classroom methods are thorough enough; competent scholars already lecture and set tasks and superintend their performance; but the life of the average undergraduate outside the classroom and other stated appointments with his instructors is not very much affected by his studies, and is entirely dissociated from intellectual interests.
An ideal college ______.
A.should have mature, experienced and professional men on its staff
B.should be managed by experienced scholars
C.should be managed by experienced scholars and energetic young men
D.should see tight, harmonious connection between the experienced and the inexperienced
I had hoped that I ______ the lecture on American Romanticism.
A.attend
B.attending
C.could attend
D.can attend
Although I tried to concentrate on the lecture, I was ______ by the outside noise.
A.confused
B.distracted
C.attracted
D.refused
They found the lecture hard______.
A.to be understood
B.to understand
C.for being understood
D.for understanding
A.bored
B.dull
C.interesting
D.exciting
– Hurry up. The lecture begins at 2: 00.– ().
A. Don't worry. We've got 20 minutes
B. Thank you. No hurry
C. Never mind. You go if you like
D. The lecture is useful
A.seminary
B.seminar
C.semester
D.academy
A.introduction
B.description
C.speech
D.lecture