seminars provide an introduction to a particular field of study; others take an interdisciplinary (跨学科的) approach to
a variety of topics. All seminars provide a friendly environment for developing relationships with teachers and other
students.
STARS
STARS (Science, Technology, and Research Scholars) provides undergraduates of every year with an opportunity
to combine research and course-based study. The program offers research opportunities and support to students
historically disadvantaged in the fields of natural science and quantitative reasoning, such as racial and ethnic
minorities, women, and the physically challenged. More than 100 students each year participate in STARS, during the
academic year or over the summer months.
Academic Advising
Academic Advising is a collective effort by the residential colleges, academic departments and various offices
connected to York University Dean (院长)’s office. Students’ primary academic advisors are their residential college
deans, to whom they may always turn for academic and personal advice. The deans live in residential colleges and
supervise the advising networks in the college. Each academic department has a director of undergraduate studies
(DUS) who can discuss with students the department's course offerings and requirements for majors.
Perspectives on Science and Engineering
Perspectives on Science and Engineering is a lecture and discussion course for about 75 selected freshmen who
have exceptionally strong backgrounds in science or mathematics. The yearlong course explores a broad range of
topics, exposes students to questions at the frontiers of science, and connects the first-year students to York's Scientific
Community.
21. An African female freshman seeking opportunities of research is most likely to choose ____________.
A. Academic Advising B. Freshman Seminars
C. Perspectives on Science and Engineering D. STARS
22. Which of the following is TRUE about the residential colleges?
A. Directors of academic departments live with students there.
B. The college deans serve as the central figures in an advising network.
C. Directors of undergraduate studies of most majors work together there.
D. The college deans engage in scientific research with selected freshmen.
23. Which freshman may have priority to attend Perspectives on Science and Engineering?
A. A medalist of the International Mathematical Olympiad.
B. The one who has already got a novel published.
C. The one who has designed an original engineering project.
D. An applicant for York's Scientific Community.
B
Soaring to 29, 035 feet, the famous Mount Everest had long been considered unclimbable due to the freezing
weather, the obvious potential fall from cliffs and the effects of the extreme high altitude, often called “mountain
sickness.” But that was to be changed by Edmund Hillary.
When he was invited to join the British Everest expedition in 1953, Edmund Hillary was a highly capable