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First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia shows what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed（开花）in the last few years. You have become a talented and accomplished young woman. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.

College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. I want to tell you: “education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten”. What I mean by that is the materials taught isn’t as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about—this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner.

Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. In his great speech given at Stanford, he gave the great example where he took calligraphy（书法）, and a decade later, it became the basis of the beautiful letters in Microsoft Word. So don’t worry too much about what job you will have, and don’t be too utilitarian（功利的）, and if you like Japanese or Korean, go for it! Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots.

Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your mom and I. Pick a few friends and become really close to them-pick the ones who are honest and sincere to you. Don’t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks, or even personalities. You have developed some real friendships in high school in your last two years, so trust your instinct, and make new friends.

College is the four years where you have the greatest amount of free time, the first chance to be independent, the most possibilities to change and the lowest risk for making mistakes. So please treasure your college years! May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.

1.What’s the purpose of this passage?

A. To explain why Columbia is a world famous university.

B. To tell “you” to be happy and enthusiastic in college.

C. To stress the importance of attending college.

D. To provide useful tips for college.

2.The writer believes that learning in college is about ________.

A. gaining the ability to become a self-learner

B. forgetting all that you have been taught

C. learning every new subject seriously

D. solving practical problems

3.What can you infer from the passage?

A. “You” have found out the truth of education.

B. “You” should be practical while choosing courses.

C. It is in college when “you” first become self-reliant.

D. “You” should try to make friends with as many students as possible.

4.The example of Steve Jobs was given to show that ________.

A. passion is the most important thing in college years

B. the more dots you create, the more successful you will become

C. Steve Jobs was quite good at creating dots and connecting them

D. have a strong interest in what you learn and someday it might be useful

5.This passage is probably written by ________.

A. a high school teacher

B. a parent of a freshman

C. the president of the University of Columbia

D. an upperclassman of the University of Columbia