Text 2For more than two decades, U.S. courts have been limiting affirmative-action programs in universities and other areas. The legal rationale is that racial preferences are unconstitutional, even those intended to compensate for racism or intolerance.
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Text 2For more than two decades, U.S. courts have been limiting affirmative-action programs in universities and other areas. The legal rationale is that racial preferences are unconstitutional, even those intended to compensate for racism or intolerance. For many colleges, this means students can be admitted only on merit, not on their race or ethnicity. It has been a divisive issue across the U.S., as educators blame the prolonged reaction to affirmative-action for declines in minority admissions. Meanwhile, activists continue to battle race preferences in courts from Michigan to North Carolina.
Now, chief executives of about two dozen companies have decided to plunge headfirst into this politically unsettled debate. They, together with 36 universities and 7 nonprofitable organizations, formed a forum that set forth an action plan essentially designed to help colleges circumvent court-imposed restrictions on affirmative action. The CEOs’ motive: “Our audience is growing more diverse, so the communities we serve benefit if our employees are racially and ethnically diverse as well”, says one CEO of a compang that owns nine television stations.
Among the steps the forum is pushing: finding creative yet legal ways to boost minority enrollment through new admissions policies; promoting admissions decisions that look at more than test scores; and encouraging universities to step up their minority outreach and financial aid. And to counter accusations by critics to challenge these tactics in court, the group says it will give legal assistance to colleges sued for trying them. “Diversity diminished by the court must be made up for in other legitimate, legal ways,” says, a forum member.
One of the more controversial methods advocated is the so-called 10% rule. The idea is for public universities—which educate three-quarters of all U.S. undergraduates—to admit students who are in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. Doing so allows colleges to take minorities who excel in average urban schools, even if they wouldn’t have made the cut under the current statewide ranking many universities use.
第26题：U.S. court restrictions on affirmative action signifies that______.
［A］minorities no longer hold the once favored status
［B］the quality of American colleges has improved
［C］racial preferences has replaced racial prejudice
［D］the minority is on an equal footing with the majority
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第4题：
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正确答案：
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第5题：
Uranus, ________ is much more massive than the Earth, seems to have been tipped over so that it lies on its side.A.what
B.who
C.that
D.winch答案：D解析：本题考查的是定语从句中关系代词的选择。定语从句中没有what 引导词，what是引导名词性从句的; 先行词是人的时候用who，是物的时候用which或that; 题目意为“天王星，比地球大得多，似乎已经倾斜，使它位于它的一边。”先行词是物，且该句子是非限定性定语从句，因此选D。
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第6题：
"SeasameStreet"has been called"the longest street in the world".
This is because the television program by that name can now be seen in so many parts ofthe world.
The program,which went on the air in New York in 1969,uses songs,jokes,andpictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers,letters and humanrelationships.More than 6 million children in the United States watch itregularly.The viewers(观众)include more than half the nation′s children before school age.
Manyteacher consider the program a great help,though some teachers find that problems happen when the first-year pupils who have learned from"SeasameStreet"are in the same class with those who have not watched the program.Tests have shown that children who watch it five times a week learn more than those who seldom watch it.In the United States the program is shown at differenthours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watchit regularly.
Why has"Seasame Street"been so much more successful than other children′sshows?Many reasons have been suggested.Perhaps one reason is that motherswatch"Seasame Street"along with their children.But the best reasonfor the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching itfeel able to learn.The child finds himself learning,and he wants to learnmore.
When the first-year pupils who have watched the program are in the same class with those who haven′t,A.teaching will becomes a bit difficult
B.they will not get on well with one another
C.it is impossible to begin class at the fixed time
D.they don't want to learn anything more答案：A解析：考情点拨:推理判断题应试指导:文章第四段中，学校的老师发现将经常看这个节目的儿童和很少看这个节目的儿童编在一个班上课，就会出现一些问题，即教学可能会变得有点儿困难。 -
第7题：
"SeasameStreet"has been called"the longest street in the world".
This is because the television program by that name can now be seen in so many parts ofthe world.
The program,which went on the air in New York in 1969,uses songs,jokes,andpictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers,letters and humanrelationships.More than 6 million children in the United States watch itregularly.The viewers(观众)include more than half the nation′s children before school age.
Manyteacher consider the program a great help,though some teachers find that problems happen when the first-year pupils who have learned from"SeasameStreet"are in the same class with those who have not watched the program.Tests have shown that children who watch it five times a week learn more than those who seldom watch it.In the United States the program is shown at differenthours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watchit regularly.
Why has"Seasame Street"been so much more successful than other children′sshows?Many reasons have been suggested.Perhaps one reason is that motherswatch"Seasame Street"along with their children.But the best reasonfor the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching itfeel able to learn.The child finds himself learning,and he wants to learnmore.
People call"Seasame Street"the longest street in the world becauseA.it isthe longest TV program ever produced
B.it took much more time to put on this program than any other one
C.it is shown almost throughout the world
D.it has been on the air since 1969答案：C解析：考情点拨:事实细节题．应试指导:从第二段可知答案为c。 -
第8题：
单选题Which is the best sentence to insert between sentence 13 and sentence 14?AExamples such as this demonstrate that incentives can be very effective.
BIf the penalty had been greater, perhaps it would have had the desired effect.
CClearly, rewards are more effective in most situations than punishments.
DMany schools have also implemented effective after-school reading programs.
EI’m not sure what the school decided to do with the program, since it wasn’t working.
正确答案： E解析：
插入句是在对一项鼓励措施没有效果的讨论之后，在这段话的结束语之前，因此插入此处的句子应能对这个鼓励项目做个总结，B符合。因为这个句子主要讨论了这个鼓励项目不起作用的原因，A和D不合逻辑。C不合适，因为这段话没有讨论奖励和惩罚的价值。E没有传达出任何与讨论相关的信息。 -
第9题：
单选题The passage specifically states that __________.Adirect experiences are more valuable than indirect ones
Bwhatever attitudes a child learns in school have already been introduced at home
Cteachers should always conceal their own attitudes
Dteachers can sometimes have an unwholesome influence on children
正确答案： B解析：
文中文中最后一段第一句提到“a teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitudes, because her influence can be deleterious if she has personal prejudices.”(老师必须不断地评估自己的态度，因为如果她带有个人偏见，那么她的影响便是有害的)，由此可见文章明确指出了老师有时也会对学生造成不良影响，故答案选D。 -
第10题：
单选题TRANSFER:To transfer from one training program to another, you must notify The Grantsmanship Center at least five working days before the original program. There is a $50 fee per transfer, and no more than two transfers will be accepted.AThere is no fee for the first transfer.
BYou have to pay for the transfer.
CMore money is charged for the second transfer.
正确答案： C解析：
“如果变更须付费。”根据原文中提到的关于费用问题，即“There is a$50 fee per transfer”，可以推断每次变更培训项目都是需要付费的，所以B项正确，而文中未提及A、C项。 -
第11题：
单选题During the Clinton presidency, the U.S. enjoyed more than any time in its history peace and economic well being.Athe U.S. enjoyed more than any time in its history peace and economic well being
Bthe U.S. enjoying more than any other time in its history peace and economic well being
Cmore peace and economic well being was enjoyed by the U.S. than any other time
Deconomic peace and well being was enjoyed by the U.S. more so than any other ~ time in the country’s history
Ethe U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any other time in its history
正确答案： A解析：
原句措辞不恰当。E纠正了这个错误。 -
第12题：
单选题According to SustainAbility, what is the reason for the appearance of so many different definitions for globalization?AThere’s no authoritative definition for globalization.
BOthers’ definitions are more convincing than professor Levitt’s.
CDifferent people have different ideas on globalization.
DThings are different after two decades’ time.
正确答案： D解析：
细节题。由题干关键词SustainAbility可定位到文章第三段。本段中冒号后的内容意为：正是由于Levitt没能在其文章中对全球化给出令人信服的定义，因而造成了后来大量定义的出现，即选项A所表述的内容，而不是选项B（别人的定义更令人信服），或是选项C（不同的人对此持有的看法也不同）。从1983年Levitt发表文章预测到这一现象到2007年SustainAbility提到对市场全球化缺乏统一的定义，其间虽然经历了二十年之久，但这并不是出现大量不同定义的原因，故排除[D]。综上所述，本题答案为A项。 -
第13题：
The project requires more labor than ____ because it is extremely difficult.A.has been put
B.have been put
C.being put in
D.to.be put in
答案：A
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第14题：
I had been there for not more than two days ________ I set to work again.Auntil
Bafter
Cbefore
Dwhen
正确答案：C
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第15题：
common laws are laws which have been established through common practice in the courts. ()
参考答案：正确
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第16题：
The project requires more labor than ________.
[A] has been put in
[B] have been put in
[C] being put in
[D] to be put in
正确答案：A
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第17题：
"SeasameStreet"has been called"the longest street in the world".
This is because the television program by that name can now be seen in so many parts ofthe world.
The program,which went on the air in New York in 1969,uses songs,jokes,andpictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers,letters and humanrelationships.More than 6 million children in the United States watch itregularly.The viewers(观众)include more than half the nation′s children before school age.
Manyteacher consider the program a great help,though some teachers find that problems happen when the first-year pupils who have learned from"SeasameStreet"are in the same class with those who have not watched the program.Tests have shown that children who watch it five times a week learn more than those who seldom watch it.In the United States the program is shown at differenthours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watchit regularly.
Why has"Seasame Street"been so much more successful than other children′sshows?Many reasons have been suggested.Perhaps one reason is that motherswatch"Seasame Street"along with their children.But the best reasonfor the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching itfeel able to learn.The child finds himself learning,and he wants to learnmore.
"Seasame Street"is a TV program produced mainly forA.children
B.children of school age
C.primary school teachers and pupils
D.mothers and their children答案：A解析：考情点拨:事实细节题
应试指导:从第三段可知，“芝麻街”就是少儿电视节目。 -
第18题：
"SeasameStreet"has been called"the longest street in the world".
This is because the television program by that name can now be seen in so many parts ofthe world.
The program,which went on the air in New York in 1969,uses songs,jokes,andpictures to give children a basic understanding of numbers,letters and humanrelationships.More than 6 million children in the United States watch itregularly.The viewers(观众)include more than half the nation′s children before school age.
Manyteacher consider the program a great help,though some teachers find that problems happen when the first-year pupils who have learned from"SeasameStreet"are in the same class with those who have not watched the program.Tests have shown that children who watch it five times a week learn more than those who seldom watch it.In the United States the program is shown at differenthours during the week in order to increase the number of children who can watchit regularly.
Why has"Seasame Street"been so much more successful than other children′sshows?Many reasons have been suggested.Perhaps one reason is that motherswatch"Seasame Street"along with their children.But the best reasonfor the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching itfeel able to learn.The child finds himself learning,and he wants to learnmore.
"Seasame Street"is so successful mainly becauseA.mother watch it with their children
B.it contains songs,stories and jokes
C.it is shown at different hours during the week
D.children are willing and able to learn when watching it答案：D解析：考情点拨:事实细节题，应试指导:文章最后一段指出该节目成功的主要原因是：孩子们看节目是想学并且能够学到知识。 -
第19题：
In which of the following situations should correlation names be used?（）
- A、A table referenced in the FROM clause has no indexed column.
- B、The table referenced in the FROM clause has more than 200 columns.
- C、Two or more tables in the FROM clause have identical column names.
- D、The FROM clause contains two or more tables in the SELECT statement.
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第20题：
单选题The passage tells us that _____.AHIV was found more than two years earlier than AIDS was identified
Bpeople know a little more about HIV than about most other viruses
CAIDS continues to rage more wildly in Africa than in Asia
DHIV will mainly affect the poor and minority groups in the U.S.
正确答案： B解析：
倒数第二段倒数第三句作者说新的艾滋病毒感染将主要发生在下层社会，少数群体的感染率将是前者的10倍。这里minority主要指美国黑人和说西班牙语的移民。 -
第21题：
多选题You need to replicate a table from a master to a slave. The master and slave copies of the table will have different number of columns. Which two conditions must be true?（）AEach extra column in the copy with more columns must not have a default value
BColumns that are common to both versions of the table must be defined in the same order on the master and the slave
CThe slave database cannot have more columns than the master. Only the master database can have more columns
DColumns that are common to both versions of the table must come first in the table definition, before any additional columns are additional columns are defined on either server
EThe master database cannot have more columns than the slave. Only the slave deatbase can have more columns
正确答案： B,C解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题An advantage of a corporate centrally-managed anti-virus solution over a standalone anti-virus program is a corporate anti-virus solution:（）Ais more secure than a standalone anti-virus program.
Bcan push out anti-virus updates from a local, centralized location.
Ccatches more viruses than the standalone anti-virus program.
Dcatches more spyware and malware than a standalone anti-virus program.
正确答案： B解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题The video security systems ______.Aplay an important role in arresting terrorists before they take action
Bhave cost the U.S. Department of Homeland Security more than $ 40 million so far
Care mainly deployed near Washington
Dwork better than they have been expected to
正确答案： A解析：
录音首句便指出“目前为止，美国国土安全部（the U.S. Department of Homeland Security）已经拨给美国各州超过400万美元以对video security systems（视频安全系统）进行投资”，因此选项B为正确答案。
【录音原文】
So far, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given American states more than $40 million to invest in video security systems. But in March, the Washington metropolitan police department admitted that the dozens of cameras it has had in place since 9/11 have so far netted zero arrests. What the surveillance cameras can do is help investigators piece together the details of plots after they are attempted, gather forensic evidence and identify suspects—all of which deepens their understanding of how terrorist networks operate.