CEOs of big companies decided to help colleges enroll more minority students because they_____.[A]think it wrong to deprive the minorities of their rights to receive education[B]want to conserve the fine characteristics of American nation[C]want a workfor

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CEOs of big companies decided to help colleges enroll more minority students because they_____.

[A]think it wrong to deprive the minorities of their rights to receive education

[B]want to conserve the fine characteristics of American nation

[C]want a workforce that reflects the diversity of their customers

[D]think it their duty to help develop education of the country


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1.The United States has more than one hundred twenty medical colleges. The American Association of Medical Colleges says these schools have about seventy thousand students.How hard is it to get into one of the top medical schools, like for example the one at Yale University in Connecticut? Last year almost three thousand seven hundred students hoped to get accepted there. Only one hundred seventy-six -- or less than five percent -- were admitted.People who want to become medical doctors often study large amounts of biology, chemistry and other science. Some students work for a year or two in a medical or research job before they try to get accepted to medical school.Medical students spend their first two years in classroom study. They learn about the body and all of its systems. And they begin studying diseases -- how to recognize and treat them. By the third year, students guided by experienced doctors begin working with patients in hospitals. As the students watch and learn, they think about the kind of medicine they would like to practice as doctors. During the fourth year, students begin applying to hospital programs for the additional training they will need after medical school. Competition for a residency at a top hospital can be fierce.A medical education can be very costly, especially at a private school. One year at a private medical college can cost forty thousand dollars or more. The average at a public medical school is more than fifteen thousand dollars. Most students have to take out loans to pay for medical school. Many finish their education heavily in debt.Doctors are among the highest paid professionals in the United States. Specialists in big cities are generally the highest paid. But there are also doctors who earn considerably less, including those in poor communities.(1)Which of the following ideas is NOT suggested in the passage?A、It is hard to get into one of the top medical schools.B、The United States has more than one hundred twenty medical colleges.C、Medical students need two years' classroom study.D、After graduating from medical schools, the students become doctors.(2)How many years the medical students take to graduate from medical school?A、2B、3C、4D、1(3)In what way many medical students pay for their medical education?A、Have part-time jobs in hospitals.B、Take out loans.C、Their parents pay for it.D、Work hard for the scholarship.(4)What the medical students begin to do in their fourth year of study?A、Looking for a job.B、Working with patients in hospitalsC、Applying to hospital programs for the additional training.D、Learning about the body and all of its systems(5)_______ are generally the highest paid.A、Specialists in big cities.B、Experienced doctors.C、Doctors in poor communitiesD、Doctors who graduated from private medical schools.

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  • 第1题:

    What is not the disadvantage of the Western system of education?

    A、Students learn more math and science.

    B、Students study more hours each day and more days each year.

    C、Students cannot think themselves.

    D、Students haven’t studied as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries on high school graduation.


    参考答案:ABC

  • 第2题:

    It was ___ that he had to ask for help.

    A.a so big work

    B.a so big job

    C.such a big work

    D.a such big job


    正确答案:C

  • 第3题:

    The major tactic the forum uses is to_____.

    [A]battle the racial preferences in court

    [B]support colleges involved in lawsuits of racism

    [C]strive to settle this political debate nationwide

    [D]find legally viable ways to ensure minority admissions


    正确答案:D

    本题考查事实细节。论坛推行的策略在第三段第一句提到。其中第一种是找到通过新的录取政策增加少数民族录取人数的有创意且合法的办法。[D]符合这种策略,为正确项。[A]与论坛的宗旨相悖,因为论坛是要维护平等权利法案和少数民族利益的。[B]错在racism,第三段后半部分提到,论坛将援助那些由于尝试他们提出的策略而被起诉的大学。第二段首句只提到,一些公司总裁决定带头加入这场政治上很争议的辩论之中。因此,[C]“解决争论”无从推知。

  • 第4题:

    28. Which is NOT true?

    A.Now in Germany,the teleshopping is more developed than that last year.

    B. The French spend a lot of money to buy things by teleshopping,

    C. Some big companies in Sweden are selling things by teleshopping

    D. Americans are the first to buy things through teleshopping.


    正确答案:C
    28.C【解析】此句如写成“The biggest company in Sweden is...”意思就会和文章中意思相同了。

  • 第5题:

    Which of the following activities may be more appropriate to help students practice a newstructure immediately after presentation in class


    A.Role play.

    B.Group discussion.

    C.Pattern drill.

    D.Written homework.

    答案:C
    解析:
    考查语法教学。题干的意思是下列哪个活动更适合帮助学生在学习后立即练习新的语法结构。A项是角色扮演,B项是小组讨论,C项是句型练习,D项是书写作业。四项相比,句型练习更适合新知呈现后的语法教学模型的练习部分,A、B两项可以放在产出部分,故选C。

  • 第6题:

    Near the beginning of his presidency,Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future:"By 2020,America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.At the time,America was 12th,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Almost a decade later,and with 2020 not far off,where do things stand?The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate's degree rose only by 7.4 percent be-tween 2007 and 2017-a difference of more than 5 million people,according to the U.S.Census Bureau's American Community Survey.Still,that puts America at 10th in the world,according to the latest available data But even though progress has been made,the data remain quite uneven.A pair of reports released on Wednesday by The Education Trust,an advocacy group for low-income and minority students,break down the attainment data more finely.They found that the share of black adults who hold a bachelors or associate's degree--31 percent-is roughly two-thirds that of white ones-47 percent.And Latinos,at about 23 percent,are just half as likely.Further,the report shows,there is not a single state in the country where black and Latino adults are as likely to have earned a college credential as their white counterparts At the root of these differences in attainment rates are social and economic disparities that continue to benefit certain races over others.Still,graduation rates have improved over the past decade,particu larly among latinos,as a report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress shows--and there is a significant difference between the rates of native-born Latino adults and those who were born outside of the United States.(The latter are less likely to have earned a degree.It's these race-by-race attainment rates that the report advises policymakers to pay attention to-overall graduation rates can obscure how the educational system underserves certain groups More than 40 states have outlined goals for these attainment rates in the past decade,often including specific goal rates for black and Latino residents.What can be done to reach those goals?Well,for one,lawmakers can make sure race factors centrally into policy conversations-and that can look different for different states.For some,it could be as simple as diverting more resources to campuses that primarily serve minority students.A recent report from the American Council on Education,a leading higher-education trade group,found that minority-serving institutions have a special knack for changing students socio economic fortunes of students.Such institutions--including historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions-propelled students from the lowest rung of the economic ladder to the highest at least double the rate of colleges that were not focused on enrolling a particular minority
    What should be done to increase the attainment rates

    A.The government should allocate more resources to the minorities.
    B.The leaders should fully consider the different races when making policies.
    C.More independent educational organizations should be built for the majorities.
    D.The social and economic status of minority students should be enhanced.

    答案:B
    解析:
    细节题。根据题干的核心词attainment rates可定位到第五段。

  • 第7题:

    Text 2 For years,studies have found that first-generation college students—those who do not havea parent with a college degree—lag other students on a range of education achievement factors.Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher.But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education,colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them.This has created“a paradox”in that recruiting first-generation students,but then watching many of them fail,means that higher education has“continued to reproduce and widen,rather than close”an achievement gap based on social class,according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journalPsychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimistic,as it outlines a potential solution to this problem,suggesting that an approach(which involves a one-hour,next-to-no-cost program)can close 63 percent of the achievement gap(measured by such factors as grades)between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities,and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students(who completed the project)at an unnamed private university.First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree.Most of the first-generation students(59.1 percent)were recipients of Pell Grants,a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need,while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students.They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first-generation students“struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education,learn the‘rules of the game,’and take advantage of college resources,”they write.And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantages and disadvantages of different groups of students.“Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’educational experiences,many first-generation students lack sight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students‘like them’can improve.”We may infer from the last paragraph that_____

    A.universities often reject the culture of the middleclass
    B.students are usually to blame for their lack of resources
    C.social class greatly helps enrich educational experiences
    D.colleges are partly res

    答案:D
    解析:
    推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭推理题。本题主要考查考生有效辨别段落核心信息,进行适度推理的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键词“infer from the last paragraph”定位到最后一段。本题是段落推理题,可以通过寻找段落中心句的方式来解。本段共三句:第一句和第二句是并列关系,均提出“初代”学生中存在的与社会阶层有关的问题。第三句以一个“because”所引导的原因状语从句点明中心,明确该问题的来源是美国高校未承认社会阶层对学生教育经历的影响,说明高校应该为出现的问题担负部分责任。因此D项正确。【干扰排除】A项、B项、C项在此段并未提及,属于无中生有,故排除。

  • 第8题:

    问答题
    ◆Topic 2: Does blacklisting student loan defaulters help repayments to banks?  News report:  Between 2005 and 2007, the China Development Bank offered 1.66 billion yuan worth of loans to 243,000 students from poor families in central China’s Henan Province. Last May, the Bank and the Henan Provincial Education Department jointly issued an ultimatum requiring 223 college graduates to pay off the interest on their student loan within 30 days. Nevertheless, the students failed to repay the debts as required. Now the colleges and banks cannot contact these students after their graduation as they have not notified banks of their changes of address. It is in this situation that the China Development Bank and the Education Department decided to publish the personal information of these students in accordance with relevant regulations concerning student loans.  Questions for reference:  1. Should the personal information of these students be published or not? Give your reasons.  2. How should the student loan system be improved and perfected?  3. What are the possible consequences that might follow if the personal information of such students are published?

    正确答案: 【参考答案】
    My name is...My registration number is...Today I will talk about the question…Does blacklisting student loan defaulters help repayments to banks?
    Here is the thing: The students have failed to repay the debts as required by banks and they are now out of contact after their graduation as they have not notified banks of their changes of addresses. Therefore some banks have decided to publish the personal information of these students in accordance with relevant regulations concerning student loans. As a consequence, those who fail to contact their schools and banks in time will have their bad credit record included in the central bank’s personal credit information database, which will clearly place a black mark on these students’ future lives and careers.
    This question claims for more comprehensive consideration. Here I want to point out that many people have shown their sympathy for these students. As for students who depend on loans for completing college education, they sometimes have a sense of inferiority and often face some kind of psychological pressure. Faced with the tight employment situation, they are already becoming worried whether they can repay education loans. Now, banks’ exposure of students defaulting on education loans will undoubtedly cast a bigger shadow on them. The exposure of their “bad credit record” would make it difficult for them to find a job after graduation. Worse still, the exposure may even deprive an already employed student of a job, further harming his ability to pay off the loan. In other words, to expose their personal information will often damage students’ reputations and may well deprive many students of valuable future jobs and promotion opportunities, putting them in an even more difficult financial position. One of the ways to deal with loan defaulters is to go to court, file litigation against them, and settle the issue through legal means. On the other hand, banks and education authorities could take further measures and improve the loan system so as to avoid the occurrence of defaulting on payment of education loans.
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    What does the “writer say about customer loyalty in the first paragraph?
    A

    Business executives need to know how to generate customer loyalty.

    B

    Many executives believe more investment in customer loyalty means more profit.

    C

    It is necessary for companies to generate customer loyalty at all costs.

    D

    Customer loyalty will for sure help corporations make more money.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    第一段第三句指出“Win loyalty, therefore, and profits will follow…”,随后第五行提到“…many business executives agree”,与选项B(很多总裁相信对顾客忠诚度投资越多利润就越多)表达内容相符。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    From the passage we can learn that ______.
    A

    students with iPads have less discussion in class

    B

    students get more fun from learning with iPads

    C

    iPads help students save time waiting for buses

    D

    iPads prevent students from cheating in exams


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    本题是细节题。第二段提到“students now have much more time for discussion”,与 A项意思相反。第四段提到“The class has become much more interesting and creative(课堂变得更有意思,也更有创造力)”,B项符合。第五段提到“I can listen to my language material or watch teaching videos on the bus”,即学生可以节省时间,在等车时继续学习,C项表述不当。D项并未提及。答案为B项。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    What does “old traditions” in the last sentence of the passage refer to?
    A

    Most of the north-eastern institutions were set up for both male and female students.

    B

    Most of the north-eastern institutions enrolled only men students or women students before the 1960s.

    C

    A lot of institutions in the north-east refused to enroll more students before the 1960s.

    D

    Many institutions in the north-east have the same reputation as Harvard or Yale.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    从文中可知,old traditions即指美国东北部一些学校单招男生或女生的情况。文章倒数第三句提到“Most of the north-eastern institutions of this kind were originally founded for men or women only”。故B项为正确答案。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    Which of the following features is not involved in good textbooks?
    A

    Textbooks should help students feel at ease.

    B

    Textbooks should help students develop confidence.

    C

    Textbooks should maximize students' learning potential.

    D

    Textbooks should cater for students' same leaming styles.


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第13题:

    The teacher was very unhappy because only _________ of students had passed the exam.

    A.the majority

    B.a minority

    C.a majority

    D.the minority


    参考答案:B

  • 第14题:

    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


    正确答案:A

     本题考查推理引申。第一段首句提到美国法院对平等权利法案的限制。第二句指出其理论依据是种族照顾政策是违反宪法的。第三句指出这种做法意味着对学生的录取不再考虑其种族或民族背景。由此可推知,[A]是该做法的潜在含义。[B]文中未提,[C]明显错误,因为该举动恰恰是反对种族照顾政策。[D]表面上看似乎有点道理,但根据第一段的论述可知,“平等”并不是本文主要涉及的内容。

  • 第15题:

    If the 10% rule is applied, ______.

    [A]the best white high school students can get into colleges

    [B]public universities can get excellent students

    [C]students from poor rural families can go to colleges

    [D]good minority students can get into public universities


    正确答案:D

    本题考查事实细节。根据题干关键词the 10% rule定位到第四段。该段提到,该规则将使公立大学录取在高中毕业班排名前10%的学生。这种方法也使公立大学能招收到一般城市学校中名列前茅的少数民族学生。因此[D]正确。[A]和[B]本身表述并没有错,但都是泛泛而谈,没有具体提到“公立大学”或“少数民族学生”。[C]在文中根本没有涉及。

  • 第16题:

    Which of the following features is not involved in good textbooks?

    A.Textbooks should help students feel at ease.
    B.Textbooks should help students develop confidence.
    C.Textbooks should maximize students' learning potential.
    D.Textbooks should cater for students' same learning styles.

    答案:D
    解析:
    考查“好”教材应具备的特征。好的教材,应该考虑到不同层次学生的需求,以及不同学生的学习风格.因此D项错误。

  • 第17题:

    Over the course of the past three decades,the A has become the most common grade given out on Amerrcan college campuses.In 2015,42 percent of grades were top marks,compared to 31 percent in 1988.1.But another,related force-a policy often buried deep in course catalogs called"grade forgiveness"-is helping raise grade-point averages.Different schools'policies can work in slightly different ways,but in general,grade forgiveness allows students to retake a course in which they received a low grade,and the most recent grade or the highest grade is the only one that counts in calculating a student's overall GPA.(Both grades still appear on the student's transcript.)The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years,as colleges continue to do their utmost to keep students in school(and paying tuition)and improve their graduation rates.According to a forthcoming survey by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers,a trade group,some 91 percent of undergraduate colleges and 80 percent of graduate and professional schools permit students to repeat courses to improve a grade.2.But now most colleges,save for many selective campuses,allow all undergraduates,and even graduate students,to get their low grades forgiven.3.Indeed,there seems to be demand for do-overs."Students are asking for it,"said Jack Miner,Ohio State University's registrar and executive director of enrollment services."We're attracting and retaining stronger students and there's more competition to get into majors and graduate schools,and a small change in their GPA can help."College officials tend to emphasize that the goal of grade forgiveness is less about the grade itself and more about encouraging students to retake courses critical to their degree program and graduation without incurring a big penalty."Ultimately,"Ohio State's Miner said,"we see students achieve more success because they retake a course and do better in subsequent courses or master the contenl that allows them to graduate on time."That said,there i.s a way in which grade forgiveness satisfies colleges'own needs as well.4.And anything that raises GPAs will likely make students-who,at the end of the day,are paying the bill-feel they've gotten a betler value for their tuition dollars.which i.s another big concern for colleges.Indeed.grade forgiveness is just another way that universities are responding to consumers'expectations for higher education.5.On this,students'and colleges'incentives seem to be aligned.
    2选?

    A.When this practice first started decades ago,it was usually limited to freshmen,to give them a seconcl chance io take a class in their first year if they struggled in their transition to college-level courses.
    B.This lrend of grade inflation-the gradual increase in average GPAs over the past few decades-is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education,in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.
    C.This.trend of the dominance of the A began in the 1960s,abated somewhat in the'70s and came back strong in the'80s.The previous signs of academic disaster.
    D and F,went by the wayside in the Vietnam era,when dropping out meant becoming eligible for the draft.
    D.Since students and parents expect a college degree to lead to a job,it is in the best interest of a school to churn out graduates who are as qualified as possible-or at least appear to be.
    E.One concern highlighted by this phenomenon is that lenient policies undermine the traditional work ethic by teaching students that performance doesn't really matter,because there's always another chance.
    F.The rise of grade forgiveness scans as yet another instance of colleges treating students as customers to be satisfied-similar to campus amenities such as luxurious dorms,splendid recreational facilities,and cornucopian dining halls.
    G.For public institutions,state appropriations are sometimes tied partly to their success on metrics such as graduation rates and student retention-so better grades can,by boosting figures like those,mean more money.

    答案:A
    解析:
    由空格下文But now(表示语义转折、今昔对比)反推空格处应涉及对过去某种情形的介绍,初步锁定A.。该项介绍分数宽恕政策早期情况thispractice复现本段首句this little-known practice,是对空格前一句句末提到的学校做法(…schools permit students to rcpeal courses to improve a grade)的概括;同时first.一decades ago VS now、usually limited to freshmen VS all undergraduates,and even graduate students凸显该项与空格下文内容的昔今对比。

  • 第18题:

    Text 2 For years,studies have found that first-generation college students—those who do not havea parent with a college degree—lag other students on a range of education achievement factors.Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher.But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education,colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them.This has created“a paradox”in that recruiting first-generation students,but then watching many of them fail,means that higher education has“continued to reproduce and widen,rather than close”an achievement gap based on social class,according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journalPsychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimistic,as it outlines a potential solution to this problem,suggesting that an approach(which involves a one-hour,next-to-no-cost program)can close 63 percent of the achievement gap(measured by such factors as grades)between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities,and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students(who completed the project)at an unnamed private university.First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree.Most of the first-generation students(59.1 percent)were recipients of Pell Grants,a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need,while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students.They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first-generation students“struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education,learn the‘rules of the game,’and take advantage of college resources,”they write.And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantages and disadvantages of different groups of students.“Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’educational experiences,many first-generation students lack sight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students‘like them’can improve.”
    The study suggests that most first generation students____

    A.study at private universities
    B.are from singleparent families
    C.are in need of financial support
    D.have failed their collage

    答案:C
    解析:
    推理题【命题思路】这是一道推理题。主要考查考生精准理解原文定位信息,查找相互关联,并进行适度推理和概括的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键信息“most firstgeneration students”定位到第三段末句“Most of firstgeneration students were recipients of Pell Grants(佩尔奖学金),a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need”。此句重在说明“初代”大学生大都接受了经济资助。比对四个选项,确定此题最佳答案为C项,其中“in need of”对应原文的“with…need”,“financial support”对应“financial”相对应。【干扰排除】A项是无中生有,原文仅提及此研究是在一个“unnamed private university”进行,并不是指“初代”大学生;B项和D项也属无中生有,原文未提及,故排除。

  • 第19题:

    Text 2 For years,studies have found that first-generation college students—those who do not havea parent with a college degree—lag other students on a range of education achievement factors.Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher.But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education,colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them.This has created“a paradox”in that recruiting first-generation students,but then watching many of them fail,means that higher education has“continued to reproduce and widen,rather than close”an achievement gap based on social class,according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journalPsychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimistic,as it outlines a potential solution to this problem,suggesting that an approach(which involves a one-hour,next-to-no-cost program)can close 63 percent of the achievement gap(measured by such factors as grades)between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities,and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students(who completed the project)at an unnamed private university.First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree.Most of the first-generation students(59.1 percent)were recipients of Pell Grants,a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need,while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students.They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first-generation students“struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education,learn the‘rules of the game,’and take advantage of college resources,”they write.And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantages and disadvantages of different groups of students.“Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’educational experiences,many first-generation students lack sight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students‘like them’can improve.”
    Recruiting more first generation students has____

    A.reduced their dropout rates
    B.narrowed the achievement gap
    C.missed its original purpose
    D.depressed college students

    答案:C
    解析:
    细节题【命题思路】这是一道细节题。主要考查考生准确理解题干,精准定位,并能正确划分和掌握定位信息的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键词“recruiting more firstgeneration students”定位到第一段的第四句。But后内容为解题关键。本句指出在招录“初代”大学生时出现的困境及产生的不良结果,即“不断产生和扩大成就差距,而不是缩小差距”。由此证明背离了初衷。比对四个选项,确定最佳选项为C项。【干扰排除】A项与原文的“their dropout rates are higher”矛盾,属于反向干扰,故排除。B项也是反向干扰,与原文的“rather than close”矛盾。C项属于张冠李戴,原文中的depressing是用来修饰the paper,而非大学生,故排除。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    One reason that many colleges adopt the website is to ______.
    A

    provide their students with campus information

    B

    offer medical treatment to students in mental disorder

    C

    encourage their students to seek advice about depression

    D

    give their students various help they may need


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    推理判断题。文章第二段指出,“学生通过登录他们的学校就能在该网站上找到关于抑郁症问题的答案”,然后又提到“这个网站已经被超过120所学校采用”,第三段句首接着提到“该网站引起人们对自杀的重视,消除对精神疾病的偏见,并鼓励人们寻求需要的帮助”,可知学校是为了鼓励学生能够寻求抑郁症方面的建议,C项正确。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    The text indicates that private schools are very selective because they ______.
    A

    have no reliable methods to pick students for a class

    B

    want a good mixture of boys and girls for classes

    C

    encounter more demand than they can cope with

    D

    prefer to enroll children of their relatives


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    分析推理题。由第三段倒数第二句可知,学校可以挑剔地选择生源的原因当然是学生过多,而学校过少,故C项为正确答案。由第四段第二句可知,学校也知道,孩子们这么小,要从中挑出一个班来并非易事。而A项中用的则是have no reliable methods(没有可靠的办法),与原文不符。B项虽对应于第四段倒数第二句(They also want a diverse mix),但选项中的boys and girls为增添内容。D项意为“更愿意招收亲戚的孩子”,未被提及。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    It is()that he has to ask for help.
    A

    so a big job

    B

    a so big job

    C

    a such big job

    D

    such a big job


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    A

    To interest students in finding jobs.

    B

    To ask more companies to hire college students.

    C

    To help student find part-time jobs.

    D

    To ask students work in school offices.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    [考点]目的题。录音开头提到,由于学费的提高,很多大学生去找兼职工作,为了让他们找起来更容易,我们提供一系列当地兼职工作的服务。C项与之意思一致。