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2012年6月六級閱讀理解：美國大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的相對劣勢MicrosoftChairmanBillGatesrecentlytoldthenationsgovernorsthatAmericahighschooleducationis“obsolete”.Hesaid,“WhenIcompareourhighschoolstowhatIseewhenImtravelingabroad,Iamterrifiedforourworkforceoftomorrow.In2001,IndiagraduatealmostamillionmorestudentsfromcollegethantheUnitesStatesdid.ChinagraduatestwiceasmanystudentswithbachelorsdegreesastheUSandhassixtimesasmanygraduatesmajoringinengineering.Americaisfallingbehind.”Gateswasdescribingaglobaleconomyinwhichthechancetomoveupintoabettereconomiclifeisslippingoverseas,alongwithjobsthatcanbeperformedanywhere-manufacturinginChina,technologysupportinIndia,onlineorderfulfillmentacrossborders.TheInternetbringsBhutanandBangalorejustasclosetoourofficesandlivingroomsasBoise.Maybecloser.Ourchildrenscompetitorsarenottheotherschoolsinthedistrictorthestateoreventhenation.TheyarethetechnologicallyliterateyoungpeopleinTaiwan,India,Korea,andotherdevelopingnations.FortodaysAmericanstudents,learningandretrainingwillbealifelongexperience.InTheWorldIsFlat,arecentbookanalyzingtheshiftintheglobaleconomy,ThomasFbubbleinspiredamassiveoutlay(花費)ofcapitaltoconnectthecontinents.Underseacable,universalsoftware,high-techimagery,andGooglehaveerasedgeography.CollegegraduatesinLatinAmerica,CentralAsia,India,China,andRussiacandotheinformationworkAmericansusedtocounton-inmanycasesbetterandinallcasescheaper.Weareburningthroughreliablecareersforouryoungpeopleathighspeedastechnologyrelievesusofthetediumofrepetitivework.Therobotsthatvacuumourfloorstodaywillbefillingoutteethtomorrow.EvenjobsatWal-Martareendangered.Haveyouseentheself-check-outlanes?Nocashiersrequired.Tobecompetitivenow,USstudentsmustdevelopsophisticatedcriticalthinkingandanalyticalskillstomanagetheconceptualnatureofworktheywilldo.Theywillneedtobeabletorecognizepatterns,createnarrative,andimaginesolutionstoproblemswehaveyettodiscover.Theywillhavetoseethebigpictureandaskthebigquestions.Howmanyhighschoolsdoyouknowthatarenurturingmindslikethat?Arewesupplyingtheconditionsinourschoolstocreateanewcropoforiginalthinkers?Arewemakingsureofourcurriculaandinstructionalprogramsarenotrelegated(降級)forrepetitivepractice,gatheringandorganizinginformation,remediation,andtestpreparation?Arewerequiringallstudentstousetheirmindswelltoconstructknowledge,toinquire,toinvent,tomakemeaningandrelevanceoutoftheirlearning?Hardly.1.BillGatesbelievesthattheAmericanhighschoolsareobsolete_inthanschoolsinmanyothercountries.2.Accordingtotheauthor,thechallengeonAmericanschoolscomesfromtheprogressionof_.3.Bysayingthat“Underseacable,universalsoftware,high-techimagery,andGooglehaveerasedgeography.”(Line3-4,Para.4),theauthormeansthat_hasenabledmanyjobstobedoneanywhere.4.Inordertocompetewithoverseasstudents,Americanchildrenwillprobablyhavetostrengthen_.5.Thelastparagraphcallsreadersattentiontoconfront_ofthecu