[語(yǔ)言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全]Education(教育)(二)

1、書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無(wú)涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學(xué)子：學(xué)業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語(yǔ)言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全Education(教育)(二)Education(教育)(二)Section Listening ComprehensionPart A You will hear 4 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answerA, B, C, or D. You will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE. (如需獲

2、取本MP3聽力錄音請(qǐng)搜索標(biāo)題名) 1. Who has ordered these books?A.Jane.B.Tom.C.Sue.D.The woman.答案:B聽力原文M: Has Jane or Sue ordered these text books?W: Tom has ordered them.2. Why is the man working so late today?A.He does some extra work for the boss.B.He is delayed by the traffic jam.C.He doesnt want to go home dur

3、ing the rush hour.D.Both A. and C. .答案:D聽力原文M: Why are you working so late?M: I dont like the rush hour traffic, besides, the boss asked me to do some extra work for him today.3. What can be concluded from this conversation?A.Professor Wangs Latin class must be cancelled the next week.B.It is quite

4、probable that the womans information is not true.C.There will be Professor Wangs Latin class the next week.D.The woman is telling a rumor intentionally.答案:A聽力原文W: Professor Wang will attend a meeting next week, so his Latin class must be cancelled that week.M: Where did you get an idea like that?4.

5、What does the man think the woman should do?A.Close the window.B.Put on more clothes.C.Take a deep breath.D.Move to another room.答案:B聽力原文W: Would you please close the window? I feel a bit cold.M: Oh, Im sorry, but maybe you should put on your sweater. We need some fresh air.Part B You will hear one

6、dialogue or monologue. Before listening, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C, or D. You will hear ONLY ONCE. (如需獲取本MP3聽力錄音請(qǐng)搜索標(biāo)題名) 1. According to the passage, how many people in the world are unable to re

7、ad and write?A.Five hundred million.B.Half the worlds total population.C.Seven hundred million.D.Seven hundred billion.答案:C聽力原文 Recently the attack on illiteracy (文盲) has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Developm

8、ent Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple records and acc

9、ounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered and to fill in forms. The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty to eighty-five percent of the total population. In E

10、urope the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand). 2. Whats the purpose of the plan drawn by UNESCO?A.To hold an international meeting.B.To be part of the

11、United Nations Development Decade.C.To achieve functional literacy.D.To teach people how to fill in forms.答案:CSection Use of English Direction: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank. In post-war America, other groups sought their place on Americas campuses,

12、too. The 1 of women in higher education began to increase, Black and Hispanic 2 demand an end 3 segregation in elementary and 4 education and thus an equal opportunity to get into college. (In the United States the 5 minority has two meanings, often 6 : (1)A minority is any ethnic or racial group th

13、at 7 a small percentage of the total 8 ; (2)The term also 9 a group that has less political power than the 10 . ) By the 1960s, college 11 special plans and programs to equalize educational opportunities 12 every level, for all groups. Some of these plans were called affirmative action programs. The

14、ir goal was to make up for past 13 by giving special preference 14 members of minorities seeking jobs or 15 to college. Some colleges, for example, sponsored programs to help minority students prepare for college while 16 in high school. By the 1970s, the United States government stood firmly 17 suc

15、h goals, it required colleges and universities receiving public 18 to practise some form of affirmative action. But when colleges began to set 19 (fixed numbers) of minority students to be admitted, many Americans (including minority citizens) 20 . They felt that this was another form of discriminat

16、ion. 1.A.engagementB.enrollmentC.enlightenmentD.input答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析，engagement參加，加入enrollment學(xué)生入學(xué)人數(shù)，注冊(cè)人數(shù)；enlightenment啟蒙，啟發(fā)；input輸入，鍵入，故選B。2.A.partsB.componentsC.makeupD.minorities答案:D解析 本題考查名詞辨析。part部分，component部件，構(gòu)成部分；makeup化妝；minority少數(shù)民族或種族。故選D。3.A.forB.inC.toD.against答案:C解析 本題考查介詞搭配：an end to

17、sth.。4.A.secondaryB.secondC.middleD.fundamental答案:A解析 本題考查形容詞辨析。secondary中等的，中等教育的表達(dá)應(yīng)為secondary education/middle-school education；fundamental education意同elementary education(初等教育)。故選A。5.A.rifleB.articleC.termD.terminal答案:C解析 本題考查名詞辨析。title標(biāo)題題目；article文章，冠詞；term術(shù)語(yǔ)，詞語(yǔ)；terminal終點(diǎn)，故選C。6.A.associatedB.co

18、nnectedC.showsD.related答案:D解析 本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析。associate聯(lián)系，相處；connect聯(lián)接；show顯示，展示；relate敘述，講述，故選D。7.A.makes ofB.makes outC.makes upD.makes after答案:C解析 本題考查make動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)用法。make of理解，明白；make out清楚，應(yīng)付；make up構(gòu)成，組成；make after追逐，追捕。故選C。8.A.peopleB.populationC.populationsD.citizens答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析。people人，人民；population

19、人口(數(shù)量)，無(wú)復(fù)數(shù)形式；citizen公民，故選B。9.A.insistsB.providesC.suggestsD.supports答案:C解析 本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析。insist堅(jiān)持；provide提供；suggest表示；聯(lián)想；support支持。故選C。10.A.majorityB.commonC.generalD.minority答案:A解析 本題考查名詞辨析。majority大部分，大多數(shù)；the common普通人；如general普遍的；minority小部分。故選A。11.A.inputB.introducedC.transplantedD.imported答案:B解析 本題考

20、查動(dòng)詞辨析。input輸入；introduce引述，引入；transplant移植，植入；imported(從國(guó)外)引進(jìn)。故選B。12.A.inB.atC.onD.by答案:B解析 本題考查介詞搭配。at every level每個(gè)層次上。13.A.inequalityB.equalityC.unequalityD.disequality答案:A解析 本題考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)題意，本句意為“彌補(bǔ)從前的不平等”。equality的否定式為inequality，故選A。14.A.toB.inC.intoD.at答案:A解析 本題考查preference后介詞搭配。preference/prefer

21、to sb/sth偏愛。15.A.entranceB.admissionC.permissionD.allowance答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析。此句意為大學(xué)入學(xué)的準(zhǔn)入，應(yīng)為admission to college，故選B。16.A.onlyB.evenC.stillD.also答案:C解析 本題考查副詞用法。only只，僅；even甚至；still還，仍；also也同樣。故選C。17.A.behindB.underC.againstD.beneath答案:A解析 本題考查介詞搭配。根據(jù)空前句意應(yīng)為“支持”，故選A。18.A.moneyB.fundsC.currentlyD.coin答案:

22、B解析 本題考查名詞辨析。public funds公共資金，其他搭配錯(cuò)誤。19.A.quotesB.quotasC.numbersD.goals答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)空后括號(hào)內(nèi)解釋“固定的數(shù)量”，故選B。20.A.proposedB.disputesC.protestedD.pronounced答案:C解析 本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析。propose提議，提出；dispute爭(zhēng)議，不合；protest反對(duì)；pronounce發(fā)音，發(fā)聲，故選C。Section Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions: Read the following text. A

23、nswer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. In the 1990s, everyone believed that education was the key to economic success. A college degree, even a postgraduate degree, was essential for anyone who wanted a good job as one of those symbolic analysts. But computers, are proficient at

24、analyzing symbols; it is the messiness of the real world that they have trouble with. Therefore, many of the jobs that once required a college degree have been eliminated. The others can be done by any intelligent person, whether or not he has studied world literature. This trend should have been ob

25、vious in 1996. Even then, Americas richest man was Bill Gates, a college drop-out who did not need a lot of formal education to build the worlds most powerful information technology company. Or consider the panic over downsizing that gripped America in 1996. As economists quickly pointed out, the ra

26、te at which Americans were losing jobs in the 90s was not especially high by historical standards. Downsizing suddenly became news because, for the first time, white-collar, college-educated workers were being fired in large numbers, even while skilled mechanists and other blue-collar workers were i

27、n demand. This should have signaled that the days of ever-rising wage premiums for people with higher education were over. Eventually, the eroding payoff(工資的發(fā)放) of higher education created a crisis in education itself. Why should a student put himself through four years of college and several years

28、of postgraduate work to acquire credentials(資格；證書) with little monetary value? These days, jobs that require only 6 or 12 months of vocational trainingparanursing(特別護(hù)理), carpentry, household maintenance and so onpay nearly as much if not more than a job that requires a masters degree, and pay more t

29、han one requiring a PhD. So enrollment in colleges and universities has dropped almost two-thirds since its peak at the turn of the century. Today a place like Harvard is, as it was in the 19th century, more of a social institution than a scholarly onea place for children of the wealthy to refine th

30、eir social graces and befriend others of their class. 1. What is the authors opinion of higher education in future?A.It will be the key to economic success.B.It will become something like professional training.C.The devaluation of higher education will be the trend.D.The focus of higher education wi

31、ll move to computer science.答案:C解析 根據(jù)文章第二段和第三段的內(nèi)容，許多在過去需要持大學(xué)學(xué)歷的工作如今已沒有了，大學(xué)高等教育將逐漸失去重要性，這是一個(gè)趨勢(shì)。2. The author gives the example of Bill Gates to _.A.show the importance of formal educationB.tell readers how to build a computer companyC.illustrate the development of information technologyD.prove the tr

32、end mentioned before答案:D解析 例子作用題。舉例子是為了說明作者的觀點(diǎn)。在文章第三段的例子正是說明作者的觀點(diǎn)，即現(xiàn)在高等教育的趨勢(shì)。3. The word downsizing in Para. 4 probably means _A.reducing in numberB.moving toward the lower sideC.turning downD.manufacturing a smaller version答案:A解析 根據(jù)文章第四段的第一句話相關(guān)。詞匯題常常要根據(jù)上下文確定其含義。4. Why is there a crisis in higher ed

33、ucation?A.People cant get expected payoff from higher education.B.People think its too long for them to acquire academic credentials.C.Other professions are more attractive.D.It is too difficult for people to acquire a PhD.答案:A解析 文章第五段作者談到高等教育自身危機(jī)，以一個(gè)疑問句說明經(jīng)過艱苦努力得來(lái)的高等教育學(xué)位現(xiàn)在的金錢價(jià)值較低，大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的待遇不及普通技術(shù)工人，這才

34、是導(dǎo)致危機(jī)的原因。5. The best rifle of the passage is _.A.The Depression of the White-collarsB.The Devaluation of Higher EducationC.The Impact of Information TechnologyD.The Impact of Downsizing答案:B解析 文章的中心思想是高等教育貶值。通過對(duì)現(xiàn)今高等教育面臨衰退趨勢(shì)的分析，高等教育學(xué)位現(xiàn)在的金錢價(jià)值較低，大學(xué)畢業(yè)生待遇不及普通技術(shù)工人，說明現(xiàn)在高等教育貶值。Part B Directions: Read the tex

35、t from a magazine article in which several people expressed their different opinions on the same issue. Please match the name of each person to one of the statements given below. Tang Haiyang Im fond of new things and like a life that changes every day. If people engaged in this specialty fail to le

36、arn new things and brush up their knowledge, they will be eliminated quickly through competition. Sometimes I think how tiring it is to live a whole life like this. No wonder many people in the IT industry have designed a life pattern of working hard and making enough money to retire at the age of 4

37、0. Dai Ni I dreamed of becoming a diplomat in my childhood. But I never thought of serving as a kids head. Working with children, I feel pure happiness. Ive learned a lot from them, such as the law governing the Internet and websites. The Internet is developing so quickly that young people of my age

38、 do not necessarily know more than the kids do. Chert Bin The greatest attraction of the Internet industry lies in its difference from traditional industries. New ideas can be adopted quickly in the trade. On many occasions there are no defined rules. People give full play to their own abilities. If

39、 its successful, its right. If not, take up a new idea. Theres no fixed pattern here. Lin Sumin The charm of the Internet lies in its possession of some basic things that cater to human nature, things that satisfy peoples desire to communicate while hiding themselves. Everybody wishes to make sincer

40、e friends. But, more and more people are afraid of face-to-face communication. So they indulge in chatting on the net. Chatting on the net is a sort of unreal state. But, is it all true when people talk face to face? Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two e

41、xtra statements. Statements A. I feel happy to have learned a lot from children. B. I hope to realize my media dream through Internet. C. I think people wish to talk with each other without face-to-face communication. D. I must keep on learning new things in this field. E. I can always have new idea

42、s on the Internet. F. Internet is charming. 1. Tang Haiyang答案:D2. Dai Ni答案:A3. Chen Bin答案:E4. Lin Sumin答案:FSection Writing You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section. Part A問題:1. Write a letter to a university abroad to apply for some scholarship in order to study for

43、obtaining a graduate degree in science. You should include in your letter: (1) your purpose for writing the letter (2) your major (3) your academic background You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use Huang Kang instead. You do not need to wri

44、te the address. 答案:Dear Mr Joseph, I have read the announcement of the scholarship in computer science on IT that the University of Florida is offering, and I would like to submit my application. The enclosed application form for admission to the graduate school of your university will give my educa

45、tional background. However, I would like to point out that I have just received a M.S. degree in computer science in Beijing University. And I have worked as a teaching assistant to Professor Liu Wei in the computer science department of Dalian University for one semester. I have a strong interest i

46、n computer science, and would like to concentrate on that field for my advanced studies. I should be most grateful if you would take my request into consideration. And I would welcome the opportunity to have a personal interview. Sincerely yours, Huang Kang Part B問題:1. Below is a graph showing the change in the number of students who wear glasses in No. 1 Primary Sc