现吨市安达阳光实验学校高三英语阅读理解专题突破（2）
Passage 1
Cole Bettles had been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California, San Diego, last month, congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus. His mother booked a hotel in San Diego, and the 18-year-old Ojai high school nior arranged for his grandfather, uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour.
“They were like ‘Oh my God, that’s so awesome （棒的）’， ” Bettles said. Right before he got in bed, he checked his e-mail one last time and found another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had been denied.
In fact, all 28, 000 students turned away from UC San Diego, in one of the toughest college entrance asons on record, had received the same incorrect message. The students’ hopes had been raid and then dashed （破灭） in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications in the Internet age.
UCSD admissions director Mae Brown called it an “administrative error” but refud to say who had made the mistake, or if tho responsible would be disciplined （受训）。
The e-mail, which began, “We’re thrilled that you’ve been admitted to UC San Diego, and we’re showcasing （展示） our beautiful campus on Admit Day, ” was nt to the full 46, 000 students who had applied, instead of just the 18, 000 who got in, Brown said.
The error was discovered almost immediately by her staff, who nt an apology within hours.
“It was really thrilling for a few hours; now he’s crushed （压垮）， ” said Cole’s mother, Tracy Bettles. “It’s really tough on them.”
The admissions director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e-mails and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents. She said she took full responsibility for the error. “We accesd the wrong databa. We recognize the incredible pain receiving this fal encouragement caud. It was not our intent.”
东西英语
56. How many students received an admission e-mail from the University of California, San Diego （UCSD）？
A. 18, 000 B. 28, 000 C. 46, 000 D. 18
蜜豆的做法 57. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the wrong e-mail message?
A. The mistake was made on purpo to cau pain among the applicants.
B. It was UCSD admissions director Mae Brown who made the mistake.
上海介绍 C. UCSD admissions staff got information from the wrong databa.
D. Staff did not discover the mistake until next Monday.
回到初相恋 58. The admissions director Mae Brown did what she could to __________.
A. protect the person who made the mistake
生日祝福语简短独特 B. punish herlf for the mistake
C. make up for the mistake
再生制动 D. help the disappointed students enter the university
59. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Cole Bettles was admitted to the UCSD.
支青
B. Cole Bettles was rejected y a famous university.
C. USCD admissions office often makes “administration errors”。
D. Fal admission information raid the students’ hopes and then dashed them.
参考答案
56.C 57.C 58.C 59.D
Passage 2
Like most people, I’ve long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a standard people u to e how smart or talented I am. Recently, however, I was disappointed to e that it also decides how I’m treated as a person.
Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to rve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances（泛泛之交）。 One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then asked me back with his finger minutes later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I’d been.
I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon （勤杂工） by plenty of people. But at 19 years old, I believed I derved inferior treatment from professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I’d be sitting at their table, waiting to be rved.
Once I graduated, I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first day, I heard a re
摆渡者spectful tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was the way the professional world worked .
I soon found out differently. I sat veral feet away from an advertising sales reprentative with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediately evident. Perhaps it was becau money was involved, but people ud a tone with Kristen that they never ud with me.
