Part I Writing中英文
Direction：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay bad on the picture below. You should focus on the harm caud by misleading information online. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
It ems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lo their position, often quickly and brutally. Mobile phone champion Nokia, one of Europe's biggest technology success stories, was no _____(37), losing its market share in just a few years.
PartⅢ Reading Comprehension
In 2007, Nokia accounted for more than 40% of mobile phone sales _____(38). But consumers' preferences were already _____(39)toward touch-screen smartphone. With the introduction of Apple's iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokia's market share _____(40)rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft.
snakiWhat aled Nokia's fate was a ries of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO, which he _____(41)in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent in charge
小学语文课堂教学模式of Nokia, the company's market value declined by $23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history.
But Elop was not the only person at _____(42). Nokia's board resisted change, making it impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most _____(43), Jorma Ollila, who had led N
okia's transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by the company's _____(44)success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness.
The company also embarked on a _____(45)cost-cutting program, which included the elimination of thousands of jobs. This contributed to the _____(46)of the company's once-spirited culture, which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company, taking Nokia's n of vision and direction with them. Not surprisingly, much of Nokia's most valuable design and programming talent left as well.
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D.deterioration
F.fault
G.incidentally
I.layed K.shifting L.shrank
M.ansmitting O.worldwide
idickSection B
First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind
Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education come on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.
A) When Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a fires-generation student and Jamaican immigrant, he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education. Like many first-generation student, he enrolled in a medium-sized state university many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and board and the cloness of the school to his family, he cho to live at home and worded between 30 and 40 hours a week while taking a full class schedule.
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B) What Nijay didn't realize about his school—Tenne State University—was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students. At the end of his first year, Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school.
C) Nijay reprents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind. To make matters wor, the schools are ill-equipped to graduate the students—young adults who face specific challenges and obstacles. They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh tho of their peers, are more likely to work while attending school, and often require significant academic remediation(补习).
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D) Matt Rubinoff directs I'm First, a nonprofit organization launched last October to reach out to this specific population of students. He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers find the best post-condary fit. And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about the students and t aside significant resources and programs for them, he says that number isn't high enough.
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E) "It's not only the lective and elite institutions that provide tho opportunities for a small subt
of this population," Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation under graduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year colleges, and commuter stand schools. "Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and broader."
F) Despite this problem, many students are still drawn to the institutions —and two-year schools in particular. As a former high school teacher, I saw students choo familiar, cheaper options year after year. Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they cho community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.
ironyG) "They underestimate themlves when lecting a university," said Dave Jarrat, a marketing executive for Inside Track, a for-profit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students thrive. "The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full ride scholarship and don't even realize it."
