大学英语六级分类模拟题482
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一、Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：71.00)
The Three-Year Solution
A．Hartwick College, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, makes this offer to well-prepared students: earn your undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, and save about $43,000—the amount of one year"s tuition and fees. A number of innovative colleges are making the same offer to students anxious about saving time and money. That"s both an opportunity and a warning for the best higher-education system in the world.
B．The United States has almost all of the world"s best universities. A recent Chine survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10. Our re
arch universities have been the key to developing the competitive advantages that help Americans produce 25% of all the world"s wealth. In 2007, 623805 of the world"s brightest students were attracted to American universities.
C．Yet, there are signs of peril (危险) within American higher education. US colleges have to compete in the marketplace. Students may choo among 6,000 public, private, nonprofit, for-profit, or religious institutions of higher learning. In addition, almost all of the $32 billion the federal government provides for university rearch is awarded competitively.
六级听力mp3下载D．But many colleges and universities are stuck in the past. For instance, the idea of the fall-to-spring "school year" hasn"t changed much since before the American Revolution, when we were a nation of farmers and students put their books away to work the soil during the summer. That long summer stretch no longer makes n. Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college us its facilities for academic purpos a little more than half the calendar year. "While college facilities sit idle, they continue to generate maintenance expens that contribute
to the high cost of running a college," he has written.
E．Within academic departments, tenure (终身职位), combined with age-discrimination laws, makes faculty turnover—critical for a university to remain current in changing times—difficult. Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure system often stifles (压制) them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging like mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas. residence
F．Meanwhile, tuition has soared, leaving graduating students with unprecedented loan debt. Strong campus presidents to manage the problems are becoming harder to find, and to keep. In fact, students now stay on campus almost as long as their presidents. The average amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and ven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable class, or lured by one more football ason find it hard to graduate. Congress has tried to help students with college costs through Pell Grants and other forms of tuition support. But some of their fixes have made the problem wor.
The stack of congressional regulations governing federal student grants and loans now stands twice as tall as I do. Filling out the forms consumes 7% of every tuition dollar.
G．For all of the reasons, some colleges like Hartwick are rethinking the old way of doing things and questioning decades-old assumptions about what a college degree means. For instance, why does it have to take four years to earn a diploma? This fall, 16 first-year students and four cond-year students at Hartwick enrolled in the school"s new three-year degree program. According to the college, the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated students who wish to save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanced degrees.
H．By eliminating that extra year, three-year degree students save 25% in costs. Instead of taking 30 credits a year, the students take 40. During January, Hartwick runs a four-week cour during which students may earn three to four credits on or off campus, including a number of international sites. Summer cours are not required, but a student may enroll in them--and pay extra. Three-year students get first crack at cour registration. There are no changes in the number of cours professors teach or in their p
ay.
I．The three-year degree isn"t a new idea. Genius have always breezed through. Judson College, a 350-student institution in Alabama, has offered students a three-year option for 40 years. Students attend "short terms" in May and June to earn the credits required for graduation. Bates College in Maine and Ball State University in Indiana are among other colleges offering three-year options.
J．Changes at the high-school level are also helping to make it easier for many students to earn their undergraduate degrees in less time. One of five students arrives at college today with Advanced Placement (AP) credits amounting to a mester or more of college-level work. Many universities, including large schools like the University of Texas, make it easy for the AP students to graduate faster.
K．For students who don"t plan to stop with an undergraduate degree, the three-year plan may have an even greater appeal. Dr. John Sergent, head of Vanderbilt University Medical School"s residency (住院医生) program, enrolled in Vanderbilt"s undergraduate college in 1959. He entered medical school after only three years as did four or five of his
classmates. "My first year of medical school counted as my nior year, which meant I had to take three to four labs a week to get all my sciences in. I basically skipped my nior year," says Sergent. He still had time to be a student nator and meet his wife.
ava是什么L．There are, however, drawbacks to moving through school at such a brisk pace. For one, it deprives students of the luxury of time to roam (遨游) intellectually. Compressing everything into three years also leaves less time for growing up, engaging in extracurricular activities, and studying abroad. On crowded campus it could mean fewer opportunities to get into a prized professor"s class. Iowa"s Waldorf College has graduated veral hundred students in its three-year degree programs, but is now phasing out the option. Most Waldorf students wanted the full four-year experience—academically, socially, and athletically. And faculty members will be wary of any change that threatens the core curriculum in the name of moving students into the workforce.
M．"Most high governmental officials em to conceive of education in this light—as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth," Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, told The Washington Post. "I strongly disagree with this appr
oach." Another risk: the new campus schedules might eventually produce less revenue for the institution and longer working hours for faculty members.
N．Adopting a three-year option will not come easily to most schools. Tho that wish to tackle tradition and make American campus more cost-conscious may find it easier to take Trachtenberg"s advice: open campus year-round. "You could run two complete colleges, with two complete faculties," he says. "That"s without cutting the length of students" vacations, increasing class sizes, or requiring faculty to teach more."
O．Whether they experiment with three-year degrees, offer year-round class, challenge the tenure system—or all of the above—universities are slowly realizing that to stay competitive and relevant they must adapt to a rapidly changing world. Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, asking legislators for more state support, or asking students for even higher tuition payments. Campus willing to adopt convenient schedules along with more-focud, less-expensive degrees may find that they have a competitive advantage in attracting bright, motivated students. The sorts of innovations can help American universities avoid the perils of success.（分数：71.00）
katie goes to tokyo(1).The tenure system in American universities suppress creative thinking.（分数：7.10）
解析：E[解析] 细节辨认题。E段主要阐述的是美国大学存在的问题之一，即终身教职制度。题干中的suppress和creative thinking分别与定位句中的stifles和innovative thinking相对应，故选E。
(2).By quoting Stephen Trachtenberg the author wants to say that college facilities could be put to more effective u.（分数：7.10）
解析：D[解析] 细节推断题。D段主要阐述的是美国大学存在的另一个问题，即教学设施闲置。Stephen Trachtenberg估计一所典型的大学为学术目的而使用其设施的时间是半年多一点儿，然而当这些教学设施闲置不用时仍然会产生一定的维护费用。题干是对原文D段第四句的概括，故选D。
(3).Hartwick College started the three-year degree programs in order to cut students" expens.（分数：7.10）
解析：A[解析] 细节辨认题。A段以哈特威克学院作为引例，开门见山，引出话题，也就是美国许多创新型大学正在进行三年制的学制改革。题干中的cut students" expens与定位句中的save about $43,000相对应，故选A。
(4).More students have Advanced Placement credits in high schools in order to earn undergraduate degrees faster.（分数：7.10）
解析：J[解析] 同义转述题。J段主要阐述的是高中阶段的变化可以帮助学生在较短时间内获得本科学位。题干中的More students have Advanced Placement credits与第二句中的One of five students arrives at college today with Advanced Placement (AP) credits相对应；earn undergraduate degrees faster与第一句中的earn their undergraduate degrees in less time相对应，故选J。
(5).Judson College"s three-year degree program has been running for veral decades.（分数：7.10）
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解析：I[解析] 细节推断题。I段主要阐述的是一些大学进行学制改革。题干中的three-year
degree program has been running for veral decades与定位句中的offered students a three-year option for 40 years相对应，故选I。
(6).The new three-year degree program at Hartwick requests its students to earn more credits each year.（分数：7.10）
解析：H[解析] 细节推断题。H段阐述的是三年制学位教育的优点和哈特威克学院在缩短学制后的具体做法。题干中的to earn more credits each year与定位句中的Instead of taking 30 credits a year, the students take 40相对应，故选H。
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(7).A drawback of the three-year college program is that students don"t have much time to roam intellectually.（分数：7.10）机械工程及自动化专业就业前景
解析：L[解析] 细节推断题。L段主要阐述的是缩短学制这一方案存在的一些缺点。题干中的drawback of the three-year college program与定位句中的There are, however, drawbacks相对应，故选L。
(8).Convenient academic schedules with more-focud, less-expensive degrees will be m
ore attractive to bright, motivated students.（分数：7.10）
解析：O[解析] 细节辨认题。O段客观分析大的是多数学校实行三年制学位教育方案的困难和可行性。题干中的be more attractive to与定位句中have a competitive advantage in attracting相对应，故选O。upgrade now
(9).Universities are increasingly aware that they must adapt to a rapidly changing world in order to stay competitive and relevant.（分数：7.10）
可可网解析：O[解析] 同义转述题。O段客观分析了大多数学校实行三年制学位教育方案的困难和可行性。题干中的are increasingly aware和a rapidly changing world分别与定位句中的are slowly realizing和a rapidly changing world相对应，故选O。
(10).College faculty members are afraid that the pretext of moving students into the workforce might po a threat to the core curriculum.（分数：7.10）
解析：L[解析] 同义转述题。L段主要讲述的是缩短学制这一方案所存在的一些缺陷和弊端。题干中的afraid和the pretext of分别与定位句中的wary和in the name of相对应，故选L。
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三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.00)
President Obama signed a legislation to provide twenty-six billion dollars to the States for education and healthcare. The measures include ten billion dollars for education and sixteen billion for Medicaid, the joint state-federal government medical program for the poor. The legislation will help one hundred and sixty thousand teachers and one hundred and fifty thousand police and public rvice workers keep their jobs. Thus, the measures are good news for them.
The Hou of Reprentatives has approved the bill. Hou members had already begun a six-week holiday when the Senate approved the measure last week. Speaker of the Hou, Nancy Pelosi, took the rare step of calling Hou lawmakers back to Washington to vote on the bill and nd it to President Obama without delay. It is obvious that the Hou of Reprentatives are also very concerned with the progress.
President Obama has stresd the importance of education for all Americans. He said thi
s is necessary for the country to compete among some of the world"s fastest growing economies. In a speech given at the University of Texas, the president talked about the decrea in college graduation rates in the United States. "In a single generation, we"ve fallen from first place to twelfth place in college graduation rates for young adults. That is unacceptable, but it is not irreversible. We can retake the lead. "
President Obama said educational success and economic well-being are linked, especially in a world economy driven by information and technology. His goal is to increa the percentage of college graduates from forty percent to sixty percent by the year 2020. The president said the federal government has already reformed the student loan system and incread tax credits for families struggling to pay college education costs. It is hoped that tho measures would be effective.
Democrats in Congress say spending for the new bill will not add to the federal budget deficit. But some Republican lawmakers criticized the measure. Hou Republican leader John Boehner dismisd the emergency jobs measure as more wasteful spending aimed at pleasing the Democrats" traditional union allies. "The American people are screaming
at the top of their lungs, "Stop!" And Washington continues to spend, spend, spend. "
Hours before the vote, President Obama told reporters at the White Hou that education and the safety of communities should not be a political party issue. "Tho interests are widely shared throughout this country. A challenge that affects parents, children and citizens in almost every community in America should not be a Democratic problem or a Republican problem. It is an American problem. "（分数：71.00）
