大学英语六级分类模拟题465及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级分类模拟题 465 及答案解析(总分：278.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：25.00)The Three-Year SolutionA. 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 f

2、our, and save about $43,000the 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

3、 all of the world“s best universities. A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10. Our research universities have been the key to developing the competitive advantages that help Americans produce 25% of all the world“s wealth. In 2007, 623,805 of

4、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 choose among 6000 public, private, nonprofit, for-profit, or religious institutions of higher l

5、earning. In addition, almost all of the $32 billion the federal government provides for university research is awarded competitively. 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

6、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 sense. Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purp

7、oses a little more than half the calendar year. “While college facilities sit idle, they continue to generate maintenance expenses 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 facul

8、ty turnovercritical for a university to remain current in changing timesdifficult. Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure sys-tem often stifles (压制) them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging li

9、ke-mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas. F. Meanwhile, tuition has soared, leaving graduating students with unprecedented loan debt. Strong campus presidents to manage these problems are becoming harder to find, and to keep. In fact, students now stay on campus almost as long a

10、s their presidents. The average amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and seven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or lured by one more foot-ball season find it hard to graduate. Congress has tried

11、to help students with college costs through Pell Grants and other forms of tuition support. But some of their fixes have made the problem worse. The stack of congressional regulations governing federal student grants and loans now stands twice as tall as I do. Filling out these forms consumes 7% of

12、every tuition dollar. G. For all of these 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

13、and four second-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

14、 three-year degree students save 25% in costs. Instead of taking 30 credits a year, these students take 40. During January, Hartwick runs a four-week course during which students may earn three to four credits on or off campus, including a number of inter-national sites. Summer courses are not requ

15、ired, but a student may enroll in themand pay extra. Three-year students get first crack at course registration. There are no changes in the number of courses professors teach or in their pay. I. The three-year degree isn“t a new idea. Geniuses have always breezed through. Judson College, a 350-stud

16、ent 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 a

17、t 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 semester or more of college-level work. Many universities, including large

18、schools like the University of Texas, make it easy for these 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) pro

19、gram, 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 senior year, which meant I had to take three to four labs a week to get all my sciences in. I basically

20、 skipped my senior year,“ says Sergent. He still had time to be a student senator and meet his wife. 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 year

21、s also leaves less time for growing up, engaging in extracurricular activities, and studying abroad. On crowded campuses it could mean fewer opportunities to get into a prized professor“s class. Iowa“s Waldorf College has graduated several hundred students in its three-year degree pro-grams, but is

22、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 s

23、eem to conceive of education in this lightas 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 approach.“ Another risk: the new campus schedules might eventually produce less reven

24、ue for the institution and longer working hours for faculty members. N. Adopting a three-year option will not come easily to most schools. Those that wish to tackle tradition and make American campuses more cost-conscious may find it easier to take Trachtenberg“s advice: open campuses year-round. “Y

25、ou 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 classes, challenge the tenure syste

26、mor all of the aboveuniversities 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 stat

27、e support, or asking students for even higher tuition payments. Campuses willing to adopt convenient schedules along with more-focused, less-expensive degrees may find that they have a competitive advantage in attracting bright, motivated students. These sorts of innovations can help American univer

28、sities avoid the perils of success.（分数：25.00）(1).The tenure system in American universities suppresses creative thinking.（分数：2.50）(2).By quoting Stephen Trachtenberg the author wants to say that college facilities could be put to more effective use.（分数：2.50）(3).Hartwick College started the three-yea

29、r degree programs in order to cut students“ expenses.（分数：2.50）(4).More students have Advanced Placement credits in high schools in order to earn undergra duate degrees faster.（分数：2.50）(5).Judson College“s three-year degree program has been running for several decades.（分数：2.50）(6).The new three-year

30、degree program at Hartwick requests its students to earn more credits each year.（分数：2.50）(7).A drawback of the three-year college program is that students don“t have much time to roam intellectually.（分数：2.50）(8).Convenient academic schedules with more-focused, less-expensive degrees will be more att

31、ractive to bright, motivated students.（分数：2.50）(9).Universities are increasingly aware that they must adapt to a rapidly changing world in order to stay competitive and relevant.（分数：2.50）(10).College faculty members are afraid that the pretext of moving students into the workforce might pose a threa

32、t to the core curriculum.（分数：2.50）三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：2，分数：91.00)British universities, groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk. The universities have threatened to impose an admission fee o

33、n students to plug a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks. The government responded to the universities threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation, under a non-party troubleshooter (

34、调停人), Sir Ron Dearing. One in three school-leavers enters higher education, five times the number when the last review took place thirty years ago. Everyone agrees a system that is feeling the strain after rapid expansion needs a lot more moneybut there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayer

35、 and not much scope for attracting more finance from business. Most colleges believe students should contribute to tuition costs, something that is common elsewhere in the world but would mark a revolutionary change in Britain. Universities want the government to introduce a loan scheme for tuition

36、fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. They await Dearing“s advice, hoping it will not be too latesome are already reported to be in financial difficulty. As the century nears its end, the whole concept of what a university should be is under the microscope. Experts ponder how

37、much they can use computers instead of classrooms, talk of the need for lifelong learning and refer to students as “consumers“. The Confederation (联盟) of British Industry, the key employers“ organization, wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from b

38、ooming Asian economies. But the government has doubts about more expansion. The Times newspaper agrees, complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers soared, with close tutorial supervision giving way to “mass production methods more typical of European universities“.（分数：71.00）(1).The chi

39、ef concern of British universities is how to _.（分数：14.20）A.tackle their present financial difficultyB.expand the enrollment to meet the needs of enterprisesC.improve their educational technologyD.put an end to the current tendency of quality deterioration(2).We can learn from the passage that in Bri

40、tain _.（分数：14.20）A.the government pays dearly for its financial policyB.universities are mainly funded by businessesC.higher education has been provided free of chargeD.students are ready to accept loan schemes for tuition(3).What was the percentage of high school graduates admitted to universities

41、in Britain thirty years ago?（分数：14.20）A.20% or so.B.About 15%.C.Above 30%.D.Below 10%.(4).It can be inferred from the passage that _.（分数：14.20）A.the British government will be forced to increase its spending on higher educationB.British employers demand an expansion in enrollment at the expense of q

42、ualityC.the best way out for British universities is to follow their European counterpartsD.British students will probably have to pay for their higher education in the near future(5).Which of the following is the viewpoint of The Times newspaper?（分数：14.20）A.Expansion in enrollment is bound to affec

43、t the quality of British higher education.B.British universities should expand their enrollment to meet the needs of industry.C.European universities can better meet the needs of the modern world.D.British universities should help fight competition on world markets.Exceptional children are different

44、 in some significant way from others of the same age. For these children to develop to their full adult potential, their education must be adapted to those differences. Although we focus on the needs of exceptional children, we find ourselves describing their environment as well. While the leading a

45、ctor on the stage captures our attention, we are aware of the importance of the supporting players and the scenery of the play itself. Both the family and the society in which exceptional children live are often the key to their growth and development. And it is in the public schools that we find th

46、e full expression of society“s understandingthe knowledge, hopes, and fears that are passed on to the next generation. Education in any society is a mirror of that society. In that mirror we can see the strengths, the weaknesses, the hopes, the prejudices, and the central values of the culture itsel

47、f. The great interest in exceptional children shown in public education over the past three decades indicates the strong feeling in our society that all citizens, whatever their special conditions, deserve the opportunity to fully develop their capabilities. “All men are created equal.“ We“ve heard

48、it many times, but it still has important meaning for education in a democratic society. Although the phrase was used by this country“s founders to denote equality before the law, it has also been interpreted to mean equality of opportunity. That concept implies educational opportunity for all child

49、renthe right of each child to receive help in learning to the limits of his or her capacity, whether that capacity be small or great. Recent court decisions have confirmed the right of all childrendisabled or notto an appropriate education, and have ordered that public schools take the necessary steps to provide that education. In response, schools are modifying their programs, adapting instruction to children who are exceptional, to those who cannot profit substantially from regular programs.（分数：20.00）(1).What is the purpose for the author to cite the example of