考研英语阅读理解标准90篇+提高30篇unit11文档格式.docx

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建议时间

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做题备忘

PartA

Text1

文化教育

498

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Text2

科普知识

469

Text3

商业经济

371

Text4

社会生活

406

PartB

606

PartC

449

Directions：

Readthefollowingtexts.Answerthequestionsbloweachtextbychoosing[A],[B],[C]or[D].

EducatorsareseriouslyconcernedaboutthehighrateofdropoutsbetweenthedoctorofphilosophycandidatesandtheconsequentlossoftalenttoanationinneedofPhDs.Somehaveplacedthedropoutslossashighas50percent.Theextentofthelosswas,however,largelyamatterofexpertguessing.Lastweekawell-roundedstudywaspublished.Itwasbasedon22,000questionnairessenttoformergraduatestudentswhowereenrolledin24universitiesanditseemedtoshowmanypastfearstobegroundless.

Thedropoutsratewasfoundtobe31percent,andinmostcasesthedropouts,whilenotcompletingthePhDrequirement,wentontoproductivework.Theyarenotonlydoingwellfinancially,but,accordingtothereport,arenotfarbelowtheincomelevelsofthosewhowentontocompletetheirdoctorates.

Discussingthestudylastweek,Dr.Tuckersaidtheprojectwasinitiated“becauseoftheconcernfrequentlyexpressedbygraduatefacultiesandadministratorsthatsomeoftheindividualswhodroppedoutofPhDprogramswerecapableofcompletingtherequirementforthedegree.AttritionatthePhDlevelisalsothoughttobeawasteofpreciousfacultytimeandadrainonuniversityresourcesalreadybeingusedtocapacity.SomepeopleexpressedtheopinionthattheshortageofhighlytrainedspecialistsandcollegeteacherscouldbereducedbypersuadingthedropoutstoreturntograduateschoolstocompletethePhD.“Theresultsofourresearch”Dr.Tuckerconcluded,“didnotsupporttheseopinions”.

1.Lackofmotivationwastheprincipalreasonfordroppingout.

2.Mostdropoutswentasfarintheirdoctoralprogramaswasconsistentwiththeirlevelsofabilityortheirspecialties.

3.Mostdropoutsarenowengagedinworkconsistentwiththeireducationandmotivation.

Nearly75percentofthedropoutssaidtherewasnoacademicreasonfortheirdecision,butthosewhomentionedacademicreasoncitedfailuretopasstothequalifyingexamination,uncompletedthesisandfailuretopasslanguageexams.Amongthesinglemostimportantpersonalreasonsidentifiedbydropoutsfornon-completionoftheirPhDprogram,lackoffinanceswasmarkedby19percent.

Asanindicationofhowwellthedropoutsweredoing,achartshowed2%inhumanitieswerereceiving$20,000andmoreannuallywhilenoneofthePhD’swiththatbackgroundreachedthisfigureand78%atthelevelof$7,500to$15,000against50%forthedropouts.Thismayalsobeanindicationofthefactthattopsalariesintheacademicfields,wherePhD’stendtorisetothehighestsalaries,arestilllaggingbehindotherfields.

Astothepossibilityofgettingdropoutsbackoncampus,theoutlookwasglum.Themainconditionwhichwouldhavetoprevailforatleast25%ofthedropoutswhomightconsiderreturningtograduateschoolwouldbetoguaranteethattheywouldretaintheirpresentlevelofincomeandinsomecasestheirpresentjob.

1.Theauthorstatesthatmanyeducatorsfeelthat

[A]stepsshouldbetakentogetthedropoutsbacktocampus.

[B]thedropoutsshouldreturntoabetterschooltocontinuetheirstudy.

[C]thePhDholderisgenerallyabetteradjustedpersonthanthedropout.

[D]thedropoutrateisattributabletothelackofstimulationbyfacultymembers.

2.Whathastheresearchmentionedinthetextshown?

[A]DropoutsaresubstantiallybelowPhD’sinfinancialattainment.

[B]ThemotivatingfactorisaminoroneinregardtopursuingPhDstudies.

[C]ThePhDcandidateislikelytochangehisspecializationifhedropsout.

[D]Aboutone-thirdofthosewhostartPhDworkdonotfinishtherequirement.

3.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“glum”（Line2,Para.9）?

[A]bright[B]gloomy[C]clear[D]uncertain

4.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue？

[A]MeetinglanguagerequirementsforthePhDisamorefrequentreasonfordroppingout.

[B]MeetinglanguagerequirementsforthePhDismoredifficultforthehumanitiescandidate.

[C]ItisessentialforthePhDtomeetthelanguagerequirementsofmanyPhDprograms.

[D]ForeignlanguagerequirementsforthePhDvaryindifficultyamonguniversities.

5.Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext?

[A]ThehighrateofdropoutsliesinthefactthatthesalaryforPhDistoolow.

[B]SomanyPhDcandidatesdropoutinthatacademicrequirementistoohighforthem.

[C]Thehighrateofdropoutsisbecauseoftherealitythatthesalaryfordropoutsishigher.

[D]25%ofthedropoutsconsideringreturningto