2012年陕西省成人本科学位英语考试真题模拟9.docx

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2012年陕西省成人本科学位英语考试真题模拟9 

　　PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

　　Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

　　Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Thefourth-gradersatChicago'sMcCormickElementarySchooldon'tknowChineseissupposedtobehardtolearn.Formost,whospeakSpanishathome,it'sbecomingtheirthirdlanguage.They'vebeenheatingandusingChinesewordssincenursery,andit'snaturaltogivea“nihao”whenstrangersentertheclassroom.“It'sreallyfun!

”saysMirandaLucas,takingabreakfromalessonthatincludesaChineseinterviewwithJackieChan.“I'mteachingmymomtospeakChinese.”

　　TheclassroomsceneatMcCormickisunusual,butitmaysoonbeacommonphenomenoninAmericanschools,whereChineseisrapidlybecomingthehotnewlanguage.GovernmentofficialshavelongwantedmorefocusonusefullanguageslikeChinese,andpressurefromthem--aswellasfrombusinessleaders,politicians,andparents--hasproducedaquickgrowthinthenumberofprograms.

　　ChicagocityofficialsmaketheirbestefforttoincludeChineseintheirpublicschools.Theirprogramhasgrowntoinclude3,000studentsin20schools,withmoreschoolsonawaitinglist.ProgramshavealsospreadtoplaceslikeLosAngeles,NewYorkCity,andNorthCarolina.SupportersseeknowledgeoftheChineselanguageandcultureasanadvantageinaglobaleconomywhereChinaisgrowinginimportance.“Thisisaninterestingwaytobegintoengagewiththeworld'snextsuperpower,”saysMichaelLevine,directorofeducationattheAsiaSociety,whichhasstartedfivenewpublichighschoolsthatofferChinese.“Globalizationhasalreadychangedthearrangementsintermsofhowchildrentodayaregoingtothinkabouttheircareers,Thequestioniswhen,notwhether,theschoolsaregoingtoadjust.”

　　（76）ThenumberofstudentsleamingChineseistinycomparedwithhowmanystudySpanishorFrench.Butonereportshowsthatbefore-collegeenrollment（报名人数）nearlyquadrupledbetween1992and2002,from6,000to24,000.Despitethedemand,though,developingprogramsisn'teasy.AndtheNo.onedifficulty,everyoneagrees,ishavingenoughteachers.Findingteacher“isthechallenge,”saysScottMcGinnis,anacademicadviserforalanguageinstituteandaChineseteacherfor15yearsatthecollegelevel.“Materialsareeasycomparison.Orgettingschoolsfunded.”

　　1.Thebesttitleforthispassagemightbe_____.

　　A.NextHotLanguagetoStudy:

Chinese

　　B.NextHotLanguagetoStudy:

Spanish

　　C.NextHotLanguagetoStudy:

French

　　D.ChicagoIsthePlacetoLearnChinese

　　2.Themostdifficultthingtodoisfinding_____.

　　A.enoughtextbooksfortheChineseprograms

　　B.enoughmoneyfortheChineseprograms

　　C.enoughteachersfortheChineseprograms

　　D.enoughstudentsfortheChineseprograms

　　3.Welearnfromthepassagethat_____.

　　A.ScottMcGinnishasbeenaChineseteacherfor15years

　　B.JackieChanisaChineseteacheratMcCormickElementarySchool

　　C.ChicagoofficialsirerequiredtolearnChinese

　　D.ScottMcGinnisisgoodatgivinghisopinionsoneverything

　　4.Accordingtothepassage,allthefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT_____.

　　A.thenumberofstudentslearningChineseissmall

　　B.ChineseprogramshavefoundtheirwayinseveralmajorCitiesintheU.S.

　　C.g0vernmentofficialsdon'tlikethepressurefrombusiness

　　leadersandparentstostartChineseprograms

　　D.Chinaisbecomingmoreandmoreinfluentialintheworld

　　5Theword"quadrupled"inthelastparagraphiscloseinmeaningto“multipliedby_____”.

　　A.threetimesB.fourtimes

　　C.fivetimesD.sixtimes

　　Passage2

　　Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Manyprivateinstitutionsofhighereducationaroundthecountryareindanger.Notailwillbesaved,andperhapsnotalldeservetobesaved.Therearelow-quaiityschoolsjustastherearelow-qualitybusinesses.Wehavenoobligationtosavethemsimplybecause.theyexist.Butmanythrivinginstitutionsthatdeservetocontinuearethreatened.Theyaredoingafinejobeducationally,buttheyarecaughtinafinancialdifficulty,withnowaytoreducerisingcostsorincreaserevenues（收入）significantly.Raisingfeesdoesn'tbringinmorerevenue,foreachtimefeesgoup,the,enrollment（注册人数）goesdown,orthemountthatmustbegivenawayinstudentaidgoesup.（77）Schoolsarebadbusinesses,whetherrmblicororivate,notusuallybecauseofbadmanagementbutbecauseofthenatureofthebusiness.Theylosemoneyoneverycustomer,andtheycangobankrupteitherfromtoofewstudentsortoomanystudents.Evenave