1、Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers,for personnel officers,like most Americans,value degrees from famous schools.A job applicant may have a good educat
2、ion anyway,but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application
3、forms,then.If it turns out that an applicant is lying,most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly.One Ivy League school calls them“impostors(骗子)”;another refers to them as“special cases”.One well known West Coast school,in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all,says that these clai
4、ms are made by“no such people.”To avoid outright(彻底的)lies,some job seekers claim that they“attended”or“were associated with”a college or university.After carefully checking,a personnel officer may discover that“attending”means being dismissed after one semester.It may be that“being associated with”a
5、 college means that the job seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend.One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century that,s when they began keeping records,anyhow.If you don,t want to lie or even stretch the truth,t
6、here are companies that will sell you a phony(假的)diploma.One company,with offices in New York and on the West Coast,will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges.The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from“Smoot State University”.The prices increase rapidly
7、 for a degree from the“University of Purdue”.As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University,the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.以约 30 个单词概括短文要点。_ .根据所读短文,选择正确答案。1.The main idea of this passage is that_.Aemployers are checking more closel
8、y on applicants now Blying about college degrees has become a widespread problem Ccollege degrees can now be purchased easily Demployers are no longer interested in college degrees 2.According to the passage,“special cases”refers to cases where_.Astudents attend a school only part time Bstudents nev
9、er attended a school they listed on their application Cstudents purchase false degrees from commercial firms Dstudents attended a famous school 3.We can infer from the passage that_.Aperformance is a better judge of ability than a college degree Bexperience is the best teacher Cpast work histories i
10、nfluence personnel officers more than degrees do Da degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition 4.This passage implies that_.Apersonnel officers,like most Americans,value degrees from famous schools Bpersonnel officers only consider applicants fr
11、om famous schools Cmost people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school Dsociety should be greatly responsible for lying on applications 5.As used in the first line of the second paragraph,the word“utter”means_.Aaddress Cthorough Bultimate Ddecisive 参考答案 一、1.解析:根据上下文,这里应该填意为“必须”的情
12、态动词。答案:must 2.解析:此处应该是谓语动词的过去式。drove 3.解析:这里需要副词修饰动词 decreased,意为“逐渐减少”。gradually 4.解析:这里作形式主语指代后面的不定式短语。it 5.解析:引导定语从句修饰主语 the day,因谓语动词太短仅 came一个词,故将从句后置。全句意思是:他不发脾气的那一天终于到来了。when 6.解析:suggest(建议)后的宾语从句谓语动词常用虚拟语气,即 should+V 原形,should 可省略。(should)pull 7.解析:take sb.by the hand 是习惯搭配,凡表示“拉、拖、握、揪、牵”等意
13、思的 英语动词都是这个搭配,即 take/seize/pull/lead sb.by the sleeve/hair/arm/nose/ear.答案:by 8.解析:指代上文的 scar,这里用复数指代篱笆上被钉子钉过的洞痕。ones 9.解析:wound在这里是特指前面提到的疤痕 scar,故应该加定冠词。the 10.解析:鼓励某人做某事:encourage sb.to do sth.答案:to succeed 二、1.解析:此处指在他们从一个地方到另一个地方的徒步旅行中,找到某个地方睡觉,故选 A。A 2.解析:两个男孩晚上在帐篷里睡觉,每天靠六元钱生活。live on 表示“靠生活,以
14、为主食”;work on 表示“从事”;carry out 表示“执行,实行”;go on 表示“继续”。A 3.解析:这么艰苦的徒步旅行他们竟然完成了,当然应该感到激动兴奋,而且从李昭说话的内容也可以看出这一点。C 4.解析:旅行于 10月 16 日结束,持续了 9天,故可推算出他们是在 10 月 7日开始旅行的。D 5.解析:本句讨论的是这次旅行的目的。B 6.解析:旅行的目的是使两个“问题”男孩形成对学校及生活的积极态度,故选 D。positive意为“积极的”;negative意为“消极的”。D 7.解析:从上文“他们在帐篷里睡觉”可知此处选 A。A 8.解析:五个人主要沿着 107高
15、速公路步行往前走,故选 C。C 9.解析:根据下文两个男孩被要求写出他们在徒步旅行中所学到的东西,可知此处也应是他们两个。A 10.解析:他们在旅途中参观了许多学校,采访了来自各行各业的不同的人,故选C。C 11.解析:learn意为“学到,了解到”;hear意为“听到”,他们被要求写出旅途中的所见所闻,只说他们所听到的是片面的;cover 意为“覆盖,掩盖,占(时间或空间),包括、涉及,走过(路程),对进行新闻采访、报道”等;recognise 意为“认出,辨别出”。B 12.解析:real life现实生活。B 13.解析:work out 此处意为“制订出,想出”,它还有“解决,确定,使
16、精疲力尽,算出,理解、弄懂,产生结果,发展,成功”等意思;carry on 意为“继续开展,坚持下去”;care about 意为“关心,在乎”;take over 意为“接管,接任,接替”。D 14.解析:“应对困难的挑战”,D最合题意。D 15.解析:迎接挑战会让人更“意志坚决”。A 三、.The passage mainly tells us lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem because applicants find a better college degree sometimes enables them to gain advantage over others in job competition.1解析:主旨大意题,见第二段第一句。学历在求职中的重要,导致了文凭造假成为了一个普遍的现象。B 2.B 3ZK(4解析:推理题,见第二段。著名大学的文凭可以为求职者带来比他人更多优势,才导致了其造假,间接反映了用人单位的标准,所以社会在这个问题也应该有责任。第四题的选项 A有较大的迷惑性,但只要记住原文中不可能有推理题的直接答案,当可避免这类错误。3.D4.D
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