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Part II Integrated Reading 30 Section 1 Banked Cloze 10 Directions In this section there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage Read the passage through carefully before making your choices You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once Give your answers to the questions on your ANSWER SHEET Attention You need to change the forms of the words in the word bank where necessary 注意 请把答案写在答题卷上注意 请把答案写在答题卷上 否则以零分处理否则以零分处理 A name might tell you something about a person s background Names can be 1 of class and race Data show African Americans are far more likely than other 2 groups to give their children uncommon names White people tend to 3 more familiar names that were formerly popular with more affluent white people The new study purports to show a link between name and outcome of life The more 4 your name the more likely you are to land in juvenile hall That s because we know that boys with uncommon names are more likely to come from a socio economically 5 background which means that they also are more likely to get involved with crime Even the researchers readily admit that it s not a name alone that 6 a child s outcome but rather the circumstance underlying the name The researchers first assigned a popularity score to boys names based on how often they showed up in birth records in an undisclosed state from 1987 to 1991 Michael the No 1 boy s name had a Popular Name Index score of 100 names such as Malcolm and Preston had index scores of 1 The researchers then assessed names of young men born during that time who landed in the juvenile justice system They found that only half had a rating higher than 11 By 7 in the general population half of the names scored higher than 20 A 10 increase in the popularity of a name is associated with a 3 7 8 in the number of juvenile delinquents who have that name Still the study theorizes that teenagers named Malcolm might also 9 because their peers treat them differently or they just don t like their names And since the study s release last week the name crime 10 has been written or talked about in major media outlets Section 2 True or False Judgement N for NO if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage For questions 8 10 complete the sentences with the information given in the passage Attention For questions 1 7 one more point will be deducted if you don t answer popular connect favorite race affect compare decrease deprivation act out signify effect derive increase major conclude each one correctly 注意注意 1 7 题中每答错一题倒扣题中每答错一题倒扣 1 分分 不答不得分不答不得分 答对得答对得 1 分分 请把请把 答案写在答题卷上答案写在答题卷上 否则以零分处理否则以零分处理 Who are smarter men or women It s a topic of common and often comic contemplation but it has also become a serious policy issue for colleges and students in the United States After years of concentrated effort to raise the academic achievement of girls who in previous decades had often received less attention in the classroom and been steered away from college prep courses the nation can brag that female students have progressed tremendously Though still underrepresented in calculus and other advanced level science and math courses in high school women now outnumber men applying to and graduating from college so much so that it appears some colleges are giving male applicants an admissions boost As a result the U S Commission on Civil Rights is examining whether colleges are engaging in widespread discrimination against women in an effort to balance their male and female populations Consider some of the numbers at leading schools At Vassar College in New York State a formerly all women s college that is still 60 female more than two thirds of the applicants last year were women The college accepted 35 of the men who applied compared with 20 of the women Locally elite Pomona College accepted 21 of male applicants for this year s freshman class but only 13 of female applicants At Virginia s College of William the differences among many of them are slight It makes sense for colleges to pick a balanced population from within this group At the same time admissions officers should avoid rigid notions of what constitutes enough men on campus It s not harming UCLA or destroying college social life to admit somewhat more women than men Even if the Civil Rights Commission finds pervasive gender discrimination in admissions there s little it could do about the situation Such discrimination though not racial discrimination is legal for undergraduate admissions at private nonprofit colleges even those that receive federal funding Commission documents on the inquiry suggest that colleges could find more gender neutral ways of balancing their student numbers perhaps by offering programs and extracurricular activities that attract men Those might work for some schools but won t change the overall scenario Not with college populations composed of 57 women nationwide The issue we d like the Commission on Civil Rights to investigate is What s happening with the education of U S boys Why are so few of them applying to and graduating from college Theories and arguments abound Some say that boys are more active and thus less able to sit still for long periods and as a result more likely to be categorized as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or needing special education A 2008 study by researchers at Northwestern University found that when girls are involved in a language related task such as reading they show more activity in areas of the brain involved in encoding language Boys use more sensory information to do linguistic tasks The study suggests boys might do better if they were taught language and arts in different ways Race is a factor as well The gender gap is starker among African American and Latino students There may be no one reason or solution But figuring out ways to help boys achieve in school is a better response to the gender gap than making it easier for them to get into college later 1 As a result of the effort to raise the academic achievement of the girls for years the girls have exceeded boys tremendously in all courses in colleges except calculus and other advanced level science and math courses 2 Female students are facing the low admission rate because some colleges are engaging in discrimination against women to achieve the balance of their male and female populations 3 Although the men were traditionally considered stronger candidates in areas of engineering and science the admission rate for men in these areas is still lower than that for women 4 Women have outnumbered men in gaining admittance in UCLA s freshman class this year because their admissions greatly rely on grades and test scores of their applicants 5 Some college leaders hold that most college students prefer their policy of maintaining gender balance by admitting equal percentages of each sex 6 The dilemma of the dean of admissions at Kenyon College is whether to use gender as an admissions factor in order to achieve gender balance or use race as an admissions factor in order to diversify student populations 7 According to Jennifer Delahunty Britz it is reasonable for colleges to pick a balanced population from the candidates who more than meet their standards 8 Actually the Civil Rights Commission can do little to change the situation of discrimination in college admission because such discrimination is 9 The study shows that in doing linguistic tasks the boys use more sensory information the girls show more 10 Despite various theories and arguments about why so few boys apply to and graduate from college the better solution to the problem is to Section 3 Cloze 10 Directions In this section there are 20 blanks in the following passage For each blank there are four choices marked A B C and D on the right side of the paper You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage Give your answers to the questions on your ANSWER SHEET 注意 请把答案写在答题卷上注意 请把答案写在答题卷上 否则以零分处理否则以零分处理 We form many of our opinions 1 our favorite books The author whom we prefer is our most potent teacher we look at the world 2 his eyes If we habitually read books that are elevating in tone pure in style 3 in reasoning and keen in insight our minds 4 the same characteristics If 5 we read weak or vicious books our minds contract the faults and vices of the books We cannot escape the influence of what we read any more 6 we can escape the influence of the air that we breathe The best books are 7 which stir us up most and make us the most 8 to do something and be something ourselves The best books lift us to a higher plane 9 we breathe a purer atmosphere As we should associate with people who can inspire us to nobler deeds 10 we should 1 A by B with C from D in 2 A with B through C in D inside 3 A sound B good C beautiful D hard 4 A have B with C being D develop 5 A on the contrary B however C on the other hand D anyway 6 A however B than C as D but 7 A them B they C theirs D those 8 A determining B determine C determined D being determined 9 A which B where C while D when 10 A as B and only read those books which have an uplifting power and 11 stir us to make the most of ourselves and our opportunities Good books elevate the character 12 the taste take the attractiveness out of low pleasures and lift us upon a higher plane of thinking and living It is not easy to be 13 directly after reading a noble and inspiring book The conversation of a man who reads for improvement or pleasure will be flavored 14 his reading but it will not be about his reading 15 you read read with enthusiasm with energy read with the whole mind if you would increase your mental stature Learn to absorb the mental and the moral life of a book and assimilate 16 into your life 17 is the best reader who consumes the most knowledge and converts it 18 character Mechanical readers remember words the husks of things but digest 19 They cram their brains but starve their 20 If you are getting the most out of a book you will feel a C so D also 11 A they B books C those D which 12 A pure B purify C pore D pear 13 A mean B meaningful C meanwhile D meaning 14 A with B of C by D after 15 A What B That C Books D Whatever 16 A them B it C which D life 17 A It B He C None D Everyone 18 A by B with C in D into 19 A things B something C nothing D anything 20 A hearts B stomachs C minds D tastes capacity for doing things which you never felt before Part III Writing 30 Section A 10 In this Section you have 15 minutes to write an essay on the following topic You should write at least 100 words 请务必写在答题卷上 否则以零分处理 请务必写在答题卷上 否则以零分处理 Your cousin Ming Zhang is going to take thenational entrance examination to college in June However he is under great pressure and simply can t concentrate on his study Please