上海交通大学英语水平考试样题及答案

PartIIIntegratedReading(30%)Section1BankedCloze(10%)Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.GiveyouranswerstothequestionsonyourANSWERSHEET.Attention:Youneedtochangetheformsofthewordsinthewordbankwherenecessary.注意：请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理)Anamemighttellyousomethingaboutaperson'sbackground.Namescanbe1)__________ofclassandrace.DatashowAfricanAmericansarefarmorelikelythanother2)__________groupstogivetheirchildrenuncommonnames.Whitepeopletendto3)________morefamiliarnamesthatwereformerlypopularwithmoreaffluentwhitepeople.Thenewstudypurportstoshowalinkbetweennameandoutcomeoflife:Themore4)_________yourname,themorelikelyyouaretolandinjuvenilehall.That'sbecauseweknowthatboyswithuncommonnamesaremorelikelytocomefromasocio-economically5)_________background,whichmeansthattheyalsoaremorelikelytogetinvolvedwithcrime.Eventheresearchersreadilyadmitthatit'snotanamealonethat）_______achild'soutcome,butratherthecircumstanceunderlyingthename.Theresearchersfirstassignedapopularityscoretoboys'names,basedonhowoftentheyshowedupinbirthrecordsinanundisclosedstatefrom1987to1991.Michael,theNo.1boy'sname,hadaPopularNameIndexscoreof100;namessuchasMalcolmandPrestonhadindexscoresof1.Theresearchersthenassessednamesofyoungmenbornduringthattimewholandedinthejuvenilejusticesystem.Theyfoundthatonlyhalfhadaratinghigherthan11.By7)__________,inthegeneralpopulation,halfofthenamesscoredhigherthan20."A10%increaseinthepopularityofanameisassociatedwitha3.7%8)_________inthenumberofjuveniledelinquentswhohavethatname."Still,thestudytheorizesthatteenagersnamedMalcolmmightalso9)___________becausetheirpeerstreatthemdifferentlyortheyjustdon'tliketheirnames.Andsincethestudy'sreleaselastweek,thename-crime10)___________hasbeenwrittenortalkedaboutinmajormediaoutlets.Section2TrueorFalsedecreaseincreasedeprivationmajorconcludeJudgement&SentenceCompletion(10%)Directions:Inthispart,youwillfind7statementsand3incompletesentencesfollowedbythereadingpassage.Forquestions1-7,markY(forYES)N(forNO)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Attention:Forquestions1-7,onemorepointwillbedeductedifyoun’tanswer1eachonecorrectly.注意:1-7题中每答错一题倒扣1分,不答不得分答对得1分;请把答案写在答题卷上,否则以零分处理)Whoaresmarter,menorwomen?It'satopicofcommon––andoftencomic––contemplation,butithasalsobecomeaseriouspolicyissueforcollegesandstudentsintheUnitedStates.Afteryearsofconcentratedefforttoraisetheacademicachievementofgirls,whoinpreviousdecadeshadoftenreceivedlessattentionintheclassroomandbeensteeredawayfromcollege-prepcourses,thenationcanbragthatfemalestudentshaveprogressedtremendously.Thoughstillunderrepresentedincalculusandotheradvanced-levelscienceandmathcoursesinhighschool,womennowoutnumbermenapplyingtoandgraduatingfromcollege––somuchsothatitappearssomecollegesaregivingmaleapplicantsanadmissionsboost.Asaresult,theU.S.CommissiononCivilRightsisexaminingwhethercollegesareengaginginwidespreaddiscriminationagainstwomeninanefforttobalancetheirmaleandfemalepopulations.Considersomeofthenumbersatleadingschools:AtVassarCollegeinNewYorkState,aformerlyall-women'scollegethatisstill60%female,morethantwo-thirdsoftheapplicantslastyearwerewomen.Thecollegeaccepted35%ofthemenwhoapplied,comparedwith20%ofthewomen.Locally,elitePomonaCollegeaccepted21%ofmaleapplicantsforthisyear'sfreshmanclass,butonly13%offemaleapplicants.AtVirginia'sCollegeofWilliam&Mary,7,652womenappliedforthisyear'sfreshmanclass,comparedwith4,457maleapplicants.Yetthenumbersofeachwhogainedadmittancewerenearlythesame.That'sbecausethecollegeaccepted45%ofthemenandonly27%ofthewomen.A2007analysisbyU.S.News&WorldReport,basedonthedatasentbycollegesforthemagazine'sannualrankings,foundthattheadmissionsrateforwomenaveraged13percentagepointslowerthanthatformen.Butpercentagesdon'ttellthewholestory.Itcouldbethatthemenwerestrongercandidates,ortheymighthaveappliedinareasofengineeringandsciencewherewomen'snumbersarestilllower.Butsuchjustifications,eveniftrue,areunlikelytofullyexplainthesenumbers.AtschoolssuchastheUniversityofCalifornia,whereadmissionsrelyoverwhelminglyonstatisticalmeasuresofacademicachievementsuchasgradesandtestscores,thedisparitiesdon'tappear.FarmorewomenthanmenappliedtoUCLA––theUC'smostselectivecampus––lastyear.Theuniversityacceptedaboutthesamepercentageofeach,withaslightedgetothewomen.Asaresult,thefreshmanclasshascloseto800morewomenthanmen.Inrecentyears,severalcollegeleadershaveadmittedthattheirinstitutionsgiveaboosttomaleapplicantstomaintaingenderbalanceoncampus.Moststudentsofeithersex,theypointout,prefersuch2balance.IfVassaracceptedequalpercentagesofeachsex,womenwouldoutnumbermenbymorethan2to1.JenniferDelahuntyBritz,thedeanofadmissionsatKenyonCollegeinOhio,aformerlyall-maleschool,broughtthemattertobroadpublicattentionin2006withanOp-EdarticlefortheNewYorkTimesdescribingthedilemmaofheradmissionsoffice."Whatmessagesarewesendingyoungwomenthattheymust...beevenmoreaccomplishedthanmentogainadmissiontothenation'stopcolleges?"NewYorkTimeshaslongfavoredallowingcollegestouseraceasanadmissionsfactorinordertodiversifystudentpopulations.Shealsowrotethatexposuretopeopleofdifferentbackgroundsandviewpointsbettereducatesallstudents––notjustthosegivenalegup.Wearenotinfavorofacceptingunderqualifiedorclearlyinferiorstudentsforthesakeofdiversity.Butmostcollegesareinundatedwithapplicationsfromstudentswhomorethanmeettheirstandards;thedifferencesamongmanyofthemareslight.Itmakessenseforcollegestopickabalancedpopulationfromwithinthisgroup.Atthesametime,admissionsofficersshouldavoidrigidnotionsofwhatconstitutesenoughmenoncampus.It'snotharmingUCLA,ordestroyingcollegesociallife,toadmitsomewhatmorewomenthanmen.EveniftheCivilRightsCommissionfindspervasivegenderdiscriminationinadmissions,there'slittleitcoulddoaboutthesituation.Suchdiscrimination––thoughnotracialdiscrimination––islegalforundergraduateadmissionsatprivate,nonprofitcolleges,eventhosethatreceivefederalfunding.Commissiondocumentsontheinquirysuggestthatcollegescouldfindmore"gender-neutral"waysofbalancingtheirstudentnumbers,perhapsbyofferingprogramsandextracurricularactivitiesthatattractmen.Thosemightworkforsomeschoolsbutwon'tchangetheoverallscenario.Notwithcollegepopulationscomposedof57%womennationwide.Theissuewe'dliketheCommissiononCivilRightstoinvestigateis:What'shappeningwiththeeducationofU.S.boys?Whyaresofewofthemapplyingtoandgraduatingfromcollege?Theoriesandargumentsabound.Somesaythatboysaremoreactiveandthuslessabletositstillforlongperiods––andasaresult,morelikelytobecategorizedashavingattentiondeficit/hyperactivitydisorderorneedingspecialeducation.A2008studybyresearchersatNorthwesternUniversityfoundthatwhengirlsareinvolvedinalanguage-relatedtask––suchasreading––theyshowmoreactivityinareasofthebraininvolvedinencodinglanguage.Boysusemoresensoryinformationtodolinguistictasks.Thestudysuggestsboysmightdobetteriftheyweretaughtlanguageandartsindifferentways.Raceisafactoraswell.ThegendergapisstarkeramongAfricanAmericanandLatinostudents.Theremaybenoonereason––orsolution.Butfiguringoutwaystohelpboysachieveinschoolisa3betterresponsetothegendergapthanmakingiteasierforthemtogetintocollegelater.1.Asaresultoftheefforttoraisetheacademicachievementofthegirlsforyears,thegirlshaveexceededboystremendouslyinallcoursesincollegesexceptcalculusandotheradvanced-levelscienceandmathcourses.2.Femalestudentsarefacingthelowadmissionratebecausesomecollegesareengagingindiscriminationagainstwomentoachievethebalanceoftheirmaleandfemalepopulations.3.Althoughthemenweretraditionallyconsideredstrongercandidatesinareasofengineeringandscience,theadmissionrateformenintheseareasisstilllowerthanthatforwomen.4.WomenhaveoutnumberedmeningainingadmittanceinUCLAsfreshmanclassthisyearbecausetheiradmissionsgreatlyrelyongradesandtestscoresoftheirapplicants.5.Somecollegeleadersholdthatmostcollegestudentsprefertheirpolicyofmaintaininggenderbalancebyadmittingequalpercentagesofeachsex.6.ThedilemmaofthedeanofadmissionsatKenyonCollegeiswhethertousegenderasanadmissionsfactorinordertoachievegenderbalanceoruseraceasanadmissionsfactorinordertodiversifystudentpopulations.7.AccordingtoJenniferDelahuntyBritz,itisreasonableforcollegestopickabalancedpopulationfromthecandidateswhomorethanmeettheirstandards.8.ActuallytheCivilRightsCommissioncandolittletochangethesituationofdiscriminationincollegeadmissionbecausesuchdiscriminationis_____________.9.Thestudyshowsthatindoinglinguistictaskstheboysusemoresensoryinformation,thegirlsshowmore_____________.10.Despitevarioustheoriesandargumentsaboutwhysofewboysapplytoandgraduatefromcollege,thebettersolutiontotheproblemisto__________________________________.Section3Cloze(10%)Directions:Inthissectionthereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)ontherightsideofthepaper.YoushouldchoosetheONEthatbestfitsintothepassage.GiveyouranswerstothequestionsonyourANSWERSHEET.注意：请把答案写在答题卷上否则以零分处理)Weformmanyofouropinions1_____1.A)byourfavoritebooks.TheauthorwhomweC)frompreferisourmostpotentteacher;welook2.A)withB)withD)inB)through4wereadweakorviciousbooks,our5.A)onthecontraryB)howeverC)ontheotherhandD)anywaywhatwereadanymore6_______wecan6.A)howeverThebestbooksare7______whichstir7.A)themusupmostandmakeusthemostC)theirs8______todosomethingandbe8.A)determiningB)determinesomethingourselves.ThebestbooksliftC)determinedD)beingdeterminedustoahigherplane9_____webreathea9.A)whichdeeds,10______weshouldonlyread10.A)asthosebookswhichhaveanupliftingC)sopower,and11______stirustomakethe11.A)they12_______thetaste,takethe12.A)pureliving.Itisnoteasytobe13______13.A)meanB)meaningfulD)meaningdirectlyafterreadinganobleandinspiringbook.Theconversationofamanwhoreadsforimprovementorpleasurewillbeflavored14______his14.A)withmentalstature.Learntoabsorbthe16.A)themmentalandthemorallifeofabook,andC)whichassimilate16____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