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1、Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985, Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging women.The University was rated among the lowest for the system.

2、In a 1987 update, Milburn commended the progress that was made and called for even more improvement.One of the positive results from her study was a System-wide program to inform women of available administrative jobs.College of Communication Associate Dean Patrica Witherspoon,said it is important t

3、hat woman be flexible when it comesto relocating if they want to rise in the ranks.Although a woman may face a chilly climate on campus , many times in order for her to succeed , she must rise above the problems around her and concentrate on her work.Until women make up a greater percentage of the s

4、enior positions in the University and all academia,inequities will exist."Women need to spend their energies and time doing scholarly activities that are important here at the University." Spirduso said. "If they do that will be successful in this system.If they spend their time

5、in little groups mourning the sexual discrimination that they think exists here, they are wasting valuable study time."1. According to Spirduso,women need to _.A produce a report on sexual discriminationB call for further improvement in their working conditionsC spend their energies and time fi

6、ghting against sexual discriminationD spend more time and energy doing scholarly activities2. From this passage ,we know that _.A there are many women full professors in the University of TexasB women play an important part in adminitrating the UniversityC the weather on the campus is chillyD women

7、make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University3. Which of the following statements is true?A the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985B the number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985C the numbe

8、r of women professors was the same as that of 1985D more and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit in the University4. One of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _.A women were told to con centrate on teir workB women were given information about availa

9、ble administrative jobsC women were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the UnversityD women were encouraged to do more scholarly activities5. The title for this passage should be _.A The University of TexasB Milburn's ReportC Women ProfessorsD Sexual Discrimination in Academia参

10、考答案：1. D 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. DAt the close of each business day, most trained teachers, administrators, politicians, and statesmen make objective analyses of all that has transpired. They then carefully evaluate performance in the achievement of certain specified objectives. You, as a student, would b

11、e wise to adopt the same practice and reflect upon your performance in relating to the achievement of certain personal and educational objectives.First, what was your purpose, your motivational force in seeking an education? Did you seek an education in active performance, or did you seek to be educ

12、ated in passive reception and automatic acquisition(获取) of information that was fed to you? Was the profit motive your primary motivation for obtaining an education? Do you want a better education for the sole purpose of getting a better job? What does the educational process really mean to you?We a

13、re part of a world in which men thrill to the touch of gold and hearts respond to the word money instead of being thrilled by the thought of good. We five in a world in which we are taught that the pursuit of happiness is an equation for the most rapid acquisition of money, by whatever means.If prof

14、it and money are your first priorities, and compassion and commitment to people your least concern, you have done little other than accumulate some facts and compile some information for future reference. If making money is your daydream and losing money your nightmare, if poverty is your worst fear

15、 and making money your most fervent prayer, you have missed the opportunity for education. You have failed yourself and have only received Nome instruction.1. This passage suggests that students should _.A. assess their aims for learningB. learn more to earn moreC. evaluate their politicians and sta

16、tesmenD. keep knowledge to themselves2. The educational procedure should be one in which the student _.A. does what he is toldB. gets a better education to get a better jobC. makes principles of education for self-betterment of their aimsD. approaches the benefits of being well-off3. The author seem

17、s to feel that _.A. people's welfare should be the chief concern in learningB. profit has nothing to do with peopleC. poverty is good for the soulD. knowledge is not the main objective for learning4. A good title for the selection might be _.A. The Benefit of EducationB. Education MotivationProg

18、ress or ProfitC. Self-EducationD. Profit and Money5. The word "nightmare" in the last paragraph is nearest in meaning to _.A. a very bad dream B. unhappinessC. sleeplessnessD. a hazard to your health参考答案：1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. AWe might marvel at the progress made in every field of st

19、udy, but the methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious claim that examinatio

20、ns text what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person's true ability and aptitude. As anxiety-makers, examinations

21、are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn't matter that you weren't feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don't count: t

22、he exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where success and failure are clearly defined and meas

23、ured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of 'drop-outs': young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The

24、 examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce

25、cramming. They lower the standards of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freedoms. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most successful can

26、didates are not always the best educated; they are the best trained in the technique of working under duress.The results on which so much depends are often nothing more than a subjective assessment by some anonymous examiner. Examiners are only human. They get tired and hungry; they make m

27、istakes. Yet they have to mark stacks of hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time. They work under the same sort of pressure as the candidates. And their word carries weight. After a judge's decision you have the right of appeal, but not after an examiner's. There must surely be

28、many simpler and more effective ways of assessing a person's true abilities. Is it cynical to suggest that examinations are merely a profitable business for the institutions that run them? This is what it boils down to in the last analysis. The best comment on the system is this illiterate messa

29、ge recently scrawled on a wall: 'I were a teenage drop-out and now I are a teenage millionaire.'1. The main idea of this passage is _A examinations exert a pernicious influence on education.B examinations are ineffective.C examinations are profitable for institutions.D examinations are a bur

30、den on students.2. The author's attitude toward examinations is _Adetest.B approval.C critical.D indifferent.3. The fate of students is decided by _A education.B institutions.C examinations.D students themselves.4. According to the author, the most important of a good education is _A to encourag

31、e students to read widely.B to train students to think on their own.C to teach students how to tackle exams.D to master his fate.5. Why does the author mention court? _A Give an example.B For comparison.C It shows that teachers' evolutions depend on the results of examinations.D It shows th

32、e results of court is more effectise.Vocabulary1. knack 窍门，诀窍2. embark 乘船，登记3. write off 勾销，注销。确认某食物已损失或无效4. syllabus 教学大纲5. cram 塞入，把某物塞进，突击式学习(尤指应考)，以注入方式教人6. duress 威胁，逼迫7. stack 堆，垛8. scrawl 写/画(的内容不工整，不仔细)潦草的笔迹，七扭八歪的字9. script 讲稿，剧本，脚本，笔试答卷10. cynical 愤世嫉俗的，自私得为人不齿的11. boil down 熬浓，浓缩，归纳难句译注1.

33、For all the pious claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite.【参考译文】尽管所有那些虔诚的说法说考试能测定你所知道的东西，但其结果常常是适得其反，这是众所周之的常识。2. As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none.【结构简析】second to none固定搭配，义：不亚于任何人或事物。【参考译文】(测)考试作为忧虑的制造者，真是出类拔萃。3

34、. induce cramming诱人采用突击式学习方式。Cram尽力塞入，应试突击学习。EX: cram for a chemistry test.为应付化学考试而临时抱佛脚。Cram pupils以填鸭式教学生。4. Yet you have to mark stacks of hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time.【参考译文】他们不得不在限定的时间内，给一大堆匆忙涂写而成的笔试答卷批分。5. And their word carries weight.【参考译文】可他们的话/文字(这里指分数)有份量(有影响)。6. Th

35、is is what it boils down to in the last analysis.【参考译文】这就是最终分析所归纳的一切。参考答案：1. A 2. C3. C 4. B 5. B选词填空Videoconferencing is nothing more than a television set or PC monitor with a camera Through the videocenferencing, not only your voice but also your face, the surroundings and any other graphic and p

36、hisical _1_ can be captured and transmitted through the communication system with or without wires. Of course, when you go into the details, the technology involved is very _2_ and the subject matter littered with jargon. Such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), POTS (Plain Old Telephone

37、Service) or the _3_ behind bandwidth, latency and isochrony which are used to explain how videoconferencing works.Good people communication is _4_ in any business, and the more interaction you can achieve, the more likely it is that your _5_ will be the right ones. Videoconferencing not only allows

38、you to speak to people in different locations, but also note _6_ expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person is really thinking. Meetings are made more _7_ by sharing documents and computer applications that a simple telephone cannot _8_._9_, organizations are discovering the co

39、mpetitive advantages and the power of videoconferencing. With advances in performance, economical pricing, the ability to _10_ essential meeting tools and connectivity to global telephone networks and standardized videoconferencing protocols, videoconferencing is now a practical reality for any orga

40、nization.A) fortunately B) effective C) images D) articulateE) facial F) manage G) decisions H) connectI) advanced J) integrate K) progressive L) conceptsM）pictures N) increasingly O) important答案与解析：1.选C）。空格中要填的是名词，从后面的.can be captured and transmitted可以选出选项中images和pictures，pictures指“画面，图片”，一般指静态的情景；而文中的意思表达的是实时的电视会议，画面应该是动态的，images可以表示动态的形象，画面，故C）images正确。2.选I）。这里应填形容词，修饰the technology。选项中的advanced，progressive，important可以用来修饰the technology，注释1说明了the t