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Part II Listening Comprehension.(30 minutes)
Part III Reading Comprehension.(40 minutes)
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
57、Questions57-66 are based on the following paassage.
Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education program snow dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping (超过) even the largeststate university teachers' colleges.
A USA Today analysis of newly released U. S. Department of Education data finds that four big universities, operating mostly online, have quickly become the largest education schools in the USA. Last year the four--three of which are for-profit--awarded one in 16 bachelor' sdegrees and post-graduate awards and nearly one in 11 advanced education awards, including master' sdegrees and doctorates.
A decade ago, in 2001, the for-profit University of Phoenix awarded 72 education degrees to teachers, administrators and other school personnel through its online program, according to federal data. Last year, it awarded nearly 6,000 degrees, more than any other university.
Traditional colleges still produce most of the bachelor's degrees in teaching. But online schools such as Phoenix and Walden University awarded thousands more master's degrees than even the top traditional schools, all of which are pushing to offer online coursework.
"We shouldn't be surprised because the whole industry is moving in that direction," said Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. "The thing I would be interested in knowing is the degree to which they are simply pushing these things out in order to generate dollars or whether there's some real innovation in there. "
For-profit universities have been the subject of intense examining in Congress. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, last week released findings from a two-year investigation showing that they cost more than comparable not-for-profit schools and have higher dropout rates. For-profits, the investigation found, enroll about 10% of U. S. college students butaccount for nearly 50% of student loan defaults.
Online education schools, many of which have open-enrollment policies similar to community colleges, say their offerings are high quality.
Meredith Curley, dean of the University of Phoenix College of Education, said many students are returning to complete their education after starting families and changing careers. Their average age is 33, she said, and many work while they attend classes. Becky Lodewyck, Phoenix's associate dean, said teaching candidates must complete at least 100 hours of field experience. She said online classes are "incredibly dynamic" and have the potential to hold students more accountable than face-to-face classes.
"You can't hide," she said. "Everyone participates--everyone has to be fully engaged in the work. "
It can be learned from the second paragraph that four big universities______.
A．have become the largest online schools in the US
B．are the biggest for-profit schools in the US
C．occupy important position in education in the US
D．focus on developing advanced education in the US
58、 The University of Phoenix______.
A．enlarged the scale of its online education coursework
B．made great profit from online education coursework
C．surpassed the traditional universities in scale
D．became the largest university providing online education
59、 Robert Pianta said he was interested in knowing______.
A．where the whole industry was moving to
B．whether there's some real innovation in there
C．how much money the whole industry would earn
D．whether students could get something new
60、 According to the findings released by Tom Harkin, for-profit universities______.
A．account for a large part of students loan defaults
B．cost more than not-for-profit schools
C．have more dropouts than not-for-profits
D．have higher enrollment rate than not-for-profits
61、 Why does Becky Lodewyck say online classes have the potential to hold students more accountable?
A．Because many st~dents have worked before they return to education.
B．Because students must complete at least 100 hours of field experience.
C．Because everyone has to be fully engaged in the work.
D．Because students have a strong sense of responsibility.
62、Questions 62-71 are based on the following passage.
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, a new survey f'mds that most of Generation X's (20世纪60年代到70年代初出生的美国人) young and middle-age adults are tminformed and unconcerned about climate change.
Only about 5% of Gen Xers, now 32 to 52 years old, are "alarmed" and 18% "concerned" about climate change, reports the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research on Tuesday. Two-thirds, or 66% , of those surveyed last year said they aren't sure global warming is happening and 10% said they don't believe it's occurring.
"Most Generation Xers are surprisingly disengaged, dismissive or doubtful about whether global climate change is happening and they don't spend much time worrying about it," said author Jon D.Miller.
The report comes as several Obama administration officials have recently linked extreme weather to climate change. In a report last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cited six weather events last year and said that atmospheric changes caused by the burning of fossil fuels made
Texas' heat wave, for example, 20 times more likely than it would have been in the 1960s.
The Generation X survey of about 3,000 adults, the fourth in a continuing series, found a small butstatistically significant decline in Gen Xer's attention to climate change. In 2011, 16% said they followed the issue very or moderately closely, down from 2296 in 2009.
Why are Gen Xere so indifferent? The report, funded by the National Science Foundation, citesclimate change's complexity, pressing economic concerns and "issue fatigue". It finds educated adults tend to be more concerned about the issue. It also finds partisan (党派的) differences; nearly half ofliberal Democrats were concerned or alarmed compared to zero percent of conservative Republicans.
Miller said he expected that, given climate change's expected impact on future generations, parents of young children would be more concerned than those without kids.
"Not so," he said. " Generation X adults without minor children were. slightly more alarmed aboutclimate change than were parents. The difference is small, but it is in the opposite direction than weexpected. "' Miller said the report suggests that while there's broad awareness of climate change, manyGen Xers prefer to focus on more immediate issues such as jobs and schools.
What do we know about the Generation X according to the passage?
A．They are a group of people receiving little education.
B．They don't believe global warming will affect them.
C．They don't care very much about climate change.
D．They never think that climate change will happen.
63、 We can infer from Para. 4 that the American government______.
A．links extreme weather to climate change since last week
B．is concerned about the consequence of climate change
C．tries hard to inform people the influence of climate change
D．is opposed to the burning of fossil fuels in the country
64、 What does "issue fatigue" (Line 2, Para. 6) mean?
A．Generation Xers are not informed about the issue.
B．Generation Xers are conservative about the issue.
C．Generation Xers are not concerned about the issue.
D．Generation Xers are tired of the issue.
65、 Many Generation X parents don't worry so much about the influence of climate change on their children because______.
A． they are not aware of climate change
B．they don't care about climate change
C．they believe the situation will be better
D．they focus more on immediate issues
66、 What is the author's attitude toward Generation X's indifference?
A．Objective.
B．Critical.
C．Supportive.
D．Neutral.
Part III Reading Comprehension.(40 minutes)
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
57、Questions57-66 are based on the following paassage.
Virtually unknown a decade ago, big online teacher education program snow dwarf their traditional competitors, outstripping (超过) even the largeststate university teachers' colleges.
A USA Today analysis of newly released U. S. Department of Education data finds that four big universities, operating mostly online, have quickly become the largest education schools in the USA. Last year the four--three of which are for-profit--awarded one in 16 bachelor' sdegrees and post-graduate awards and nearly one in 11 advanced education awards, including master' sdegrees and doctorates.
A decade ago, in 2001, the for-profit University of Phoenix awarded 72 education degrees to teachers, administrators and other school personnel through its online program, according to federal data. Last year, it awarded nearly 6,000 degrees, more than any other university.
Traditional colleges still produce most of the bachelor's degrees in teaching. But online schools such as Phoenix and Walden University awarded thousands more master's degrees than even the top traditional schools, all of which are pushing to offer online coursework.
"We shouldn't be surprised because the whole industry is moving in that direction," said Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. "The thing I would be interested in knowing is the degree to which they are simply pushing these things out in order to generate dollars or whether there's some real innovation in there. "
For-profit universities have been the subject of intense examining in Congress. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, last week released findings from a two-year investigation showing that they cost more than comparable not-for-profit schools and have higher dropout rates. For-profits, the investigation found, enroll about 10% of U. S. college students butaccount for nearly 50% of student loan defaults.
Online education schools, many of which have open-enrollment policies similar to community colleges, say their offerings are high quality.
Meredith Curley, dean of the University of Phoenix College of Education, said many students are returning to complete their education after starting families and changing careers. Their average age is 33, she said, and many work while they attend classes. Becky Lodewyck, Phoenix's associate dean, said teaching candidates must complete at least 100 hours of field experience. She said online classes are "incredibly dynamic" and have the potential to hold students more accountable than face-to-face classes.
"You can't hide," she said. "Everyone participates--everyone has to be fully engaged in the work. "
It can be learned from the second paragraph that four big universities______.
A．have become the largest online schools in the US
B．are the biggest for-profit schools in the US
C．occupy important position in education in the US
D．focus on developing advanced education in the US
58、 The University of Phoenix______.
A．enlarged the scale of its online education coursework
B．made great profit from online education coursework
C．surpassed the traditional universities in scale
D．became the largest university providing online education
59、 Robert Pianta said he was interested in knowing______.
A．where the whole industry was moving to
B．whether there's some real innovation in there
C．how much money the whole industry would earn
D．whether students could get something new
60、 According to the findings released by Tom Harkin, for-profit universities______.
A．account for a large part of students loan defaults
B．cost more than not-for-profit schools
C．have more dropouts than not-for-profits
D．have higher enrollment rate than not-for-profits
61、 Why does Becky Lodewyck say online classes have the potential to hold students more accountable?
A．Because many st~dents have worked before they return to education.
B．Because students must complete at least 100 hours of field experience.
C．Because everyone has to be fully engaged in the work.
D．Because students have a strong sense of responsibility.
62、Questions 62-71 are based on the following passage.
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, a new survey f'mds that most of Generation X's (20世纪60年代到70年代初出生的美国人) young and middle-age adults are tminformed and unconcerned about climate change.
Only about 5% of Gen Xers, now 32 to 52 years old, are "alarmed" and 18% "concerned" about climate change, reports the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research on Tuesday. Two-thirds, or 66% , of those surveyed last year said they aren't sure global warming is happening and 10% said they don't believe it's occurring.
"Most Generation Xers are surprisingly disengaged, dismissive or doubtful about whether global climate change is happening and they don't spend much time worrying about it," said author Jon D.Miller.
The report comes as several Obama administration officials have recently linked extreme weather to climate change. In a report last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cited six weather events last year and said that atmospheric changes caused by the burning of fossil fuels made
Texas' heat wave, for example, 20 times more likely than it would have been in the 1960s.
The Generation X survey of about 3,000 adults, the fourth in a continuing series, found a small butstatistically significant decline in Gen Xer's attention to climate change. In 2011, 16% said they followed the issue very or moderately closely, down from 2296 in 2009.
Why are Gen Xere so indifferent? The report, funded by the National Science Foundation, citesclimate change's complexity, pressing economic concerns and "issue fatigue". It finds educated adults tend to be more concerned about the issue. It also finds partisan (党派的) differences; nearly half ofliberal Democrats were concerned or alarmed compared to zero percent of conservative Republicans.
Miller said he expected that, given climate change's expected impact on future generations, parents of young children would be more concerned than those without kids.
"Not so," he said. " Generation X adults without minor children were. slightly more alarmed aboutclimate change than were parents. The difference is small, but it is in the opposite direction than weexpected. "' Miller said the report suggests that while there's broad awareness of climate change, manyGen Xers prefer to focus on more immediate issues such as jobs and schools.
What do we know about the Generation X according to the passage?
A．They are a group of people receiving little education.
B．They don't believe global warming will affect them.
C．They don't care very much about climate change.
D．They never think that climate change will happen.
63、 We can infer from Para. 4 that the American government______.
A．links extreme weather to climate change since last week
B．is concerned about the consequence of climate change
C．tries hard to inform people the influence of climate change
D．is opposed to the burning of fossil fuels in the country
64、 What does "issue fatigue" (Line 2, Para. 6) mean?
A．Generation Xers are not informed about the issue.
B．Generation Xers are conservative about the issue.
C．Generation Xers are not concerned about the issue.
D．Generation Xers are tired of the issue.
65、 Many Generation X parents don't worry so much about the influence of climate change on their children because______.
A． they are not aware of climate change
B．they don't care about climate change
C．they believe the situation will be better
D．they focus more on immediate issues
66、 What is the author's attitude toward Generation X's indifference?
A．Objective.
B．Critical.
C．Supportive.
D．Neutral.
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