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Likewise, I don't hear people in the academy saying.“Let's go backward. Let's go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格选人才)”(which was never truewe never had a meritocracy, although we've come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York w here the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I tal ked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better b ecause of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the medianot in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.
36. The word“imperative”( Line 5, Para. 1) most probably refers to something _______.
A) superficial B) remarkable C) debatable D) essential
37. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on dive rsity?
A) Minorities. B) Politicians. C) Professors. D) Managers.
38. High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to _______.
A) lower the rate of unemployment
B) win equal political rights for mi norities
C) be competitive in the world market
D) satisfy the demands of a growing population
39. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A) meritocracy can never be realized without diversity
B) American political circles will not accept diversity
C) it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U. S. media
D) minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity. 40. According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by _______.
A) expanding the pool of potential employees.
B) promoting policies that provide skills to employees
C) training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers
D) providing education for all regardless of race or sex
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on t he Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. The last half of the nineteenth century _______ the steady improvment in the means
of travel.
A) has witnessed B) was witnessed C) witnessed D) is witnessed
42.The shy girl felt _______ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher's
questions.
A) amazed B) awkward C) curious D) amused
43.Ann never dreams of _______ for her to be sent abroad very soon.
A) there being a chance. B) there to be a chance
C) there be a chance D) being a chance
44.It was very kind of you to do the washingup, but you _______ it.
A) mustn't have done B) wouldn't have done
C) mightn’t have done D) didn’t have to do
45.Frequently singleparent children _______ some of the functions that the absent
adult in the house would have served.
A) take off B) take after C) take in D) take on
46.He gives people the impression _______ all his life broad.
A) of having spent B) to have spent C) of being spent D) to spe nd
47.A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial _______.
A) mark B) feature C) trace D) appearance
48.I'd rather you _______ make any comment on the issue for the time being.
A) don't B) wouldn't C) didn't D) shouldn't
49.All things _______, the planned trip will bave to be called off.
A) considered B) be considered C) considering D) having considered 50.John Dewey believed that education should be a preparation for life, that a person
learns by doing, and that teaching must _______ the curiosity and creativity of
children.
A) seek B) stimulate C) shape D) secure
51.Criticism and selfcriticism is necessary _______ it helps us to find and correct
our mistakes.
A) by that B) at that C)on that D) in that
52.However, at times this balance in nature is _______, resulting in a number of
possibly unforeseen effects.
A) troubled B) disturbed C) confused D) puzzled
53.If she doesn't tell him the truth now, he'll simply keep on asking her until she
_______.
A) does B) has done C) will do D) would do
54.The patient's health failed to such an extent that he was put into _______ care.
A) tense B) rigid C) intensive D) tight
55.Does everyone on earth have an equal right _______ an equal share of its r esources?
A) by B) at C) to D) over
56.Americans eat _______ as they actually need every day.
A) twice as much protein B) twice protein as much twice
C) twice protein as much D) protein as twice much
57.In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe
_______ Europe into a great war.
A) inserted B) imposed C) pitched D) plunged
58.The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing
things, _______ is often the case in other countries.
A) as. B) what C) so D) that
59.There are few electronic applications _______ to raise fears regarding future
employment opportunities than robots.
A) likely B) more likely C) most likely D) much likely
60.We had to _______ a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A)go in for B) hold on to C) put up with D) keep pace with
61.What he said just now had little to do with the question _______ discussi on.
A) on B) in C) under D) at