6月大學(xué)英語六級(jí)真題預(yù)測及答案詳解

一、真題預(yù)測部分

PartI

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Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayo

nthetopicofCertificateCraze.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowin

gtheoutlinegivenbelow:

1.目前許多人熱衷于各類證書考試

2.其目旳各不相似

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PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)

Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequickly

andanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebest

answerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,

completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

MinorityReport

Americanuniversitiesareacceptingmoreminoritiesthanever.Graduating

themisanothermatter.

BarryMills,thepresidentofBowdoinCollege,wasjustifiablyproudof

Bowdoin'seffortstorecruitminoritystudents.Sincethesmall,eliteliberalarts

schoolinBrunswick,Maine,hasboostedtheproportionofso-called

under-representedminoritystudentsinenteringfreshmanclassesfrom8%to13%.

"Itisourresponsibilitytoreachoutandattractstudentstocometoourkindsof

places,"hetoldaNEWSWEEKreporter.ButBowdoinhasnotdonequiteaswell

whenitcomestoactuallygraduatingminorities.While9outof10whitestudents

routinelygettheirdiplomaswithinsixyears,only7outof10blackstudentsmadeit

tograduationdayinseveralrecentclasses.

"Ifyoulookatwhoenterscollege,itnowlookslikeAmerica,"saysHilary

Pennington,directorofpostsecondaryprogramsfortheBill&MelindaGates

Foundation,whichhascloselystudiedenrollmentpatternsinhighereducation.

"Butifyoulookatwhowalksacrossthestageforadiploma,it'sstilllargelythe

white,upper-incomepopulation."

TheUnitedStatesoncehadthehighestgraduationrateofanynation.Nowit

stands10th.ForthefirsttimeinAmericanhistory,thereistheriskthattherising

generationwillbelesswelleducatedthanthepreviousone.Thegraduationrate

among25-to34-year-oldsisnobetterthantherateforthe55-to64-year-olds

whoweregoingtocollegemorethan30yearsago.Studiesshowthatmoreand

morepoorandnon-whitestudentswanttograduatefromcollege-buttheir

graduationratesfallfarshortoftheirdreams.Thegraduationratesforblacks,

Latinos,andNativeAmericanslagfarbehindthegraduationratesforwhitesand

Asians.AstheminoritypopulationgrowsintheUnitedStates,lowcollege

graduationratesbecomeathreattonationalprosperity.

Theproblemispronouncedatpublicuniversities.In

theUniversityof

Wisconsin-Madison-oneofthetopfiveorsoprestigiouspublicuniversities-

graduated81%ofitswhitestudentswithinsixyears,butonly56%ofitsblacks.At

less-selectivestateschools,thenumbersgetworse.Duringthesametimeframe,the

UniversityofNorthernIowagraduated67%ofitswhitestudents,butonly39%of

itsblacks.Communitycollegeshavelowgraduationratesgenerally-but

rock-bottomratesforminorities.ArecentreviewofCaliforniacommunitycolleges

foundthatwhileathirdoftheAsianstudentspickeduptheirdegrees,only15%of

African-Americansdidsoaswell.

Privatecollegesanduniversitiesgenerallydobetter,partlybecausetheyoffer

smallerclassesandmorepersonalattention.Butwhenitcomestoasignificant

graduationgap,Bowdoinhascompany.NearbyColbyCollegeloggedan18-point

differencebetweenwhiteandblackgraduatesin

and25pointsin.Middlebury

CollegeinVermont,anothertopschool,hada19-pointgapinanda22-point

gapin.Themostselectiveprivateschools-Harvard,Yale,andPrinceton-show

almostnogapbetweenblackandwhitegraduationrates.Butthatmayhavemore

todowiththeirabilitytoselectthebeststudents.Accordingtodatagatheredby

HarvardLawSchoolprofessorLaniGuinier,themostselectiveschoolsaremore

likelytochooseblackswhohaveatleastoneimmigrantparentfromAfricaorthe

CaribbeanthanblackstudentswhoaredescendantsofAmericanslaves.

"Highereducationhasbeenabletoduckthisissueforyears,particularlythemore

selectiveschools,bysayingtheresponsibilityisontheindividualstudent,"says

PenningtonoftheGatesFoundation."Iftheyfail,it'stheirfault."Somecriticsblame

affirmativeaction-studentsadmittedwithlowertestscoresandgradesfromshaky

highschoolsoftenstruggleateliteschools.Butabiggerproblemmaybethatpoor

highschoolsoftensendtheirstudentstocollegesforwhichtheyare"undermatched":

theycouldgetintomoreelite,richerschools,butinsteadgotocommunitycolleges

andlow-ratedstateschoolsthatlacktheresourcestohelpthem.Someschoolsout

forprofitcynicallyincreasetuitionsandcountonstudentloansandfederalaidto

footthebill-knowingfullwellthatthestudentswon'tmakeit."Theschoolkeepsthe

money,butthekidleaveswithloadsofdebtandnodegreeandnoabilitytogetabetter

job.Collegesarenotholdinguptheirend,"saysAmyWilkinsoftheEducation

Trust.

Acollegeeducationisgettingevermoreexpensive.Since1982tuitionshave

beenrisingatroughlytwicetherateofinflation.Inthenetcostofattendinga

four-yearpublicuniversity-afterfinancialaid-equaled28%ofmedian(中間旳)

familyincome,whileafour-yearprivateuniversitycost76%ofmedianfamily

income.Moreandmorescholarshipsarebasedonmerit,notneed.Poorerstudentsare

notalwaysthebest-informedconsumers.Oftentheywindupdeeplyindebtorsimply

unabletopayafterayearortwoandmustdropout.

Thereoncewasatimewhenuniversitiestookprideintheirdropoutrates.

Professorswouldbegintheyearbysaying,"Looktotherightandlooktotheleft.One

ofyouisnotgoingtobeherebytheendoftheyear."ButsuchaDarwinianspiritis

beginningtogivewayasatleastafewcollegesfaceuptothegraduationgap.Atthe

UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,thegaphasbeenroughlyhalvedoverthelastthree

years.Theuniversityhaspouredresourcesintopeercounselingtohelpstudentsfrom

inner-cityschoolsadjusttotherigor(

嚴(yán)格規(guī)定)andfasterpaceofauniversityclassroom

-andalsotohelpminoritystudentsovercomethestereotypethattheyareless

qualified.Wisconsinhasa"laserlikefocus"onbuildingupstudentskillsinthefirst

threemonths,accordingtoviceprovost(教務(wù)長)DamonWilliams.

Stateandfederalgovernmentscouldsharpenthatfocuseverywherebybroadly

publishingminoritygraduationrates.ForyearsprivatecollegessuchasPrincetonand

MIThavehadsuccessbringingminoritiesontocampusinthesummerbeforefreshman

yeartogivethemsomepreparatorycourses.Thenewertrendistostartrecruitingpoor

andnon-whitestudentsasearlyastheseventhgrade,usinginnovativetoolsto

identifykidswithsophisticatedverbalskills.Suchprogramscanbeexpensive,of

course,butcheapcomparedwiththemillionsalreadyinvestedinscholarshipsandgrants

forkidswhohavelittlechancetograduatewithoutspecialsupport.

Witheffortandmoney,thegraduationgapcanbeclosed.WashingtonandLeeis

asmall,selectiveschoolinLexington,Va.Itsstudentbodyislessthan5%blackand

lessthan2%Latino.Whiletheschoolusuallygraduatedabout90%ofitswhites,the

graduationrateofitsblacksandLatinoshaddippedto63%by."Wewentthrougha

dramaticshift,"saysDawnWatkins,thevicepresidentforstudentaffairs.Theschool

aggressivelypushedmentoring(輔導(dǎo))ofminoritiesbyotherstudentsand"partnering"

withparentsataspecial