After reading the article, one would refrain from concluding that_________A． optimism reigns in regard to getting PhD dropouts to return to their pursuit of the degreeB． a PhD dropout, by and large, does not have what it takes to. learn the degreeC． colleges and universities employ a substantial number of PhD dropoutsD． the PhD' s are not earning what they deserve in nonacademic .positions
After reading the article, one would refrain from concluding that_________
A． optimism reigns in regard to getting PhD dropouts to return to their pursuit of the degree
B． a PhD dropout, by and large, does not have what it takes to. learn the degree
C． colleges and universities employ a substantial number of PhD dropouts
D． the PhD' s are not earning what they deserve in nonacademic .positions
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To Miss Bean the most important thing for a student is to ________.A. pay close attention to what the teacher saysB. learn to think and have one’s own ideaC. keep silent and unnoticed in classD. get special attention from the teacher
根据下列材料请回答 61～65 题：DEducators are seriously concerned about the high rate of dropouts among the doctor of philosophy candidates and the consequent loss of talent to a nation in need of PhDs. Some have placed the dropouts loss as high as 50 percent. The extent of the loss was, however, largely a matter of expert guessing. Last week a well-rounded study was published. It was based on 22,000 questionnaires sent to former graduate students who were enrolled in 24 universities and it seemed to show many past fears to be groundless.The dropouts rate was found to be 31 per cent, and in most cases the dropouts, while not completing the PhD requirement, went on to productive work. They are not only doing well financially, but, according to the report, are not far below the income levels of those who went on to complete their doctorates.Discussing the study last week, Dr. Tucker said the project was initiated “because of the concern frequently expressed by graduate faculties and administrators that some of the individuals who dropped out of PhD programs were capable of completing the requirement for the degree. Attrition at the PhD level is also thought to be a waste of precious faculty time and a drain on university resources already being used to capacity. Some people expressed the opinion that the shortage of highly trained specialists and college teachers could be reduced by persuading the dropouts to return to graduate schools to complete the PhD．”“The results of our research”, Dr. Tucker concluded, “did not support these opinions.”1. Lack of motivation was the principal reason for dropping out.2. Most dropouts went as far in their doctoral program as was consistent with their levels of ability or their specialities.3. Most dropouts are now engaged in work consistent with their education and motivation.Nearly 75 per cent of the dropouts said there was no academic reason for their decision, but those who mentioned the academic reason cited failure to pass the qualifying examination, uncompleted research and failure to pass language exams. Among the single most important personal reasons identified by dropouts for non-completion of their PhD program, lack of finances was marked by 19 per cent.As an indication of how well the dropouts were doing, a chart showed 2% in humanities were receiving $ 20,000 and more annually while none of the PhD' s with that background reached this figure. The PhD’s shone in the $ 7,500 to $ 15,000 bracket with 78% at that level against 50% for the dropouts. This may also be an indication of the fact that top salaries in the academic fields, where the PhD' s tend to rise to the highest salaries, are still lagging behind other fields.As to the possibility of getting dropouts back on campus, the outlook was glum. The main condition which would have to prevail for at least 25 % of the dropouts who might consider returning to the graduate school would be to guarantee that they would retain their present level of income and in some cases their present job.第 61 题 The author states that many educators feel that_________A． steps should be taken to get the dropouts back to campusB． the dropouts should return to a lower quality school to continue their studyC． the PhD holder is generally a better adjusted person than the dropoutD． the high dropouts rate is largely attributable to the lack of stimulation on the part of faculty members
Research has shown that__________A． dropouts are substantially below PhD's in financial attainmentB． the incentive factor is a minor one in regard to pursuing PhD studiesC． the PhD candidate is likely to change his field of specialization if he drops outD． about one-third of those who start PhD work do not complete the work to earn the degree
Meeting foreign language requirements for the PhD_________A． is the most frequent reason for dropping outB． is more difficult for the science candidate than for the humanities candidateC． is an essential part of many PhD programsD． does not vary in difficulty among universities
What is considered to be a good student? He is the one who______.A. aims at getting good scoresB. is planning to get a degreeC. is capable of memorizing knowledgeD. has the motivation to learn
They have opportunities to learn from professors they()would not be able to access.A. thereforeB. orC. otherwise
More and more teachers and parents have noticed kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers sold on streets.These printed things look like newspaper but have hardly anything to do with them.You can only find reading materials badly(1) there----some are too strange for anyone to believe, (2)are frightening stories of something even worse, lowever.many of the young students are getting absorbed in such poisonous reading, which costs them what they should pay for their breakfast and bring them nightmares, and immoral ideas in return.Homework is left undone, daily game lost.These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well.The writers, publishers and printers,(3) they are, we never know, are making their silent money.The sheep sk nd wolf's stories seem to have been forgotten once againWhy not forbid this kind of things at school? Yes, both teachers and parents have ask each other for more strict control of the young readers.Yet unfortunately,(4)you want to forbid it, the money they want to have a look at it.Sometimes you may even find several children share one patched paper, which has travel led from one hand to another driven by the curious nature.It really does harm to our society.It has already formed a sort of moral pollution.The (5)teachers and parents need more powerful support.Meanwhile, the young readers need interesting books to help them get rid of these ugly papers.(完型填空)A.OthersB.Made upC.WorriedD.WhoeverE.The more
A: ( )? B: Yes, I'd like to. Thanks.A. Would you like somethingB. Would you like to come to the shop one dayC. Would you like coming to the shop one day
What can we learn from the story?A. Comfort in traveling by train.B. Pleasure of living in the country.C. Reading gives people delight.D. Smiles brighten people up.
The word "scan" in the second paragraph probably means______.A. reading carefullyB. reading quickly and not word by wordC. reading by repeating some important wordsD. reading more than one article at the same time
We can learn from the passage that______.A. Reading is just a way of knowing new wordsB. A good reader must learn more new wordsC. A good reader can think before, while and after readingD. Reading takes a lot of time
AYou may not realize it，but you are doing much more than just studying，when you are at school． School is also the place where you learn to get along well with people． But this is not al-ways easy． What can you do if you just don-t like one of your classmates? If you discover that you have problems getting along with your classmates or friends，the most important thing to learn is tolerance(宽容)． Tolerance is the ability(能/J ) to realize and respect(尊重) the differences in others． We can not change the way that other people do，so it is important to learn to live happily with them．Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other． Getting to know someone may help you understand why they do things differently． Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad． Tolerance teaches us to keep an even temper and open mind ．You need to remember an old saying，"Treat others how you want to be treated"． You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates，so it is important to treat them kindly too．If you tolerate(宽容) something，it does not mean that you have to like it． No one is asking you to change who you are or what you believe in． Tolerance just means that you should respect the differences in others and not try to make them change．It is important to practice tolerance，because it will make everyone's lives easier． Learn to accept(接受) people for their different abilities and interests． The world is very different，and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help you make a difference．21． What does the writer think of school?At school，students can not only study but also_________________________
Which of the following can be adopted as a post-reading activity?A.Guessing word meaning from context.B.Concluding the main idea.C.Clearing up linguistic and cultural barriers.D.Rehearse the reading material.
What would someone learn from this text?A. How to make a lot of money.B. How to write a book about business.C. What the book is about.D. What the writer's family is like.
Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting,and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other,using only his bare hands;and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson,and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves,the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this:“Well,you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night,and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do?”The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered,and then said,“Well,after what I have just seen,I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could,so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”The ending of the passage is__.A.seriousB.mysteriousC.curiousD.humorous
Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting,and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other,using only his bare hands;and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson,and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves,the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this:“Well,you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night,and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do?”The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered,and then said,“Well,after what I have just seen,I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could,so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”The instructors were teaching the soldiers__.A.how to use weaponsB.how to manage without weaponsC.how to beat the enemy barehandedD.how to fight with enemy
Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting,and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other,using only his bare hands;and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson,and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves,the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this:“Well,you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night,and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do?”The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered,and then said,“Well,after what I have just seen,I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could,so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”The soldiers practiced__.A.before being instructedB.after being instructedC.while being instructedD.two days later
Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting,and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other,using only his bare hands;and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson,and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves,the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this:“Well,you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night,and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do?”The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered,and then said,“Well,after what I have just seen,I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could,so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”The young soldier told the instructor that__．A.the important thing was to be braveB.the important thing was to save your lifeC.the important thing was to have a gunD.the important thing was to know the trick
共用题干第二篇Ancient Egypt Brought Down by FamineEven ancient Egypt's mighty pyramid（金字塔）builders were powerless in the face of the famine（饥荒）that helped bring down their civilization around 2180 BC.Now evidencecollected from mud deposited by the River Nile suggests that a shift in climate thousands of kilometers to the south was ultimately to blame一and the same or worse could happen today.The ancient Egyptians depended on the Nile's annual floods to irrigate their crops.But any change in climate that pushed the African monsoons（季风）southwards out of Ethiopia would have reduced these floods.Declining rains in the Ethiopian highlands would have meant fewer plants to stabilize the soil.When rain did fall it would have washed large amounts of soil into the Blue Nile and into Egypt,along with sediment（沉积）from the White Nile.Blue Nile mud has a different isotope（同位素）signature from that of the White Nile.So by analyzing isotope differences in mud deposited in the Nile Delta,Michael Krom of Leeds University worked out what proportion of sediment came from each branch of the river.Krom reasons that during periods of drought,the amount of Blue Nile mud in the river would be relatively high.He found that one of these periods,from 4500 to 4200 years ago, immediately came before the fall of the Egypt's Old Kingdom.The weakened waters would have been disaster for the Egyptians."Changes that affect food supply don't have to be very large to have a ripple（波浪）effect in societies."says Bill Ryan of the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory in New York.Similar events today could be even more devastating,says team member Daniel Stanley,a scientist from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C,"Anything humans do to shift the climate belts would have an even worse effect along the Nile system today because the populations have increased dramatically."According to Krom,the Egypt's Old Kingdom fellA:immediately after a period of drought.B:immediately after a period of flood.C:just before a drought struck.D:just before a flood struck.
问答题Practice 1 ‘Mini presentation’—about 6 minutes In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your ideas. A WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN MOTIVATING STAFF? ● FINANCIAL BENEFITS ● CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ●... B WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN SATISFYING CUSTOMERS? ● A GOOD AFTER-SALES TEAM ● MORE CUMMUNICATION WITH CUSTOMERS ●... C WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN PREPARING FOR A JOB INTERVIEW? ● STUDYING THE JOB ADVERTISEMENT ● STUDYING THE COMPANY ●...
单选题What does Mr. Martinez say about himself?AHe is applying for a managerial position.BHe might benefit from the article’s advice.CHe suffers from the symptoms of stress.DHe recently had an article published.
问答题题目要求： In this part of the test, you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your ideas.Practice 1 (The candidate chooses one topic and speaks about it for one minute.) A How to negotiate successfully when we are in business? B In business, what important role does the communication take? C What kinds of skills shall the technical writers have?
单选题From this passage, we can learn that _____.Ayou can read an ebook on a laptop when you travelByou can order an ebook using the Ebook ReaderCthe ebooks ordered have to be shipped to youDit takes a lot of trouble reading an ebook
单选题What does the writer say about entrepreneurs in the first paragraph?AIt is wrong to assume that they are different from other managers.BThe problems they have to cope with are specific to small businesses.CThey find it difficult to attract staff with sufficient expertise.DThey could learn from the organisational skills of managers in large companies.
问答题Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. High Dropout Rate in US Many young people in the United States never finish high school. Exactly how many dropouts is another issue. Recent studies of dropout rates have had conflicting results. For one thing, schools define and measure their dropout rates differently. Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty parents of public school students do not complete their education. But many other experts and policymakers believe that for the past twenty years, the dropout rate has been around thirty percent. For Latino and black students, the numbers are even higher. Researchers say almost half of them leave school. At the same time, almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without informing their parents. Finding a good job without a high school education is more and more difficult. A Northeastern University study in 2002 found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty-four did not have a job. The lack of high school education can also lead to other problems. An estimated two-thirds of prisoners in the United States dropped out of high school. Recent studies have shown that the majority of students who drop out do not do it because they are failing. Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers. Some students feel that educators place low expectations on them. Teen pregnancies also add to the dropout problem. During the past twenty years, there have been efforts to increase graduation rate through education reforms. Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs. These include alternative high schools to meet special needs. Some programs, for example, provide free transportation and childcare to help young mothers and fathers finish school. Yet special programs can cost a lot, and many school systems have limited budgets. Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school has decreased from the 1970s. This was shown in a report last year from the Educational Testing Service. Experts suggest early warning systems to help identify young schoolchildren at risk of dropping out of high school. They say schools also need to get parents more involved, especially if their children are missing school often. Questions: 1．What is the researchers’ estimated percentage of school dropouts among Latino and black students? 2．What efforts have been made to increase graduation rates? 3．What has been done to help young parents complete their education? 4．Who made a report about the decrease，of Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school? 5．What do experts suggest setting up to help prevent students from dropping out of school?
单选题What does the man mean?AHe would like some help.BThere’s only one point he doesn’t understand.CHe can’t learn the material.DHe thinks that the woman don’t understand the exam.