" Not surprisingly, over the last twenty years colleges and universities have failed to graduate half of their four-year degree candidates. Faculty members who dedicated themselves to teaching soon discover that they will not be granted tenure (终身任期), promotion, or substantial salary increases. Yet 70 percent of all faculty say their interests lie more in teaching than in research. Additionally, a frequent complaint among young scholars is that"There is pressure to publish, although there is virtually no interest among administrators or colleagues in the content of the publications. "
36.When a college tries to be "all things to al people" (Lines 1-2, Para. 1) it aims to
_______ .
A) satisfy the needs of all kinds of students simultaneously.
B) focus on training students in various skills.
C) encourage students to take as many courses as possible.
D) make learning serve academic rather than productive ends.
37.By saying that "in too many academic fields, the work has no context" (Lin es4-5, Pare. 1)
the author means that the teaching in these areas ______ .
A) ignores the actual situation.
B) is not based on the right perspective.
C) only focuses on an integrated core of common learning.
D) gives priority to the cultivation of a global vision among students.
38.One of the reasons for the current crisis in American colleges and universities is that
_______ .
A) a narrow vocationalism has come to dominate many colleges.
B) students don't have enough freedom in choosing what they want to learn.
C) skills are being taught as a means to an end.
D) students are only interested in obtaining credentials.
39.American colleges and universities failed to graduate half of their four-year degree
candidates because _______ .
A) most of them lack high-quality faculties.
B) the interests of most faculty members lie in research.
C) there are not enough incentives for students to study hard.
D) they attach greater importance to research and publication than to teaching .
40.It can be inferred from the passage that high-quality college education calls for _______ .
A) putting academic work in the proper context.
B) a commitment to students and effective teaching.
C) the practice of putting leaning to productive ends.
D) dedication to research in frontier areas of knowledge.
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 that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41.The Space Age ______ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.
A) initiated
B) originated
C) embarked
D) commenced
42.John said that he didn't quite _______ and asked me to repeat what I had said.
A) snatch up
B) summon up
C) catch on
D) watch out
43.When he tried to make a ______ , he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.
A) complaint
B) claim
C) reservation
D) decision
44.A budget of five dollars a day is totally _______ for a trip round Europe.
A) inadequate
B) incapable
C) incompatible
D) invalid
45.In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled worker is ______.
A) shrinking
B) obscuring
C) altering
D) constraining
46.The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ______ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.
A) decrease
B) subtract
C) minimize
D) degrade
47.If the world is to remain peaceful the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit
local _______ .
A) collisions
B) combats
C) contradictions
D) conflicts
48.Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when ______ in the middle of the
Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door .
A) gliding
B) cruising
C) piloting
D) patrolling
49.In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed ______ in Chicago and New York City.
A) homogeneously
B) simultaneously
C) spontaneously
D) harmoniously
50.The court considers a financial ______ to be an appropriate way o
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