【正文】 rsity has poured resources into peer counseling to help students from innercity schools adjust to the rigor (嚴格要求)and faster pace of a university classroom –and also to help minority students overe the stereotype that they are less qualified. Wisconsin has a laserlike focus on building up student skills in the first three months, according to vice provost (教務長)Damon Williams.State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishing minority graduation rates. For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have had success bringing minorities onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them some prepara tory courses. The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and nonwhite students as early as the seventh grade, using innovative tools to identify kids with sophisticated verbal skills. Such pro grams can be expensive, of course, but cheap pared with the millions already invested in scholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support.With effort and money, the graduation gap can be closed. Washington and Lee is a small, selective school in Lexington, Va. Its student body is less than 5% black and less than 2% Latino. While the school usually graduated about 90% of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63% by 2007. We went through a dramatic shift, says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs. The school aggressively pushed mentoring (輔導) of minorities by other students and partnering with parents at a special preenrollment session. The school had its firstever black homeing. Last spring the school graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will have to pay systematic attention to graduating minorities, not just enrolling them.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。1. What is the author39。s main concern about American higher education?A)The small proportion of minority students.B)The low graduation rates of minority students.C)The growing conflicts among ethnic groups.D)The poor academic performance of students.2. What was the pride of President Barry Mills of Bowdoin College?A) The prestige of its liberal arts programs.B)Its ranking among universities in Maine.C)The high graduation rates of its students.D) Its increased enrollment of minority students.3. What is the risk facing America?A) Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.B)The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.C)More poor and nonwhite students will be denied access to college.D) It is going to lose its petitive edge in higher education.4. How many AfricanAmerican students earned their degrees in California munity colleges according to a recent review?A)Fiftysix percent. C) Fifteen percent.B)Thirtynine percent. D) Sixtyseven percent.5. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates mainly because .A) their students work harder C) their classes are generally smallerB)they recruit the best students D) they give students more attention6.How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students39。 failure to get a degree?A) Universities are to blame.B)Students don39。t work hard.C)The government fails to provide the necessary support.D) Affirmative action should be held responsible.7. Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author?A) They have lost confidence in themselves.B)They cannot afford the high tuition.C)They cannot adapt to the rigor of the school.D) They fail to develop interest in their studies.8. To tackle the problem of graduation gap, the University of WisconsinMadison helps minority students get over the stereotype that _______.9. For years, private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have provided minority students with _______ during the summer before freshman year.10. Washington and Lee University is cited as an example to show that the gap of graduation rates between whites and minorities can _______.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the correspond ing letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。11.A) She will give him the receipt later.B)The man should make his own copies.C)She has not got the man39。s copies ready.D)The man forgot to make the copies for her.12.A) She phoned Fred about the book. C) She ran into Fred on her way here. B) She was late for the appointment. D) She often keeps other people waiting.13.A) Mark is not fit to take charge of the Student Union.B)Mark is the best candidate for the post of chairman.C)It won39。t be easy for Mark to win the election.D)Females are more petitive than males in elections.14. A) It failed to arrive at its destination in time.B)It got seriously