【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 should have been held back,” is a ment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are highschool graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class, “I don’t know how I ever got a highschool diploma.” Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates having basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can’t learn if they e from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don’t put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They’d rather be sailing. Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they’ve got. They have a healthy fear of failure. People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally don’t have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.46. What is the subject of this essay?A. view point on learningB. a qualified teacherC. the importance of examinationD. the generation gap47. How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of one of the author’s children?A. flunking him.B. moving his seat.C. blaming him.D. playing card with him.48. The author believes that the most effective way for a teacher is to ______.A. purify the teaching environmentsB. set up cooperation between teachers and parentsC. hold back studentD. motivate student49. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors’ attitude toward flunking is ______.A. negative B. positive C. biased D. indifferent50. Judging from the content, this passage is probably written for ______.A. administrators B. students C. teachers D. parentsQuestion 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:Names have gained increasing importance in the petitive world of higher education. As colleges strive for market share, they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. Trenton State College, for example, became the College of New Jersey nine years ago when it began raising admissions standards and appealing to students from throughout the state.“All I hear in higher education is, ‘Brand, brand, brand,’” said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding and is managing director of Lipman Hearne, a marketing firm based in Chicago that works with universities and other nonprofit organizations. “There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.”Not all efforts at name changes are successful, of course. In 1997, the New School for Social Research became New School University to reflect its growth into a collection of eight colleges, offering a list of majors that includes psychology, music, urban studies and management. But New Yorkers continued to call it the New School.Now, after spending an undisclosed sum on an online survey and a marketing consultant’s creation of “naming structures,” “brand architecture” and “identity systems,” the university has e up with a new name: the New School. Beginning Monday, it will adopt new logos (標(biāo)識(shí)), banners, business cards and even names for the individual colleges, all to include the words “the New School.”Changes in names generally reveal significant shifts in how a college wants to be perceived. In altering its name from Cal State, Hayward, to Cal State, East Bay, the university hoped to project its expanding role in two mostly suburban counties east of San Francisco.The University of Southern Colorado, a state institution, became Colorado State University at Pueblo two years ago, hoping to highlight many internal changes, including offering more graduate programs and setting higher admissions standards.Beaver College turned itself into Arcadia University in 2001 for sever reasons: to break the connection with its past as a women’s college, to promote its growth into a fullfledged (完全成熟的) university and, officials acknowledged, to eliminate some jokes about the college’s old name on latenight television and “morning zoo” radio shows.Many college officials said changing a name and image could produce substantial results. At Arcadia, in addition to the rise in applications, the average student’s test score has increased by 60 points, Juli Roebeck, an Arcadia spokes woman, said.51. Which of the following is NOT the reason for colleges to change their names?A. They prefer higher education petitionB. They try to gain advantage in market share.C. They want to project their image.D. They hope to make some changes.52. It is implied that one of the most significant changes in higher education in the past decade is ______.A. the brandB. the college namesC. the concept of marketingD. list of majors53. The phrase “e up with” (Line 3, Para. 4) probably means ______.A. catch up withB. deal withC. put forwardD. e to the realization54. The case of name changing form Cal State, Hayward, to Cal State indicates that the university ______.A. is perceived by the societyB. hopes to expand its influenceC. prefers to reform its teaching programsD. expects to enlarge its campus55. According to the spokes woman, the name change of Beaver College ______.A. turns out very successfulB. fails to attain its goalC. has eliminated some jokesD. has transformed its statusQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.Insides, the area that normally had seats had bee a long white tunnel. Heavily padded (填塞) from floor to ceiling, it looked a bit strange. There were almos