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Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are
based on the following passage.
Throughout
this
long,
tense
election,
everyone
has
focused
on
the
presidential
candidates
and
how
they’ll
change
America.
Rightly
so,
but
selfishly,
I’m
more
fascinated
by
Michelle
Obama
and
what
she
might
be
able
to
do,
not
just
for
this
country, but for me as an African-
American woman. As the potential First Lady, she
would have the world’s attention. And
that means that for the first time people will
have a chance to get up close and
personal with the type of African-American woman
they so rarely see.
Usually, the lives of black
women go largely unexamined. The prevailing theory
seems to be that we’re all
hot
-
tempered single mothers
who can’t keep a man. Even in
the
world
of
make-
believe,
black
women
still
can’t
escape
the
stereotype
of
being
eye-rolling,
oversexed
females
raised
by
our
never-married,
alcoholic
(
酗酒的
)
mothers.
These
images
have
helped
define
the
way
all
women
are
viewed,
including
Michelle
Obama.
Before
she
ever
gets
the
chance
to
commit
to
a
cause,
charity
or
foundation as First Lady, her most
urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be
simple to be herself.
It
won’t
be
easy.
Because
few
mainstream
publications
have
done
in
-depth
features on regular African-American
women, little is known about who we are, what
we
think
and
what
we
face
on
a
regular
basis.
For
better
or
worse,
Michelle
will
represent us all.
Just as she will have her
critics, she will also have millions of fans who
usually
have little interest in the
First Lady. Many African-American blogs have
written about
wh
at
they’d
like
to
see
Michelle
bring
to
the
White
House—
mainly
showing
the
world
that
a
black
woman
can
support
her
man
and
raise
a
strong
black
family.
Michelle
will
have
to
work
to
please
everyone
—
an
impossible
task.
But
for
many
African-American
women
like
me,
just
a
little
of
her
poise
(
沉着
),
confidence
and
intelligence will go a long way in
changing an image that’s been around for far too
long.
57. Why does Michelle Obama hold a
strong fascination for the author?
A) She serves as a role
model for African women.
B) She possesses many admirable
qualities becoming a First Lady.
C) She will present to the
world a new image of African-American women.
D) She will pay
closer attention to the interests of African-
American women.
58.
What
is
the
common
stereotype
of
African-American
women
according
to
the
author?
A) They
are victims of violence. B) They are of an
inferior violence.
C)
They
use
quite
a
lot
of
body
language.
D)
They
live
on
charity
and
social
welfare.
59. What do many African-
Americans write about in their blogs?
A) Whether Michelle can
live up to the high expectations of her fans.
B) How Michelle
should behave as a public figure.
C) How proud they are to
have a black woman in the White House.
D) What
Michelle should do as wife and mother in the White
House.
60. What does the author say
about Michelle Obama as a First Lady?
A) However many fans she has, she
should remain modest,
B) She shouldn’t
disappoint the African
-American
community.
C) However hard she tries,
she can’t expect to please everybody.
D) She will give priority to
African-
American women’s
concerns.
61. What do many
African-American women hope Michelle Obama will
do?
A) Help change the prevailing view
about black women.
B) Help her husband
in the task of changing America.
C)
Outshine previous First Lady.
D) Fully
display her fine qualities.
Passage Two
Questions 62 to
66 are based on the following passage.
When next
year’s
crop of high
-school
graduates arrive at Oxford University
in
the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined
by a
new face; Andrew Hamilton, the
55-year-old
provost
(
教务长
)
of
Yale,
who’ll
become
Oxford’s
v
ice
-chancellor
—
a
position
equivalent to
university president in America.
Hamilton isn’t the only
educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France,
Egypt,
Singapore, etc, have also
recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher
education
has become a big and
competitive business nowadays, and like so many
businesses,
it’s gone global. Yet the
talent flow isn’t universal. High
-level
personnel tend to head
in only one
direction: outward from America.
The
chief
reason
is
that
American
schools
don’t
tend
to
seriously
consider
looking abroad. For example, when the
board of the University of Colorado searched
for
a
new
president,
it
wanted
a
leader
familiar
with
the
state
government,
a
major
source
of
th
e
university’s
budget.
“We
didn’t
do
any
global
consideration,”
says
Patricia
Hayes,
the
board’s
chair.
The
board
ultimately
picked
Bruce
Benson,
a
69-year-old Colorado businessman and
political activist (
活动家
) who
is likely to do
well in the main task
of modern university presidents: fund-raising.
Fund-raising is a
distinctively
American
thing,
since
U.S.
schools
rely
heavily
on
donations.
The
fund-raising ability is largely a
product of experience and necessity.
Many
European
universities,
meanwhile,
are
still
mostly
dependent
on
government
funding.
But
government
support
has
failed
to
keep
pace
with
rising
student
number.
The
decline
in
government
support
has
made
funding-
raising
an
increasing
necessary ability among administrators and has
hiring committees hungry
for Americans.
In the past few
years, prominent schools around the world have
joined the trend.
In 2003, when
Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard,
another former Yale
provost, as its
vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed
that in her previous job
s
he
had overseen “a major strengthening of Yale’s
financial position.”
Of course,
fund-
raising isn’t the only skill
outsiders offer. The globalization of
education means more universities will
be seeking heads with international experience
of
some
kind
of
promote
international
programs
and
attract
a
global
student
body.
Foreigners can offer a
fresh perspective on established practices.
62. What is the
current trend in higher education discussed in the
passage?
A)
Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators
from the U.S.
B) A lot of political activists are
being recruited as administrators.
C) American universities
are enrolling more international students.
D) University
presidents are paying more attention to funding-
raising.
63.
What
is
the
chief
consideration
of
American
universities
when
hiring
top-level
administrators?
A) The political correctness. B) Their
ability to raise funds.
C) Their fame in academic circles. D)
Their administrative experience.
64. What do we learn about
European universities from the passage?
A) The tuitions
they charge have been rising considerably.
B) Their
operation is under strict government supervision.
C) They are
strengthening their position by globalization.
D) Most of
their revenues come from the government.
65. Cambridge
University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-
chancellor chiefly
because _____.
A) she was
known to be good at raising money
B) she could help
strengthen its ties with Yale
C) she knew how to attract
students overseas
D) she had boosted Yale’s academic
status
66. In what way do top-level
administrators from abroad contribute to
university
development?
A) They can enhance the
university’s image.
B) They will bring with
them more international faculty.
C) They will view a lot of
things from a new perspective.
D) They
can set up new academic disciplines.
参考答案
：
Passage One
文章大意：
本文是一篇议论文，选自
《新闻周刊》
2008
年
11
月刊，题目为
MICHELLE
OBAMA
IS A BLACK SKINNED BEAUTY!
。全文共五段。第一段作者介
绍作为
黑人女性，她更关注米歇尔
?
奥
巴马，因为作为准第一夫人，米歇尔代表的正是
人们平时极少接触的非洲裔女性美国公民
。
第二至四段介绍过去人们对黑人女性
带有成见的看法，
因此米歇尔将代表所有黑人女性来改变世人对她们的看法。
最
后一段介绍米歇尔作为第一夫人，美国黑人对她的期望，以及她身上所具有的、
< br>黑人女性应该学习的品质。
57.
[
答案
] C
[
定位
]
由题干定位到首段末句
And
that
means
that
for
the
first
time
people
will
have
a
chance
to
get
up
close
and
personal
with
the
type
of
African-
American woman they so rarely see.
[
解析
]
段
末处设题。题干中的
fascination
与第一段第三句的
I
’
m
more
fascinated by Michelle
Obama
相对应。从末句句首
that means
that
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