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Section B
Directions:
There
are
2
passages
in
this
section.
Each
passage
is
followed
by
some
questions
or
unfinished
statements.
For
each
of
them
there
are
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
You
should
decide
on
the
best
choice
and
mark
the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre.
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
what
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.
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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.
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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
vice-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
the university
’
s budget.
“
We
didn
’
t do any global
consideration,
”
says
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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
she 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
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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.
Section B
Passage One
【篇章结构】
本文是一篇议论文，
选自
《新闻周刊》
2008
年
11
月刊，
题目为
< br>MICHELLE
OBAMA IS A BLACK SKINNED BE
AUTY!
。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、
黑人女性应该学习的品质。
【核心词汇】
9.
candidate n.
候选人，申请求职者
【文中实例】
Throughout this long,
tense election, everyone has focused on
the presidential candidates and how
they
’
ll change America.
在这个持久而紧张的
选举中，
每个候选人都成为
了众人的焦点，
人们关注着他们如何来改变整个美国。
【实例拓展】
He is running as a
candidate for Liberal party
。他作为民主
党候选人参选。
【举一反三】同义词
applicant
，
seeker
，
nominee n.
申请者，候选人
10. fascinate
v.
使着迷，使极感兴趣
【文中实例】
I
’
m more fascinated by Michelle Obama
and what she might
be able to do,
?
.
我更期待米歇尔
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奥巴马，不止期待着她能够为这个国家做些什
么，??。
【实例拓展】
Her beauty fascinated
every boy.
她的美貌使所有的男孩子
都着了迷。
【举一反三】派生词
fascinated
a.
着迷的
;fascinating
a.
令人着迷
的
;fascination
n.
魅力
11. prevailing
a.
普遍的，盛行的，流行的
【文中实例】
The
prevailing theory seems to be that
we
’
re all hot-tempered
single mothers who
can
’
t keep a man.
时下流行的看法是大多黑人女性都是脾气
暴躁的单身妈妈，吸引不住男人。
【实例拓展】
a prevailing set of
cultural values
一套盛行的文化价值观
【举一反三】派生词
prevail (over) v.
胜过，压倒，占优势
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