英语四六级练习题详解

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04

】

The Carnegie Foundation report says that many colleges have tried to be

narrow minded careerism while failing to cultivate a global vision among

their

students.

The

current

crisis,

it

contends,

does

not

derive

from

a

legitimate desire to put learning to productive ends. The problem is that in

too many academic fields, the work has no context; skills, rather than being

means, have become ends. Students are offered a variety of options and

allowed to pick their way to a degree. In short, driven by careerism,

nation's

colleges and universities are more successful in providing credentials

than

in

providing

a

quality

education

for

their

students.

The

report

concludes that the special

challenge

confronting the undergraduate college

is

one of shaping an

introduce

students

essential

knowledge,

to

connections

across

the

disciplines, and in the end, to application of knowledge to life beyond the

campus.

Although the key to a good college is a high-quality faculty, the Carnigie

study found that most colleges do very little to encourage good teaching. In

fact, they do much to undermine it. As one professor observed:

important, we are told, and yet faculty know that research and publication

matter

most.

Not

surprisingly,

over

the

last

twenty

years

colleges

and

universities

have

failed

to

graduate

half

of

their

four-year

degree

candidates.

Faculty members who dedicate themselves to teaching soon discover that

they will not be granted tenure, 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

administrators or colleagues in the content of the publications.

a

college

tries

to

be

all

things

to

all

people

(Line

1,

Para.

l),

it

aims

to______.

A< /p>

）

．

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

saying that

(Lines4-5, Para. 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

olleges

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 iferred from the passage that high- quality college education

calls for

A) putting academic work in the proper context

B) a commitment to students and effetive teaching

c) the practice of putting learning to productive ends

D) dedication to research in frontier areas of knowledge

【答案与解析】

36. [

试题分析

] C

归纳题。

由文章第一段第二、五句可知文章中所说的

all things to

all people

是鼓励学生们尽可 能多地选课、上课。

”

37.

[

试题分析

] B

判断题。参见第一段第四句和第六句。

38.

[

试题分析

]

A

细节题。

第一段第二句提供了答案。

39. [

试题分析

] D

判断题。第二段第一

-

句表明

D

为正确答案。

40. [

试题分析

] B

推理题。

根据学生的情况而进行高 质量的教学是所好大学的关键所

在。

The

Carnegie

Foundation

report

says

that

many

colleges

have

tried

to

be

things

to

all

people

（

.

36.

当一所大学 试图成为

“

所有人的一切

”

1

行，

第

段）

。

其目的是

.

鼓励学生参加尽可能多的课程，

）

In doing

so,

they

have increasingly

catered to a narrow minded careerism

while failing to cultivate a global

vision among their students.

（

36.

这样做的后果：他们越来越迎合狭隘的职业主

义，而未能培养学生的全球视野。

）

（

38.

造成当前美国大学危机的原因之一是

.

狭隘的

职业主义已成为许多大学的主流。

）

The current crisis, it contends,

does

not

derive

from

a

legitimate

desire

to

put

learning

to

productive

ends.

The

problem is that

in too many academic fields, the work has no context;

（

37.

通过说

“

在 太多的学术领域，作品没有上下文

”

（第

4-5

行，第

1

段）作者是指这些领

域的教学不是基于正确的视角，文章提到问题是，在太多的学术领域，这项工作没有背< /p>

景、技能，而不是手段，已经成为目的，第六段指出简而言之，在职业主义的驱动下，

“

国家的大学在提供证书方面比为学生提供高质量的教育更成功。< /p>

”

）

skills,

rather

than

being

means,

have

become

ends.

Students

are

offered

a

variety

of

options and allowed to pick their way to a degree

.

（

36

学生们有各种选择，

可以选择自 己的方式获得学位。

）

In

short,

driven

by

careerism,

nation's

colleges and universities are more successful in providing credentials than in

providing

a

quality

education

for

their

students.

（< /p>

37.

）

The

report

concludes

that the special challenge confronting the undergraduate college is one of

shaping

an

integrated

core

of

common

learning.

Such

a

core

would

introduce

students

essential

knowledge,

to

connections

across

the

disciplines, and in the end, to application of knowledge to life beyond the

campus.

Although the key to a good college is a high-quality faculty, the Carnigie