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综合
2006年12月真题
TheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsrecentlyreleasedtheresultsofits“ReadingatRisk”survey,whichdescribedthemovementoftheAmericanpublicawayfrombooksandliteratureandtowardtelevisionandelectronicmedia.Accordingtothesurvey,“readingisonthedeclineonevery(62)region,withineveryethnicgroup,andateveryeducationallevel.”
ThedaytheNEAreportreleased,theU.S.House,inatie(63)Vote,upheldthegovernment’srighttoobtainbookstoreandlibraryrecordsunderaprovisionoftheUSAPatriotAct.TheHouseproposalwouldhavebarredthefederalgovernment(64)fromdemandlibraryrecords,readinglists,bookcustomerlistsandothermaterialinterrorismandintelligenceinvestigations.
Thesetwoeventsarecompletelyunrelatedto,yetthey(65)echoeachotherinthemessagetheysendabouttheplaceofbooksandreadinginAmericanculture.Attheheart(66)oftheNEAsurveyisthebeliefinourdemocraticSystemdependsonleaderswhocanthinkcritically,analyze(67)textsanddiscussingbooksandliterature.Atthesametime,throughaprovisionofthePatriotAct,theleadersofourcountryareunconsciouslysendingthemessagethatreading(68)maybeconnectedtodesirableactivitiesthatmightundermineoursystemofgovernmentratherthanhelpingdemocracyflourish.
Ourculture’sdeclineinreadingbeginwellbeforethe(69)existenceofthePatriotAct.Duringthe1980s’culturewars,schoolsystemsacrossthecountrypulledsomebooksfrom(70)libraryshelvesbecauseitscontentwasdeemedbyparentsandteacherstobeinappropriate.Nowwhatstartedinschoolsacrossthecountryisplayingitselfoutonanationstageand(71)ispossiblyhavinganimpactonthereadinghabitsoftheAmericanpublic.
2006年6月真题
Untilrecently,dyslexiaandotherreadingproblemswereamysterytomostteachersandparents.Asaresult,toomanykidspassedthroughschoolwithoutmastertheprintedpage.(S1)Someweretreatedasmentallydeficient:
manywereleftfunctionallyilliterate(文盲的),unabletoevermeettheirpotential.Butinthelastseveralyears,there’sbeenarevolutioninthatwe’velearnedaboutreadinganddyslexia.(S2)Scientistsareusingavarietyofnewimagingtechniquestowatchthebrainatwork.Theirexperimentshaveshownthatreadingdisordersaremostlikelytheresultofwhatis,inaneffect,(S3)faultywiringinthebrain—notlazy,stupidityorapoorhome(S4)environment.There’salsoconvincingevidencewhichdyslexia(S5)islargelyinherited.Itisnowconsideredachronicproblemforsomekids,notjusta“phase”.Scientistshavealsodiscardedanotheroldstereotypethatalmostalldyslexicsareboys.Studiesindicatethatmanygirlsareaffectingaswell(S6)andnotgettinghelp.
Atsametime,educationalresearchershavecomeup(S7)withinnovativeteachingstrategiesforkidswhoarehavingtroublelearningtoread.Newscreeningtestsareidentifyingchildrenatriskbeforetheygetdiscouragedbyyearof(S8)frustrationandfailure.Andeducatorsaretryingtogetthemessagetoparentsthattheyshouldbeonthealertforthefirstsignsofpotentialproblems.
It’sanurgentmission.Massliteracyisarelativenew(S9)socialgoal.Ahundredyearsagopeopledidn’tneedtobegoodreadersinordertoearnaliving.ButintheInformationAge,noonecangetbywithknowinghowtoreadwelland(S10)understandincreasinglycomplexmaterial.
2005年12月真题
EveryweekhundredsofCVs(简历)landonourdesks.We’veseenitall:
CVsprintedonpinkpaper,CVsthatare10pageslongandCVswithsillymistakesinfirstparagraph.A(S1)goodCVisyourpassporttoaninterviewand,ultimate,to(S2)thejobyouwant.
Initialimpressionsarevital,andabadlypresentedCVcouldmeanacceptance,regardlessofwhat’sinit.(S3)
Hereareafewwaystoavoidendupontherejectpile.(S4)
PrintyourCVongood-qualitywhitepaper.CVswithflowerybackgroundsorpinkpaperwillstandoutuponallthewrongreasons(S5)
Getsomeonetocheckforspellingandgrammaticalerrors,becauseaspell-checkerwillpickupevery(S6)mistake.CVswitherrorswillberejected—itshowsthatyoudon’tpayattentiontodetail.
Restrictyourselftooneortwopages,andlistinganypublicationsorrefereesonaseparatesheet.(S7)IfyouaresendingyourCVelectronically,checktheformattingbysendingittoyourselffirst.Keepup(S8)theformatsimple.
Donotsendaphotounlessspecificallyrequested.Ifyouhavetosendone,makesureitisonetakingina(S9)professionalsetting,ratherthanaholidaysnap.
Gettingthepresentationrightisjustthefirststep.Whataboutthecontent?
TheRulehereistokeepitfactualandtruthful.Exaggerationsusuallygetfindout.Andremember(S10)totailoryourCVtoeachdifferentjob.
2005年1月真题
TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)saysitsten-yearcampaigntoremoveleprosy(麻风病)asaworldhealthproblemhasbeensuccessful.DoctorBrundtland,headoftheWHO,saysanumberofleprosycasesaroundtheworldhas(S1)beencutofninetypercentduringthepasttenyears.Shesays(S2)effortsarecontinuingtocompleteendthedisease.(S3)
Leprosyiscausedbybacteriaspreadthroughliquidfromthenoseandmouth.Thediseasemainlyeffectstheskinand(S4)nerves.However,ifleprosyisnottreateditcancausepermanentdamagefortheskin,nerves,eyes,armsorlegs.(S5)
In1999,aninternationalcampaignbegantoendleprosy.TheWHO,governmentsofcountriesmostaffectedbythedisease,andseveralothergroupsarepartofthecampaign.Thisallianceguaranteesthatallleprosypatients,eventhey(S6)arepoor,havearighttothemostmoderntreatment.
DoctorBrundtlandsaysleprosyisnolongeradiseasethatrequireslife-longtreatmentsbymedicalexperts.Instead,patientscantakethatiscalledamulti-drugtherapy.This(S7)moderntreatmentwillcureleprosyin6to12months,dependontheformofthedisease.Thetreatmentcombines(S8)severaldrugstakendailyoronceamonth.TheWHOhasgivenmulti-drugtherapytopatientsfreelyforthelastfive(S9)years.Themembersoftheallianceagainstleprosyplantotargetthecountrieswhichstillthreatenedbyleprosy.Among(S10)theestimated600,000victimsaroundtheworld,theWHObelievesabout70%areinIndia.ThediseasealsoremainsaprobleminAfricaandSouthAmerica.
2004年6月真题
Culturereferstothesocialheritageofapeople—thelearnedpatternsforthinking,feelingandactingthatcharacterizeapopulationorsociety,includetheexpressionofthese(S1)patternsinmaterialthings.Cultureiscomposeofnonmaterialculture—(S2)abstractcreationslikevalues,beliefs,customsandinstitutionalarrangements—andmaterialculture—physicalobjectlikecookingpots,computersandbathtubs(S3).Insum,culturereflectsboththeideasweshareoreverythingwemake(S4).Inordinaryspeech,apersonofcultureistheindividualcanspeakanotherlanguage—thepersonwho(S5)isunfamiliarwiththearts,music,literature,philosophy,or(S6)history.Buttosociologists,tobehumanistobecultured,becauseofcultureisthecommonworldofexperiencewe(S7)sharewithothermembersofourgroup.
Cultureisessentiallytoourhumanness.Itprovidesa(S8)kindofmapforrelatingtoothers.Considerhowyoufeelyourwayaboutsociallife.Howdoyouknowhowtoactinaclassroom,oradepartmentstore,ortowardapersonwhosmilesorlaughatyou(S9)?
Yourculturesuppliesyoubybroad,standardized,(S10)ready-madeanswersfordealingwitheachofthesesituations.
Therefore,ifweknowaperson’sculture,wecanunderstandandevenpredictagooddealofhisbehavior.
2003年12月真题
ThomasMalthuspublishedhis“EssayonthePrincipleofPopulation”almost200yearsago.Eversincethen,forecastershavebeingwarningthatworldwidefaminewasjustaroundthenext(S1)corner.Thefast-growingpopulation’sdemandforfood,theywarned,wouldsoonexceedtheirsupply,leadingto(S2)widespreadfoodshortagesandstarvation.
Butinreality,theworld’stotalgrainharvesthasrisensteadilyovertheyears.Exceptforrelativeisolatedtroublespots(S3)likepresent-daySomalia,andoccasionalyearsofgoodharvests,(S4)theworld’sfoodcrisishasremainedjustaroundthecorner.Mostexpertsbelievethiscancontinueevenasifthepopulation(S5)doublesbythemid-21stcentury,althoughfeeding10billionpeoplewillnotbeeasyforpolitics,economicandenvironmentalreasons.(S6)Optimistspointtoconcreteexamplesofcontinuedimprovementsinyield.InAfrica,byinstance,improvedseed,(S7)morefertilizerandadvancedgrowingpracticeshavemorethandoublecornandwheatyieldsinanexperiment.Elsewhere,rice(S8)expertsinthePhilippinesareproducingaplantwithfewstems(S9)andmoreseeds.Thereisnoguaranteethatplantbreederscancontinuetodevelopnew,higher-yieldingcrop,butmostresearchersseetheirsuccesstodateasreasonforhope.(S10)
2003年6月真题
TheSeattleTimesCompanyisonenewspaperfirmthathasrecognizedtheneedforchangeanddonesomethingaboutit.Inthenewspaperindustry,papersmustreflectthediversityofthecommunitiestowhichtheyprovideinformation.
Itmustreflectthatdiversitywiththeirnewscoverageorrisk(S1)losingtheirreaders’interestandtheiradvertisers’support.
OperatingwithinSeattle,whichhas20percentsracial(S2)minorities,thepaperhasputintoplacepoliciesandproceduresforhiringandmaintainadiverseworkforce.The(S3)underlyingreasonforthechangeisthatforinformationtobefair,appropriate,andsubjective,itshouldbereportedbythe(S4)samekindofpopulationthatreadsit.
Adiversitycommitteecomposedofreporters,editors,andphotographersmeets
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