2014年大学英语六级全真模拟试题及答案1_第9页

　　61、 根据下列短文，回答{TSE}题。

　　In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We're pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resunes so they can get into the college of our first choice. Fee twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids' college background as a prize demonstrating how well we've raised them. But we can't acknowledge that our obsession (痴迷) is more about us than them. So we've contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn't matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.

　　We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won't be enough prizes to go around. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausible-and mostly wrong. We haven't found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don't systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools. On two measures---professors' feedback and the number of essay exams---selective schools do slightly worse.

　　By some studies, "selective schools do enhance their graduates' lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 2-4% for every 100-point increase in a school's average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke (偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools.

　　Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But it's not the only indicator and, paradoxically, its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college isn't life's only competition. In the next competition---the job market and graduate school--the results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D. program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn't.

　　So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints.

　　Why does the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?

　　A.They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.

　　B.They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.

　　C.They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.

　　D.They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.

　　62、 Why do parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever?

　　A.They want to increase their children's chances of entering a prestigious college.

　　B.They hope their children can enter a university that offers attractive scholarships.

　　C.Their children will have a wider choice of which college to go to.

　　D.Elite universities now enroll fewer students than they used to.

　　63、 what does the author mean by "Kids count more than their colleges. " (Line 1, Para. 4)?

　　A.Continuing education is more important to a person's success.

　　B.A person's happiness should be valued more than their education.

　　C.Kids' actual abilities are more important than their college backgrounds.

　　D.what kids learn at college cannot keep up with job market requirements.

　　64、 what does Krueger's study tell us?

　　A.Getting into Ph.D. programs may be more competitive than getting into college.

　　B.Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs.

　　C.Graduates from prestigious universities do not care much about their GRE scores.

　　D.Connections built in prestigious universities may be sustained long after graduation.

　　65、 One possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that _______.

　　A.they earn less than their peers from other institutions

　　B.they turn out to be less competitive in the job market

　　C.they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduation

　　D.they overemphasize their qualifications in job applications

　　Part VI Translation (30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　66、中国新年是中国最重要的传统节日，在中国也被称为春节。新年的庆祝活动从除夕开始一直延续到元宵节(the Lantern Festival)，即从农历(lunlar calendar)最后一个月的最后一天至新年第一个月的第十五天。各地欢度春节的习俗和传统有很大差异，但通常每个家庭都会在除夕夜团聚，一起吃年夜饭。为驱厄运、迎好运，家家户户都会进行大扫除。人们还会在门上粘贴红色的对联(couplets)，对联的主题为健康、发财和好运、其他的活动还有放鞭炮、发红包和探亲访友等。