2016年下半年英语六级考试专项模考试卷四_第3页

　　Passage Three?

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:?

　　Before the 1850′s the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small,church-connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.?

　　Throughout Europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. In Germany a different kind of university had developed. The German university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge,not morals. Between midcentury and the end of the 1800′s, more than nine thousand young Americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went Germany for advanced study. Some of them returned to become presidents of venerable (受人尊敬的 ) colleges—Harvard, Yale, Columbia—and transform them into modern universities The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on,and this called for a faculty composed of teacher?scholars. Drilling and learning by rote (死记硬背 ) were replaced by the German cet6w.com, in which the professor′s own research was presented in class. Graduate training leading to the Ph. D, an ancient German degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment, was introduced. With the establishment of the seminar system, graduate students learned to question, analyze,and conduct their own research.?

　　At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music. The president of Harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own courses of study. The notion of major fields of study emerged. The new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the world. Paying close heed to the practical needs of society, the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks, cet6w.com students being the most characteristic of the new regime. Students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.?

　　31. The word "this" (sentence 8, Para. 2) refers to which of the following??

　　A) Creating and passing on knowledge. B) Drilling and learning by rote.?

　　C) Disciplining students. D) Developing moral principles.?

　　32. According to the passage, the seminar system encouraged students to .?

　　A) discuss moral issues B) study the classics, rhetoric, and music?

　　C) study overseas D) work more independently?

　　33. It can be inferred from the passage that before 1850, all of the following were Characteristic of higher education EXCEPT .?

　　A) the elective system B) drilling?

　　C) strict discipline D) rote learning?

　　34. Those who favored the new university would be likely to agree with which of the following statements??

　　A) Learning is best achieved through discipline and drill.?

　　B) Shaping the moral character of students should be the primary goal.?

　　C) Higher education should prepare students to contribute to society.?

　　D) Teachers should select their students courses.?

　　35. Why many students decided to study aboard??

　　A)Because thousands of young Americans wanted to go to Germany to study.?

　　B)Because young Americans were not satisfied with their school system in the USA.

　　C)Because American professors were not as good as those abroad.?

　　D)Because European universities were not connected with churches.?

　　31. 第二段第八句this指代前面的“creating and passing on knowledge”。

　　32. 第二段最后一句讲到，随着研讨制度的确立，学生开始学会提出问题、分析并开展自己的研究，也即学生开始独立。

　　33. 第三段第二句说，哈佛大学校长开创了选举制度, 学生能选择自己喜爱的课程，由此可推断，A)选举制度不是1850年以前学校的一个特征，而B)，C)，D)都是特征。?

　　34. 文中A)，B)，D)均为传统高校教育模式的特征，而最后一段讲到，1850年以后的大学的新目标是要使它与世界真正的要求相符合，大学须关注社会的实际需要，由此可推断，C)为正确答案。?

　　35. 答案在第二段第四句：19世纪中下叶，九千多名美国人因不满美国的教育方法，来欧洲学习。故B)为正确答案。