A) Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
B) One must know how to attain happiness.
C) It is important to make commitments.
D) It is pain that leads to happiness.
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity (多样化) is taking place.
It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of
contact with top corporate (公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of
those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to
compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative.
They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the
pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women
and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn’t occur in our society,
they will not have the engineers, the scientist, the lawyers, or the business managers they
will need.
Likewise, I don’t hear people in the academy saying. “Let’s go backward. Let’s go
back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格选人才) “ (which was
never true-we never had a meritocracy, although we’ve come close to it in the last 30
years). I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus had doubled
its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has
been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the
community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel
the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily
in political circles and in the media-not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.
36. The word “imperative” (Line 5, Para. 1) most probably refers to something
________.
A) superficial
B) remarkable
C) debatable
D) essential
37. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?
A) Minorities.
B) Politicians.
C) Professors.
D) Managers.
38. High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to
________.
A) lower the rate of unemployment
B) win equal political rights for minorities
C) be competitive in the world market
D) satisfy the demands of a growing population
39. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A) meritocracy can never be realized without diversity
B) American political circles will not accept diversity
C) it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U.S. media
D) minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity
40. According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by
________.
A) expanding the pool of potential employees
B) promoting policies that provide skills to employees
C) training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers
D) providing education for all regardless of race or sex
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes
the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the center.
41. The last half of the nineteenth century ________ the steady improvement in the
means of travel.
A) has witnessed
B) was witnessed
C) witnessed
D) is witnessed
42. The shy girl felt ________ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her
teacher’s questions.
A) amazed
B) awkward
C) curious
D) amused
43. Ann never dreams of ________ for her to be sent abroad very soon.
A) there being a chance
B) there to be a chance
C) there be a chance
D) being a chance
44. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you ________ it.
A) mustn’t have done
B) wouldn’t have done
C) mightn’t have done
D) didn’t have to do
45. Frequently single-parent children ________ some of the functions that the absent
adult in the house would have served.
A) take off
B) take after
C) take in
D) take on
46. He gives people the impression ________ all his life broad.
A) of having spent
B) to have spent
C) of being spent
D) to spend
47. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial ________.
A) mark
B) feature
C) trace
D) appearance
48. I’d rather you ________ make any comment on the issue for the time being.
A) don’t
B) wouldn’t
C) didn’t
D) shouldn’t
49. All things ________, the planned trip will have to be called off.
A) considered
B) be considered
C) considering
D) having considered
50. John Dewey believed that education should be a preparation for life, that a person
learns by doing, and that teaching must ________ the curiosity and creativity of
children.
A) seek
B) stimulate
C) shape
D) secure
51. Criticism and self-criticism is necessary ________ it helps us to find and correct our
mistakes.
A) by that
B) at that
C) on that
D) in that
52. However, at times this balance in nature is ________, resulting in a number of
possibly unforeseen effects.
A) troubled
B) disturbed
C) confused
D) puzzled
53. If she doesn’t tell him the truth now, he’ll simply keep on asking her until she
________.
A) does
B) has done
C) will do
D) would do
54. The patient’s health failed to such an extent that he was put into ________ care.
A) tense
B) rigid
C) intensive
D) tight
55. Does everyone on earth have an equal right ________ an equal share of its
resources?