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Unpopular Subjects?

Is there a place in today's society for the study of useless subjects in our universities?
Just over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter_______(1)Nature
that"Universities must be allowed to study useless subjects一_______(2)they don't,
who will?" He went on to use the_______(3) of Maxwell's electrodynamics（电动力
学）as one case where a"useless subject"has been transformed to a useful subject.
Nowadays this argument is again very much_______(4)in many universities.
Indeed one suspects that it is one of those arguments that must be_______(5)anew
（重新）by each generation. But now there is an added twist（歪曲）一subjects must not
only be useful,they must also be_______(6)enough that students will flock（蜂拥）
to do them,and even flock to pay to do them.
As universities become commercial operations,the pressure to_______(7)
subjects or departments that are less popular will become stronger and stronger. Perhaps
this is most strongly_______(8)at the moment by physics.There has been much
_______(9)in the press of universities that are closing down physics departments
and incorporate them with mathematics or engineering departments.
Many scientists think otherwise.They see physics as a_______(10)science,
which must be kept alive if only to_______(11)a base for other sciences and
engineering.It is of their great personal concern that physics teaching and research is under
_________(12)in many universities.How can it be preserved in the rush towards
commercial competition? A major turnaround（转变）in student popularity may have to
________(13)until the industrial world discovers that it needs physicists and starts
paying them well.
Physics is now not only unpopular;it is also"hard".We can do more about the latter
by_______（14) teaching in our schools and universities. We can also_______
(15)cooperative arrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching
up to date.

_________(4)
A:powerful
B:terrible
C:difficult
D:active

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第1题：

It's hard to believe that some old textbooks ( ) ten years ago ( ) in our university today.

A、publishing/ are been used

B、published/ are using

C、published/ are being used

D、having been published/ are being used

参考答案：B

第2题：

The research should prove invaluable in the study of linguistics.

A:useless
B:practical
C:little
D:useful

答案：D

解析：

本句意思：该项研究对于语言学的研究应极有价值。invaluable意思是“非常宝贵的，极为贵重的”，与useful（有用的）意思相近。useless无用的，无价值的；practical实际的，实践的； little小的，少的。

第3题：

Passage Two

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers (大臣) or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with (涉及) special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.

36. The oldest university in the US is______.

A. Yale

B. Princeton

C. Harvard

D. Columbia

正确答案：C

36．答案为C 从短文第一句可知美国最古老的学校是哈佛。

第4题：

“The Heart of the Matter,”the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences（AAAS）,deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.Regrettably,however,the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.In 2010,leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by“federal,state and local governments,universities,foundations,educators,individual benefactors and others”to“maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.”In response,the American Academy formed the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences.Among the commission’s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents,scholars,lawyers,judges,and business executives,as well as prominent figures from diplomacy,filmmaking,music and journalism.The goals identified in the report are generally admirable.Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry,the report supports full literacy;stresses the study of history and government,particularly American history and American government;and encourages the use of new digital technologies.To encourage innovation and competition,the report calls for increased investment in research,the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century,increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages,international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.Unfortunately,despite 2?years in the making,"The Heart of the Matter"never gets to the heart of the matter:the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.The commission ignores that for several decades America's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don’t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.Sadly,the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing“progressive,”or left-liberal propaganda.Today,professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas—such as free markets and self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine,and sometimes legitimate,intellectual investigation.The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education.Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.Ways to Grasp“The Heart of the Matter”
B.Illiberal Education and“The Heart of the Matter”
C.The AAAS’s Contribution to Liberal Education
D.Progressive Policy vs.Liberal Education

答案：A

解析：

主旨大意本题考查对文章主旨的概括能力。首先，通过浏览每个段的段首句，可以总结出该文章探讨的主要对象是由AAAS发布的报告，同时每个段落的进一步探讨主要集中于该报告展现出来教育的非自由性主题，其中该报告的代称为问题的核心。A项非自由性教育与问题核心正好和文章主旨相匹配。B项意思是“AAAS报告对自由性教育的贡献”；C项意思是“抓住问题核心的方法”，其中方法文中并未提及。与文章主旨相违背。D项意思是“进步性政策对自由性教育”，其中的“政策”并非文章的重点，故排除。

第5题：

_________(1)
A:about
B:of
C:to
D:on

答案：C

解析：

第6题：

Do you know the man who’s in a () study under the tree over there?

正确答案：brown
解析：本句参考译文：那边树下有个男人在沉思，你认识他吗?

第7题：

_________(15)
A:fix
B:modify
C:review
D:develop

答案：D

解析：

第8题：

From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.

A. those colleges and universities were the same

B. people, young or old, might study in the colleges

C. students studied only some languages and science

D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers

正确答案：A

37．答案为A 从第二段整体来看，第一句In the early years，these schools were much alike是主体句，那时的大学都很相似，因此选A。

第9题：

Though not biologically related,friends are as“related”as fourth cousins,sharing about 1%of genes.That is_（1）_a study,published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,has__（2）_.The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted_（3）__1,932 unique subjects which__（4）__pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers.The same people were used in both_（5）_.While 1%may seem_（6）_,it is not so to a geneticist.As James Fowler,professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego,says,“Most people do not even_（7）_their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the people who_（8）_our kin.”The study_（9）_found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity.Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain,for now,_（10）_,as the team suggests,it draws us to similar environments but there is more_（11）_it.There could be many mechanisms working together that_（12）_us in choosing genetically similar friends_（13）_”functional Kinship”of being friends with_（14）_!One of the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes seem to be evolution_（15）_than other genes Studying this could help_（16）_why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years,with social environment being a major_（17）_factor.The findings do not simply explain people’s_（18）_to befriend those of similar_（19）_backgrounds,say the researchers.Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction,care was taken to_（20）_that all subjects,friends and strangers,were taken from the same population.
7选？

A.visit
B.miss
C.seek
D.know

答案：D

解析：

上下文语义衔接+动词辨析本题空格处考查了动词，解题的关键是确定主语most people（很多人）与宾语their fourth cousins（他们隔三代的表亲）两者之间的关系。空所在的语境为：大多数人甚至不____他们隔三代的表亲，但却设法选择那些____我们亲戚的人作为朋友。根据上下文语义以及文章主旨的导向，不难判断D选项最符合文意，“很多人甚至不认识自己隔三代的表亲”，故答案选择D。

第10题：

“The Heart of the Matter,”the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences（AAAS）,deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.Regrettably,however,the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.
In 2010,leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by“federal,state and local governments,universities,foundations,educators,individual benefactors and others”to“maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.”In response,the American Academy formed the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences.Among the commission’s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents,scholars,lawyers,judges,and business executives,as well as prominent figures from diplomacy,filmmaking,music and journalism.
The goals identified in the report are generally admirable.Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry,the report supports full literacy;stresses the study of history and government,particularly American history and American government;and encourages the use of new digital technologies.To encourage innovation and competition,the report calls for increased investment in research,the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century,increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages,international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.
Unfortunately,despite 2?years in the making,"The Heart of the Matter"never gets to the heart of the matter:the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.The commission ignores that for several decades America's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don’t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.Sadly,the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing“progressive,”or left-liberal propaganda.
Today,professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas—such as free markets and self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine,and sometimes legitimate,intellectual investigation.
The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education.Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.
According to Paragraph 3,the report suggests

A.an exclusive study of American history
B.a greater emphasis on theoretical subjects
C.the application of emerging technologies
D.funding for the study of foreign languages

答案：C

解析：

事实细节本题侧重考查对文中细节信息的准确理解。根据题干要求，解答本题需定位到第三段，解答本题的直接方法是将每个选项代入第三段与原文语句进行嵌套比对。选项A“专门研究美国历史”，对应原文“stresses the study of history and government,particularly American history and American government”也就是说，该报告强调政府应学习历史，尤其是美国历史和美国政府，而并不是只研究美国历史，选项中出现的“exclusive”致使A项表达过于绝对，故排除；选项B中的“theoretical subjects（理论学科）”是文中未提及的信息，属于无中生有，故排除；选项C“新兴技术的应用”，对应原文是“encourages the use of new digital technologies（鼓励使用新数字技术）”，选项C正是原文内容的同义替换，所以为正确答案；而选项D“为外语研究设立基金”，以“funding”和“foreign languages”为关键词定位原文是“increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages”，原文是说该报告“要求加大教师科研基金的投入，以鼓励学者不断研发以面对当今时代的巨大挑战。该报告也大力倡导外语…”，选项D明显是对这两层意思的断章取义，这属于典型的移花接木，故排除。

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