2011年6月大学英语六级考试真题试卷(3)

graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will have to pay systematic attention to graduati ng minorities, not just enrolling them.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. What i s the author's main concern about American higher education?

A) The small proporti on of minority students.

B) The low graduation rates of minority students.

C) The growing conflicts among ethnic groups.

D) The poor academic performance of students.

2. What was the pride of President Barry Mills of Bowdoin College?

A) The prestige of its liberal arts program s.

B) Its ranking among universities in Maine.

C) The high graduati on rates of its students.

D) Its increased enrollment of minority students.

3. What i s the risk facing America?

A) Its school s will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.

B) The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.

C) More poor and non-white students will be denied access to college.

D) It is going to lose its competitive edge in higher educati on.

4. How many African-American students earned their degrees in California community colleges according to a recent review?

A) Fifty-six percent.C) Fifteen percent.

B) Thirty-nine percent.D) Sixty-seven percent.

5. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates mainly because .

A) their students work harder C) their classes are generally smaller

B) they recruit the best students D) they give students more attention

6. How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students' failure to get a degree?

A) Universities are to blame.

B) Students don't work hard.

C) The government fails to provide the necessary support.

D) Affirmative action shoul d be held responsi ble.

7. Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author?

A) They have lost confidence in them selves.

B) They cannot afford the high tuition.

C) They cannot adapt to the rigor of the school.

D) They fail to develop interest in their studies.

8. To tackle the problem of graduation gap, the University of Wisconsin-Madison hel ps minority students get over the stereotype that _______.

9. For years, private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have provided minority students with

_______ during the summer before freshman year.

10. Washington and Lee University is cited as an example to show that the gap of graduati on rates between whites and minorities can _______.

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)