1、大学六级-1335 及答案解析(总分：712.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.假设你是李明一名应届毕业生，在报纸上看到一则招聘广告，你想要到登广告的公司供职，请给该公司写一封求职信，内容应简要介绍自己的情况以及自己的经历等。（分数：106.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：1，分数：70.00)Americas Brain Drain CrisisLosing the Global EdgeWilliam Kurtz is a self-described computer geek. A more apt
2、description might be computer genius. When he was just 11, Kunz started writing software programs, and by 14 he had created his own video game. As a high school sophomore in Houston, Texas, he won first prize in a local science fair for a data encryption(编密码) program he wrote. In his senior year, he
3、 took top prize in an international science and engineering fair for designing a program to analyze and sort DNA patterns.Kunz went on to attend Carnegie Mellon, among the nations highest-ranked universities in computer science. After college he landed a job with Oracle in Silicon Valley, writing so
4、ftware used by companies around the world.Kunz looked set to become a star in his field. Then he gave it all up.Today, three years later, Kurtz is in his first year at Harvard Business School. He left software engineering partly because his earning potential paled next to friends who were going into
5、 law or business. He also worried about job security; especially as more companies move their programming overseas to lower costs. “Every time youre asked to train someone in India, you think, Am I training my replacement?“ Kunz says.Things are turning out very differently for another standout in en
6、gineering, Qing-Shan Jia. A student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Jia shines even among his gifted cohorts(一群人) at a school sometimes called “the MIT of China“. He considered applying to Harvard for his PhD, but decided it wasnt worth it.His university is investing heavily in cutting-edge resea
7、rch facilities, end attracts an impressive roster of international professors. “I can get a world-class education here end study with world-class scholars,“ Jia says,These two snapshots(快照) illustrate part of a deeply disturbing picture. In the disciplines underpinning the high-tech economy-math, sc
8、ience and engineering-America is steadily losing its global edge. The depth and breadth of the problem is clear: Several of Americas key agencies for scientific research and development will face a retirement crisis within the next ten years. Less than 6% of Americas high school seniors plan to purs
9、ue engineering degrees, down 36% from a decade ago. In 2000, 56% of Chinas undergraduate degrees were in the hard sciences; in the United States, the figure was 17%. China will likely produce six times the number of engineers next year than America will graduate, according to Mike Gibbons of the Ame
10、rican Society for Engineering Education. Japan, with half Americas population, has minted (铸造) twice as many in recent years.“Most Americans are unaware of how much science does for this country end what we stand to lose if we cant keep up,“ says Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytech
11、nic Institute and chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. David Baltimore, president of the California Institute of Technology and a Nobel laureate, puts it bluntly: “We cant hope to keep intact our standard of living, our national security, our way of life, if Americans ar
12、ent competitive in science.“ The Crisis Americans CreatedIn January 2001, the Hart-Rudman Commission, tasked with finding solutions to Americas major national security threats, concluded that the failures of Americas math and science education and Americas system of research “pose a greater threat.t
13、han any potential conventional war.“The roots of this failure lie in primary and secondary education. The nation that produced most of the great technological advances of the last century now scores poorly in international science testing. A 2003 survey of math and science literacy ranked American 1
14、5-year-olds against kids from other industrialized nations. In math, American students came in 24th out of 28 countries; in science, Americans were 24th out of 40 countries, tied with Latvia. This test, in conjunction with others, indicates Americans start out with sufficient smarts-their fourth-gra
15、ders score well-but they begin to slide by eighth grade, and sink almost to the bottom by high school.Dont blame school budgets. Americans shell out more than $440 billion each year on public education, and spend mom per capita than any nation save Switzerland. The problem is that too many of their
16、high school science and math teachers just arent qualified. A survey in 2000 revealed that 38% of math teachers and 28% of science teachers in grades 7-12 lacked a college major or minor in their subject area. In schools with high poverty rates, the figures jumped to 52% of math teachers and 32% of
17、science teachers. “The highest predictor of student performance boils down to teacher knowledge,“ says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association. To California Congressman Buck McKeon, a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, it comes down
18、 to this: “How can you pass on a passion to your students if you dont know the subject?“Perhaps its no surprise that, according to a 2004 Indiana University survey, 18% of college prep kids werent taking math their senior year of high school. “When I compare our high schools to what I see when Im tr
19、aveling abroad, Im terrified for our workforce of tomorrow,“ Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told a summit of state governors earlier this year. “Our high schools, even when theyre working exactly as designed, cannot teach our kids what they need to know today.“The Bush Administration has also propose
20、d cutting the fiscal 2006 budget for research and development in such key federal agencies as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the latter of which acts as a liaison(联络) with industry and researchers to apply new technology.“F
21、unding cuts are job cuts,“ says Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers, Republican of Michigan and a member of the Science Committee in the House. Reduced funding has put the squeeze on research positions, further smothering incentives(动机) for students to go into hard science.What Americans Must DoAmericans have don
22、e it before: the Manhattan Project, the technology surge that followed Sputnik. Theyve demonstrated that they can commit themselves to daunting goals and achieve them. But they cant minimize the challenges theyre facing.Americans need out-of-the-box thinking, of the sort suggested by experts in a re
23、port released in October called “Rising above the Gathering Storm“, a study group within the National Academy of Sciences, which included the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, came up with innovative proposals. Among them are: Four-year scholarships for 25,000 undergradu
24、ate students who commit to degrees in math, science or engineering, and who qualify based on a competitive national exam; Four-year scholarships for 10,000 college students who commit to being math or science teachers, and who agree to teach in a public school for five years after graduation; Extend
25、ed visas for foreign students who earn a math or science PhD in the United States, giving them a year alter graduation to look for employment here. If they find jobs, work permits and permanent residency status would be expedited.Many experts are also urging that non-credentialed but knowledgeable p
26、eople with industry experience be allowed to teach. That experiment is already underway at High Tech High in San Diego. Conceived by Gary Jacobs, whose father founded Qualcomm, this charter school stresses a cutting-edge curriculum, whether the classes are on biotechnology or web design. To teach th
27、ese courses, the school hires industry professionals. High Tech High also arranges internships at robotics labs, Internet start-ups and university research centers.In just five years, 750 kids have enrolled, three classes have graduated and the vast majority of students have gone on to college. One
28、of the success stories is Jeff Jensen, class of 2005, who was a decidedly apathetic (缺乏兴趣的) student before High Tech High. He is now a freshman at Stanford University on a partial scholarship, planning to study chemistry or medicine.IBM is one of the companies encouraging its workers to teach. This
29、past September, IBM announced a tuition-assistance plan, pledging to pay for teacher certification as well as a leave of absence for employees who wish t6 teach in public schools.The philanthropic(博爱的) arms of corporations are also getting involved. The Siemens Foundation sponsors a yearly math, sci
30、ence and technology competition, considered the Nobel Prize for high school research and a great distiller of American talent. Honeywell spends $2 million each year on science programs geared to middle school students, including a hip-hop touring group that teaches physical science, and a robotics l
31、ab program that teaches kids how to design, build and program their own robot. “Weve found that if we dont get kids excited about science by middle school, its too late,“ says Michael Holland, a spokesperson for Honeywell.As important as ail these initiatives are, they barely begin to take Americans
32、 where they need to go. Americans shortcomings are vast, and time, unfortunately, is working against them.“The whole world is running a race,“ says Intels Howard High, “only we dont know it.“ No one knows whether or when the United States will relinquish(放弃) its lead in that race. Or how far hack in
33、 the pack they could ultimately fall. But the first order of business is to recognize whats at stake and get in the game.（分数：70.00）(1).Kunz gave up software engineering mainly because he earned less than those in law or business field did.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(2).Only a small percentage of Americas high
34、school seniors plan to major in engineering at college.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(3).If Americans arent competitive in science, they cannot survive the severe competition between developed countries.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(4).College education is to blame for the failure of Americas math and science education.（分数：7.
35、00）填空项 1:_(5).American high school students sink almost to the bottom in a survey of math and science literacy because too many of the high school _ in America are not qualified.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(6).Cutting budget for science research and development further smothers incentives for American students
36、to _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(7).One innovative proposal proposed by some experts is providing _ for 25,000 qualified undergraduate students.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(8).At High Tech High, _ are hired to teach comes on biotechnology or web design.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(9).Many companies encourage their employees to _ , wi
37、th IBM one of them.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(10).Americans shortcomings in science are vast, and unfortunately _ is making efforts to defeat them.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_三、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Section A(总题数：3，分数：105.00)Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：56.00）A.She
38、 went to the party without knowing it.B.She was invited to the party.C.She was present for the party.D.She was absent from the party.A.Joan will give out the assignments.B.Joan will speak in the seminar.C.Joan wont be present at the seminar.D.Joan wont sign the petitions.A.Present a new theory to th
39、e class.B.Read more than one article.C.Read the book more thoroughly.D.Write a hatter article for the class.A.Her back hurt during the meeting.B.His support does not mean anything now.C.She agreed that it was a very good meeting.D.The proposal should be sent back to the meeting.A.The library is with
40、in walking distance.B.The streets are not in good condition.C.The man should get a car instead.D.The man should exercise more.A.Yes, she can study there if she is writing a research paper.B.Yes, but she needs to have the approval of her professor.C.Yes, because she is a senior studentD.No, its open
41、only to teachers and postgraduates.A.He decided not to Cancel his appointment.B.His new glasses arent comfortable.C.Hes too busy to get a checkup.D.He has to check when the appointment is.A.His errors were mainly in the reading part.B.It wasnt very challenging to him.C.It was more difficult than he
42、had expected.D.He made very few grammatical mistakes in his test.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.00）A.Leisure sporting activities.B.Average age of athletes.C.Durability of sporting equipment.D.Peoples preference for sporting activities.A.Jogging.B.Tennis.C
43、.Cycling.D.Swimming.A.Target the 18 to 26 year-old age group.B.Sell tennis rackets.C.Carry more athletic shoes.D.Work out a more appealing slogan.A.They have more buying power.B.They have enough time to exercise.C.They tend to enjoy sports more.D.They are very health conscious.Questions 23 to 25 are
44、 based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.Because its a way of relaxing himself.B.Because ha has nothing else to do.C.Because sitcom is very funny,D.Because watching TV is his favorite activity.A.Some interesting commercials.B.Some perfect looking woman complained about the tribulat
45、ions.C.Some stupid sitcom.D.Some woman went crazy and killed her husband.A.Go out for dinner.B.Watch the documentary with the man.C.Go dancing.D.Watch a game show.五、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.Telling stories.B.Draw
46、ing pictures.C.Delivering newspapers.D.Joining the army.A.He studied cartooning.B.He stayed at home.C.He went abroad.D.He worked for a company.A.He was born in Chicago in 1910.B.He ever sold newspapers in Chicago.C.He made several fills with an old camera.D.He end his brother set up a company in 193
47、2.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.Its because there are many developing nations.B.Ws bemuse people use too many man-made materials.C.Its because we have more and more industry.D.Its because we are building more vehicles.A.Industry.B.Health.C.The
48、 future of our children.D.Clean air.A.Man knows where the society is going.B.People dont welcome the rapid development of modern society.C.The speaker is worried about the future of our modern society.D.Man can do nothing about the problem of pollution.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：28.00）A.To interest students in a career in counseling.B.To recruit counselors to work in the placement office.C.To inform students of a university programD.To convince local merchants to hire college Studen
