Reading Compr ehension (40 minutes )-|||-Section A-|||-Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for-|||-each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the-|||-passage through carfflly before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is-|||-identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer-|||-Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the-|||-bank more than once.-|||-Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.-|||-After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013,Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove-|||-that their students have actually achieved one of higher education`s most importan goals:critical-|||-thinking skills.Two years before,a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a-|||-third had made no 26 gains in such mental abilities during their school years.Mr.Daniels needed to-|||- 27 the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families.After all,the percentage of-|||-Americans who say a college degree is"very important"has fallen 28 in the last 5-6 years.-|||-Purdue now has a pilot test to assess students`critical thinking skills.Yet like many college-|||-teachers around the U.S.,the faculty remain 29 that their work as educators can be measured by a-|||-learning 30 "such as a graduate`s ability to investigate and reason.However,the professors need-|||-not worry so much. The results of a recent experiment showed that professors can use 31 metrics-|||-to measure how well students do in three key areas: critical thinking,witten communication, and-|||-quantitative literacy.-|||-Despite the success of the experiment,the actual results are worrisome,and mostly 32 earlier-|||-studies.The organizers of the experiment concluded that far fewer students were achieving at high-|||-levels on critical thinking than they were doing for written communication or quantitative literacy.And-|||-that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduati-|||-Ameriaa universites, desp their global 33 for excellence in teaching,have only begun to-|||-demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning.Knowledge-based degrees are still-|||-important,but employers are 34 advanced thinking skills from college graduates.If the intellectual-|||-worth of a college degree can be 35 measured,more people will seek higher education-and come-|||-out better thinkers.-|||-A) accurately I) predominance-|||-B)confirm J) presuming-|||-C)demanding K) reputation-|||-D)doubtful L) significant-|||-E)drastically M) signify-|||-F)justify N)simultaneously-|||-G monopolized O) standardized-|||-H)outcomePart ll Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013,Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of higher education's most important goals:critical thinking skills. Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no_ 26 gains in such mental abilities during their school years. Mr. Daniels needed to _27 the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families. After all, the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is "very important" has fallen 28_ in the last 5-6 years. Purdue now has a pilot test to assess students' critical thinking skills. Yet like many college teachers around the U. S..The faculty remain _29 that their work as educators can be measured by a "learning _30 "such as a graduate's ability to investigate and reason. However, the professors need not worry so much. The results of a recent experiment showed that professors can use 31_ metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas:critical thinking,written communication, and quantitative literacy. Despite the success of the experiment, the actual results are worrisome,and mostly 32 earlier _studies. The organizers of the experiment concluded that far fewer students were achieving at high levels on critical thinking than they were doing for written communication or quantitative literacy. And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation. American universities, despite their global 33_ for excellence in teaching, have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning. Knowledge-based degrees are still important, but employers are_ 34 advanced thinking skills from college graduates. If the intellectual worth of a college degree can be 35_ measured, more people will seek higher education-and come out better thinkers. A)accurately I) predominance B)confirm J) presuming C)demanding K)reputation D)doubtful L) significant E) drastically M) signify F)justify N)simultaneously G)monopolized o)standardized H)outcome

Part ll Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013,Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of higher education's most important goals:critical thinking skills. Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no_ 26 gains in such mental abilities during their school years. Mr. Daniels needed to _27 the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families. After all, the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is "very important" has fallen 28_ in the last 5-6 years. Purdue now has a pilot test to assess students' critical thinking skills. Yet like many college teachers around the U. S..The faculty remain _29 that their work as educators can be measured by a "learning _30 "such as a graduate's ability to investigate and reason. However, the professors need not worry so much. The results of a recent experiment showed that professors can use 31_ metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas:critical thinking,written communication, and quantitative literacy. Despite the success of the experiment, the actual results are worrisome,and mostly 32 earlier _studies. The organizers of the experiment concluded that far fewer students were achieving at high levels on critical thinking than they were doing for written communication or quantitative literacy. And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation. American universities, despite their global 33_ for excellence in teaching, have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning. Knowledge-based degrees are still important, but employers are_ 34 advanced thinking skills from college graduates. If the intellectual worth of a college degree can be 35_ measured, more people will seek higher education-and come out better thinkers. A)accurately I) predominance B)confirm J) presuming C)demanding K)reputation D)doubtful L) significant E) drastically M) signify F)justify N)simultaneously G)monopolized o)standardized H)outcome