题目
tions: 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 before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A) relevant E) tuition I) function M) voiceB) openings F) decided J) minted N) underservedC) dedicated G) instead K) rigged O) obstacleD) whereas H) shortage L) savingsI agree that college is behind the times, and I have underline(1) my career to making it as underline(2) as possible. But the most relevant education in the world cannot change a labor market underline(3) against the middle class. This is a social problem, not a higher education problem. For example, although we now have a teacher underline(4) in all 50 states, teachers make 17 percent less than median equivalent college-educated workers, underline(5), two decades ago, they made 4 percent less than the median. What college student can afford to be a teacher anymore?The underemployment of recent college graduates is as significant a social problem as soaring college underline(6) debt. Law school graduates with hundreds of thousands in debt cannot afford to be defense lawyers or district attorneys. Newly underline(7) doctors, carrying an average debt of 250,000, can no longer afford to be general practitioners or to practice public health, or to work in rural or underline(8) urban areas.In my own profession of college teaching, more than 75 percent of faculty underline(9) across all institutions of higher education are for "adjuncts", part-time faculty, paid by the course, with no security and no underline(10) in the institution.
tions: 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 before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
A) relevant E) tuition I) function M) voice
B) openings F) decided J) minted N) underserved
C) dedicated G) instead K) rigged O) obstacle
D) whereas H) shortage L) savings
I agree that college is behind the times, and I have $\underline{1}$ my career to making it as $\underline{2}$ as possible. But the most relevant education in the world cannot change a labor market $\underline{3}$ against the middle class. This is a social problem, not a higher education problem. For example, although we now have a teacher $\underline{4}$ in all 50 states, teachers make 17 percent less than median equivalent college-educated workers, $\underline{5}$, two decades ago, they made 4 percent less than the median. What college student can afford to be a teacher anymore?
The underemployment of recent college graduates is as significant a social problem as soaring college $\underline{6}$ debt. Law school graduates with hundreds of thousands in debt cannot afford to be defense lawyers or district attorneys. Newly $\underline{7}$ doctors, carrying an average debt of $250,000, can no longer afford to be general practitioners or to practice public health, or to work in rural or $\underline{8}$ urban areas.
In my own profession of college teaching, more than 75 percent of faculty $\underline{9}$ across all institutions of higher education are for "adjuncts", part-time faculty, paid by the course, with no security and no $\underline{10}$ in the institution.
题目解答
答案
1. 根据句意,作者将职业生涯“奉献”于使教育更“相关”,应填“dedicated”。
2. 这里需要一个形容词修饰“education”,表示“相关性”,应填“relevant”。
3. 劳动市场“不利于”中产阶级,应填“rigged”。
4. 教师“岗位”短缺,应填“shortage”。
5. 前后对比关系,应填“whereas”。
6. 高昂的“学费”债务,应填“tuition”。
7. 新“毕业”的医生,应填“minted”。
8. “未被服务”的城市地区,应填“underserved”。
9. 教职“岗位”多为兼职,应填“openings”。
10. 兼职教师无“发言权”,应填“voice”。
答案:
1. C) dedicated
2. A) relevant
3. K) rigged
4. H) shortage
5. D) whereas
6. E) tuition
7. J) minted
8. N) underserved
9. B) openings
10. M) voice
解析
本题考查词汇在语境中的运用,解题思路是根据句子的整体意思和上下文来判断每个空格应填入的合适词汇。
- 第一空所在句子表达作者把职业生涯奉献于让教育更相关,“dedicated”有“奉献”的意思,所以应填“dedicated”。
- 第二空需要一个形容词修饰“education”,“relevant”表示“相关的”,符合语境,所以应填“relevant”。
- 第三空所在句子说劳动市场不利于中产阶级,“rigged”有“被操纵、不利于”的意思,所以应填“rigged”。
- 第四空所在句子说教师岗位短缺,“shortage”表示“短缺”,所以应填“shortage”。
- 第五空前后句子形成对比关系,“whereas”表示“然而、对比”,所以应填“whereas”。
- 第六空所在句子说高昂的学费债务,“tuition”表示“学费”,所以应填“tuition”。
- 第七空所在句子说新毕业的医生,“minted”有“新毕业、新出现”的意思,所以应填“minted”。
- 第八空所在句子说未被服务的城市地区,“underserved”表示“未被服务、未被满足需求的”,所以应填“underserved”。
- 第九空所在句子说教职岗位多为兼职,“openings”表示“岗位、空缺”,所以应填“openings”。
- 第十空所在句子说兼职教师在机构里没有发言权,“voice”表示“发言权”,所以应填“voice”。