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本题主要考查对文章内容的理解以及词汇和短语的运用。解题思路是根据文章上下文的逻辑和语义来确定每个空应填的内容。
第1空
根据文章“Usually it is left to... to deduce the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate's resume”,这里需要一个能从毕业生简历上的课外活动推断潜力的角色,结合后文提到雇主,可知是雇主来判断简历价值,所以选D (employers)。
第2空
前文说通常是雇主来推断潜力,后文说现在布里斯托大学有一个奖项来正式化学生的成就,前后是转折关系,所以选B (but)。
第3空
根据“students who... time to activities outside their courses”,这里需要一个表示学生把时间投入到课程外活动的动词,“devote time to”表示投入时间,符合语境,所以选D (devote)。
第4空
根据“Bristol Plus aims to boost students in an increasingly... job market”,这里需要一个形容词来描述就业市场,结合后文提到雇主更挑剔,可知就业市场竞争激烈,“competitive”表示竞争激烈的,符合语境,所以选C (competitive)。
第5空
根据“Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn't... appreciate the value of what they did... the lecture hall”,这里需要一个形容词来修饰“appreciate”,“fully”表示充分地,“fully appreciate”表示充分理解,符合语境,所以选A (fully)。
第6空
根据“Employers are much more... than they used to be”,这里需要一个形容词来描述雇主,结合后文提到雇主现在想要学生能解释技能与工作的相关性,可知雇主更挑剔,“discerning”表示有辨别力的、、挑剔的,符合语境,所以选A (discerning)。
第7空
根据“Employers are much more... than they used to be. They used to look for... and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant's skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are... to the job”,这里需要一个名词来表示雇主过去招聘的对象,结合前文提到毕业生,可知是招聘毕业生,所以选DD (graduates)。
第8空
根据“Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are... to the job”,这里需要一个形容词来表示技能与工作的关系,“relevant”表示相关的,“skills are relevant to the job”表示技能与工作相关,符合语境,所以选CC (relevant)。
第9空
根据“Students who sign... for the award”,“sign up for”表示注册参加,符合语境,所以选A (up)。
第10空
根据“Those who... best on the sports field can take the Sporting plus Award”,这里需要一个动词来表示在体育场上表现最好,“perform best”表示表现最佳,符合语境,所以选B (perform)。
第11空
根据“Those who... best on the sports field can take the Sporting plus Award”,这里需要一个动词来表示在体育场上表现最好“perform best”表示表现最佳,符合语境,所以选B (perform)。
第12空
根据“Students who sign... for the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or... work”,这里需要一个形容词来修饰“work”,“voluntary”表示志愿的,“voluntary work”表示志愿工作,符合语境,所以选B (voluntary)。
第13空
根据“attend four workshops on employability skills, take part in an intensive skills - related activity... crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained”,这里前后是并列关系,“and”表示并列关系,符合语境,所以选A (and)。
第14空
根据“... efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award”,这里需要一个形容词来修饰“efforts”,“Exceptional”表示卓越的,“Exceptional efforts”表示卓越的努力获得杰出成就奖,符合语境,所以选A (Exceptional)。
第15空
根据“Those who... best on the sports field can take the Sporting plus Award”,这里需要一个动词来表示在体育场上表现最好“perform best”表示表现最佳,符合语境,所以选B (perform)。
第16空
根据“The experience does not have to be... organized”,这里需要一个副词来修饰“organized”,“formally”表示正式地,“not have to be formally organized”表示不必是正式组织的,符合语境,所以选A (formally)。
第17空
根据“... one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult difficult landlord and so... negotiation skills”,这里需要一个短语来表示举例,“For example”表示例如,符合语境,所以选A (For)。
第18空
根据“... one student took the lead in dealing with a接收机 landlord and so... negotiation skills”,这里需要一个动词来表示发展技能,“developed”表示发展的,“developed negotiation skills”表示发展谈判技能,符合语境,所以选C (developed)。
第19空
根据“Goodman hopes the... will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less - active... to take up activities outside their academic area of work”,这里需要一个名词来表示奖项,“award”表示奖项,符合语境,所以选A (award)。
第20空
根据“Goodman hopes the... will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less - active... to take up activities outside their academic area of work”,这里需要一个名词来表示学生学生的同龄人,“peers”表示同龄人,符合语境,所以选B (peers)。