同等学力申硕英语试题精选(12)

　　It ' s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity(多样化)is taking place . It is taking place primarily in political circles . Here at the college Fund , we have a lot of contact with top corporate (公司的)leaders ; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity . In fact , they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place , diversity is an imperative . They also say that the need for talented , skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees . And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities , more women and more immigrants . Corporate leaders know that if that doesn’t occur in our society , they will not have the engineers , the scientists , the lawyers , or the business managers they will need .

　　Likewise , I don ' t hear people in the academy saying " Let ' s go backward . Let ' s go back to the good old days , when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格选人才)" ( which was never true---we never had a meritocracy , although we ’ve come closer to it in the last 30 years ) . I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years . I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time , and she remembers that when she first joined the community , there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus . Now , all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity . so where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media--not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses .

　　1. The word " imperative " ( Lines , Para . l ) most probably refers to something _____.

　　A . superficial B . remarkable C . debatable D . essential

　　2. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity ?

　　A . Minorities B . Politicians . C . Professors . D . Managers .

　　3. High-ranking corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to ______.

　　A . lower the rate of unemployment

　　B . win equal political rights for minorities

　　C . be competitive in the world market

　　D . satisfy the demands of a growing population

　　4. It can be inferred from the passage that ______ .

　　A . meritocracy can never be realized without diversity

　　B . American political circles will not accept diversity

　　C . it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U .S . media

　　D . minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity

　　5. According to the passage , diversity can be achieved in American society by _____ .

　　A . expanding the pool of potential employees

　　B . promoting policies that provide skills to employees

　　C . training more engineers , scientists , lawyers and business managers

　　D . providing education for all regardless of race or sex

　　答案与解析：

　　1.【答案】D

　　【解析】四个选项的词意分别为：A 项“表面的”; B 项“令人惊奇的”; C 项“有争议的”; D 项“基本的，重要的”。从该词出现的语境第一段第五行出现的if 从句(如果要… … )判断，D 项与之吻合。

　　2.【答案】B

　　【解析】依据文章第一段第二行排除D 项。依据文章第二段开头排除C 项。A 项minorities (少数民族)属于被排除对象，当然赞同实行diversity ，也可排除。再依据文章第二段倒数第二行，故B 项正确。politicians (政客们)对diversity 依然意见分歧。

　　3.【答案】C

　　【解析】依据文章第一段第五行可以看出：公司高层领导人造成促进多样化的原因是在全球市场上更具竞争力。

　　4.【答案】A

　　【解析】文章第二段中，作者叙述了和一个非裔美国人交流的情况。从中可以推断出：没有多样化，不拘一格降人才是绝对不可能实现的。

　　5.【答案】D

　　【解析】依据文章第一段第五行开始可以看出，在美国社会，要实现多样化只能通过给所有的人提供教育，不管他的种族和性别怎样。

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