题目内容
4.When students arrive on campus with their parents,both parties often assume that the college will function in loco parentis(处在父母位置),watching over its young charges,providing assistance when needed.Colleges and universities present themselves as supportive learning communities-as extended families,in a way.And indeed,for many students they become a home away from home.Ideally,the college nurtures(养育)its students,guiding them toward adulthood.Lifelong friendships are formed,teachers become guides,and the academic experience is enriched by social interaction.For some students,however,the picture is less beautiful.For a significant number,the challenges can become overwhelming(压力过大).
In reality,administrators at American colleges and universities are often forced to focus as much on the new generation of students.Public institutions in particular are often faced with tough choices about which student support services to fund.Private colleges are feeling the pinch(棘手)as well.Although tuition and fees can increase as much as 6.6percent in a single year,as they did in 2007,the high cost of doing business at public and private institutions means that students are not necessarily receiving more support in return for increased tuition and fees.To compound the problem,students may be reluctant to seek help even when they desperately need it.
Just as colleges are sometimes ill equipped to respond to the challenges being posed by today's students,students themselves are sometimes ill equipped to respond to the challenges posed by college life.Although they arrive on campus with high expectations,some students struggle with shyness or perfectionism,learning disabilities or eating disorders•Still others experience failed relationships; some suffer from acute loneliness,or mental illness.
Unfortunately,higher education is sometimes more of an information delivery system than a
responsive,collaborative(合作的)process.We have created cities of youth in which students can pass through unnoticed,their voices rarely heard,and their faces rarely seen.As class size grows in response to budget cuts,it becomes even less likely that troubled students,or even severely disturbed,will be noticed.When they are not,the results can be tragic.
As a teacher of creative writing who has worked with many overwhelmed students,I have found that there are ways to communicate more effectively.Most students have stories they want to share,and students in trouble can be desperate to find someone who will listen to them.Parents,as their children's primary listeners,have a key role to play.Some young people are unable to find their own way out of the dark,and a meaningful dialogue can become a light for them to see by.That is not to say that writing can be used to identify mental illness; rather,I think some of the approaches writing teachers use to enter into a reflective dialogue with students can be adopted by parents and students who want to learn more about each other.Having witnessed what can happen when a student communicates with himself,I believe this kind of responsive,one-on-one communication is more important than ever.Students in creative writing classes may have no idea that they have revealed so much about themselves because,for them,writing is like speaking inside the pages of a journal.In fact,all of us who write reveal more than we imagine.This is one of the reasons why writing,even more than speaking,can provide us with important insights into ourselves and others.
Many of us don't know our students as well as we should,yet it can be easier than we imagine to begin these necessary dialogues.
分析 文章介绍大学的功能和大学的局限性,以及可以通过写作让学生彼此联系.
解答 71.serve/act/function 72.trouble/difficulty 73.financial 74.ensure/guarantee/provide 75.well 76.delivering/providing 77.unnoticed 78.approach 79.desperately/badly 80.writing
71.serve/act/function
原词重现题:根据第一段的句子:When students arrive on campus with their parents,both parties often assume that the college will function in loco parentis(处在父母位置),watching over its young charges,providing assistance when needed.可知大学起着支持的学习社区的作用,词组serve/act/function as起着…作用.
72.trouble/difficulty
句意理解题:根据第二段的句子:Public institutions in particular are often faced with tough choices about which student support services to fund.Private colleges are feeling the pinch(棘手)as well.可知公立大学和私立大学都很难挑选出哪个支持的服务给学生财政支持,have trouble/difficulty (in) doing做…有困难.
73.financial
句意理解题:根据第二段的句子:Public institutions in particular are often faced with tough choices about which student support services to fund.Private colleges are feeling the pinch(棘手)as well.可知公立大学和私立大学都很难挑选出哪个支持的服务给学生财政支持,这里需要形容词"财政的":financial.
74.ensure/guarantee/provide
句意理解题:根据第二段的句子:the high cost of doing business at public and private institutions means that students are not necessarily receiving more support in return for increased tuition and fees.可知增加的学费不能保证对学生的支持,填ensure/guarantee/provide.
75.well
句意理解题:根据第三段的句子:students themselves are sometimes ill equipped to respond to the challenges posed by college life.可知一些有学习障碍的学生不能为大学生活做好准备,填well.
76.delivering/providing
词性转化题:根据第四段的句子:Unfortunately,higher education is sometimes more of an information delivery system than a responsive,collaborative(合作的)process.可知大学教育只是在传递信息,delivery改成delivering/providing.
77.unnoticed
原词重现题:根据第四段的句子:We have created cities of youth in which students can pass through unnoticed,可知大学教育不注意这些有困难的学生,填unnoticed.
78.approach
同义词转化题:根据第五段的句子:I have found that there are ways to communicate more effectively.可知这部分讲的是让学生有效的交流的方式,因为to后面接的是动名词,所以用approach.
79.desperately/badly
词性转化题:根据第五段的句子:and students in trouble can be desperate to find someone who will listen to them.可知学生非常需要被倾听,将形容词desperate改成副词desperately/badly.
80.writing原词重现题:根据第五段的句子:This is one of the reasons why writing,even more than speaking,can provide us with important insights into ourselves and others.可知大学可以提供写作课让学生交流,所以填 writing.
点评 一、寻找关键词句
即要阅读过程中要善于所读应用文及其相关的匹配对象,寻找关键词句,整料上不同类别的应用文都有相对固定的要素,如培训班招生广告中多涉及课程、时间、地点、教师、学费、入学条件和联系方式等;剧院介绍则包括位置、联系电话、上演剧目、时间和票价等.而这些要素正是人物信息中个人关注的方面,所以,考生在详读人物信息时可以根据应用文的主题、话题或类别特点,以年龄、爱好、时间、地点、经济条件、工作技能等为线索,找出关键的不同信息.
二、寻找相关信息
即要依据所读材料的写作特点和写作的表现形式(格式),寻找相关信息点.有的应用文语言精炼简洁,有的甚至以短句、省略句等形式出现,考生应具备这方面的知识和能力,跳过一些与信息关联不大的生词,突破难点,匹配对应的内容.
三、比较相同和异同
要读懂、弄清匹配项与应用文之间的条件、范围等,有的条件有多个,范围有大有小,要列出要点,对比与其它匹配项的异同,排除干扰项,从而选定条件要点都相一致的那一工页.
四、划线关键信息
要用笔划出关键点,以便引起注意,有助于记忆、理顺思路.同时,对已选的匹配项,可用笔划线标明,以便减少混乱、减少错误,提高解题速度.
A. | though | B. | until | C. | because | D. | if |
- .They are both expensive and of little use.( )
A. | Both | B. | Neither | C. | None | D. | No one |
A. | Except for | B. | Rather than | C. | Apart from | D. | Instead of |