Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor(接任者)to Lawrence Summers .
The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a noted scholar on History of the American South and dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university’s 28th president.
“This is a great day, and a historic day for Harvard,” James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee, said in a statement. “Drew Faust is an inspiring and accomplished leader, a superb scholar, a dedicated  teacher, and a wonderful human being.”
Her selection is noteworthy given the heated debates over Summers’ comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs.
Faust has been dean of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women’s college was combined into the university as a research center with a mission to study gender issues.
Some professors have quietly groused that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics.

1,3,5

 
Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive a degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, a graduate of Cambridge University, who died in office in 1762. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.

“Teaching staff turned to her constantly,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania and historian who worked closely with Faust. “She’s very clear. She has a sense of humor, but she’s very strong-minded. You come to trust in her because she’s so solid.”
【小题1】Which might be the best title for the passage?
A.Harvard named its 1st female president.
B.History of Harvard University changed.
C.Debates on female equality ended
D.Drew Gilpin Faust, a famous woman historian.
【小题2】Which is NOT true about Drew Gilpin Faust?
A.She is the 28th president of Harvard University.
B.She is a famous scholar from the American South.
C.She isn’t a graduate from Harvard University
D.She was head of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
【小题3】Lawrence Summers held the view that      .
A.women cannot achieve as much as men in management
B.women cannot hold important positions in society
C.women can match men in science jobs
D.few women make top scientists owing to genes
【小题4】The underlined word “groused” in the 6th paragraph means       .
A.approved B.commented C.complained D.indicated
【小题5】This passage probably appears in a      .
A.biography B.personal letterC.research paper D.newspaper report

Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers.
The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a noted scholar on History of the American South and dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university’s 28th president.
“This is a great day, and a historic day, for Harvard,” James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee, said in a statement. “Drew Faust is an inspiring and accomplished leader, a superb scholar, a dedicated teacher, and a wonderful human being.”
Her selection is noteworthy given the heated debates over Summers’ comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs.
Faust has been dean of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women’s college was combined into the university as a research center with a mission to study gender issues.
Some professors have quietly groused that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics.
Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive a degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, a graduate of Cambridge University, who died in office in 1762. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.
“Teaching staff turned to her constantly,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania and historian who worked closely with Faust. “She’s very clear. She has a sense of humor, but she’s very strong-minded. You come to trust in her because she’s so solid.”
【小题1】Which might be the best title for the passage?

A.Harvard named its first female president.
B.History of Harvard University changed.
C.Debates on female equality ended.
D.Drew Gilpin Faust, a famous woman historian.
【小题2】Which is NOT true about Drew Gilpin Faust?
A.She is the 28th president of Harvard University.
B.She is a famous scholar from the American South.
C.She isn’t a graduate from Harvard University.
D.She was head of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
【小题3】The underlined word “groused” in the 6th paragraph means____ .
A.approvedB.commentedC.complainedD.indicated
【小题4】This passage probably appears in a____ .
A.biographyB.personal letterC.research paperD.newspaper report

Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers.

The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a noted scholar on History of the American South and dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university’s 28th president.

“This is a great day, and a historic day, for Harvard,” James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee, said in a statement. “Drew Faust is an inspiring and accomplished leader, a superb scholar, a dedicated teacher, and a wonderful human being.”

Her selection is noteworthy given the heated debates over Summers’ comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs.

Faust has been dean of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women’s college was combined into the university as a research center with a mission to study gender issues.

Some professors have quietly groused that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics.

Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive a degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, a graduate of Cambridge University, who died in office in 1762. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.

“Teaching staff turned to her constantly,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania and historian who worked closely with Faust. “She’s very clear. She has a sense of humor, but she’s very strong-minded. You come to trust in her because she’s so solid.”

1.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A.Harvard named its first female president.

B.History of Harvard University changed.

C.Debates on female equality ended.

D.Drew Gilpin Faust, a famous woman historian.

2.Which is NOT true about Drew Gilpin Faust?

A.She is the 28th president of Harvard University.

B.She is a famous scholar from the American South.

C.She isn’t a graduate from Harvard University.

D.She was head of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

3.The underlined word “groused” in the 6th paragraph means____ .

A.approved         B.commented        C.complained        D.indicated

4.This passage probably appears in a____ .

A.biography         B.personal letter      C.research paper     D.newspaper report

 

Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor(接任者)to Lawrence Summers .

The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a noted scholar on History of the American South and dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university’s 28th president.

“This is a great day, and a historic day for Harvard,” James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee, said in a statement. “Drew Faust is an inspiring and accomplished leader, a superb scholar, a dedicated  teacher, and a wonderful human being.”

Her selection is noteworthy given the heated debates over Summers’ comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs.

Faust has been dean of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women’s college was combined into the university as a research center with a mission to study gender issues.

Some professors have quietly groused that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics.

1,3,5

 

Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive a degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, a graduate of Cambridge University, who died in office in 1762. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.

“Teaching staff turned to her constantly,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania and historian who worked closely with Faust. “She’s very clear. She has a sense of humor, but she’s very strong-minded. You come to trust in her because she’s so solid.”

1.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A.Harvard named its 1st female president.

B.History of Harvard University changed.

C.Debates on female equality ended

D.Drew Gilpin Faust, a famous woman historian.

2.Which is NOT true about Drew Gilpin Faust?

A.She is the 28th president of Harvard University.

B.She is a famous scholar from the American South.

C.She isn’t a graduate from Harvard University

D.She was head of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

3.Lawrence Summers held the view that      .

A.women cannot achieve as much as men in management

B.women cannot hold important positions in society

C.women can match men in science jobs

D.few women make top scientists owing to genes

4.The underlined word “groused” in the 6th paragraph means       .

A.approved         B.commented        C.complained        D.indicated

5.This passage probably appears in a      .

A.biography         B.personal letter      C.research paper     D.newspaper report

 

 

第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

One day a small group of young people were at a wildlife park on a field trip.

“Oh, look at her, she's so beautiful.” All of us   21   a cheetah(印度豹)named Subira in respect-except a teenage boy called Cory in the back row, who seemed to be   22   to himself in impatience. When several members of the group turned in his   23  , he brushed the front of his T-shirt as though to   24   dust, and, in a gesture clearly meaning to   25   us, rolled up the right sleeve (袖子)of his shirt, further showing his well-developed   26  .

Cory had   27   of playing professional baseball someday. No one doubted Cory's   28  . But that was before the car accident. Not only did Cory lose a   29    in the accident but his hope and his spirit.

Seeing such a large audience, Subira couldn’t wait to give the crowd a   30   of her skills. “How fast she runs!” one shouted. “But she only has three legs.” one cried.

No one was more   31   than Cory. He stared at the animal with the missing leg and he smiled, tears of hope in his   32  .

Looking   33   into Cory' s face, the organizer explained “It was soon after she came to us that she showed her own worth-a   34    gift of love and spirit. In the past few years, the gift of Subira has   35   people around the world,and without words Subria has become our most persuasive   36  , and the most priceless gift.”

Cory asked   37  , “Can I touch her?”

As the rest of the group looked on in amazement, the boy wheeled himself over to the large gate and   38   to push it open. The expression on his face was one of great   39  . It was clear that Cory had   40   the gift of Subira.

21. A. listened to   B. laughed at C. smiled at    D. stared at

22. A. talking      B. wondering  C. sitting     D. lying

23. A. face          B. direction    C. way        D. attitude

24. A. clear         B. feel         C. remove      D. catch

25. A. amuse       B. impress     C. satisfy     D. frighten

26. A. fingers      B. body       C. hands      D. muscles

27. A. talked       B. dreamed     C. decided      D. expected

28. A. smartness     B. speed      C. ability       D. mind

29. A. leg               B. arm        C. hand       D. promise

30. A. memory           B. speed      C. show     D. quality

31. A. astonished    B. interrupted C. terrified     D. disappointed

32. A. heart        B. face        C. expression  D. eyes

33. A. bravely     B. frankly       C. directly     D. immediately

34. A. unique      B. common     C. right       D. difficult

35. A. excited     B. warned       C. described   D. touched

36. A. newspaper    B. spokesman  C. program   D. teacher

37. A. calmly            B. softly            C. bitterly       D. proudly

38. A. wished      B. decided      C. begged       D. struggled

39. A. puzzle      B. disappointment  C. satisfaction       D. shame

40. A. received       B. refused       C. seen        D. found

 

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