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Commencement (毕业典礼) is a time for idealism.
But economic reality is cruel everywhere; especially for new graduate. They have been told repeatedly that a college degree is an open sesame(芝麻) to the global economy. But that’s not necessarily so, according to new research by two economists at he Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank Levy and Peter Temin.
It is true that people with college degrees make more money than people without degrees. The gap has narrowed somewhat in recent years, which is disturbing. But the earning power of college graduates still far outpaces that of less-educated workers.
The bad news, though, is that a college degree does not ensure a bigger share of the economics pie for many graduates. In recent decades Mr. Levy and Mr. Temin show, only college-educated women have seen their income grow in line with economy wide gains in productivity. The earnings of male college graduates have failed to keep pace with productivity gains.
Instead, a huge share of productivity growth, which expands the nation’s income, is going to Americans on the top of the income scale. In 2005, the latest year with available data, the top of 1 percent of Americans---whose average annual income was $ 1.1 million--- took in 21.8 percent of the nation’s income, their largest share since 1929.
Administration officials, and other politicians and economists, often, believe that income inequality, reflects an education gap. But Mr. Levy and Mr. Temin show that in the case of men, the average bachelor’s degree is not enough to catch the rising tide of the global economy.
They argue that the real reason that inequality is worsening is the lack of strong policies that broadly distribute economic gains. In the past, for example, a more progressive income tax and unions promote equality. Positive measures have been eroding and new ones have not yet emerged, making the income gap even greater.
Mr. Levy and Mr. Temin conclude that only a new government policy can restore general prosperity. That’s a challenge to the nation’s leader and today’s graduates. America needs them to contribute to the development of the nation in global economy.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about that _______.

Commencement (毕业典礼) is a time for idealism.

But economic reality is cruel everywhere; especially for new graduate. They have been told repeatedly that a college degree is an open sesame(芝麻) to the global economy. But that’s not necessarily so, according to new research by two economists at he Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank Levy and Peter Temin.

It is true that people with college degrees make more money than people without degrees. The gap has narrowed somewhat in recent years, which is disturbing. But the earning power of college graduates still far outpaces that of less-educated workers.

The bad news, though, is that a college degree does not ensure a bigger share of the economics pie for many graduates. In recent decades Mr. Levy and Mr. Temin show, only college-educated women have seen their income grow in line with economy wide gains in productivity. The earnings of male college graduates have failed to keep pace with productivity gains.

Instead, a huge share of productivity growth, which expands the nation’s income, is going to Americans on the top of the income scale. In 2005, the latest year with available data, the top of 1 percent of Americans---whose average annual income was $ 1.1 million--- took in 21.8 percent of the nation’s income, their largest share since 1929.

Administration officials, and other politicians and economists, often, believe that income inequality, reflects an education gap. But Mr. Levy and Mr. Temin show that in the case of men, the average bachelor’s degree is not enough to catch the rising tide of the global economy.

They argue that the real reason that inequality is worsening is the lack of strong policies that broadly distribute economic gains. In the past, for example, a more progressive income tax and unions promote equality. Positive measures have been eroding and new ones have not yet emerged, making the income gap even greater.

Mr. Levy and Mr. Temin conclude that only a new government policy can restore general prosperity. That’s a challenge to the nation’s leader and today’s graduates. America needs them to contribute to the development of the nation in global economy.

1.The passage is mainly about that _______.

A．there is a big income gap between female and male college graduates in America.

B．college graduates find it hard to find an ideal job after graduation in America.

C．research shows that American government should take measures to ensure income equality for college graduates

D．college degrees are losing value in America.

2.What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

A．The whole nation has enjoyed a big income growth with the growth of productivity.

B．Much of the total income in America has been gained by a few very rich people.

C．A small part of people in America have income increase.

D．Upper class Americans contribute most to productivity growth.

3.The underlined word “eroding” in paragraph 7 probably means _______.

A．being gradually destroyed by wind or rain

B．gradually reducing power

C．gradually disappearing

D．gradually not suitable

4.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．female college graduates have higher income than male ones.

B．female college graduates have benefited from some governmental measures to ensure their income growth.

C．income tax can grantee income equality.

D．new measures and policies have been taken to promote income equality.

5.From the passage, some economists believe that the worsening income inequality is caused by ______.

A．lower college degree of college graduates

B．lack of proper governmental policies

C．gender discrimination

D．underdevelopment of economy and productivity.

书面表达

第一节阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)

阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)

[1] Every time I think of happiness，I should sink into my sweet memories．My fun memories of childhood is one silly thing，a kind trick．

[2] The story begins that our cat gave birth to two babies in a shelf，secretly．We were very happy with a little sadness，because we love eats but we already had got two and mum told us she was looking for someone to adopt the coming baby cats．We were unwilling to send them out．nor were we brave enough to annoy mum by opposing her．So what? We are good teammates and we chose to cover the truth! Luckily we got a very large porch that our parents seldom went up there．We keep a shelf there to support the kittens．We made them a warm bed with cotton and made sure the shelf strong enough to resist wind or rain．We made an agreement to tell mum that from then on we did the cleaning jobs and mention nothing about the kitten things to anyone．

[3]However，one day，my mum accidentally visited the porch to do some cleaning and was surprised to find the catty mum with her babies rightly sleeping in a nice shelf! She was so curious and we were so worried．My elder sister had gone to school and we three found nothing to explain but telling mum the truth．We were so sad and begging mum to keep them stay. We promised not to cheat mum again and should study harder．Luckily，dad and mum cared our thoughts so much，so we won at last and got the right to .All we learnt in this lesson is that it's right to help the weak and struggle for the things we love，but we ought to tell the truth，always，and in another way，We should learn to communicate first.

[4] Now time changed，but love still．Things changed，and memories still．

76．What is probably the topic of the text?(no more than 10 words)

77．According to Paragraph 2，why were the children a little sad?(no more than 20 words)

78．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese．

79．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

80．List three lessons that the author learned from the story．

第一节阅读表达阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)