It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity 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 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 enlarge 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 (精英) (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 w here the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. Ital ked 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．Which of the following groups of people still disagree in their views on diversity?      

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

2．High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to      .

       A．lower the rate of unemployment

       B．win equal political rights

       C．be competitive in the world market

       D．satisfy the demands of a growing population

3．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．in order to compete in the global market place, diversity is unnecessary.

4．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 educating for all regardless of race or sex

The man from the west stopped and drew back his arm. "You’re not Jimmy Wells," he said in a quick and angry way, "Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’ nose from a Roman to pug." "It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,” said the tall man, "you’ve been under arrest for ten minutes. Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and phones us she wants to have a word with you. Going quietly, are you? That’s sensible. Now before we go to the station here’s a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. It’s from Patrolman Wells.?" The man from the West opened the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he finished. The note was rather short. Bob: I was at the right place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man (便衣) to do the job.

52． The man from the West must have broken the law _____.

A. in Chicago                 B. in New York

C. in his hometown        D. somewhere else

53. The man from the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man ____.

A. had a different accent from his

B. had a different nose from his friend’s

C. was his another old friend

D. said "Chicago wants to talk with you?"

54. The two men may have walked _____.

A. for ten minutes               B. arm in arm

C. face to face                    D. both A and B

55. We can suppose Jim _____.

A. was afraid of the man from the West

B. got another man to help him when necessary

C. had an appointment with Bob 20 years ago

The man from the west stopped and drew back his arm．“You’re not Jimmy Wells，” he said in a quick and angry way，“Twenty years is a long time，but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to pug．”“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one，” said the tall man，“you’ve been under arrest for ten minutes．Silky Bob．Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and phones us she wants to have a word with you．Going quietly，are you? That’s sensible．Now before we go to the station，here’s a note I was asked to hand you．You may read it here at the window．It’s from Patrolman Wells．?”The man from the West opened the little piece of paper handed him．His hand was steady when he began to read，but it trembled a little by the time he finished．The note was rather short．Bob: I was at the right place on time．When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago．Somehow I couldn’t do it myself，so I went around and got a plain clothes man （便衣） to do the job．

1．The man from the West must have broken the law _____．

A．in Chicago                                               B．in New York    

C．in his hometown                                      D．somewhere else

2．The man from the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man ____．

A．had a different accent from his               B．had a different nose from his friend’s

C．was his another old friend                   D．said "Chicago wants to talk with you．?"

3．The two men may have walked _____．

A．for ten minutes      B．arm in arm          C．face to face              D．both A and B

4．We can suppose Jim _____．

A．was afraid of the man from the West

B．got another man to help him when necessary

C．had an appointment with Bob 20 years ago

D．had something else to do and couldn’t come himself