大学MOOC 高级英语阅读(北京联合大学)1452118190 最新慕课完整章节测试答案
Lesson 1
文章目录
Decide true or false.
1、判断题：
Roughly half of the college population is working on graduate level degrees.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
2、判断题：
Because “college” and “university” are often used interchangeably, there is no substantial difference between the two words.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
3、判断题：
It usually takes a student four years to earn a bachelor’s degree in arts or science.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
4、判断题：
The titles of freshman, sophomore, junior and senior refer to not only the undergraduate students studying for bachelor’s degree, but also high school students.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
5、判断题：
The main source of most prestigious universities is federal or state funds in addition to fees
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
6、判断题：
The academic standards of American colleges and universities are uniformly known for the quality of their social life or sports teams than for their academic achievements
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
7、判断题：
It is typical of US higher education to have the system designed to keep people in education rather than screen them out.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
8、判断题：
Some colleges, since they accept almost any high school graduate, are referred to as “diploma mills”.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
9、判断题：
As one of the two unique higher education institutions of America, the two-year community or junior college offer studies leading to technical and semi-professional occupation, and prepare students to enter four-year degree institution.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
10、判断题：
Since American education system is intended to keep people in education, in many states, most of graduating high school students can be admitted to four-year universities.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
Lesson 10
Choose the best answer
1、单选题：
The features of a campus job fair are listed as follows except that ________.
选项：
A: It provides more job opportunities to the graduating seniors.
B: The positive things include multiple choices weighed by the students.
C: Graduating seniors can find a permanent job opportunity at the fair.
D: It is an entry-level job market.
答案: 【 Graduating seniors can find a permanent job opportunity at the fair.】
2、单选题：
How did the class of 2012 use their college years to prepare for the brutal realities of the job market?
选项：
A: They began their pursuit of job opportunities in their junior-year study on the campus.
B: They started to look for jobs much earlier with more realistic expectations.
C: They pursued summer internships as the resume booster.
D: They set higher expectations about future jobs in the ideal place
答案: 【 They started to look for jobs much earlier with more realistic expectations.】
3、单选题：
Why is it said that the class of 2012 got lucky?
选项：
A: They can find permanent jobs easily
B: The job market is as bright as that enjoyed by the older brothers and sisters.
C: When they graduate, the Wall Street Investment Bank Lehman Bros. will be hiring more employers
D: The college education is the shelter they take in to avoid the bad economy.
答案: 【 The college education is the shelter they take in to avoid the bad economy.】
4、单选题：
What role is played by summer internship in freshman’s expected employment?
选项：
A: Summer internship is pursued by freshmen for their polished personal qualities.
B: Summer internship is pursued by freshmen for the possibility of permanent employment.
C: Summer internship is pursued by freshmen for a more appealing resume.
D: Summer internship is pursued by freshmen for accumulated extra-curricular experiences.
答案: 【 Summer internship is pursued by freshmen for the possibility of permanent employment.】
5、单选题：
Why does the author illustrate the case of Rebecca Wishbow?
选项：
A: To prove that being realistic about the expected job is important
B: To prove that internship experience is important
C: To prove that it is easier for a senior graduate to land a job.
D: To prove that the job market is promising for the class of 2012.
答案: 【 To prove that being realistic about the expected job is important】
6、单选题：
What happened in the job market in 2008?
选项：
A: Many companies began to recruit graduates as many as possible.
B: Almost no recent graduates were needed by companies.
C: Multiple job choices could be weighed by the recent graduates.
D: More recent graduates swarmed into the job market than required by companies.
答案: 【 Almost no recent graduates were needed by companies.】
7、单选题：
What is the change in the graduates’ expectations about their future jobs?
选项：
A: In spite of less choices and lower income, they still took the jobs.
B: They took the dream job as the standard to decide whether to accept the job offers.
C: They would be disappointed to work entry-level jobs.
D: They continued their graduate education to wait out the recession.
答案: 【 In spite of less choices and lower income, they still took the jobs.】
Lesson 11
answer the questions
1、填空题：
According to the report based on the research conducted by the author, what is the most challenging problem confronting Asian students in America?
答案: 【 Although there is great diversity on the US university campuses, many American students still hold negative stereotypes of Asians, at a time when Chinese international students enroll in American universities in increasing numbers each year as undergraduates.】
2、填空题：
How does the problem present itself in Asian students’ life in America?
答案: 【 Chinese students are rarely seen at university functions, such as sporting events, extracurricular clubs, or musical concerts. They are more invisible compared to the larger populations on the US campuses.】
3、填空题：
In spite of such problem, Asian students still prefer studying abroad, such as in America. What are the reasons?
答案: 【 The reasons include failing to get into a top Chinese university, hoping to work abroad after graduation, seeking more personal freedom and believing that America offered superior programs and teaching. Some wants to seek more space for them while studying abroad.】
4、填空题：
To promote Asian students’ integration into American campus life, what are the suggested solutions offered by the report?
答案: 【 The solutions include having Chinese and American students room together during their freshman year, and providing better cultural sensitivity training for American staff and students】
choose the best answer based on unit 6 text A
1、单选题：
On American campus, Chinese students are rarely seen at university functions such as sports events, extracurricular clubs or musical concerts, because _____.
选项：
A: they are busy with their study and don’t have time to spare to attend such activities
B: many American students hold negative stereotypes of Asian students.
C: Chinese students only like to be associated with those of the same nationalities
D: null
答案: 【 many American students hold negative stereotypes of Asian students.】
2、单选题：
Why did the author conduct the research at Indiana University?
选项：
A: The author did it as the required routine job to be done with any overseas students
B: It was a part of the research into the integration level of different groups of students with different nationalities and their satisfaction level of their overseas study life.
C: The author wanted to know how well Chinese students are integrated into American campus life and how they feel about their overseas study life.
D: null
答案: 【 The author wanted to know how well Chinese students are integrated into American campus life and how they feel about their overseas study life.】
3、单选题：
As to the 20 Chinese undergraduate students to be interviewed in the research, how were they selected?
选项：
A: They were invited because they were born in China and had been studying least one year in America.
B: They were selected randomly as long as they are Chinese.
C: They volunteered to participate in the research because it is the research on Chinese students’ life in America.
D: null
答案: 【 They were invited because they were born in China and had been studying least one year in America.】
4、单选题：
How did the surveyed students usually spend their free time?
选项：
A: They often got themselves involved in sporting event or extracurricular activities.
B: They were usually gathered with their classmates or schoolmates talking about political issues.
C: They spent most of their free time with their Chinese student associations.
D: null
答案: 【 They spent most of their free time with their Chinese student associations.】
5、单选题：
When it comes to working in groups for class, Chinese students also could feel it stressful when working with their American classmates, why?
选项：
A: Because Chinese students’ English were too poor to communicate with their classmates or professor.
B: Because their American classmates thought their English was too poor to add value to group projects.
C: Because their professors criticized their poor English, which had an influence on their American classmates
D: null
答案: 【 Because their American classmates thought their English was too poor to add value to group projects.】
6、单选题：
Did the interviewed Chinese students want to make friends with American students?
选项：
A: No, they didn’t, because there exists great differences between Chinese and American cultures.
B: No, they didn’t, because many American students segregate themselves from Chinese students by not talking to them.
C: Yes, they did, although in fact they still had fewer American friends than Chinese ones.
D: null
答案: 【 Yes, they did, although in fact they still had fewer American friends than Chinese ones.】
7、单选题：
According to the survey report, which of the following reasons might be the one for Chinese students’ studying abroad?
选项：
A: Some of them had failed to enter college at home
B: Some of them wanted to have a better job opportunity in China after their graduation
C: Some of them wanted to seek for more individual freedom
D: null
答案: 【 Some of them wanted to seek for more individual freedom】
8、单选题：
To forge friendships between Chinese and American students, university authorities are suggested to help break down stereotypes by ________.
选项：
A: encouraging more interaction between Chinese and American students
B: having Chinese and American students’ room together all through their four-year study
C: providing better cultural sensitivity training for both American and Chinese students
D: null
答案: 【 encouraging more interaction between Chinese and American students】
Lesson 12
Choose the best answer
1、单选题：
Linda came to the United States from her native China to pursue her ______
选项：
A: postgraduate education
B: graduate education
C: undergraduate education
D: high school education
答案: 【 high school education】
2、单选题：
What happened to make Linda desire to seek for education in the United States at her young age?
选项：
A: She read about the introduction to American education in a book.
B: She watched a movie about American education.
C: She went on a two-week trip to the United States with her American professor.
D: Her parents took her to the United States for travelling.
答案: 【 She went on a two-week trip to the United States with her American professor.】
3、单选题：
What impressed Linda most when she traveled in the United Sates?
选项：
A: American students had lockers for their books and stuff that they didn’t need to take with them.
B: Homework for American students was not so much as Chinese students had.
C: American teachers were very kind to students.
D: American students are very kind to Chinese visitors and students.
答案: 【 American students had lockers for their books and stuff that they didn’t need to take with them.】
4、单选题：
Why didn’t Linda’s father want her to study in the United States?
选项：
A: Because he didn’t like the United States
B: Because he didn’t want Linda, his only child, to leave China.
C: Because he couldn’t accept the American culture.
D: Because he didn’t think the United States is a safe country for a young girl.
答案: 【 Because he didn’t want Linda, his only child, to leave China.】
5、单选题：
Why did Linda want to stay in the United States when she graduated from high school?
选项：
A: Because she didn’t want to leave her American friend.
B: Because she had learned much better than her Chinese peers in math and science classes.
C: Because her family had all immigrated to the United States.
D: Because she had been admitted to one of America’s prestigious universities.
答案: 【 Because she didn’t want to leave her American friend.】
6、单选题：
Why did Linda enjoy the teaching method in the United States?
选项：
A: Because testing was the most important part in American high school education.
B: Because she enjoyed the interactions of ideas between teachers and students.
C: Because she could learn much more knowledge provided by the teachers.
D: Because she didn’t need to take part in any exams and tests.
答案: 【 Because she enjoyed the interactions of ideas between teachers and students.】
7、单选题：
Before China, which country had been the one sending the most international students to the United States?
选项：
A: Russia
B: Poland
C: Italy
D: India
答案: 【 India】
Lesson 13
answer the questions
1、填空题：
What are the factors behind the fact that many Chinese students skip local university entrance exam and apply to American colleges?
答案: 【 The shifts of economic power; diversity touted by the US universities.】
2、填空题：
What is the trend of students studying abroad from China according to the figures from Chinese Ministry of education？
答案: 【 he number of students studying abroad has been increasing since 2007, half of which decided to go to the USA; Australia and the UK are the second and third most popular destinations respectively.】
3、填空题：
What is the trend of students pursuing studies in the US?
答案: 【 The growth in Chinese students pursuing studies in the US has been a fast speed during the past decade.】
4、填空题：
Why do most Chinese students prefer to study in the US?
答案: 【 The familiarity with US brands; the offer of more academic choices in the US universities】
5、填空题：
Is it necessary for the US universities to penetrate Chinese students market? Why?
答案: 【 Yes, because the financial crisis and budget cuts at the US universities aggravated their need to recruit Chinese students to compensate for the severe funding cuts, since, according to the US universities, Chinese student market is huge and more and more Chinese families have a higher purchasing power.】
6、填空题：
Among all the universities, who are particularly eager to win foreign students? What is the reason for it?
答案: 【 Public universities are particularly eager to win foreign students because of the severe funding cuts at home and foreign students’ international cachet and their higher out-of-state tuition.】
7、填空题：
How do you understand the words spoken by Michael K. Young, president of the University of Washington as quoted by The New York Times?
答案: 【 Taking in a domestic student is no more advantageous than taking in a Chinese student.】
8、填空题：
Why didn’t students with advanced degrees choose to return to China after their study in the US?
答案: 【 Because they didn’t see opportunities for research at home.】
9、填空题：
What are the opportunities overseas Chinese students can take advantage of if they return to China after their study in the US?
答案: 【 If the overseas Chinese students return to China after their study in the US, they will ideally positioned to fill the demand of developing China from an export-based to a domestic consumption-based economy.】
Read the passage again. Find a word for each of these meanings. Put the word in the correct form.
1、填空题：
be greater in importance. __________ (paragraph 1)
答案: 【 reign】
2、填空题：
register formally as a member. ____________(paragraph 2)
答案: 【 recruit】
3、填空题：
each separately in the order mentioned. _____________(paragraph 3)
答案: 【 respectively】
4、填空题：
thorough knowledge.___________ (paragraph 6)
答案: 【 familiarity】
5、填空题：
to increase to the greatest possible size or amount. ___________(paragraph 8)
答案: 【 maximize】
6、填空题：
to make worse. ___________(paragraph 9)
答案: 【 aggravate】
7、填空题：
of, containing, or expressed in two languages. ___________(paragraph 15)
答案: 【 bilingual】
Lesson 14
Choose the best answer
1、单选题：
Why are American-educated nationals referred to as sea turtles?
选项：
A: Because it sounds the same to the pronunciation of the Chinese version referring to those students who came back hometown from other countries.
B: Because those students are like sea turtles who come back and settle down in China after their graduation.
C: Because they are like sea turtles that will travel afar from hometown every year.
D: Because they will stay in America after their graduation and start their life there.
答案: 【 Because those students are like sea turtles who come back and settle down in China after their graduation.】
2、单选题：
According to Wei Sun’s study, why is it more difficult for “sea turtles” to find employment in China than the college or university students studying at home?
选项：
A: Because they don’t have any channels to be informed of the employment offers.
B: Because they don’t have much time to seek for any employment opportunity.
C: Because they didn’t set up any personal connections network in China.
D: Because Chinese college or university education is better conformed to China’s job market.
答案: 【 Because they didn’t set up any personal connections network in China.】
3、单选题：
According to Victor Wu, the graduate from University of California, why did he have to take a two-year business program?
选项：
A: Because he needed it.
B: Because he was asked to by the employer.
C: Because he didn’t major in economics.
D: Because he had to establish his personal connections before looking for a job.
答案: 【 Because he had to establish his personal connections before looking for a job.】
4、单选题：
According to the research, why do overseas students seem to be at a disadvantage in venture capital industries.
选项：
A: Because they couldn’t develop the necessary personal relationship with influential people in their job search.
B: Because they didn’t acquire the necessary competence needed by they Chinese venture capital industry.
C: Because they couldn’t meet the satisfaction of the interviewers.
D: Because they lacked in the proper interpersonal communication skills.
答案: 【 Because they couldn’t develop the necessary personal relationship with influential people in their job search.】
5、单选题：
The instance about Jack Wei taken in the text is intended to make clear of _______.
选项：
A: the advantage enjoyed by the overseas graduates in international companies’ employment operating in China
B: the disadvantage suffered by the overseas graduates in the international companies’ employment in China
C: the advantage enjoyed by the overseas graduates in China’s national companies’ employment
D: the advantage enjoyed by the Chinese university graduates in the international companies’ employment operating in China
答案: 【 the advantage enjoyed by the overseas graduates in international companies’ employment operating in China】
6、单选题：
Pierre Cohade is quoted in the text to make it known to the reader that ________.
选项：
A: the core problem faced by the international companies operating in China is the lack in thegovernmental support
B: the core problem faced by the international companies operating in China is the lack in satisfactory talent at management level
C: the core problem faced by the international companies operating in China is the unfavoured treaties imposed by the local government
D: the core problem faced by the international companies operating in China is the unbearable taxation
答案: 【 the core problem faced by the international companies operating in China is the lack in satisfactory talent at management level】
7、单选题：
What do Chinese students having studied in American attribute the problem faced by the international companies in China to?
选项：
A: The passiveness of Chinese students graduating from Chinese universities
B: The lack in overseas working experiences obtained by Chinese students.
C: The role memorization in Chinese educational system
D: The low learning efficiency of Chinese university graduates
答案: 【 The role memorization in Chinese educational system】
8、单选题：
What advantage do sea turtles have over the graduates of Chinese?
选项：
A: The competence in English language
B: The interpersonal communication skills.
C: The advanced knowledge in certain field
D: The creative and critical thinking skills acquired through American education.
答案: 【 The creative and critical thinking skills acquired through American education.】
Fill in the blanks
1、填空题：
statisticalconstraintidentifycensorshipaccumulatevirtuallyapproximatelydemonstrateapparentlypreviousThe speaker noticed that the audience ________ lost their interest in listening to his speech, and most of them fell asleep.
答案: 【 apparently】
2、填空题：
The survey conducted by the researchers ________ that most parents hardly showed any attention to their children’s psychological needs.
答案: 【 demonstrated】
3、填空题：
He has ________ working experience before the job application, therefore, he was accepted by the company soon after the interview.
答案: 【 accumulated】
4、填空题：
Police have already ________ 10 murder suspects by means of the descriptions offered by the witnesses.
答案: 【 identified】
5、填空题：
________ everyone has their own dreams, however, it is not easy to find their place in this conpetitivw society.
答案: 【 Virtually】
6、填空题：
________, how much money do you spend on clothes per month?
答案: 【 Approximately】
7、填空题：
The _______ government has failed to effectively put the system into practice, but the newly elected one wouldn’t fail to do it.
答案: 【 previous】
8、填空题：
Some scholars have opposing views and believe that it is only ______ data and should not be used for reference.
答案: 【 statistical】
9、填空题：
The internet ______ is very important, because too many teenagers can get an easy access to the information content on the internet.
答案: 【 censorship】
10、填空题：
Their decision to abandon the trip was made because of financial _______.
答案: 【 constraints】
Lesson 15
answer each of the following question
1、填空题：
What does the author think is the main reason accounting for the decline of American higher education?
答案: 【 The fact that additional value has not been created to match the extra spending on education. With the declines in the quality of students and graduates, it is suggested that a degree may now mean less than it once did.】
2、填空题：
Why are students enthusiastic about studying “workload management”?
答案: 【 Because they want to get information about “blow off” classes, which can be avoided with no harm to grades and which teachers are the easiest-going.】
3、填空题：
Why does the author take law graduates as an example when it comes to the premium paid to students?
答案: 【 Because it is easily possible to overspend on legal education and before law graduates find a job, the premium is of little comfort to the few borrowers who has defaulted on their federal student loans within two years of graduating.】
4、填空题：
What does the author mean by saying that college graduates are unlikely to feel happy about the argument that they would be even worse off without a degree than with one?
答案: 【 The value of degree plummets while the earning is declining, and therefore, the young graduates with a degree have to face more debt.】
5、填空题：
Will all the students taking out loans graduate finally? Why do nearly 30% of college students who took out loans eventually drop out?
答案: 【 No. Because they are saddled with a debt they have no realistic means of paying off.】
6、填空题：
What is the change taking place in higher education against the headwinds of declining productivity and stiff economy? Why is t