2011年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part IWriting(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled TheCertificate Craze.You should write at least 150 words following the outline givenbelow.1.现在许多人热衷于各类证书考试2.其目的各不相同3.在我看来.…The Certificate CrazePart II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions:In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A),B),C)and D).For questions 8-10,complete the seen tenses withthe information given in the passage.Minority ReportAmerican universities are accepting more minorities than ever.Graduating them is anothermatter.Barry Mills,the president of Bowdoin College,was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts torecruit minority students.Since 2003 the small,elite liberal arts school in Brunswick,Maine,hasboosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshmanclasses from 8%to 13%."It is our responsibility to reach out and attract students to come to ourkinds of places,he told a NEWSWEEK reporter.But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when itcomes to actually graduating minorities.While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get theirdiplomas within six years,only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in severalrecent classes."If you look at who enters college,it now looks like America,"says Hilary Pennington,director of postsecondary programs for the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation,which has closelystudied enrollment patterns in higher education."But if you look at who walks across the stage for adiploma,it's still largely the white,upper-income population."The United States once had the highest graduation rate of any nation.Now it stands 10th.Forthe first time in American history,there is the risk that the rising generation will be less welleducated than the previous one.The graduation rate among 25-to 34-year-olds is no better than therate for the 55-to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago.Studies showthat more and more poor and non-white students want to graduate from college-but theirgraduation rates fall far short of their dreams.The graduation rates for blacks,Latinos,and NativeAmericans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians.As the minority populationgrows in the United States,low college graduation rates become a threat to national prosperityThe problem is pronounced at public universities.In 2007 the University ofWisconsin-Madison-one of the top five or so prestigious public universities-graduated 81%ofits white students within six years,but only 56%of its blacks.At less-selective state schools,thenumbers get worse.During the same time frame,the University of Northern Iowa graduated 67%ofits white students,but only 39%of its blacks.Community colleges have low graduation ratesgenerally-but rock-bottom rates for minorities.A recent review of California community collegesfound that while a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees,only 15%ofAfrican-Americans did so as well.Private colleges and universities generally do better,partly because they offer smaller classesand more personal attention.But when it comes to a significant graduation gap,Bowdoin hascompany.Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduatesin 2007 and 25 points in 2006.Middlebury College in Vermont,another top school,had a 19-pointgap in 2007 and a 22-point gap in 2006.The most selective private schools-Harvard,Yale,andPrinceton-show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates.But that may have moreto do with their ability to select the best students.According to data gathered by Harvard LawSchool professor Lain Gainer,the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who haveat least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendantsof American slaves."Higher education has been able to duck this issue for years,particularly the more selectiveschools,by saying the responsibility is on the individual student,"says Pennington of the GatesFoundation."If they fail,it's their fault."Some critics blame affirmative action-students admittedwith lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools.But abigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which theyare "under matched":they could get into more elite,richer schools,but instead go to communitycolleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them.Some schools out forprofit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill-knowing full well that the students won't make it."The school keeps the money,but the kid leaveswith loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job.Colleges are not holding up theirend,"says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust.A college education is getting ever more expensive.Since 1982 tuitions have been rising atroughly twice the rate of inflation.In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university-after financial aid-equaled 28%of median )family income,while a four-year privateuniversity cost 76%of median family income.More and more scholarships are based on merit,notneed.Poorer students are not always the best-informed consumers.Often they wind up deeply indebt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out.There once was a time when universities took pride in their dropout rates.Professors wouldbegin the year by saying,"Look to the right and look to the left.One of you is not going to be hereby the end of the year.But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a fewcolleges face up to the graduation gap.At the University of Wisconsin-Madison,the gap has beenroughly halved over the last three years.The university has poured resources into peer counselingto help students from inner--city schools adjust to the rigor(严格要求)and faster pace of auniversity classroom-and also to help minority students overcome the stereotype that they are lessqualified.Wisconsin has a "laser like focus"on building up student skills in the first three months,according to vice provo.st(教务长)Damon Williams.State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishingminority graduation rates.For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have had successbringing minorities onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them some prepareTory courses.The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and non-white students as early as theseventh grade,using innovative tools to identify kids with sophisticated verbal skills.Suchprograms can be expensive,of course,but cheap compared with the millions already invested inscholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support.With effort and money,the graduation gap can be closed.Washington and Lee is a small,selective school in Lexington,Va.Its student body is less than 5%black and less than 2%Latino.While the school usually graduated about 90%of its whites,the graduation rate of its blacks andLatinos had dipped to 63%by 2007."We went through a dramatic shift,"says Dawn Watkins,thevice president for student affairs.The school aggressively pushed mentoring (of minoritiesby other students and "partnering"with parents at a special pre-enrollment session.The school hadits first-ever black homecoming.Last spring the school graduated the same proportion of minoritiesas it did whites.If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race,it will have topay systematic attention to graduating minorities,not just enrolling them.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1.What is the author's main concern about American higher education?A)The small proportion of minority students.B)The low graduation rates of minority students.C)The growing conflicts among ethnic groups.D)The poor academic performance of students.2.What was the pride of President Barry Mills of Bowdoin College?A)The prestige of its liberal arts programs.B)Its ranking among universities in Maine.C)The high graduation rates of its students.D)Its increased enrollment of minority students.3.What is the risk facing America?A)Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrantsB)The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.C)More poor and non-white students will be denied access to collegeD)It is going to lose its competitive edge in higher education.4.How many African-American students earned their degrees in California community collegesaccording to a recent review?A)Fifty-six percent.B)Thirty-nine percent.C)Fifteen percentD)Sixty-seven percent.5.Harvard,Yale,and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white graduation ratesmainly because.A)Their students work harderB)They recruit the best studentsC)Their classes are generally smaller D)They give students more attention6.How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students'failure to get a degree?A)Universities are to blame.B)Students don't work hardC)The government fails to provide the necessary supportD)Affirmative action should be held responsible.7.Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author?A)They have lost confidence in themselves.B)They cannot afford the high tuition.C)They cannot adapt to the rigor of the schoolD)They fail to develop interest in their studies.8.To tackle the problem of graduation gap,the University of Wisconsin-Madison helps minoritystudents get over the stereotype that9.For years,private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have provided minority students withduring the summer before freshman year.10.Washington and Lee University is cited as an example to show that the gap of graduationrates between whites and minorities canPart IIIListening Comprehension(35minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At theend ofeach conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each questionthere will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B).