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In education, we’re also arguing about ______.
A．combining silent reading with reading aloud
B．the amount of information students can get from books and newspapers
C．the value of different types of reading material
D．the importance of using right reading skills
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第1题
We can infer from the passage that college students ______.
A．are the victims of the deteriorating education
B．mostly have very bad handwriting
C．don't think they're writing bad English
D．are ashamed of their poor writing skills
第2题
Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make 【21】______ easy and fun. Children will happily learn from 【22】______ characters while taught by expertly 【23】______ software. Who needs teachers when you've got 【24】______ education？ These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and 【25】______ extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games-- 【26】______ think of your own experience: can you 【27】______ even one educational filmstrip of many years ago？ I'll 【28】______ you remember the two or three great teachers who made a 【29】______ in your life.
Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised 【30】______ catalog shopping--just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets 【31】______ the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales 【32】______ . Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mail does more 【33】______ in an afternoon than the entire Internet 【34】______ in a month？ Even if there were a trustworthy way to 【35】______ money over the Internet, the network is 【36】______ a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce: salespeople.
What's absent from this electronic wonderland？ People contact. Computers and networks 【37】______ us from one another. A network chat line is a limp 【38】______ for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display
【39】______ to the excitement of a 【40】______ concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and where--in the holy names of Education and Progress--important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.
【21】
A．schoolwork
B．exercise
C．teamwork
D．research
第3题
M: Yes ... well ... in 1990, EBS's total sales were $11 billion. But in 1996, our sales grew by more than 5 billion and the sales total for the year was $27 billion. So ... while we used to think that 15% growth was good, for some time we were reckoning on achieving 20 to 50% ... though recent developments have changed that.
F: And what about international expansion？ Where are your big growth markets？
M: Over the next five years, we'll be hiring 100,000 new employees... in Asia alone, it'll be 60,000. The real development during this period will be concentrated in East Asia—mostly in China, India and Vietnam. We're hoping that one day the market there will be as big as Europe. Over a longer period, we're also planning to expand into the Middle East and into Southern Africa. All this development is very important for the company. For example, the plans for China will bring investment up to $100 billion. A few years ago, I'd never have dreamed that we'd be selling $3 billion dollars worth of products there, which we did last year. It's hard to believe that only seven years ago we sold nothing there at all.
F: Can we talk about EBS University itself？ Can you explain—simply—how it works, and who it's for？
M: I suppose it's really similar to a community-based education system—a bit like a village school—except, of course, this is a global village. Basically, it's designed to provide education and training for every single member of staff, from the Managing Director to the newest recruit.
F: And what kind of education and training is actually on offer？
M: Well, we have core courses that everyone is required to attend. They focus on things like reducing manufacturing time as well as quality issues—both for people and services. We also offer a range of options, everything from personnel, finance to languages. We run courses, for example, in French, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.
F: Can we turn now to the question of motivation and how you go about keeping people interested in their work？
M: We never underestimate training. It's a challenge, for example, keeping someone aged 20 skilled until they're aged 60. So we do what we can. While some employees get as much as three days' training a month, the minimum is fixed at three days a year. We also have a feedback system in the form. of a questionnaire that employees answer every six months, and in this way we can keep up-to-date with employees' opinions.
F: So you really do believe in investing in your employees？
M: That's right. We allow an amount equivalent to about 4% of an employee's salary for his or her training—to 'maintain them', if you like, because we think they're important. A piece of machinery, however, gets as much as 10%-12% of its purchase price spent oil maintenance now, I believe that people are more important than machines, so we still have a long way to go.
F: It would seem, though, that EBS is more broad-minded than many firms in its approach to educating and training its employees.
M: Well, EBS has been in a state of constant renewal since it was founded in 1938, but it wasn't until the late seventies onwards that the company started trying out new methods of training and education. EBS University was the result of those experiments and has been operating very successfully for the last fifteen years. I suppose overall what distinguishes EBS from other multinationals is that we educate all our employees and not just management.
F: Thank you, Mr. Rice, and I hope that EBS University continues to do well in its educational role.
•You will hear a radio interview with Brian Rice, president of EBS University, the training and educational body set up by the electronics company, Torntec.
•For each qu
A．5 billion dollars.
B．11 billion dollars.
C．27 billion dollars.
第4题
M: Yes…Well…in 2000, Thorntec's total sales were 20 billion. But in 2005, our sales grew by more than 5 billion. So…while we used to think that 15% growth was good, for some time we were reckoning on achieving 20 to 25%…though recent developments have changed that.
F: And what about international expansion？ Where are your big growth markets？
M: Over the next five years, we'll be hiring 100,000 new employees…in Asia alone, it'll be 60,000.The real development during this period will still be concentrated in Asia -- mostly China, India and Vietnam. We're hoping that one day the market there will be as big as Europe. Over a longer period, we're also planning to expand into the Middle East and into Southern Africa. All this development is very important for the company. For example, the plans for China will bring investment up to '100 billion. A few years ago, I'd never have dreamed that we'd be selling '2 billion dollars' worth of products there, which we did last year. It's hard to believe that only seven years ago we sold nothing there at all.
F: Can we talk about Thorntec University itself？ Can you explain -- simply -- how it works, and who it's for？
M: I suppose it's really similar to a community-based education system -- a bit like a village school -- except, of course, this is a global village. Basically, it's designed to provide education and training for every single member of staff, from the Managing Director to the newest recruit.
F: And what kind of education and training is actually on offer？
M: Well, we have core courses that everyone is required to attend. They focus on things like reducing manufacturing time as well as quality issues -- both for people and services. We also offer a range of options, everything from personal finance to languages. We run courses, for example, in French, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.
F: Can we turn now to the question of motivation and how you go about keeping people interested in their work？
M: We never underestimate training. It's a challenge, for example, keeping someone aged 20 skilled until they're aged 60. So we do what we can. While some employees get as much as three days training a month, the minimum is fixed at three days a year. We also have a feed back system in the form. of a questionnaire that employees answer every six months, and in this way we can keep up-to-date with employees' opinions.
F: So you really do believe in investing in your employees？
M: That's right. We allow an amount equivalent to about 4% of an employee's salary for his or her training -- to "maintain them", if you like, because we think they're important. A piece of machinery, however, gets as much as 10-12% of its purchase price spent on maintenance…now, I believe that people are more important than machines, so we still have a long way to go.
F: It would seem, though, that Thorntec is more broad-minded than many firms in its approach to educating and training its employees.
M: Well, Thorntec has been in a state of constant renewal since it was founded in 1928, but it wasn't until the late sixties onwards that the company started trying out new methods of training and education. Thorntec University was the result of those experiments and has been operating very successfully for the last fifteen years. I suppose overall what distinguishes Thorntec from other multinationals is that we educate all our employees and not just management.
F: Thank you, Mr. Winter, and I hope that Thorntec University continues to do well in its educational role.
You will hear a talk between a young employee and a senior cashier of a firm.
You have to complete the sentences 23-30 by choosing the correct answer.
Mark one letter A, B
A．20 billion dollars
B．26 billion dollars
C．23 billion dollars
第5题
Woman: Well, although most graduates still enter the teaching profession, an increasing number are employed by the business community - this is a major destination for new graduates. So it's only natural that we should want to have a say in higher education, the courses that are being offered, and so on.
Man: And why do you think the supermarket chain, Robertson's, needed to be represented on the government committee？
Woman: Well, about 50% of jobs that come onto the market don't require a specific degree, so they're known as non-specialist. This area's made up mostly of the service and retail sectors, with the retail sector alone accounting for 11% of graduate jobs. The high-tech industries, for example, IT and manufacturing, were already represented on the committee, and we thought that the opinions of the non-specialist employer, like Robertson's, should also be taken into account.
Man: What about the findings of the committee？ What was important to you there？
Woman: Well, firstly, that employers are looking for more than a body of knowledge. In today's world, the knowledge that a student gains has a short life span - it won't necessarily be relevant in 20 years' time. The committee recognised that higher education needs to take on board the fact that employers are looking for important, universal skills - in particular, those of communication, numeracy and IT.
Man: So what role do these skills have？
Woman: Well, take numeracy. The sort of people who reach the upper levels of organisations are all highly numerate. They have the ability to work with numbers at a very sophisticated level. So it's important that people can understand numbers and spot a mistake very, very quickly - even if there are a lot of noughts at the end.
Man: What other findings of the committee were important to you？.
Woman: Another finding was recognising the importance of work experience. I think it's true to say that graduates with work experience are much more likely to get a job than those without. At Robertson's we employ 25,000 students throughout the country and we're looking to increase that. We need people with experience of working with others - this makes a big difference. Oh, and the third important finding was recognising the importance of applied research. One problem is the gap between the discovery of certain innovations and actually putting them into practice. That's where, as a country, we don't do as well as some of our competitors. We've got a wonderful record for pure research but it isn't translated into economic growth. That's where we need to build better links between business and industry, and higher education.
Man: And do you think these findings are equally important for small businesses？
Woman: Yes, even more so. Small businesses don't have time to train people to the extent that large organisations do. It's particularly important to them that graduates have the skills to go into the workplace and make a contribution right from the start. I think the key skills that we've already talked about, together with work experience, are very helpful in that situation.
Man: And finally, what should the business community and the world of higher education be aiming for in the future？
Woman: We need to work more in partnership and that requires effort, I think, on both sides. Business leaders could invest more time in higher education, for example sitting on higher education councils, collaborating on research. Some of this goes on already, but more links are needed. And while business solutions don't apply exactly to higher education, we still have a lot to offer in terms of the management of change.
Man: Susan Gates - thank you for coming to the studio to talk to us.
？You will hear an interview with Susan Gates, Director of Human Resources Policy at Robertson's,
A．business needs to compete with teaching as a graduate career choice.
B．many courses are not vocational enough.
C．many graduates enter the world of business.
第6题
Then there's cyberbusiness, We're promised 30 catalog shopping - just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets 31 the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales 32 Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more 33 in an afternoon than the entire Internet 34 in a month？ Even if there were a trustworthy way to 35 money over the Internet, the network is 36 a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce : salespeople.
What's absent from this electronic wonderland？ People contact. Computers and networks 37 us from one another. A network chat line is a limp 38 for meeting friends over coffee.No interactive multimedia display comes 39 to the excitement of a 40 concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and - in the holy names of Education and Progress - important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.
第 21 题
第7题
Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make 【21】______ easy and fun. Children will happily learn from 【22】______ characters while taught by expertly 【23】______ software. Who needs teachers when you've got 【24】______ education？ These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and 【25】______ extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games 【26】______ think of your own experience: can you 【27】______ even one educational filmstrip of many years ago？ I'll 【28】______ you remember the two or three great teachers who made a 【29】______ in your life.
Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised 【30】______ catalog shopping -- just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets 【31】______ the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales 【32】______ . Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more 【33】______ in an after- noon than the entire Internet 【34】______ in a month？ Even if there were a trustworthy way to 【35】______ money over the Internet, the network is 【36】______ a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce: salespeople.
What's absent from this electronic wonderland？ People contact. Computers and networks 【37】______ us from one another. A network chat line is a limp 【38】______ for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display comes 【39】______ to the excitement of a 【40】______ concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and -- in the holy names of Education and Progress -- important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued. =
【21】
A．schoolwork
B．exercise
C．teamwork
D．research
第8题
Then there's cyberbusiness, We're promised 30 catalog shopping - just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets 31 the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales 32 Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more 33 in an afternoon than the entire Internet 34 in a month Even if there were a trustworthy way to 35 money over the Internet, the network is 36 a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce : salespeople.
What's absent from this electronic wonderland People contact. Computers and networks 37 us from one another. A network chat line is a limp 38 for meeting friends over coffee.No interactive multimedia display comes 39 to the excitement of a 40 concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and - in the holy names of Education and Progress - important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.
第9题
Bill Gates : Unleashing Your Creativity
I've always been an optimist and I suppose that is and intelligence can make the world a better place.
For as long as I can remember, I've loved learning down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, chine and it could barely do anything compared to the
life. rooted in my belief that the power of creativity new things and solving problems. So when I sat I was hooked. It was a clunky old teletype ma- computers we have today. But it changed my
When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of "a computer on every desk and in every home, " which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believed that personal computers would change the world. And they have.
And after 30 years, I'm still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade.
I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inven-tiveness to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn't solve on their own.
Computers have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the world's knowledge. They're helping us build communities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to us, no matter where they are.
Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it "tap-dancing to work". My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever, but what makes me "tap_dance to work" is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetime's worth of photos, and they say, "I didn't know you could do that with a PC! "
But for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. There are still far too many people in the world whose most basic needs go unmet. Every year, for example, millions of people die from diseases that are easy to prevent or treat in the developed world.
I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. My wife, Melinda, and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as manypeople as possible.
As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else, and that it doesn't take much to make an immense difference in these children's lives.
I'm still very much an optimist, and I believe that progress on even the world's toughest problems is possible-and it's happening every day. We're seeing new drugs for deadly diseases. new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.
l'm excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough prob- lems, we're going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.
A computer was as big as an icebox when Bill Gates was a high school student
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
第10题
I've always been an optimist and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.
For as long as I can remember, I've loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, I was hooked. It was a clunky old Teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. But it changed my life.
When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of "a computer on every desk and in every home," which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believed that personal computers would change the world. And they have. And after 30 years, I'm still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade. I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness--to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn't solve on their own.
Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it "tap-dance to work." My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever, but what makes me "tap-dance to work" is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetime's worth of photos, and they say, "I didn't know you could do that with a PC!"
But for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. There are still far too many people in the world whose basic needs go unmet.
I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. My wife, Melinda, and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as may people as possible.
As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant (辛酸的) or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else. And that it doesn't take much to make an immense difference in these children's lives.
I'm still very much an optimist, and I believe that progress on even the world's toughest problems is possible and it's happening every day. We're seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.
I'm excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, we're going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.
