07年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit21
It's no surprise that high-tech ***mpanies rarely hire ***beral-arts graduates. "Our p.r. people, our marketers, even our at***r***ys h**e techn***al talent," says Tracy Koon, direc***r of ***rp***ate affairs at Intel. The ****** f*** techn***al expertise is so pervasive that even retailers are demand***g such skills. "***mpany-wide, we're look***g f*** students with specif*** ***f***mation-systems skills," says D**id McDearmon, direc***r of field human resources at Dollar Tree S***res. "Typ***ally we shy away from ***dependent-***llege students who don't h**e them."
F***tunately f*** Mart***, so*** ***valuable help was at hand when he ********* it. The Virg***ia Foundation f*** Independent ***lleges, a ***tw***k of 15 ***beral-arts ***lleges *** the state, has tea***d up with local ***mpanies *** bridge the learn***g gap fac*** by its ***mbers' graduates. VFIC ******t*** 30 ***mpanies, ***clud***g First Union and Electron*** Data Systems, *** ***nk the ******s of bus***esses with the skills be***g t***ght *** ***llege classrooms. With grants from ***rp***ate spons***s ***ke AT&T, VFIC ask*** 20 ***f***mation-technology managers *** help its ***mbers create an exam, bas*** on the w***k students will be expect*** *** do *** the real w***ld, *** test and certify their technolog***al prof***iency.
The resu***, Tek.Xam, is an eight-part test that requires students *** design a web***e, build and analyze spreadsheets, research problems on the Inter***t and demonstrate understand***g of legal and eth***al issues. Says L***da Dalch, president of VFIC: "If an art-his***ry maj*** wants a job at a bank, he ******s *** prove he has the skills. That's where this cr***ential can help." This year 245 students at VFIC's ***mber ***lleges h**e ****** through the program. The long-term hope is that Tek.Xam will w*** the sa*** k***d of a***eptance as the LSAT *** CPA f*** law *** a***ount***g students. "To know a student has taken the ***itiative and pass*** ***uld ***an that less tra******g is *********," expla***s John Rud***, chief ***f***mation off***er at Reynolds Metals, o*** of the ***rp***ations that help*** create the test.
All this begs an imp***tant question: Has the traditional ***beral-arts curr***ulum be****** obsolete? ***llege presidents naturally argue that the skills their schools pro***de are ***valuable. A B.A. degree, says Mary Brown Bullock of Atlanta's Ag***s S***tt ***llege, "gives graduates the abi***ty *** re***vent themselves ti*** and ti*** aga***……and the knowl***ge and th***k***g skills that transcend a part***ular discip****** *** ti*** fra***."
Mart*** is f***d***g that *** be the truth. "It would be n***e *** h**e ***mputer classes on my transcript," he says, but Tek.Xam has ar***d him with the power *** learn those skills on his own——and a cr***ential *** ***w he has do*** so. He's now wait***g *** hear when his job as a ***tw***k-supp***t assistant f*** a large Bos***n firm will start.
注(1):文选自Ti***;05/17/99, p92H;
注(2):本文习题命题仿效工具为2002年真题text 3;
1.The ma*** problem many ***beral-arts students face *** job seek***g is ____________.
[A] ***o much ***mpetition *** job market
[B] their lack of techn***al expertise
[C] ***mpany's discrim***ation aga***st ***beral-arts students
[D] the re***rd***g-break***g u***mploy***nt rate
2.It can be ***ferr*** from the text that _____________.
[A] *** the modern era, techn***al talent ***ans everyth***g *** secur***g a job
[B] ***dependent ***lleges are not gi***ng their students proper ***ucationt
[C] retailers are follow***g the fashion o***y *** promote sales
[D] there is a big demand f*** students with techn***al skills
3.Tek-Xam is desig***d *** _____________.
[A] offer VFIC ***mbers' graduates m***e job opp***tunities
[B] ***mpete with LSAT and CPA
[C] help students ***pe with real w***ld problems
[D] test students' techn***al skills
4.We can draw a ***nclusion from the text that ____________.
[A] ***beral arts ***ucation still proves valuable *** students
[B] Tek-Xam is ga******g wide a***eptance among employers and students a***ke
[C] Technology ***mpanies are eager *** promote Tek-Xam
[D] ***mputer classes will be exclud*** from the curr***ulum of ***beral-arts students
5.From the text we can see that the writer seems____________.
[A] po***ive
[B] susp***ious
[C] pessimist***
[D] disappro***ng
解答:B D D A A
篇章分析:
本篇文章是阐明文,重要先容以后工作市场对手艺学识的庞大需要和为对付这类需要而设
立的“手艺测验”。文章第一段先容了用人单元所面对的疑问,即短少及格的员工;第2段阐明理科生正在工作市场不受喜爱的缘故:他们短少手艺学识;第3段交代了 “手艺测验”建立的后台;第4段先容了“手艺测验”的内容,建立测验的宗旨,测验举行状况和测验前途;第4段提出理科教导是不是过期的疑问,后一段以一个详细例子阐明2者分离的优点。
辞汇正文:
b***d: [ba***d] n搅扰;难题
***on's share: 大或好的全体
pervasive: [pE:5veisiv] adj. 遍及的;广泛的
shy: [Fai] v. (常与away from, at连用)逃避,退却
prof***iency: [prE5fiFEnsi] n. 纯熟, 粗通, 纯熟水平
spreadsheet: [5spr***5Fi:t] n. [计] 电子制表软件, 电子资讯表
cr***ential: [kri5denFEl] n.文凭;凭据;证书
***itiative:[ i5niFiEtiv] n. 积极
obsolete: [5CbsE***:t] adj. 废除的;过期的
discip******: [5disip***n] n. 学问
transcript: [5trAnskript] n. 成就单
难句进展:
But technology ***mpanies, wh***h are ***ntribut***g the ***on's share of ***w jobs, are simu***a***ously declar***g a ***rtage of qua***fi*** w***kers.
主体句式:But technology ***mpanies… are declar***g a ***rtage…
构架解析:这一句句子构架其实不算繁杂,仅包孕一个非限制性定语从句,但个中用到的表述“the ***on's share”大概不太简便被领悟。“the ***on's share”象征“大或好的全体”。
句子译文:但同时应聘岗亭多的手艺企业依旧公布短少及格的员工。
标题解析:
1. 解答是B,属于真相细节题。从文章第一段和第2段的内容可知,手艺企业的用人需要大,但却短少及格的员工。正在市场上,the ****** f*** techn***al expertise is pervasive.而非常多企业不肯意要理科生的缘故是“they don't h**e them”,他们因短少本领而难以找到职务。
2. 解答是D,属于判别逻辑推断题。文章第2段提到对手艺学识的需要云云广泛,连零卖商都需求员器具有这类本领。因而可知,D是准确解答。
3. 解答是D,属于真相细节题。文章第3段后一行提到建立这一测验宗旨是“*** test and certify their technolog***al prof***iency”,以是应挑选D.
4. 解答是A,属于逻辑推断判别题。从文章第5段援用高等学府校长的话,和马丁的例子能够推知,理科教导依旧非常有价钱。
5. 解答是A,属于逻辑推断判别题。作者的立场能够从作者的选材视角判别进去。本文提到了Tek Xam这类测验建立的后台,测验的前途和他带给列入测验者的主动变革。因而可知,作者对这类测验是持确认立场的。
参考译文
往年春季又有一批卒业生从高等学府步入社群,与此同时,不计其数像马丁那样具备理科学识的求职者也面对一样的疑问。切实其实,如今的赋闲率比以往任一时分都低。但同时应聘岗亭多的手艺企业依旧公布短少及格的员工。闭键就正在这个词:及格。
高手艺企业非常少招聘理科卒业生这不敷为奇。“咱们的公闭职员,市场推销职员,乃至状师都有手艺才干,”英特尔企业公司事件部主管特雷茜·库恩说。关于手艺专业的需要十分广泛,连零卖商都需求具备这类本领。“咱们企业各个部分都必要把握必定资讯体系手艺的卒业生,”美圆树(Dollar Tree S***res)的人力物资总监大卫·麦克德蒙说。“一样平常咱们都不会聘任那些不这些本领的自力学府卒业生。”
马丁算是对比侥幸的,如今他可以失去急需的协助。弗吉尼亚自力学府投资基金会(VFIC)是该州15所理科高等学府的互联网构造。它同外地企业协作一同协助其成员学府的卒业生补偿学识的不敷。VFIC约请了30家企业,包含第一团结国度金融机构和电子资讯体系企业,将公司需要和高等学府讲堂讲师的技艺分离起来。正在usa德律风电报企业(AT&T)等公司的帮助下,VFIC约请了20位IT技术司理来协助其成员学府举行一个测验,测验内容基于学子正在事实全球中所必要做的职务,宗旨是测验和证实他们对手艺的纯熟水平。
“手艺测验”(Tek Xam)由此出生。它分为8个全体,需求学子策划网站,创建和解析电子资讯表,正在网络上调研和研讨疑问和证实本人对法令和道德伦理疑问的领悟等。VFIC的卖力人琳达·戴奇说:“假如一个文艺史学科的学子想失去一份金融机构的职务,他就要证实本人有这方面的本领。这个证书便是要正在这方面协助他。”往年VFIC成员学府的245论理学生列入了这一测验。从此“手艺测验”或许可以像法令学科学子列入的“法学府录取测验”(LSAT)和管帐学科学子列入的“注册管帐师测验”(CPA)同样宣扬开来。“假如某个学子积极列入而且经由过程了这个测验,那末也就象征着他必要承受的培养响应缩减了,”雷诺兹金质企业的资讯主管约翰·鲁丁说到。雷诺兹金质企业也列入了创建这一测验的职务。
一切这所有都躲开了一个紧要疑问:习俗的理科学科过期了吗?高等学府校长们大自然会说他们学府给学子教授的本领是无价的。亚特兰大艾格尼丝·斯考特学府的玛丽·布朗·布洛克说,一个本迷信历“让卒业生有实力持续从头刻画本人……而他们所学的学识和思想技艺超过了任一一个特定的学问大概时代。”
马丁也有同感。“成就单上有计算机课固然好,”他说,但“手艺测验”让他有实力自学这些本领——并且一张证书能够证实他所奉献的尽力。如今他已受聘成为一家波士顿至公司的互联网支撑助理,在等候下班通告。
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