2011年6月六级答案解析

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2011年6月六级答案解析

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1. B. The low graduation rates of minority students

解析：根据第一段的内容，我们可以猜测作者关心的问题与minority students有关，再根据这句话，

Bowdion has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 black students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes. 可知正确答案是B。

2. D. its increased enrollment of minority students

解析：根据问题中的关键词Bill Mills可以快速定位至第一段第一句

Bill Mills, the president of Bowdoin Colledge, was justifiably proud ofBowdoin’s efforts to recruit minority students.

所以D项是正确答案。

3. B. The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.

解析：根据问题中的risk,可以快速定位至第三段的第二句：

For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. 由此推出B为正确答案。

4. C. Fifiteen percent

解析：

根据问题中的African-American students，California community colleges可以定位至第四段最后一句：

only 15% of African Americans did so as well. 所以C为正确选项。

5.B. they recruit the best students

解析：根据问题中的Harvard, Yale, and Princeton，可以快速定位至文章第五段，

The most selective private schools-Harvard, Yale, and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white gradation rates. But that may have more to do with their ability to select the best students. 由此推出B为正确选项。

6. A. Universities are to blame.

解析：根据问题中的Amy Wilkins，可以快速定位至第六段这句话：

The school keeps the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job. Colle ge are not holding up their end,” says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust. 可推出，学习才是负责任的一方。

7.B. They cannot afford the high tuition.

解析：

根据问题中的a year or two and must drop out可以定位至第七段最后一句话：

Poorer students are not always the best-informed cunsumers. Often they wind up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out. 从而得出B为正确选项。

8. that they are less qualified问题：To tackle the problem of graduation gap, the University of Wisconsin-Madisonhelps minority students get over the stereotype that ____.

解析：根据关键词Wisconsin-Madison快速定位至文章倒数第三段，其中这句与问题内容最相近：

At the university of Wisconsin Madison, the gap has beeen roughly halved overthe last three years. The university had poured resources into peer counselingto help students from inner-city schools adjust to the rigor(严格要求) and faster pace of auniversity classroon-and also to help minority students overcome the stereotypethat they are less qualified. get over与overcome是同义词，因此不难得出正确答案。

9.some preparatory cources问题：For years, private colleges such as Princetonand MIT have provided minority students with ___during the summer beforefreshman year.

解析：根据问题快速定位至倒数第二段，其中这句与问题内容最相近：

For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have has success bringing minoritiesonto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them some preparatory courses.

10. be closed问题：Washington and Lee Universityis cited as an example to show that the gap of graduation ratesd between whites and minorities can _____.

解析：根据关键词Washington and Lee University 快速定位至原文最后一段，首句With efforts and money, the graduation gap can be closed. 与问题内容相近。

【听力理解】

11 C) She has not got the man’s copies ready.

12 B) She was late for the appointment.

13 C) It won’t be easy for Mark to win the election.

14 A) It failed to arrive at its destination in time.

15 A) Just make use of whatever information is available.

16 D) The woman isn’t qualified to take the course the man mentioned.

17 A) They are both to blame.

18 A) They are in desperate need of financial assistance.

19 C) We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune.

20 C) They don’t know how to cope with the situation.

21 A) They themselves would like to do it but don’t dare to.

22 C) To relieve her feelings.

23 D) Bringing a handgun into Hong Kong.

24 D) He is suspected of ha ving slipped something in Kumar’s bag.

25 B) Find Alfred Foster.