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试卷一
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – At 19, Yohannes Gebregeorgis borrowed a novel entitled Love Kitten that
changed his life forever. Born in rural Ethiopia, his father was an illiterate cattle merchant who insisted that
his son (21)________ (have) an education. So Gebregeorgis had seen a few books in school. But
(22)________ (have) a book of his own sparked a lifelong commitment.
Today, Gebregeorgis is establishing libraries and literacy programs to connect Ethiopian children with
books. “Most Ethiopian children only have access to textbooks in the classroom,” says Gebregeorgis.
“Books (23)________ children read outside of school are the spices of education.”
Until he became a children’s librarian, he didn’t realize (24)________ the children of his native home
were missing. Arriving in the United States in 1981, Gebregeorgis ultimately put himself through college,
(25)________ (obtain) a graduate degree in library science. He took a position at the San Francisco
Children’s Library in 1985. There, he met The Little Engine That Could, Captain Ahab, and Peter Pan. He
realized the impact children’s books could make (26)________ a child’s sense of wonder and vision.
“Children could imagine everything from books – connections to other cultures, to other people, to other
children, and to the universe at large. Reading gives them hope. It gives them pleasure. It gives them
everything that they cannot otherwise get in regular textbooks.”
But Gebregeorgis found that there were no children’s books in Amharic, the primary language of
Ethiopia, and none representing the places and characters of Ethiopian lore. (27)_______ the library granted
$1,200 for the purchase of Ethiopian books, Gebregeorgis was unable to find any, so he wrote one. Silly
Mamma was the first bilingual Amharic-English children’s book, and its publication led Gebregeorgis
(28)_________ (establish) the nonprofit organization Ethiopia Reads in 1988. Using proceeds from book
sales, the nonprofit organization (29)________ (finance) his efforts to bring children’s libraries to Ethiopia.
Gebregeorgis reads storybooks to children who (30)_______ (deny) access to television or computers
and believes that literacy and education will emancipate his impoverished land. “With literate children there
is no limit as to how much we can do.”
Section B
A. payoff B. routinely C. decrease D. overlook E. accommodate
F. match G. inevitable H. contrast I. inadequately J. shortage K. strongly
One of our expectations about education is that it will pay off in terms of upward mobility.
Historically, the correlation between education and income has been strong. But in the early 1970s a
contradiction developed between education and the economy. Our value of education and our average
educational attainment exceeded the capacity of the economy to absorb the graduates. Since the 1970s,
high-school graduates have experienced a striking (31)______ in earnings, making them the first
generation since World War II to face a lower standard of living than their parents had.
Experts have argued that this contradiction is at the heart of the problem of public education today. It
is not, as business leaders claim, that the schools are failing to properly educate students, that they are
turning out young people who are (32)______ prepared to function in the workplace. The real problem is a
(n) (33)______ of economic opportunities for students who are not continuing on to college.
College graduates also are having difficulty finding jobs. Even when they do, the jobs may not
(34)______ their training and expectations. Part of the problem is that too many young Americans aspire
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to have professional jobs, making disappointment and frustration (35)______ for some. Many students
assumed that what was true of an individual — that the higher the education, the better the job
opportunities —would also be true for an entire society. But when the numbers of better-educated young
people became too great, the economy could no longer (36)______ them
Another part of the problem is the assumption that greater educational attainment guarantees career
advancement. In fact, employers do not (37)______ reward educational attainment; rather, they reward it
only when they believe it will contribute to the employee’s productivity.
We should not (38)______ the fact that there is still a strong correlation between education,
occupation, and income. College graduates have a strong advantage over those with less education. But
the (39)______ is neither as large nor as certain as it once was.
Unfortunately, Americans have focused so (40)______ on the economic payoff that many consider
their college education useless if it does not yield a desirable, well-paying job. Only in this sense
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