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1、2022年考博英语-中国传媒大学考试题库及全真模拟冲刺卷（附答案带详解）1. 单选题Various studies have shown that increased spending on education has not led to measurable improvements in learning. Between 1980 and 2008, staff and teachers at US public schools grew roughly twice as fast as students. Yet students showed no additional learn
2、ing in achievement tests.Universities show similar trends of increased administration personnel and costs without greater learning, as documented in Richard Arum and Josipa Roksas recent book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses.A survey shows that 63% of employers say that rece
3、nt college graduates dont have the skills they need to succeed and 25% of employers say that entry-level writing skills are lacking.Some simplistically attribute the decline in our public education system to the drain of skilled students by private schools, but far more significant events were at wo
4、rk.Public schools worked well until about the 1970s. In fact, until that time, public schools provided far better education that private ones. It was the under-performing students who were thrown out of public schools and went to private ones.A prominent reason public schools did well was that many
5、highly qualified women had few options for working outside the house other than being teachers or nurses. They accepted relatively low pay, difficult working conditions, and gave their very best.Having such a large supply of talented women teachers meant that society could pay less for their service
6、s. Womens liberation opened up new professional opportunities for women, and, over time, some of the best left teaching as a career option, bringing about a gradual decline in the quality of schooling.Also around that time, regulation government and unions came to dictate pay, prevent adjustments, a
7、nd introduce bureaucratic standard for advancement. Large education bureaucracies and unions came to dominate the landscape, conflising activity with achievement. Bureaucracies regularly rewrite curriculum, talk nonsense about theories of education, and require even more administrators. The end resu
8、lt has been that, after all the spending, students have worse math and reading skills than both their foreign peers and earlier generations spending far less on educations all the accumulating evidence now documents.1. What do we learn from various studies on Americas public education?2. How do some
9、 people explain the decline in public education?3. What was the significant contributor to the past glory of public schools?4. Why did some of the best women teachers leave teaching?5. What does the author think is one of the result of government involvement in education?问题1选项A.Achievement tests hav
10、e failed to truly reflect the quality of teaching.B.Public schools lack the resources to compete with private schools.C.Little improvement in education has resulted from increased spending.D.The number of students has increased much faster than that of teachers.问题2选项A.Government investment does not
11、meet schools needs.B.Skilled students are moving to private schools.C.Qualified teachers are far from adequately paid.D.Training of students basic skills is neglected.问题3选项A.Well-behaved studentsB.Talented women teachersC.Efficient administrationD.Generous pay for teachers问题4选项A.New career opportuni
12、ties were made available to them by womens liberation.B.Higher academic requirements made it difficult for them to stay in their jobs.C.They were unhappy with the bureaucratic administration in their schools.D.The heavy teaching loads left them little time and energy for family life.问题5选项A.Increasin
13、g emphasis on theories of education.B.Highly standardized teaching methods.C.Students improved academic performance.D.An ever-growing number of administration【答案】第1题:C第2题:B第3题:B第4题:A第5题:D【解析】1.细节事实题。题目问的是“我们能够从各种关于美国公共教育的研究中学到什么？” 文中第一段最后一句话提到学生并未在能力考试中展现出学识有所增长（Yet students showed no additional lea
14、rning in achievement tests）,这是为了说明“教育没有得到改善”，由此可看出能力测试一定程度上反映了教学质量，因此选项A的表述是错误的，排除；第四段提到了公立学校和私立学校之争，但未明确指出公立学校是因为资源短缺而流失优等生，因此选项B表述不正确，排除；第一段第二句提到美国公立学校教职工数量的增长速度约是学生的两倍 (staff and teachers.growtwice as far as students), 因此选项D表述错误，排除。综上，选项C符合题意。2.细节事实题。题目问的是“一些人是如何解释公共教育的衰退的？”文章第四段提到一些人简单地将公共教育体系的衰
15、退归因于私立学校将高素质的学生招走（Some simplistically attribute the decline in our public education system to the drain of skilled students by private schools, but far more significant events were at work），由此可知选项B符合题意。3.细节事实题。题目问的是“公立学校过去辉煌的原因是什么？”文章第六段提到公立学校表现出色的一个突出原因是许多高素质的女性除了当老师或护士之外，几乎没有其他工作，她们接受了相对较低的工资和艰苦的工
16、作条件，并尽了最大的努力（A prominent reason public schools did well was that many highly qualified women had few options for working outside the house other than being teachers or nurses. They accepted relatively low pay, difficult working conditions, and gave their very best）。由此可知选项B符合题意。4.细节事实题。题目问的是“为什么一些最优秀的女教师会离开教学岗位？”文章
