专八听力讲座自测 12.doc

星期4 Thursday 听力讲座自测 自测试题 Test 1 Whats Wrong with College Rankings? Maybe some people are against college ranking because their school didnt rank as well as they thought it should. But there are many (1)_______ reasons to question the value of college rankings. I. Can Colleges be Ranked at all? Because modern colleges are different from each other in many (2)_______, people can not simply say that one college is better than another by the mono-dimensional (3)________. II. Rank vs. Individual Fit College admissions counselors agree that a school must fit the student in terms of (4)______, opportunities, and lo- cation, etc. Parents and students should consider if the school can really serve their certain (5)_______. III. False Precision Most ranking systems emphasize (6)________ weights to various measures, and then combine a schools performance in each area to (7)_______ a composite score. This practice has some faults, one of which is that people doing the ranking can be (8)________. Negative College Behavior Some schools will sometimes attempt to improve unfavorable (9)________ to their rankings by manipulating their numbers for ranking. They increase the (10)_________of students who accept offers of admission by not accepting low-probability students. This is surely no good for either the schools nor the students. (1)_______ (2)______ (3) ______ (4) ______ (5) ______ (6)______ (7) ______ (8) ______ (9) ______ (10) ______ Test 2 How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere When people are asked to give a speech in public for the first time, they usually feel terrified no matter how well they speak in informal situations. In fact, public speaking is the same as any other form of (1)________ that people are usually engaged in. Public speaking is a way for