2012年6月大学英语四级真题及答案

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　　1. Fifty years ago. big. Modern. Suburban high schools were established in the hope of __________.

　　A) ensuring no child is left behind

　　B) increasing economic efficiency

　　C) improving students’ performance on SAT

　　D)providing good education for baby boomers

　　2. What happened as a result of setting up big schools?

　　A)Teachers’ workload increased.

　　B)Students’ performance declined.

　　C)Administration became centralized.

　　D)Students focused more on test scores.

　　3.What is said about the schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation?

　　A)They are usually magnet schools.

　　B)They are often located in poor neighborhoods.

　　C)They are popular with high-achieving students.

　　D)They are mostly small in size.

　　4.What is most noticeable about the current trend in high school education?

　　A)Some large schools have split up into smaller ones.

　　B)A great variety of schools have sprung up in urban and suburban areas.

　　C)Many schools compete for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds.

　　D)Students have to meet higher academic standards.

　　5.Newsweek ranked high schools according to .

　　A)their students’ academic achievement

　　B)the number of their students admitted to college

　　C)the size and number of their graduating classes

　　D)their college-level test participation

　　6.What can we learn about Hillsdale’s students in the late 1990s?

　　A)They were made to study hard like prisoners.

　　B)They called each other by unaffectionate nicknames.

　　C)Most of them did not have any sense of discipline,

　　D)Their school performance was getting worse.

　　7.According to Jeff Gilbert, the “advisory” classes at Hillsdale were set up so that students could .

　　A)tell their teachers what they did on weekends

　　B)experience a great deal of pleasure in learning

　　C)maintain closer relationships with their teachers

　　D)tackle the demanding biology and physics courses

　　8. is still considered a strength of Newsweek’s school ranking system in spite of the criticism it receives_________.

　　9.According to the 38 superintendents, to rank schools scientifically, it is necessary to use_________.

　　10.To better serve the children and our nation, schools students to take_________ .