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1、PartIIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(10minutes;10%)Directions:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewith10statementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagrap
2、hmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2. ThemaleminorityA)WhenMegDelongwasinhighschoolinthenorthernGeorgiatownofGainesville,shewasaseriousstudentwithhereyeoncollege.Manyofhergirlfriendsworkedtowardthesam
3、egoal.ButheryoungerbrotherandmostofhermalefriendsseemedmoreinclinedtoactlikeFalstaffthantostudyShakespeare."Alotofguysthoughtstudyingwasforgirls,"saysDeLong,nowajuniorFrenchmajorattheUniversityofGeorgiainAthens."Theywerereallyintelligent,buttheywouldgoofoff,anditseemedtobea
4、cceptedbytheteachers."B)InafreshmanEnglishtutorial,smallclustersofmensitquietlyaswomendominateclassdiscussions.Butoutsideclass,themoodoncampusisdistinctlymalefriendly.TylerWillingham,socialchairoftheSigmaNufraternity,observesthatatparties,evenguyswithoutdatescanchoosefrom"m
5、anybeautifulwomen."C)ThissortofgendergapisglaringandgrowingatcampusesacrossAmerica.Until1979,menmadeupthemajorityofcollegestudents.Aswomenwonincreasingequalityelsewhereinsociety,itwasnaturalandexpectedthattheywouldreachparityincollege,whichtheydidbytheearly1980s.Butthesurpr
6、isehasbeenthatmen'senrollmentinhighereducationhasdeclinedsince1992.Malesnowmakeupjust44%ofundergraduatestudentsnationwide.Andfederalprojectionsshowtheirshareshrinkingtoaslittleas42%by2010.Thistrendisamongthehottesttopicsofdebateamongcollege-admissionsofficers.D)Whytheshorta
7、ge?Therearefewhardfacts,butlotsoftheories.Anecdotalevidencesuggeststhatmorementhanwomenrespondtothelureofhigh-techjobsthatdon'trequireabachelor'sdegree.SomecallthistheBillGatessyndrome,afterthecollege-dropoutchairmanofMicrosoft.Buthigh-techindustriesemployonlyabout9%oftheU.
8、S.workforce.Amidthehoteconomyofrecentyears,alargergroupofmen—especiallythosefromlo
