高级英语复习指导(13)

5） But new technologies are bearing down on them with such speed—Sony Music Entertainment had been especially rattled by the huge online underground for free MP3 downloads of hit recording—that they now see the benefits of being closely aligned with a hardware company.

然而高速发展的新技术正在对它们形成强烈的冲击——索尼音乐娱乐公司一直是网上使用MP3文件免费下载畅销唱片的大规模地下活动特别突出的受害者，因此它们现在认识到和硬件公司建立紧密的联盟可以给它们带来很多好处。 四、英语回答有关短文内容的问题（80~100个字）

简答题解题的主要技巧与前面讲述的阅读理解技巧基本相同。 阅读时首先应做到：

1、 带着问题看文章，做到有的放矢。

2、 寻找主题句和关键词，迅速抓住主要思想。 3、 进行概括和推理，以求回答问题完整、贴切。 写出简要答案时，应做到：

1.回答要简短。不要画蛇添足，不要从原文中照搬整个句子。 2.做完后仔细检查。不要犯语法错误，拼读错误。 例如2003考题：

Read the following passage carefully and then answer the following question. Our Greedy Colleges

1） Many of our colleges are at it again. As they have done annually for the past six years， they have begun to unveil tuition increases that far outstrip [超过] the inflation rate. Next year， tuition is expected to rise 6 percent to 8 percent – even though inflation during 1986 was about 1.8 percent. Yale‘s president， Benno C. Schmidt Jr.， attributes his university’s tuition hike in part to “continuing cutbacks of governmental support for student aid. ” This assertion flies in the face of the facts. Since 1982， money available through Federal student aid programs has increased every single year. Overall， Federal outlays for student aid are up 57 percent since 1980. Since 1980， inflation has been just 26 percent. That is why the former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee， Pete V. Domenici， Republican of New Mexico， recently dismissed the claim of huge cuts in student aid programs as a “myth.”

2） If anything， increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise their tuitions， confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase. In 1978， subsidies became available to a greatly expanded number of students. In 1980， college tuitions began rising year after year at a rate that exceeded inflation. Federal student aid policies do not cause college price inflation， but there is little doubt that they help make it possible.

3） At the same time that higher education has been cutting a bigger piece of the Federal pie， it has also received huge infusions of cash from state governments， from corporations， from foundations and from loyal alumni. The total increase in higher education spending from all these non-Federal sources is staggering. Spending for higher education now consumes about 40 percent of all money spent in America for education.

4） It is by no means clear that the performance of many of our colleges and universities justifies this level of expenditure. As I said on the occasion of Harvard‘s 350th anniversary， too many students fail to receive the education they deserve at our nation’s universities. The real problem is not lack of money but failure of vision.

5） Unfortunately， when it comes to higher education， this distinction is frequently lost Stanford University‘s vague justification for increased charges – “new knowledge is inherently more expensive” – only underscores the lack of focus and purpose at some of our nation’s most prestigious universities. 6） Higher education is not underfunded. It is under-accountable and

underproductive. Our students deserve better than this. They deserve an education commensurate with the large sums paid by parents and taxpayers and donors. 7） That our universities are places where students can receive a good education， or at least learn a lot， I have no doubt. But too often our universities leave education to chance – a good professor here and a great course there. There is too little real and sustained attention to education in the broader sense， to making sure that when our students leave after four years they leave as educated men and women.

8） It is also false to assert， as some have， that the Reagan Administration‘s student aid policies deprive disadvantaged students of the opportunity to attend college. In fact， the Administration has consistently sought to redirect aid to the neediest students.

9） Under the Administration‘s fiscal 1988 budget proposal， all students presently receiving aid would continue to be eligible for the same dollar amount

of aid. One in six of all college students would still be eligible to receive Federal grants. Those less needy would still have access to aid in the form of loans. 10） One particular Administration proposal， Income Contingent Loans，

represents the most serious attempt to improve student aid in 15 years. The loans would permit repayment schedules to be tailored to a student‘s income. A graduate’s payments would never have to exceed 15 percent of his adjusted gross income， and he could have as long as necessary to repay.

11） An advantage of the Administration‘s proposals is that they would help make colleges and universities accountable to the prime beneficiaries of their services – the students. …… 此处隐藏：2966字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……