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correspondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthe

centre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

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SectionB

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Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatements

attachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.

Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychoosea

paragraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthe

questionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

SomeCollegeStudentsAreAngryThatTheyHavetoPaytoDoTheirHomework

C）Butcriticssaythedigitalaccesscodesrepresentthesameprofit-seeking

ethos（观念）ofthetextbookbusiness,andareevenharderforstudentstooptoutof.

Whiletheycouldoncebuysecond-handtextbooks,orsharecopieswithfriends,the

digitalsystemsareessentiallyimpossibletoavoid.

D）“Whenwetalkabouttheaccesscodeweseeitasthenewfaceofthe

textbookmonopoly（垄断）,anewwaytolockstudentsaroundthissystem,”said

EthanSenack,thehighereducationadvocatefortheU.S.PublicInterestResearch

Group,toBuzzFeedNews.“Ratherthan$250（foraprinttextbook）you'

repaying

$120,”saidSenack.“Butbecauseit'

salldigitaliteliminatestheusedbookmarket

andeliminatesanysharingandbecausehomeworkandtestsarethroughanaccess

code,iteliminatesanyabilitytooptout.”

E）SarinaHarper,a19-year-oldstudentatVirginiaTech,wasfacedwithatough

dilemmawhenshefirststartedcollegein2015—payrentorpaytoturninher

chemistryhomework.ShetoldBuzzFeedNewsthatherfreshmanchemistryclass

requiredhertouseConnect,asystemprovidedbyMcGrawHillwherestudentscan

submithomework,takeexamsandtracktheirgrades.Butthecodetoaccessthe

programcost$120—abigsumforHarper,whohadalreadyputdown$450for

textbooks,andhadrentdayapproaching.

F）Shedecidedtowaitforhernextwork-studypaycheck,whichwastypically

$150-$200,topayforthecode.Sheknewthatherchemistrygrademaytakeadive

asaresult.“It'

sabalancingact,”shesaid.“CanIreallyaffordtheseaccesscodes

now?

”Shedidn'

thandinherfirsttwoassignmentsforchemistry,whichstartedher

outintheclasswithafailinggrade.

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I）Thetextbookindustryinsiststheonlinesystemsrepresentabetterdealfor

students.“Thesedigitalproductsaren'

tjustmechanismsforstudentstosubmit

homework,theyofferallkindsoffeatures,”DavidAnderson,theexecutivedirector

ofhighereducationwiththeAssociationofAmericanPublishers,toldBuzzFeedNews.

“Ithelpsstudentsunderstandinawaythatyoucan'

tdowithprinthomework

assignments.”

J）DavidHunt,anassociateprofessorinsociologyatAugustaUniversity,which

hasrolledoutdigitaltextbooksacrossitsmathandpsychologydepartments,told

BuzzFeedNewsthatheunderstandstheutilityofusingsystemsthatrequireaccess

codes.Buthedoesn'

trequirehisstudentstobuyaccesstoalearningprogramthat

controlstheclassassignments.“Itrytomakethingsasinexpensiveaspossible,”said

Hunt,whousesfreedigitaltextbooksforhisclassesbutdesignshisowncurriculum.

“TheonlinesystemsmaymakemylifealoteasierbutIfeellikeI'

mgivingupcontrol.

Thediscussionsarethethingswheremyexpertisecanbenefitthestudentsmost.”

K）A20-year-oldjunioratGeorgiaSouthernUniversitytoldBuzzFeedNewsthat

shenormallyspends$500-$600onaccesscodesforclass.Inonecase,theprofessor

didn'

trequirestudentstobuyatextbook,justanaccesscodetoturninhomework.

Thisyearshesaidshespent$900onaccesscodestobooksandprograms.“That'

s

twomonthsofrent,”shesaid.“Youcan'

tsellanyofitback.Withatraditional

textbookyoucansellitfor$30-$50andthathelpstopayforyournewsemester'

books.Withanaccesscode,you'

reoutofthatmoney.”

M）Harper,apoultry（家禽）sciencemajor,istakingchemistryagainthisyear

andhadtobuyanewaccesscodetohandinherhomework.Sherentedher

economicsandstatisticstextbooksforabout$20each.Butheraccesscodesfor

homework,whichcan'

tberentedorboughtsecond-hand,werehermostexpensive

purchases:

$120and$85.

N）Shestillremembersthestingofherfirstexperienceskippinganassignment

duetothehighprices.“Wedon'

treallyhaveamissedassignmentpolicy,”shesaid.

“Ifyoumissit,youjustmissit.Ijustgotzerosonacoupleoffirstassignments.I

managedtopulleverythingbackup.Butasascaredfreshmanlookingattheirgrades,

it'

snotfun.”

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36.Astudent'

syearlyexpensesonaccesscodesmayamounttotheirrentfor

twomonths.

37.Theonlineaccesscodesmaybeseenasawaytotiethestudentstothe

digitalsystem.

38.Ifastudenttakesacourseagain,theymayhavetobuyanewaccesscodeto

submittheirassignments.

39.McGrawHillaccountsforoverone-fifthofthemarketshareofcollege

textbooks.

40.Manytraditionaltextbookpublishersarenowofferingonlinedigital

products,whichtheybelievewillbethefutureofthepublishingbusiness.

42.Digitalmaterialscancoststudentslessthanhalfthepriceoftraditional

printedbooksaccordingtoapublisher.

43.Onestudentdecidednottobuyheraccesscodeuntilshereceivedthepay

forherpart-timejob.

44.Onlinesystemsmaydepriveteachersofopportunitiestomakethebestuse

oftheirexpertisefortheirstudents.

45.Digitalaccesscodesarecriticizedbecausetheyareprofit-drivenjustlikethe

textbookbusiness.

SectionC

Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedby

somequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoices

markedA）,B）,C）andD）.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

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Forthousandsofyears,peoplehaveknownthatthebestwaytounderstanda

conceptistoexplainittosomeoneelse.“Whileweteach,welearn,”saidRoman

philosopherSeneca.Nowscientistsarebringingthisancientwisdomup-to-date.

They'

redocumentingwhyteachingissuchafruitfulwaytolearn,anddesigning

innovativewaysforyoungpeopletoengageininstruction.

46.Whatareresearchersrediscoveringthroughtheirstudies?

A）Seneca'

sthinkingisstillapplicabletoday.

C）Humanintelligencetendstogrowwithage.

D）Philosophicalthinkingimprovesinstruction.

47.WhatdowelearnaboutBetty'

sBrain?

A）Itisacharacterinapopularanimation.

B）Itisateachingtoolunderdevelopment.

C）Itisacutting-edgeappindigitalgames.

48.Howdoesteachingothersbenefitstudenttutors?

A）Itmakesthemawareofwhattheyarestrongat.

B）Itmotivatesthemtotrynovelwaysofteaching.

C）Ithelpsthemlearntheiracademicsubjectsbetter.

D）Itenablesthemtobetterunderstandtheirteachers.

49.Whatdostudentsdototeachtheirteachableagents?

A）Theymotivatethemtothinkindependently.

B）Theyaskthemtodesigntheirownquestions.

C）Theyencouragethemtogivepromptfeedback.

D）Theyusevariouswaystoexplainthematerials.

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50.Whatisthekeyfactorthateasesstudenttutors'

learning?

A）Theirsenseofresponsibility.C）Thelearningstrategyacquired.

B）Theiremotionalinvolvement.D）Theteachingexperiencegained.

PassageTwo

Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

）—membersoftheso-calledMillennial（千禧的Anewbatchofyoungwomenhasbeenenteringtheworkforceforthepastdecade.Atthestartinglinegeneration—oftheircareers,theyarebettereducatedthantheirmothersandgrandmothershad

orthantheiryoungmalecounterpartsarenow.Butwhentheylookahead,—beentheyseeroadblockstotheirsuccess.Theybelievethatwomenarepaidlessthanmen

fordoingthesamejob.Theythinkit'

seasierformentogettopexecutivejobsthanit

isforthem.Andtheyassumethatifandwhentheyhavechildren,itwillbeeven

harderforthemtoadvanceintheircareers.

Thesefindingsarebasedona