K. Colleges say they truly want to attract kids for whom the school will be a good fit. To make good on that promise, colleges need to provide families with insight, not just information; and they need to focus on outputs, not. just inputs. Collecting and sharing four sets of very different data would be a good start; Better insight into the quality of education a student will get on that campus. Colleges need to share the exam scores for all students applying to medical school, law school, business school, and graduate programs. These tests reflect not just the ability of the kids who've gone to that college, but what they've learned in the three-plus years they've attended. Colleges need to assess a campus "happiness" coefficient (系数.. A happy campus is a more productive learning environment; and one that has a lower incidence of alcohol and drug abuse. The full debt that families incur (招致. ; not just student debt. The salaries of graduates one, five, and 10 years after graduation.
L. A fifth useful metric is what employers--both nationally and regionally--think of graduates from particular colleges. Hiring preferences are a useful proxy (代表.for reputation.
M. The last piece in enabling families to find a better fit will come from entrepreneurs. Some smart "kid" will develop an online tool that will allow students and parents to take this new college-reported data and assign weighting factors to the characteristics that are important to them. The tool would then generate a customized ranking of colleges that reflects the family's priorities--not some editor's.
N. Colleges may complain about the rankings, but they are complicit (串通一气的. in keeping them. It is reminiscent (怀旧的. of the classic Claude Raines line in Casablanca: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" ff colleges really want kids for whom their college is a good fit, they will collect and publish the types of honest data that will give families a better basis for smart decisions.
The rankings generated on the basis of data collected by U.S. News and other media companies are misleading.
38、It is more productive to study in a happy campus that has a lower rate of happening of alcohol and drug abuse.
39、Usually, it's true that a more senior professor may have less time to teach undergraduates.
40、There is no doubt that the rankings of colleges is the major factor for most of the applicants to choose the top colleges.
41、It is common knowledge for students, parents, and counselors that the possibility
to be enrolled by a highly selective school is faint.
42、The reputation of colleges can be represented by hiring preference of employers to graduates from particular college both national and regional wide.
43、The biggest problem of the ranking systems in standards and inputs is that they are biased by the editors' personal view.
44、If colleges do want to enroll suitable students, they will gather and publish honest data that will provide families with a better basis for smart decisions.
45、According to the newest edition of the book Getting In!, good colleges hope to gather students for a well-rounded class.
46、Colleges wish to attract and reject more applicants, because selectivity enhances their ranking.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
47、听音频，回答下面各题。
Old friends, they finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you've had a bad 26 But mostly, they are always there for you--whether it's in person or via late night phone calls--through good times and bad times. But as the years pass, it becomes 27 difficult to see each other and to 28. Fortunately, my high school girl friends and I 29 long ago not to let this happen.
A few months ago, we met up for a three-day weekend in the American Southwest. We grew up together in Maine and have said for years that we should have an 30 event, yet it's often postponed or canceled due to schedule 31 Not this year.
Four of us--two from San Francisco, one from Boston, one from Seattle--boarded planes 32 Santa Fe, the capital of the New Mexico, where one of the gang lives an 33 life and works for an art gallery. Two years ago, she moved there--escaped, rather--from the film industry in New York City, where she led a life that felt too fast, too unfulfilling. The artist in her longed for lively 34 and starry moonlit skies. She wanted to drive a truck on dusty roads, a trusty dog at her side, riding shotgun. She got all that. She is happy.
We were no longer girls 35 adults, no longer post-college grads. Yes, we are different, but we are also the same. The years of our youth say so.
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Part II Listening Comprehension.(30 minutes)
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