2010年在职硕士联考英语预测模拟附答案[6]

acurricular activity like raising a fund of $300,000 is risky because most student leaders _____.

A. are lazy B. are stupid

C. are not rich enough D. wilt not take an interest in it

32. American students join campus organizations mostly for _____.

A. making a difference B. gaining experience

C. building friendship D. improving their resumes

33. Who is Katie Rowley?

A. She's a senior professor. B. She's a senior student.

C. She's a senior official. D. She's a senior citizen

34. What do student leaders need to carry an activity through to a successful end?

A. Passion. B. Money. C. Power. D. Fame.

35. The phrasal verb fatten up in paragraph 6 could be best replaced by _____.

A. invent B. rewrite C. polish D. complete

Passage Two

Australia's foreign language skills are declining, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13 percent of high school graduates can speak a foreign language. But four decades ago, 40 percent had foreign language skills.

Professor Elise Tipton, from the University of Sydney, says increasingly students do not feel the need to learn another language to boost their career. She believes that Australia's economic boom, which is driven by red-hot demand for its minerals, is helping mask serious deficiencies in its language skills.

Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the world's economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia, its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures, less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta, from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University, says language skills can enhance trading oppo