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专题检测卷(二十九)任务型阅读(建议用时: 30分钟)1(2013·姜堰模拟) Students typically speak of their experiences abroad as “life-changing”and count their international experience as one of the most rewarding features of their college careers. They not only advance themselves academically, but also acquire a mature view of our complex world. The benefits of studying abroad are many. Here are a few:Special academic opportunities. For all students, but especially for those with an interest in area studies, attending a university abroad opens up a lot of academic options: courses not offered at Princeton, access to research materials, and contact with foreign scholars and researchers in particular fields of interest. Foreign environments can also provide a kind of living laboratory for original research that can only be conducted on-site.Foreign language competency. The best way to become fluent in a foreign language is to go to a country where the language is spoken. The ability to read and talk in a foreign language benefits the scholarly work ofall students and is a skill that is increasingly valued in all professions.Preparation for careers with an international dimension. Today’s workplace is increasingly global and requires knowledge and experience that transcends(超出)national boundaries. Students who have studied abroad can prove to possible employers that they can handle themselves in new situations and have experience interacting with people from other backgrounds. Students may also develop professional relationships that continue long after the study abroad experience is over.Cross-cultural competence and understanding.Spending time abroad allows you to test your abilities to cope with the challenges of living in another culture as a participant rather than a tourist. Living in another culture exposes you to different views about world events and your own country—deepening your understanding of your own culture, yourself, and the world.Improve decision-making and problem-solving skills. Students studying abroad find themselves in new situations all the time. When students convey their needs and thoughts using new language skills, they gain confidence. These skills are helpful in other aspects of life, both personal and professional.Test your interests. While studying abroad, especially on a field-based program, students can often take their interests on a more specific, applied direction. For example, they can try field research andinteract with professionals working in fields of interest to them.Make new contacts. Students form a large network of people while studying abroad. Some students may call upon their in-country professional contacts soon after the program’s conclusion; others stay in tou ch with homestay families for decades; still others form lifelong friendships with their peers(同龄人). These relationships can be deeply expanding.2(2013·扬州模拟) By the logic(逻辑)of geography, the continent of Australia should have been populated with Asians. Instead, by an accident of history, Australia has been mainly populated with Westerners.Sadly, no major Australian newspaper or expert commented. This made me aware that Australians are reluctant to face Australia’s painful new geopolitical realities.Against this background, the release of the Asian Century White Paper is timely. It should provide a sharp wake-up call to the Australianpopulation that Australia’s destiny(命运)is now firmly tied to Asia. Julia Gillard is right in saying, “The transformation of the Asian region into the economic powerhouse of the world is not only unstoppable, it is gathering pace. ”One truly impressive part of the paper is the data it provides on Asia’s rise. It notes, for example, that “in the past 20 years, China and India have almost tripled(增三倍)their share of the global economy and increased their economic size almost six times over. By 2025, the region as a whole will account for almost half the world’s output. ”In this Asian century, as Western power gets weak steadily, Australia will be left “beached” alone as the only Western country(together with New Zealand)in Asia. Twenty-two million Australians will have to learn to deal with 3. 5 billion Asians with great care and sensitivity.Ignorance(无知)about Asia could prove to be fatal(致命的)for Australia’s long-term future. This is why the report is right in focusing on Australian misunderstanding of Asia.Sadly, this kind of terrible ignorance may be a result of Australian education. The report says, “Only a small proportion of Year 12 students study anything about Asia in the subjects of history, literature, geography, economics, politics and the arts under existing state-based curriculums. ”Worse, only 5 percent of each Australian groups study any kind of Asian language.Learning Asian languages would open windows to Asian cultural and political sensitivities. The time for Australians to think deeply about their Asian destiny has arrived. The sooner Australia adjusts to its new Asian destiny, the less painful the adjustment will prove to be.3(2013·盐城模拟) In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men. Even t oday, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something Engineer Girl aims to change. Young women who visit the website can find out about a great career choices they might not have considered.“Women ar e very much underrepresented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce. So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women. ”Mary Mattis in the National Academy of Engineering, says the Engineer Girl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures.“We know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it’s a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can haveas an engineer. But we also need to reach them at that time because you have to take certain courses, and you can’t start thinking about taking those courses when you’re a junior in high school. ”Engineering is a demanding course of study—there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging. But Ms. Mattis says that the Engineer Girl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting.“It’s about designing things. It’s a bout changing the world for people. It’s about making a difference. And, in addition, you can make a good living; you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer. All of those things are messages that girls need to get. ”While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the Engineer Girl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and—believe it or not—chocolate engineering.“There’s a section called‘why be an engineer’, and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their ca reers beyond earning an income. ”Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies of some notablewomen engineers.答案解析11. 【解析】change。