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高翻学院英汉同传考研解析 2015年北京外国语大学英汉同传考研真题解析 科目名称：611英语能力测试（写作） (时间3小时，满分150分，全部写在答题纸上，答在试题页上无效) I. Summarize the main points in the following essay (inabout 150 words) and write a commentary (inabout 500 words) on the issueunder discussion, relating it to Chinese reality. (70points) Time has not quelled controversy over policies of preferential treatment. First instituted in the 1960s and 1970s by employers and educational institutionsinresponsetopressuresfromcivilrightsgroups，preferential treatment programs seek to rectify the effects of past and ongoing discrimination against women and racial minorities. These programs are designed as temporary measures to increase the employment and educational opportunities available to qualified women and minorities by giving them preference inhiring,promotion,andadmission.Towardthisgoal,somefirms and institutions aggressively recruit minorities and women, others set numerical targets and timetables to raise the level of minority and female representation, and still others establish quotas to hire or admit a specified number of minority and female candidates. These programs have brought significant gains forwomen and minorities. In the past 25 years, black participation in the work force has increased 50 percentandthepercentageofblacksholdingmanagerialpositionshas jumped 1 fivefold. In 1970, women comprised only 5 percent of lawyers compared to 20 percent today. Twenty-five years ago, the student population at University of California, Berkeley, was 80 percent white compared to 45 percent today. Despite these strides, severe inequities remain. Nearly 97 percent of corporate senior executives in the United States are white. Only 5 percent of all professionals are black though blacks comprise 12.7 percent of the work force. Hispanics hold only 4 percent of white-collar jobs but make up 7.5 percent of the work force. As ci