高级口译2009年9月真题(附加答案).docVIP

Exercise 6 Listening Part: 【Spot Dictation】 For more than two centuries, America’s colleges and universities have been the backbone of the countrys progress. They have educated the technical, ________________________ (1) work force and provided generation after generation of national leaders. Today, educators from around the country are apt to find many reasons for the _________________________ (2). But four historic acts stand out as watersheds: First, _________________________ (3): In 1862, Congress enacted the Land-Grant College Act, which essentially extended the opportunity of higher education to all Americans, including _________________________ (4). Each state was permitted to sell large tracts of federal land, and use the proceeds to endow at least _________________________ (5). Second, competition breeds success. Over the years, the _________________________ (6) of the America’s colleges and universities have promoted _________________________ (7). Competitive pressure first arose during the Civil War when President Lincoln created _________________________ (8) to advise Congress on any subject of science and art. The Academys impact really grew after World War when a landmark report?_________________________ (9) the then president argued that it was the federal government!ˉ responsibility to _________________________ (10) for basic research. Instead of being centralized in government laboratories,_________________________ (11) in American universities and generated increasing investment. It also _________________________ (12) and helped spread scientific discoveries far and wide, _________________________ (13), medicine and society as a whole. Thirdly, _________________________ (14): The end of World War?saw the passage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. The law, which provided for a college or vocational education _________________________ (15), made the higher-education system accessible in ways that _________________________ (16), openin