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模拟练习一Although AsianAmericans make up only 2.4 percent of thenations population, it constitute 17.1 percent of1.undergraduates at Harvard, 18 percent2.at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyand 27.3 percent at the Universityat Berkeley. Why are AsianAmericans doing so well?Are they grinds, as some stereotype suggest?Or can we have a lesson from them about values3.we have long treasured them but may have misplaced—like4.hard work, the family and education?The young Asians achievements have led in5.a series of fascinated studies. Perhaps the most6.disturbing results come from the research carried on7.by a University of Harold W. Stevenson, who has comparedmore than 7,000 students in Chicago and with counterpart in Beijing, Taipei and Sendai.8.On a series of math test, the Americansdid worst at all grade levels. Stevenson found difference9.in IQ. But if differences in performance are showing upin kindergarten, it suggests something happen10.in the family, even before the children get to school.【答案及解析】1.【答案】it改为they【解析】本题主要考查指代关系及对句意的理解，句子表达的意思为“尽管亚裔美籍人只占美国总人口的百分之2.4，著名大学里亚裔学生的比例很高。”可见“constitute”的主语应为“AsianAmericans”而非“population”,故不能用“it”指代。2.【答案】undergraduates前加the【解析】本题主要考查冠词的用法。哈佛大学的在校生中百分之17.1为亚裔，既然明确提到是哈佛大学，“undergraduates”这个概念属于特指，之前应加定冠词“the”。本题还可以通过联系后文得出正确答案：由前文24percent of the nation’s population 中的 the 可知此处属同类用法，故本行中 “undergraduates”应改为 “the undergraduates”。3.【答案】have改为learn【解析】本题主要考查词组的使用。联系前后文不难了解，本句提出的问题是美国人是否应该在一些方面向亚裔人士学习。词组 “have a lesson”意为“上课”或“有课”，如“We will have a lesson in the lecture hall this afternoon.”而文中需要表示“学习经验”或“吸取经验”的意思，故应用“learn a lesson”。4.【答案】去掉them【解析】本题主要考查定语从句。通过分析句子成分可以看出，“values”是定语从句的先行词，其后的“we have long treasured but may have misplaced”是 “values”的限定成分，关系词 “which/that”被省略了。定语从句中不能再次出现指先行词 “values”的 “them”,应将其去掉。5.【答案】in改为to【解析】本题考查固定搭配。句意为：“亚裔学子的出众引发了一系列的研究”，“lead in”不能表达“引起”或“导致”的意思，而“lead to”意为“导致；导向；影响”，故应把“in”改为“to”。6.【答案】fascinated改为fascinating【解析】本题考查分词的用法。“fascinate”是使动词，意为“使迷惑，对…有极大魔力”，其现在分词“fascinating”表示的是人或事物