北京外国语大学《611英语基础测试（技能）》历年考研真题及详解.pdf

2000年北京外国语大学611基础英语考研真题及详解 I. Reading Comprehe
ion.(32分) 1 Read the following article and paraphrase the underlined parts: The twenty-fi
t century will mark the era of tertiary and lifelong learning for everybody-or almost everybody. Thus the West Report from Australia, echoing a key theme of the immediately preceding Dearing Report in the UK① (National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education [NCIHE], 1997). The notion of lifelong learning has pervaded higher education around the world as governments have increasingly come to recognize a link between their education systems and national economic performance. However, policy relating to the actual making of the link needs deeper co
ideration. The development of key skills’ has been seen in the UK as an important way in which higher education can contribute to economic development, but it can be argued that to focus on these skills represents a narrow and i
ufficient respo
e to what employe
-and the wider interest-really need (see Stephe
on’s [1998] argument for a ‘capability’ approach to higher education and, more broadly, the discussion in part 2 of Barnett [1994]. However the contested nature of this aspect of higher education might be resolved, current discussio
have left relatively unexplored the broader implicatio
for curricula ② and, in particular, for fist-cycle provision. In earlier times many took the view that a fi
t degree ③ was a sufficient basis for lifetime career. The accelerating pace of knowledge development has undermined this conception, and increasing attention is now being given to the provision of higher degree programs and other opportunities for professional development. This raises a serious question: what function does the fi
t degree serve in the context of lifelong learning? Logically, it makes no se
e in today’s world to try to pack fi
t degree curricula with all the knowledge, unde
tanding and skills need for the rest of a lifetime. There simply is not the time available, and anywa