2010-2023历年河北省保定市第二中学高三考前强化训练试题集（七）（英语）.docxVIP

2010-2023历年河北省保定市第二中学高三考前强化训练试题集（七）（英语）

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一.参考题库(共25题)

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ManyGoingtoCollegeAreNotReady

Onlyabouthalfofthisyear’shighschoolgraduateshavethereadingskillstheyneedtosucceedincollege,andevenfewerarepreparedforcollege-levelscienceandmathcourses,accordingtoayearlyreportfromACT,whichproducesoneofthenation’sleadingcollegeadmissionstests.

Thereport,basedonscoresofthe2005highschoolgraduateswhotooktheexam,some1.2millionstudentsinall,alsofoundthatfewerthanoneinfourmetthecollege-readinessbenchmarks（基准）inallfoursubjectstested:readingcomprehension,English,mathandscience.

ACTsetsitscollege-readinessbenchmarks—includingthereadingcomprehensionbenchmark,whichisnewthisyear—bycorrelating（联系）earlierstudents’ACTscoreswithgradestheyactuallyreceivedascollegefreshmen.Basedonthatdata,thebenchmarksindicatetheskilllevelatwhichastudenthasa70percentlikelihood（可能性）ofearningaCorbetter,anda50percentchanceofearningaBorbetter.

Amongthosewhotookthe2005test,only51percentachievedthebenchmarkinreading,26percentinscience,and41percentinmath;thefigureforEnglishwas68percent.ResultsfromthenewoptionalACTwritingtest,whichwasnotwidelytakenthisyear,werenotincludedinthereport.

About40percentofthenation’s2005highschoolgraduatestooktheACT,andtheaverageoverallscorewasunchangedfromtheyearbefore.Minoritystudentsmakeup27percentofallACTtesttakers.Besides,therearealsootherworryingtrendsintheACTreportaswell,includingacontinuingdeclineinthepercentageofstudentsplanningtomajorinengineering,computerscienceandeducation.

50.ThereportfromACTmainlytellsreaderstheproblemthat______.

A.fewminoritystudentsgraduatestookACT

B.manywhointendtogotocollegearenotready

C.thecollege-readinessbenchmarksishighthisyear

D.thetestsforsomes