北外2000年基础英语试题翻译与核心要素提炼.pdfVIP

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2000年硕士研究生入学试题基础英语试卷

I.ReadingComprehension.（32分）

1.Readthefollowingarticleandparaphrasetheunderlinedparts:

Thetwenty-firstcenturywillmarktheeraoftertiaryandlifelonglearningforeverybody-or

almosteverybody.ThustheWestReportfromAustralia,echoingakeythemeoftheimmediately

precedingDearingReportintheUK①(NationalCommitteeofInquiryintoHigherEducation

[NCIHE],1997).

Thenotionoflifelonglearninghaspervadedhighereducationaroundtheworldasgovernments

haveincreasinglycometorecognizealinkbetweentheireducationsystemsandnationaleconomic

performance.However,policyrelatingtotheactualmakingofthelinkneedsdeeperconsideration.

Thedevelopmentofkeyskills’hasbeenseenintheUKasanimportantwayinwhichhigher

educationcancontributetoeconomicdevelopment,butitcanbearguedthattofocusontheseskills

representsanarrowandinsufficientresponsetowhatemployers-andthewiderinterest-reallyneed

(seeStephenson’s[1998]argumentfora‘capability’approachtohighereducationand,more

broadly,thediscussioninpart2ofBarnett[1994].Howeverthecontestednatureofthisaspectof

highereducationmightberesolved,currentdiscussionshaveleftrelativelyunexploredthebroader

implicationsforcurricula②and,inparticular,forfist-cycleprovision.

Inearliertimesmanytooktheviewthatafirstdegree③wasasufficientbasisforlifetime

career.Theacceleratingpaceofknowledgedevelopmenthasunderminedthisconception,and

increasingattentionisnowbeinggiventotheprovisionofhigherdegreeprogramsandother

opportunitiesforprofessionaldevelopment.Thisraisesaseri