十月联考MBA英语阅读练习及答案:out of fashion About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in seeing to it that all children, whatever their background, were fairly treated, intelligence testing became unpopular. Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades such testing has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it. However, paradoxically, just recently a group of black parents filed a lawsuit (诉讼) in California claiming that the state’s ban on IQ testing discriminates against their children by denying them the opportunity to take the test. (They believed, correctly, that IQ tests are a valid method of evaluating children for special education classes.) The judge, therefore, reversed, at least partially, his original decision. And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even facilitating such testing. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause. What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is not discriminative to evaluate either a child’s physical condition or his intellectual level. Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other than intelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children. It was considered discriminative not to do so. And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular, and social agencies felt that black children should go to black families only. It is hard to say what the best procedures are. But surely good will on the part of all of us is needed. As to intelligence, in our opinion, the more we know about any child’s intellectual level, the better for the child in question. 1. Why did the intelligence test become unpopular in the past few decades? A. Its validity was challenged by many communities. B. It was considered discriminative against minority children. C. It met with strong opposition from the majority of black parents. D. It deprived the black children of their rights to a good education. 2. The recent legal action taken by some black parents in California aimed to ______. A. draw public attention to IQ testing B. put an end to special education C. remove the state’s ban on intelligence tests D. have their children enter white schools 3. The author believes that intelligence testing ______. A. may ease racial confrontation in the United States B. can encourage black children to keep up with white children C. may seriously aggravate racial discrimination in the United States D. can help black parents make decisions about their children’s education 4. The author’s opinion of child adoption seems to be that ______. A. no rules whatsoever can be prescribed B. white families should adopt black children C. adoption should be based on IQ test results D. cross-racial adoption is to be advocated 5. Child adoption is mentioned in the passage to show that ______. A. good will may sometimes complicate racial problems B. social surroundings are vital to the healthy growth of children C. intelligence testing also applies to non-academic areas D. American opinion can shift when it comes to sensitive issues 参考答案：B C A D D 十月联考MBA英语阅读练习及答案:out of fashion的延伸阅读——MBA复习如何高效利用时间 1.复习要有计划性。 除了一张学校安排的课表外，还应有一份自己安排的课余的时间表，结合实际情况，制定每周课余时间的学习课表，做到什么时间该做什么心中有数，才不会造成顾此失彼。这种计划性的安排应与相关科目的教学保持一致性，但千万不能被相关科目的频繁考试打乱阵脚。被动的应付平时的小测验，也就无计划性可言。 2.复习要有的放矢。 这里的"矢"一指考试说明规定的相关知识点，二指自己的薄弱科目或某科目的薄弱环节。复习时可先进行系统的单元练习，第一轮结束后就应着重整套题，整份试卷的练习。训练后注重错误的搜集和分析。 3.复习要有系统性。 应理清本学科的基本知识体系，并努力构建相应的解题思路和技巧的网络。回过头来重新系统复习具有典型意义的例题，易错题，抓住这些题目的切入点，归纳这些题目的命题立意和命题手段，概括解题的基本思路，是行之有效的复习方法。 |
