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2010考研英語:歷年真題來源報刊閱讀100篇(10)

  College education:

  The ladder of fame

  ON AUGUST 18th US News & World Report released its 2007 rankings of America’s top colleges. The survey began in 1983 as a simple straw poll, when the magazine asked 662 college presidents to identify the country’s best places of learning. It has since mutated into an annual ordeal for reputable universities. A strong showing in the rankings spurs student interest and alumni giving; a slip has grave consequences for public relations.

  University administrators deeply dislike the survey. Many reject the idea that schools can be stacked up against one another in any meaningful way. And the survey’s methodology is suspect. The rankings are still based partly on peer evaluations. They compare rates of alumni giving, which has little to do with the transmission of knowledge. Besides, the magazine’s data are supplied by the schools and uncorroborated.

  But whether the rankings are fair is beside the point, because they are wildly influential. In the 1983 survey barely half of the presidents approached bothered to respond. Today, only a handful dare abstain.

  Most, in fact, do more than simply fill out the survey. Competition between colleges for top students is increasing, partly because of the very popularity of rankings. Colin Diver, the president of Reed College in Oregon, considers that “rankings create powerful incentives to manipulate data and distort institutional behaviour.” A school may game the system by soliciting applications from students who stand no chance of admission, or by leaning on alumni to arrange jobs for graduates. Reed is one of the few prominent colleges that dares to disdain to take part in the US News survey.

  In some ways, the scramble to attract applicants has helped students. Universities such as Duke in North Carolina and Rice in Houston are devoting more money to scholarships. That seems a reasonable response to the challenge of the rankings, as the National Centre for Education Statistics reckons that roughly two-thirds of undergraduates rely on financial aid.

  Other colleges, though, are trying to drum up excitement by offering perks that would have been unheard of a generation ago. Students at the University of California, Los Angeles now appreciate weekly maid service in the dorms. “The elevators”, enthused a respondent to an online survey, “smell lemon fresh.” Students at Pennsylvania State University enjoy free access to Napster, the music-sharing service. Multi-million dollar gyms have become so common that they are unremarkable.

  University officials, defending this strategy, often imply that they are only responding to student demand. Discouraging words for those who believe that a college’s job is to educate, not coddle.

  考研詞匯:

  spur[spə:]

  n.①靴刺,馬刺;②刺激,刺激物;v.刺激,激勵

  grave[greiv]

  n.墳?zāi)?a.嚴肅的,莊重的

  [真題例句]Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves (n.).[2005年閱讀2]

  [例句精譯] 竟然有許多美國人買這些謬論的帳,30年來,大約有一千萬煙民早早就進了墳?zāi)埂?/P>

  reject[riˈdʒekt]

  v.①拒絕,抵制,駁回;②丟棄;③排斥,退掉

  [真題例句]In fact it is simply shallow: the confused center is right to reject (②) it.[1997年翻譯]

  [例句精譯] 事實上,它很膚淺;困惑的中間派正要放棄它。

  [真題例句](65) Until these issues are resolved, a technology of behavior will continue to be rejected (③), and with it possibly the only way to solve our problems.[2002年翻譯]

  [例句精譯] (65)(如果)這些問題得不到解決,研究行為的技術(shù)手段就會繼續(xù)受到排斥,解決問題的惟一方式可能也隨之繼續(xù)受到排斥。

  peer[piə]

  n.同等的人,貴族;vi.凝視,窺視;vt. 與……同等,封為貴族

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