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37. The librarians learned from a two-year, five-campus ethnographic study that students rarely turn to librarians for help.
38. The most important reason why students did not ask librarians for help was that they did not realize their own information illiteracy.
39. Open-ended interviews and direct observation were used in the ERIAL project to make a deep and subjective report.
40. Besides students, librarians and professors are also responsible for the gap between students and library employees.
41. Students rely heavily on the Internet to find sources.
42. Professors fail to connect students to librarians, because they have low expectations for librarians. 43. It surprised Illinois researchers that students were not good at using Google.
44. Before librarians can realize the goal of “saving time for the reader”, they first should get students to ask for help.
45. Due to the absence of the newest articles, the frequently used database JSTOR does not necessarily help students solve their problems.
Section C
Passage one Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
A new study shows that students learn much better through an active, iterative (反复的) process that involves working through their misconceptions with fellow students and getting immediate feedback from the instructor. The research was conducted by a team at the University of British Columbia(UBC), Vancouver, in Canada, led by physics Nobelist Carl Wieman. In this study, Wieman trained a postdoc, Louis Deslauriers, and a graduate student, Ellen Schelew, in an educational approach, called “deliberate practice,?? that asks students to think like scientists and puzzle out problems during class. For 1 week, Deslauriers and Schelew took over one section of an introductory physics course for engineering majors, which met three times for 1 hour. A tenured physics professor continued to teach another large section using the standard lecture format. The results were dramatic: After the intervention, the students in the deliberate practice section did more than twice as well on a 12-question multiple-choice test of the material as did those in the control section．They were also more engaged and a post—study survey found that nearly all said they would have liked the entire 15-Week course to have been taught in the more interactive manner.
“It?s almost certainly the case that lectures have been ineffective for centuries. But now we?ve figured out a better way to teach” that makes students an active participant in the process, Wieman says. The “deliberate practice” method begins with the instructor giving students a multiple-choice question on a particular concept, which the students discuss in small groups before answering electronically. Their answers reveal their grasp of the topic, which the instructor deals with in a short class discussion before repeating the process with the next concept.
While previous studies have shown that this student-centered method can be more effective than teacher-1ed instruction, Wieman says this study attempted to provide “a particularly clean comparison...to measure exactly what can be learned inside the classroom.” He hopes the study persuades faculty members to stop delivering traditional lectures and ??switch over?? to a more interactive approach．More than 55 courses at Colorado across several departments now offer that approach, he says, and the same thing is happening gradually at UBC.
46. What do we know about the study led by Carl Wieman in the second paragraph? A. Students need to turn to scientists for help if they have trouble. B. An introductory physics course was given to physics majors.
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C. Students were first taught in the “deliberate practice” approach.
D. A professor continued to teach the same section with the traditional lectures. 47. The results of the research reveal that_______________.
A. students performed better on a test in the experimental section B. students seemed to be more engaged in the control section C. students preferred the traditional lectures to deliberate practice D. The entire 15-week course was actually given in the new manner
48. How does Wieman look at the traditional lectures according to the third paragraph? A. They have lasted for only a short period of time. B. They continue to play an essential role in teaching. C. They can make students more active in study. D. They have proved to be ineffective and outdated. 49. How does the “deliberate practice?? method work?
A. The students are first presented with some open questions. B. The students have to hand in paper-based homework.
C. The instructor remains consistent in the way of explaining concepts. D. The instructor expects the students to air their views at any time.
50. We learn from the last paragraph that Wieman?s new approach________________. A. will take the place of the traditional way of teaching in time B. can evaluate the student?s class performance roughly C. can achieve the same effects as the traditional lectures D. has been accepted in some colleges
Passage Two Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
According to a new research, both sexes said their early 30s was the optimum (最佳的) time for weight loss because turning 30 was a watershed (分水岭) moment in their lives and they wanted to stay fit and healthy as they leave their 20s. People are less likely to stick to diets in their mid-30s and 40s because they are not so bothered about their appearance as ageing takes its toll and they embrace middle age, according to 54% of dieters. 59% of slimmers said that diets are more likely to go wrong in the 20s because people are more likely to be single and to party more.
The findings come from a survey of 1 000 male and female slimmers by a diet company. 82% of those polled said that 30 was a “watershed” age for both sexes and they were more likely to stick to diets afterwards.
More than a third of female respondents found the ages of 30 to 35 the best to slim. Amongst this group 32 was the ideal age for women. Women of that age find it easiest to lose weight and stick to a diet plan. Another factor making it the optimum for women to slim is the likelihood that they had become mothers. The average age of women giving birth in the UK is now a few weeks short of 30—while first time mothers are older than ever at 28. Losing baby weight is a powerful incentive for women to slim with 56% saying they had found it easier to lose weight after childbirth than before.
Marriage was also a factor in helping women to lose weight. Four out of ten female respondents said they found it easier to lose weight after marrying because they are less likely to drink and eat to excess. The average age for a new bride in the UK is 30.
For men, 36% said the ages of 30 to 35 were the most effective years to diet—with the optimum age. Men?s ideal age was a year less than women?s because turning 30 was seen as a bigger watershed for them.
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51. Why do both sexes think early 30s is the best time to lose weight? A. Because they want to stay in good shape as they turn 30. B. Because they probably have got married in their early 30s. C. Because they have much willpower to stick to diets. D. Because they have time and energy to work out.
52. Why are people unlikely to stick to diets in their mid-30s and 40s? A. Because they can?t resist the temptation of delicious food. B. Because they are under great pressure to support their family. C. Because they need great amount of calories to finish their work. D. Because they don?t care so much about appearance at that age. 53. What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. The age of first time mothers remains the same as before. B. Giving birth is an important factor for women to lose weight. C. The average age of women giving birth in the UK is 30.
D. Less than half women thought it easier to lose weight after childbirth. 54. What does the author say about women and marriage?
A. Women don?t tend to drink and eat too much after marriage. B. Marriage has no influence on women who want to lose weight. C. Women have to work and care for the family after marriage. D. Women in the UK usually get married for the first time at 32.
55. What does the author mean by saying “turning 30 was seen as a bigger watershed for them” in the last
paragraph?
A. Men attach greater importance to appearance after 30. B. Men work under much more pressure after 30.
C. Men consider turning 30 more meaningful for them. D. Most men have become fathers at the age of 30.
Part IV Translation
杭州最著名的景点是西湖(the West Lake)。西湖是人造湖泊，是根据中国人喜爱的休闲式的花园风格公园而建造的。十个世纪以来，西湖一直被中国的文人墨客(men of letters)视为精神家园。宋代诗人苏轼把西湖比作中国古代最美丽的女人西子。中国古代人民将西湖周围的区域誉为神奇美丽的土地。在现代，西湖被视为杭州的骄傲，被人们当作躲开城市喧嚣(the hustle and bustle)的好地方。
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