In the United States,educational policies are determined by()
Passage 4Questions l9—33
● Read the article below about educational background of successful managers.
● Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D.
● For each question l 9—33 mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
● There is an example at the beginning.
Educational Background of Successful Managers Psychologist Douglas Bray and Ann Howard have for more than 25 years been studying college graduates in entry-level management (0)______. for AT&T. Here are some of their findings.
Master’s degree can be (19)______. Howard says of Master’s degree holders, “They bring US greater (20)______. and interpersonal skills and more motivation for (21)______. and money, but they are not any smarter.” This applied equally to (22) ______. of an MA, MS, and MBA.
There are key (23)______ between technical and non-technical majors. Business majors led the pack in organizing, planning, and decision-making skills. (24) ______. and social science graduates also (25)______. high. Math, science, and engineering majors scored much lower in these skills. Technical majors did have (26)______. general mental ability, but they were not as(27) ______. or as good at interpersonal skills. As you might expect, social science majors were quite low on (28)______. skills. Business majors were the ones most eager to get ahead.
For the future managers, AT&T is still looking for about a third each of business, technical, and liberal arts majors. While they are still looking for master’s degrees, some firms say that the (29)______. of the MBA has passed. Many companies (30)______the same management training programs for their new people, whether or not they have a master’s degree.
(31)______. the success/failure studies of managers, educational background is probably less important than (32)______. skill that people develop. As one president of a large company puts it, “We’re really looking for a particular kind of (33)______rather than a particular degree.”
19. A. useful B. helpful C. successful D. beneficial
20. A. administrative B. cooperative C. administration D. cooperation
21. A. ranks B. social level C. status D. honor
22. A. owner B. winner C. possessor D. holder
23. A. difference B. differences C. difficult D. difficulty
24. A. Humanities B. Humanity C. Human D. Human subject
25. A. score B. scored C. get D. gained
26. A. high B. tow C. lower D. higher
27. A. create B. creative C. imaginative D. imagination
28. A. quantitative B. quantity C. quality D. qualitive
29. A. times B. years C. era D. epoch
30. A. supply B. offer C. provide D. award
31. A. Regardless of B. Even if C. Even though D. Though
32. A. practical B. actual C. factual D. real
33. A. person B. personnel C. human being D. persons
In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Professor Harris states that over two million high school seniors in this country are functionally illiterate, and at least as much as four million others cannot read at an eighth-grade level.
Do you think these ‘interest classes’ should be taken as an indispensable part of the educational system?
In the United States,educational policies are determined by()
______a week goes by without some educational problem arising.
______a week goes by without some educational problem arising.
______a week goes by without some educational problem arising.
In the American educational system, intermediate school is the _____ stage between the primary grades and high schoo1.
Passage 1 There was a time 1 parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those 2 seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of personal computers under the tree. Convinced that computers are their key 3 success, parents are also frantically insisting that children 4 taught to use them on school as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when 5 comes to computers, parents don't always know best. Many schools are yielding to parental impatience and are purchasing hardware 6 sound educational planning so they can say, "OK, we've moved into the computer age." Teachers found themselves 7 in the middle of the problem--between parent pressure and wise educational decisions. Educators do not even agree 8 how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials that research has shown can be taught just as well 9 pencil and paper. Even those 10 believe that all children should have access to computers warn of potential dangers to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely because young children adapt so well 11 computers. First graders have been seen willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. Not every school, 12 , can afford to go into computing, and that 13 yet another problem: a division between the haves and have-nots. Very few parents ask 14 computer instructions in poor school districts, in 15 there may be barely enough money to pay the teacher.