专业英语八级真题2021年-附解析.pdf

专业英语八级真题2021年 PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the mini-lecture, complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task . Now listen to the mini-lecture. When it is over, you will be given THREE minutes to check your work. Current Challenges Confronting U.S. Higher Education The first challenge: force of the marketplace ● Current situation — presence of the marketplace as 1 external force — government support: 2 — public institutions asking for less government 3 — e.g. new legislation to provide 4 ● Results — higher institutional priorities given to 5 because of their 6 — ways to generate more money for institutions — creating new programs, e.g. 7 — adding new units focusing on generating 8 — building 9 — implications — increasing focus on 10 in academic research — higher tuition fees for students University administrators have to respond to the marketplace. The second challenge: equality in 11 ● Post War massification of U.S. higher education — 12 ● Reasons — low 13 of racial and ethnic minorities — inability of low-income individuals to 14 ● Government role — mediating the negative effects of competition in order to 15 语音下载 1. the dominant [听力原文] Current Challenges Confronting U.S. Higher Education Good morning, everyone. In our last lecture, we discussed chall