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NEW YORK－About one fifth of US colleges and universities don't require the standard entrance exams(升學考試)，known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT)(學業能力傾向測試)and American College Test(ACT), for many high school applicants(申請者)． 　　Fair Test, a Cambridge, Massachusetts group that supports less trust on testing, said last week it counted 383 out of 1 788 four-year schools that don't want entrance exams at all． 　　The last Fair Test count managed three years ago proved 280 schools that don't require entrance tests．The total rose for two reasons：More colleges dropped the exams, and the others clarified(澄清)their admission rules． 　　The Fair Test survey follows last month's call from the University of California to end the SAT admission requirement．President Richard Atkinson wants students judged by what they have learned, not how they have scored． 　　Last June, the elite(優秀人才)women's school, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, declared applicants no longer need submit(呈交)scores from the SAT test of reasoning． 　　Some high schools also are questioning the role of admission tests．Still the exams aren't going away．Even as some colleges give up entrance tests, others are using or replacing them．Some are giving scores less weight, asking instead for essays(論文)，references and out-of-school activities． 　　The non-profit(非贏利的)College Board, which owns the SAT, notes the majority of colleges and universities still demand a test score for applicants．The SAT and ACT were established decades ago by colleges and universities as a way of predicting(預告) a student's success． 　　Critics(批評家)have long attacked the test as unfair, mainly because whites tend to do better than other groups． (1) From the first paragraph we can know that in America． [　　] A． colleges and universities do not require any entrance exams B． colleges and universities are short of students C． colleges and universities don't all need entrance exams D． college and university entrance exams are too difficult (2) It can be found in this passage that ________． [　　] A． Fair Test is a test that is more difficult than SAT B． Fair Test is a test that is much easier than ACT C． Fair Test is an organization that does research on exams D． Fair Test is a group that organizes better exams over Americans (3) The underlined sentence “the exams aren't going away” means ________． [　　] A． the exams are unnecessary for students B． the exams will soon be stopped C． the exams will remain at the same level D． the exams are still demanded (4) From this passage we can conclude that in America ________． [　　] A． white students are cleverer than other students B． the entrance exams will be stopped by the government C． colleges and universities have different requirements D． none of the students are satisfied with the entrance exams

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．D;4．C;
解析：

(1)	all與not連用表示部分否定。從第一句中得知，大約1/5的美國大學不需要入學考試，并不是所有的大學都需要入學考試。
(2)	從第二段中得知，Fair Test有一個同位語即a Cambridge Massachusetts Group，也就是一個組織，故選C。
(3)	從第六段中得知，雖然仍有些高中學校在質疑入學考試的作用，但這些考試不會消亡。
(4)	這是一道推斷題，從第七、八兩段中可知不同的大學對考試有不同的要求，提出免試入學的原因是盡量使入學更加公正，故選C項。