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２０1２年６月大学英语六级真题及答案
Ｐart Ⅰ Ｗriｔｉng （30 mｉnutes)
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Thｅ Ｔhree-Ｙeａr Solutｉoｎ
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Hartｗｉck Colｌｅge, a sｍaｌｌ ｌiｂeraｌ-artｓ sｃｈooｌ in uｐstａte Ｎｅw Ｙoｒk, mａｋes Ｎeｗ Ｙｏｒk, ｍａｋeｓ thｉｓ offｅｒ tｏ wｅｌl prｅｐareｄ stuｄentｓ: ｅaｒｎ your uｎｄeｒgrａｄｕaｔe dｅgree ｉｎ thrｅe ｙeaｒｓ insteａd of ｆｏｕr， anｄ save aｂｏut ５43，00０—ｔhe ａｍｏunt of ｏne yｅaｒ’s tuｉｔｉｏn and feeｓ. A nｕｍber ｏf iｎｎovaｔiｖe coｌｌｅｇｅｓ ａrｅ makｉｎｇ tｈe ｓame ｏffｅr to stuｄentｓ aｎｘｉｏuｓ ａbｏｕt sａviｎg timｅ and ｍｏneｙ. That’ｓ boｔh an oppｏrｔunｉty ａｎd a ｗａrniｎg for ｔｈe ｂｅｓt hiｇher-ｅdｕｃatioｎ syｓteｍ in ｔhｅ ｗｏrld．ﻫThｅ Unｉｔeｄ Sｔaｔes ｈａs almost ａｌl ｏf thｅ ｗorld’s beｓt uniｖｅrsiｔｉｅs. A rｅｃeｎt Chiｎesｅ ｓurveｙ ｒａnｋs 35 Amｅricａn ｕnｉvｅｒsities among the top 50， eight aｍｏｎｇ the top 1０. Ｏuｒ ｒeseaｒcｈ ｕniversitｉｅｓ ｈａvｅ bｅｅｎ thｅ ｋey to developing ｔhe coｍｐetitivｅ ａdｖaｎｔagｅｓ ｔhａｔ ｈelp Ａmｅｒicans ｐroｄuce 2５% oｆ ａll thｅ wｏｒld’s ｗｅalｔh. Iｎ ２００7， 623,805 ｏｆ the worlｄ’s brighｔeｓｔ ｓｔudｅｎtｓ ｗere ａｔｔｒａｃtｅｄ tｏ Aｍerican unｉversｉｔｉeｓ.
Ｙet， tｈｅre are ｓigns oｆ peril (危险）ｗiｔhin Ａmerｉcａn hｉｇｈer ｅducaｔion. . ｃｏllegeｓ ｈave ｔo cｏｍｐete ｉｎ the ｍarkｅtplaｃe． Sｔudentｓ may choose ａｍong 6,０００ pｕbｌiｃ, pｒｉｖaｔe， nｏnprofｉｔ， ｆor ｐrofit, ｏr ｒeligious ｉnstiｔuｔｉｏnｓ ｏｆ hiｇhｅr lｅａｒｎｉng. In ａｄdition， almost aｌｌ ｏf tｈe 5３2 ｂｉllｉｏn ｔhｅ fedeｒal gｏvernment prｏvｉdes foｒ uｎiｖｅrsitｙ researｃh ｉs aｗａｒded comｐｅtitiｖeｌｙ．ﻫBuｔ maｎｙ cｏｌｌeｇes aｎd ｕniveｒsｉtｉeｓ arｅ stucｋ iｎ the past． Foｒ ｉnstaｎｃe, tｈｅ ｉdea of thｅ fall-to-sprinｇ“schoｏl year”ｈasn’t chａnged mｕch sinｃｅ befoｒe tｈｅ Aｍerican Ｒevolｕtiｏn， ｗｈｅｎ we were ａ summｅr sｔreｔch no longｅｒ maｋes sｅnse． Foｒmer George Waｓhington Unｉvｅｒｓitｙ presiｄｅnt Steｐheｎ Tｒachtenbeｒg ｅstimates tｈat a ｔypｉcaｌ collegｅ ｕsｅｓ ｉｔs faciｌities ｆｏｒ ａｃaｄemiｃ ｐｕrposｅs ａ ｌiｔtｌe morｅ thaｎ half the calendaｒ ｙｅａr．“Whｉle cｏllｅgｅ fａｃｉlities siｔ ｉdｌe, theｙ cｏｎｔinuｅ tｏ geneｒaｔｅ mａinteｎance ｅｘpenｓes ｔhat ｃontribｕtｅ ｔo tｈe ｈｉgh cｏｓt oｆ runniｎg a college，” he hａs Within acadｅｍic depaｒｔｍｅｎts, tｅｎ