The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a noted scholar of the American South and dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university's 28th president. The 30-member board of overseers ratified the selection.
Faust, 59, recognized the significance of her appointment. "I hope that my own appointment can be one symbol of an opening of opportunities that would have been inconceivable even a generation ago," Faust said at a news conference on campus. But she also added, "I'm not the woman president of Harvard, I'm the president of Harvard."
With Faust's appointment, half of the eight Ivy League schools will have a woman as president. Her selection caused another round of debates about equality at Harvard and nationwide after Summers' remarks that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs.
Faust has been dean of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women's college was merged into the university as a research center with the mission to study gender issues. "This is a great day, and a historic day, for Harvard," said James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee.
Some professors have quietly complained that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth consecutive president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics. Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive an undergraduate or graduate degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, an alumnus of Cambridge University in
56. Who was appointed as the first female president in its 371-year history?
A. A woman scientist.
B. A historian without a Harvard degree.
C. The historian who made the comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top scientific areas.
D. An alumnus of
57. Which of the following is not true?
A. Havard is one of Ivy League schools.
B. It was unbelievable decades ago for a woman to lead such a famous university.
C. Radcliffe, a former women's college, was merged into Harvard in 2001.
D. Radcliffe is a research center focusing on the world's issues and those of women in particular.
58. What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean?
A. agreed with B. witnessed C. held D. announced
59. What would be the best title for this news?
A. Faust becomes Harvard's first female president.
B. Being the president of Harvard is a tough job.
C. Faust being named president is a story about Harvard and women.
D. A historic day for Harvard and women.
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Most Americans believe that someone isn’t grown-up until the age of 26 and they should complete their education, have a full-time job, have a family to support and be financially independent. They also believe that becoming a real grown-up is a process which begins at about the age of 20 and takes about five years, according to the report from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center.
The findings are based on a representative sample of 1,398 people over the age of 18 who were surveyed in person. The survey found that people expect the transitions to grown-up status to be completed at the following ages: age 20.9 self-supporting; age 21.1 no longer living with parents; age 21.2 having a full-time job; age 22.3 education completed; age 24.5 being able to support a family financially; age 25.7 getting married; and age 26.2 having a child.
“There is a large degree of agreement across social groups on the relative importance of the seven transitions,” said Tom Smith, director of the survey. The only obvious pattern of differences is on views about supporting a family, having children and getting married. Older adults consider these more important than younger adults do. This probably shows in large part a change in values across generations away from traditional family values. The most valued step toward reaching adulthood, the survey found, is completing education, followed by full-time employment, supporting a family, financial independence, living independently, and marriage.
According to the first paragraph, someone is a grown-up when he _______.
A. has found a full-time job
B. has finished his study in university
C. can make money and support himself after completing his education
D. can support a family and be financially independent after graduation
A young man of 24 may be busy ________.
A. finding a job B. finding a girl friend
C. making money D. preparing for his wedding
The underlined word “status” in the second paragraph probably means “________”.
A. position B. rank C. level D. situation
From the passage, we learn that _________.
A. being grown-up is just a matter of age
B. being grown-up is a process which takes some time
C. all people think completing education means being grown-up
D. the survey found everyone had a different view about being grown-up
The best title for the passage should be “________”
A. It takes a long time to grown up.
B. Are we grown-up yet?
C. Getting married means being grown-up.
D. Completing education means being grown-up.
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阅读下面的新闻报道,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
News report
Four young female college students died Friday after falling or jumping from a blazing room on the sixth floor of Shanghai Business School. Witness said one woman who jumped appeared to be aiming for bushes on the ground, but missed and landed on concrete. Witnesses said the other three were desperately trying to climb to another room amid roaring flames when they fell to the concrete paving.
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[写作内容]
1. 以约30个词概括这篇报道的主要内容。
2. 针对此篇报道发表你对校园安全问题的看法, 至少包括以下内容要点,该部分词数大约120个词。
1)作为学生,我们该如何在危急的状况下保护好自己。
2)作为校方应该采取哪些措施避免此类悲剧的发生。
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1.作文中可使用实例或其它方法支持你的观点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接 引用原文中的句子;
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(被指控) failing to give enough warning about the disaster. (accuse)
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