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It's very interesting to note where the debate about diversity(多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate(公司的) leaders;none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn't occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need.

Likewise, I don't hear people in the academy saying.“Let's go backward. Let's go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格选人才)”(which was never true-we never had a meritocracy, although we've come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York w here the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media-not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A) meritocracy can never be realized without diversity

B) American political circles will not accept diversity

C) it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U. S. media D) minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity. [答案及分析]：[A]根据第4段第2句话和professor的评述可知A正确。根据文章原意，政界在是否实行多样化存在争议，这并不能得了B项的意思。C项说美国传媒不可能实现多样性，文章没有此意。文章只是说在美国新闻界对多样性问题存有争议。

2. According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by _______.

A) expanding the pool of potential employees.

B) promoting policies that provide skills to employees

C) training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers

D) providing education for all regardless of race or sex

[答案及分析]：[D]第1段说：企业家们认为，多样化是必要的。对有才能的、有技术的人才的需要要求我们扩大潜在劳动力的来源。看看人口出生率增长的地方和人口流动的地方，美国人民认识到扩大来源要求推行使得更多的少数民族、更多妇女、移民获得技术的政策。否则，就无法得到所需的工程师、科学家、律师。由此可见，D项符合文章原意。

3. The word“imperative”( Line 5, Para. 1) most probably refers to something _______.

A) superficial B) remarkable C) debatable D) essential

[答案及分析]：[D]词义推断题。文章说：在公司的领导人中，没有谁议论说要消除那些会产生多样性的东西。事实上，他们认为如果公司在世界市场上具有竞争力，多样性是imperative。据此可以推测出imperative的意思应该是“必要的，重要的”之类。四个选项的词义分别是：superficial(表面的);remarkable(令人惊奇的);debatable(有争议的);essential(不可少的，必要的)。故而[D]项正确。

4. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?

A) Minorities. B) Politicians. C) Professors. D) Managers.

[答案及分析]：[B]题目实际上是问下列哪种人赞成多样化。A项minorities(少数民族)属于反对多元化者的排挤、反对对象，显然不对。根据第1段第3、4句话可排除D项。根据第2段第1句可排除C项。根据第1段第1、2句可知B项正确。

5. High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to _______.

A) lower the rate of unemployment

B) win equal political rights for minorities

C) be competitive in the world market

D) satisfy the demands of a growing population

[答案及分析]：[C]选择依据为第1段第4句。A、B、三项的意思在文中都找不到。

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