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Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
In recent years, more and more foreigners are involved in the teaching programs of the United States. Both the advantages and the disadvantages 47___ using foreign faculty in teaching positions have to be 48___, of course. It can be said that the foreign background that makes the faculty member from abroad an asset also 49___ problems of adjustment, both for the university and for the individual. The foreign research scholar usually isolates himself in the laboratory as a means of protection; 50___, what he needs is to be fitted to a highly organized university system quite different from 51___ at home. He is faced in his daily work with differences in philosophy, arrangements of courses and methods of teaching. Both the visiting professor and his students 52___ a common ground in each other’s cultures, some concept of what is already in the minds of American students is 53___ for the foreign professor. While helping him to adapt himself to his new environment, the university must also 54___ certain adjustments in order to take full advantage of what the newcomer can 55___. It isn’t always known how to make creative use of foreign faculty, especially at smaller colleges. This is thought to be a56where further study is called for. The findings of such a study will be of value to colleges and universities with foreign faculty.
A)field B)possess C)considered D)express E)offer
F)create G)required H)ofI)emerge J)make
K)lack L)however M)scope N)cause O)that
