Having just quit a highly moneymaking job with tech giant Microsoft in the United States，where he’d made millions working as a program manager，Patrick Awuah would wake up once in a while wondering if he’d done the right thing．

    What Awuah wanted was to create a university in his native Ghana．a(chǎn) state-of-the-art education centre that would help educate the country’s next generation of leaders．Awuah moved with his family back to Ghana．There，he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University．

“Africa needs to have a renaissance(復(fù)興),” says Awuah as he explained what drove him to take the risky decision．“The world needs to change in this way and I strongly believe that people like me need to be part of the solution；I need to be really actively involved in helping to drive this change in Africa‘‘

     Located about an hour's drive from the capital Accra，Ashesi，which appropriately translates to “beginning,” is the first Ghanaian university to combine technical majors with a liberal arts approach．Its campus，set on 100 acres in a town called Berekuso，was designed to be inspiring for the more than 500 young Ghanaians studying there．

  “So when I look at universities I see Africa fast—forward 30 years．When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s，that person is going to be a leader．”

Today Ashesi，which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year，offers degrees in business，information systems and computer science．There are plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future．The school’s graduation rate is between 70％and 90％，according to Awuah．

In our last freshman class，50％ of the students paid full tuition(學(xué)費(fèi))，25％were on full scholarships and 25％on partial scholarships ,”he said．“The reason why variety is so important is that the most important conversation on campus is a conversation about the good society—what is the good society we would like to see in Africa? That conversation is a lot more interesting if you have variety in the classroom，”adds Awuah．

1.In Awuah’s opinion，Africa should be changed by

A．investing more money for development

B．developing computer science

C．training future leaders for development

D．founding more universities

2.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph infers that “_____”.

A．Awuah regretted that he had once worked with Microsoft

B．Awuah would doubt if he should resign from Microsoft

C．Awuah wondered whether it was right to invest for a university

D．Awuah felt it wrong that he had refused a job with a large salary

3.The university founded by Awuah_____.

A．came into being 10 years ago    B．was named with “beginning”

C．is located in the capital of Ghan  D．will be run for 30 years

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Ashesi has offered five degrees since it was founded．

B．Awuah had earned millions of dollars before he left Microsoft．

C．50％ of the new students in Ashesi receive education for free．

D．Awuah was the only investor in setting up Ashesi University．

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了帕特里克·瓦放棄微軟年薪百萬的工作，為了非洲發(fā)展，為了培養(yǎng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人才，在其他捐助者幫助下在家鄉(xiāng)加納創(chuàng)立了阿什西大學(xué)。文章同時(shí)也介紹了大學(xué)的位置、學(xué)位設(shè)置以及收費(fèi)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)等內(nèi)容。

1.推理題：根據(jù)文章第五段“‘So when I look at universities I see Africa fast—forward 30 years．When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s，that person is going to be a leader．’”所以當(dāng)我看著大學(xué)時(shí)我就看到了向前快速發(fā)展30年的非洲。當(dāng)這些20歲的年輕人到他或她50歲時(shí)，這個(gè)人會(huì)成為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。故選C。

2.推理題：根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知帕特里克·瓦辭去了微軟公司年薪百萬的項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理工作，有時(shí)睡醒時(shí)他會(huì)想這個(gè)決定是否正確。由此可知有時(shí)他也在懷疑自己的決定是否正確。故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第六段中“which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year，”今年是學(xué)校十周年慶典。由此可知學(xué)校成立了十年了。故選A。

4.細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第六段中“offers degrees in business，information systems and computer science．”提供商學(xué)、信息系統(tǒng)和計(jì)算機(jī)科技三個(gè)學(xué)位，因此A錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第一段中“where he’d made millions working as a program manager”在那他是一個(gè)年薪百萬的項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理。故選B正確；在最后一段中“25％were on full scholarships ”百分之二十五的學(xué)生享受全額獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，因此C錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第二段最后一句“he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University．”他用自己的錢和捐助者的錢創(chuàng)立了阿什西大學(xué)，因此D錯(cuò)誤。故選B。

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