A) The small proportion of minority students.
B) The low graduation rates of minority students.
C) The growing conflicts among ethnic groups.
D) The poor academic performance of students.
2. What was the pride of President Barry Mills of Bowdoin College?
A) The prestige of its liberal arts programs.
B) Its ranking among universities in Maine.
C) The high graduation rates of its students.
D) Its increased enrollment of minority students.
3. What is the risk facing America?
A) Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.
B) The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.
C) More poor and non-white students will be denied access to college.
D) It is going to lose its competitive edge in higher education.
4. How many African-American students earned their degrees in California community colleges according to a recent review?
A) Fifty-six percent. C) Fifteen percent.
B) Thirty-nine percent. D) Sixty-seven percent.
5. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates mainly because .
A) their students work harder C) their classes are generally smaller
B) they recruit the best students D) they give students more attention
6. How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students' failure to get a degree?
A) Universities are to blame.
B) Students don't work hard.
C) The government fails to provide the necessary support.
D) Affirmative action should be held responsible.
7. Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author?
A) They have lost confidence in themselves.
B) They cannot afford the high tuition.
C) They cannot adapt to the rigor of the school.
D) They fail to develop interest in their studies.
8. To tackle the problem of graduation gap, the University of Wisconsin-Madison helps minority students get over the stereotype that _______.
9. For years, private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have provided minority students with _______ during the summer before freshman year.
10. Washington and Lee University is cited as an example to show that the gap of graduation rates between whites and minorities can _______.
答案：
1. B. The low graduation rates of minority students
2. D. its increased enrollment of minority students
3. B. The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.
4. C. Fifiteen percent
5. B. they recruit the best students
6. A. Universities are to blame.
7. B. They cannot afford the high tuition.
8. that they are less qualified
9. some preparatory courses
10. be closed