1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选藤校也玩不起了？哥大退出大学排行榜近日，美国哥伦比亚大学宣布退出新一年的U.S. News大学排名，起因是该校一位教授对提交参与排名的数据提出了质疑。而前段时间，国内几所985高校也宣布了退出国际高校排名榜单。事实上，U.S. News、QS等著名大学排行榜多年来一直面临着对其准确性、客观性的各种争议。此次哥大的退出会带来怎样的影响？排名真的能反映出一所大学的实力吗？Columbia Wont Participate in the Next U.S. News Rankings By Anemona HartocollisColumbia U
2、niversity will not participate in the next U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges across the country, after a Columbia math professor questioned the accuracy of the data that secured its No. 2 spot in the influential rankings, the university announced on Thursday night.The deadline to submit
3、data for the rankings is Friday, and a university spokesman said officials needed more time to analyze the data and address the criticisms raised by the professor, Michael Thaddeus. In a 21-page stinging critique Dr. Thaddeus posted on his website in February, he not only challenged the data behind
4、the rating but added fuel to the debate over whether college rankings used by millions of prospective college students and their parents are valuable or even accurate.For an Ivy League school like Columbia to withdraw from the rankings, even temporarily, is a blow to their reputation and could spur
5、other universities to reconsider their participation as well. Many college presidents complain that the rankings force them to emphasize statistics that oversimplify what it takes to find a good match between a student and a school. The point is that they have documents that would shed light on thei
6、r past submissions to U.S. News and might even reveal whether their misrepresentations were intentional or unintentional but they refuse to make them public, even after an overwhelming majority of the faculty who voted asked them to do so, said Dr. Thaddeus. 【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.ranking rnk n.
7、_2.spot spt n. _3.address dres v. _；n. _4.stinging st adj. _5.critique krtik n. _6.rating ret n. _7.prospective prspektv adj. _8.blow bl n. _9.spur sp v. _10.misrepresentation msreprzenten n. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.火上浇油_2.常春藤盟校_3.对.作出说明，为.提供更多的信息 _拓展练习阅读理解Anne Lacaton and Jean-Phippe Vassal, th
8、is years Pritzker Prize winners, were as surprised as anyone else when the most famous award in architecture was made public yesterday.“Of course its very pleasant, and we are very pleased,”Lacaton said at a conference with her partner, both smiling broadly from their black eyeglasses. Putting aside
9、 their eyeglasses, Lacaton and Vassal could not be more different from an earlier generation of Pritzker winners, known for their easily recognizable styles and grand work. Instead, the two apply their simple guideline to their work on old urban buildings for low-income families: Never destroy, neve
10、r remove or replace, always add, transform, and reuse!When Lacaton and Vassal were asked to redesign a particularly large and over-crowded public housing block in Bordeaux in 2017, the residents (居民) told them they could not afford to move, even temporarily, but they wanted bigger units. Their solut
11、ion was to replace the folding wooden front door with sliding glass door to each unit and painted the ugly walls with something bright. Suddenly, everyone had roomy outdoor space, some of which could be used during the winter as “winter gardens.”“So, people can not only get sun and light and spend t
12、ime with family, but its also open to neighbors,” Columbia University architecture professor Mabel Wilson.“I would love to live in one of the apartments t theyve redesigned.”Their approach of cheap and creative re-adaption could be a model for urban planning in the US, Wilson adds, where destruction
13、 has been seen as a solution to old public housing in such cities as Chicago and St. Louis.Theres a lot of violence in architecture and urbanism. We try to be precise. We try to work with kindness,” Lacaton once explained.“Buildings are beautiful when people feel well in them, when the light inside
14、is beautiful and the air is pleasant, when the exchange with the outside seems easy and gentle, and when uses and sensations are unexpected,”Lacaton and Vassal started their firm in Paris in 1987. Together, they worked primarily in France.24.Why are Lacatons and Vassals eyeglasses mentioned in parag
15、raph 3?A.To draw readers attention to their unusual color.B.To show that Pritzker Prize winners need eyeglasses.C.To tell us how surprised and happy they are for the prizeD.To stress their only possible similarity with other Pritzker winners.25.What did Lacaton and Vassal do in the Bordeaux public h
16、ousing project?A.They built winter gardens in the outdoor space.B.They destroyed the walls to provide more space.C.They just changed the doors and repainted the walls.D.They provided bigger temporary rooms for the residents.26.What have Lacaton and Vassal most probably done to win the Pritzker Prize
17、?A.They have built many public houses with unique styles.B.They have designed various famous buildings in the world.C.They have provided free services for poor families in the US.D.They have tried to transform old urban buildings with kindness.27.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
18、A.Architecture.B.Environment.C.Lifestyle.D.Politics.外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.ranking rnk n. 排名2.spot spt n. （本文）（排名的）位置；斑点；痘痘3.address dres v. （本文）应付，处理；演讲；n. 地址4.stinging st adj. （本文）激烈的5.critique krtik n. （具体的）评论6.rating ret n. 评估7.prospective prspektv adj. 潜在的，未来的8.blow bl n. 打击9.spur sp v
19、. 刺激；激励10.misrepresentation msreprzenten n. 歪曲【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.add fuel to火上浇油2.Ivy League school常春藤盟校3.shed light on something对.作出说明，为.提供更多的信息 【全文翻译】哥伦比亚大学将退出新一年U.S. News大学排名周四晚上，哥伦比亚大学宣布，将不再参加新一年美国新闻与世界报道全美大学排名。在此之前，哥大在这份颇具影响力的榜单上已经锁定了第二名的位置，然而该排名数据的准确性，却遭到了一位本校数学系教授的质疑。周五就是提交排名所需数据的截止时间
20、了。而哥大的发言人称，官方人员还需要更多时间来核验数据，处理迈克尔萨迪斯教授提出的相关批评。今年二月，萨迪斯博士在自己的网站上发布了一篇批评文章，长达21页，言辞激烈。在文章中，他不仅质疑了大学排名评分所采用的数据，而且还进一步激起了人们对于排名的争论：毕竟数百万的准大学生和他们的父母都在参考这些排行榜单，然而大学排名是否有意义，甚至排名本身是否准确，人们对此争论不休。像哥大这样的常春藤盟校退出排名，哪怕只是暂时性的，也会有损排行榜的声誉。同时，这还有可能会促使其他大学重新考虑，是否要继续参与排名。许多大学校长抱怨称，排行榜让他们不得不重视这些排名数据，但学生和学校之间要实现完美适配，只看这些数据是远远不够的。萨迪斯教授说道，“问题的关键是校方明明有相关文件，可以说明学校过去提交给美国新闻与世界报道的数据到底是什么情况。我们甚至有可能弄明白，这些不实数据到底是有意为之，还是无心之举。但即使绝大多数教职人员都投票要求公开这批文件，校方还是拒绝将它们公之于众。”拓展练习阅读理解参考答案24.D25.C26.D27.A
