首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, admitted that it has submitted false SAT scores to publicati
Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, admitted that it has submitted false SAT scores to publicati
admin
2014-06-02
62
问题
Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school,
admitted that it has submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S.
News & World Report use the data in widely followed college rankings. 1. ______
In a message e-mail to college staff members and students, Claremont 2. ______
McKenna’s president since 1999, Pamela B. Gann, wrote that "a senior
administrator" had taken solely responsibility for falsifying the scores, 3.______
admitted doing so since 2005, and resigned his post.
People briefed on the matter said that the administrator was Richard
C. Vos, vice president and dean of admissions, whose name was removed
away in the last few days from the college’s online list of top officials. 4. ______
The critical reading and math scores reported to U.S. News and others "were
generally inflamed by an average of 10-20 points each," Ms. Gann wrote. For the 5. ______
class that entered the school in September 2010 — the most recent set of figures
made the public —the combined median score of 1,400 was reported as 1,410, 6. ______
she said, while the 75th percent score of 1,480 was reported as 1,510. 7. ______
Such small differences might influence the rankings, but the deception 8, ______
underscores the importance those rankings have taken on, as colleges fret
toward the loss of even a notch or two against their competitors. 9. ______
Robert Franek, the senior vice president of publishing for The Princeton
Review, which provides preparation for the SAT and also ranks colleges, said
that he had never heard of a college unintentionally reporting incorrect data. 10,______
选项
答案
percent—percentile
解析
本题为名词误用。根据句子的意思,第75位录取分数由实际1,480分被谎报成1,510分。percent表示百分比,和基数词搭配使用;percentile表示“百分位”,和序数词搭配使用,故用后者。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/EjpO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothenewsitem?
Accordingtothenews,forwhatdidNATOapologise?
AccordingtoStephenSteinbeiser,theattackontheanti-governmentprotesters______.
AccordingtoStephenSteinbeiser,theattackontheanti-governmentprotesters______.
Accordingtothenewsitem,howfarwasthecenteroftheTuesdayearthquakefromthecapitalofHaiti?
Accordingtothenews,whatarestudentsandtheirparentspressuringcollegestodo?
GymCrazeThegymcrazebecomesanessentialpartofChinesemiddleclasslifestylenow.However,whoarelikelytobegym-
GymCrazeThegymcrazebecomesanessentialpartofChinesemiddleclasslifestylenow.However,whoarelikelytobegym-
Intheauthor’sopinion,whatreallyunderliestherisingstatusofEnglishinFranceandEuropeisThepassagemainlyexamines
IntroductionLinguisticshasbothpracticalandphilosophicalmotivations.Soboth,thefirstandsecondeditionsofthistex
随机试题
《雅舍》一文反映的时代背景为()
皮样囊肿一般位于中线部位,多见于
泄泻腹部凉痛忌用的中成药为()
记账凭证账务处理程序是根据汇总原始凭证登记总分类账的一种账务处理程序。()
为找到和实施最好的营销组合策略,基金管理公司要进行()。
根据规定,税务机关有权核定应纳税额的情形包括()。
全面质量管理的思想是以()为中心,以全员参与为基础。
如果编制两套测验,用来估计复本信度的时候,可能存在的主要问题是()。
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledOnInnovation.Youressayshouldstartwithabriefde
【S1】【S10】
最新回复
(
0
)