The passage is mainly about ______.

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• 1We can infer from paragraph 5 that ______.

  A.the program of the University of California is run in violation of federal law

  B.in 1998, the HMMI awarded significantly fewer grants than it had in the past

  C.legal battles have forced the closure of some programs designed to help minority students

  D.the HMMI has supported thousands of students through individual scholarships

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• 2According to the passage, most programs intended to help minority students pursue further scientific training ______.

  A.are not properly evaluated

  B.struggle with insufficient

  C.have mixed results

  D.are surprisingly successful

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• 3The number of African-American and Hispanic students entering graduate programs in science ______.

  A.was at an all-time high in 1996-1997

  B.is about the same as those earning undergraduate degrees in science

  C.is not proportional to their representation in the population

  D.is comparable to figures for Native American students

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• 4The word "intractable" (Par

  A.1) most likely means ______.A.disturbing

  B.unfavorable

  C.infuriating

  D.insoluble

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• 5It can be inferred from the passage that the controversy will continue for a long time, because ______.

  A.there are two schools working on it

  B.the key to human behavior is difficult to find

  C.both theories are strong

  D.each of the theory has gone to an extreme

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• 6The rapid globalization of science ______.

  A.has led to the rapid growth of the Internet

  B.has diminished the relative rewards of science and engineering careers

  C.has resulted in the fierce competition of scientific training in the U.S.

  D.has contributed to the diminish of U.S. scientific leadership

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• 7According to the passage, ______.

  A.the careers unattractive to U.S. students may not be so to foreign students

  B.science and engineering careers are unattractive exclusively to U.S. students

  C.U.S. students are not courageous enough to face foreign competition

  D.U.S. students are not well prepared to compete with foreign students

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• 8It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

  A.scientists rarely expect to make money from their discoveries in basic science

  B.it will be much easier to convert scientific findings into cash in the near future

  C.the boom of the 1990s could be considered somewhat unhealthy

  D.the boom of the 1990s will last at least for several decades

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• 9All of the following might have contributed to globalization EXCEPT ______.

  A.the unprecedented development of Internet

  B.the closer contact of universities with private markets

  C.real-time communication between business functions

  D.the prevalence of wide-bandwidth international communication

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• 10The passage is mainly about ______.

  A.the scientific leadership of the U.S.

  B.the shortage of scientists in the U.S.

  C.the rapid globalization of science

  D.better communication and globalization

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