一、听力练习
1.
A. An increase in the number of Black students in all colleges.
B. A drop in the number of Black students in some incoming classes.
C. The introduction of new affirmative action policies.
D. Improved financial aid processes for Black students.
2.
A. 1 percentage point.
B. 2 percentage points.
C. Nearly 3 percentage points.
D. 5 percentage points.
3.
A. It decreased from 30% to 24%.
B. It increased from 40% to 47%.
C. It remained the same at 40%.
D. It dropped significantly to 30%.
二、听力文本
Some top universities in the United States are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black students changed little. This fall's class is the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling barred affirmative action in higher education. Several schools have seen changes in numbers of Asian, Hispanic and Native American students, but trends are still unclear. Experts and colleges say it will take years to measure the full effect of the ruling. The end of affirmative action is not the only possible reason for the changing numbers. Some colleges are changing requirements, making test results more important. Earlier this year, there was a problem with the federal government's college financial aid process. On September 5, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) reported drops in enrollment among Black, Hispanic and Native American students in its incoming class. It was one of the colleges at the center of the Supreme Court case. The population of Black students dropped nearly 3 percentage points this fall, to 7.8 percent. Hispanic student enrollment fell from 10.8 percent to 10.1 percent, while the incoming Native American population fell half a percentage point to 1.1 percent, according to the university. The incoming Asian student population rose 1 percentage point to 25.8 percent. The share of white students, at 63.8 percent, hardly changed. Changes in enrollment for other demographic groups were more mixed. At MIT, for example, the percentage of Asian students increased from 40 percent to 47 percent. However, its Hispanic and Latino percentage dropped from 16 percent to 11 percent. And MIT's percentage of white students stayed about the same. But at Yale, the percentage of Asian students fell from 30 percent to 24 percent. White students at Yale went from 42 percent of the class to 46 percent. Hispanic and Latino students saw an increased representation of 1 percentage point. Colleges have started looking for other ways to preserve the diversity they say is critical to university life.
Question 1: What is the primary issue reported regarding Black students in U.S. universities this fall?
Question 2: What was the percentage drop of Black students in the incoming class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
Question 3: How did the percentage of Asian students change at MIT?
三、重点词汇
1. enrollment: Enrollment refers to the process of registering or officially signing up for a course, program, or institution, such as a school or university.注册
四、背景知识
去年，当最高法院推翻了高等教育中的平权行动后，裁决带来的影响成为全美各地重点大学关注的焦点。根据裁决，禁止大学在审查入学申请时考虑种族问题。图片来自bostonglobe，版权属于原作者这导致了许多大学不得不寻找新方法来促进学生多样性。一些大学报告有色人种学生数量出现大幅波动，另一些大学则几乎没有变化。周三，哈佛大学公布了2024秋季新生班的数据：14%黑人新生，比之前下降了4%16%拉丁裔新生，比之前增加了2%37%亚裔学生，比例和往年相比保持不变这也是哈佛首次出现黑人新生数量下降的情况。（背景知识来自于https://www.163.com/dy/article/JBULKCJV05188DJH.html）
五、参考答案
Question 1: B
Question 2: C
Question 3: B
六、网络翻译
一些美国顶尖大学报告称，新入学班级的黑人学生人数有所下降。在普林斯顿大学和耶鲁大学等其他高校，黑人学生的比例变化不大。这一学期的班级是自最高法院裁定禁止高等教育中的平权行动以来首次招生。几所学校在亚洲、拉丁裔和美洲土著学生的数量上也出现了变化，但趋势仍不明确。专家和大学表示，评估这一裁定的全面影响将需要数年时间。平权行动的结束并不是导致人数变化的唯一可能原因。一些大学正在改变要求，更加重视考试成绩。今年早些时候，联邦政府的大学财政援助程序出现了问题。在9月5日，北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校（UNC）报告称，其新入学班级中黑人、拉丁裔和美洲土著学生的入学人数下降。这所大学是最高法院案件的中心之一。根据该大学的数据，黑人学生的比例下降了近3个百分点，降至7.8%。拉丁裔学生的比例从10.8%降至10.1%，而新入学的美洲土著学生比例下降了0.5个百分点，降至1.1%。与此同时，新入学的亚洲学生比例上升了1个百分点，达到25.8%。白人学生的比例几乎没有变化，仍为63.8%。其他人口群体的入学变化则更为混杂。例如，在麻省理工学院（MIT），亚洲学生的比例从40%上升到47%。然而，拉丁裔和西班牙裔学生的比例则从16%下降到11%。麻省理工学院的白人学生比例保持基本不变。但在耶鲁大学，亚洲学生的比例从30%降至24%。耶鲁大学的白人学生比例从42%上升到46%。拉丁裔和西班牙裔学生的代表性增加了1个百分点。大学们开始寻找其他方式，以保持他们认为对大学生活至关重要的多样性。
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