What fields are these large numbers of foreign students studying in? It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the largest number are in the field of engineering. In fact, 21.7% of the total number are studying engineering. Business and management is close behind, however, with a total of 18.9%. The third most popular field was mathematics and computer sciences with 10.3%. As you can see, engineering with 21.7%, business and management with 18.9%, and mathematics and computer sciences with 10.3% comprise about one half of the total number of foreign students.
　　Let’s talk about which academic levels these students can be found in. Foreign students can be found studying at all levels of higher education. As you might expect, the greatest number of them are studying at the undergraduate level ¾ approximately 158,000. The second largest group study at the graduate level and that number is just under 122,000. The rest study at junior colleges or in non-degree programs. It is at the graduate level that foreign students have the most impact. While foreign students comprise only 2.7% of the total U.S. student population, they account for 8.7% of all the graduate students studying at U. S. institutions. Let me give you those percentages again so you can get a better feel for the overall picture. Foreign students make up only 2.75 of the total U. S. student population, but they make up 8.7% of the total graduate student population.
　　Well, I see that’s all the time we have today. We’ll have to leave discussions of the geographic areas these students study in until another time.
　　R Now you are going to hear the talk a second time.
　　REPEAT THE TEXT
　　R You now have 3 minutes to check your answers to Questions 21 - 30.
　　PAUSE 03'00"
　　R That is the end of Part C. You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.
　　PAUSE 5'00"
　　R That is the end of Listening Comprehension.
　　(三)笔试样卷客观题参考答案
　　SECTION I: Listening Comprehension

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　　12.5%
　　South (and) East Asia / S(+)E Asia / (NOT South-east Asia)
　　(at) (the) next meeting /(the) following meeting
　　origin(s) of students / where students are from / student(s) background(s)
　　China, Malaysia, (the) Middle East (in any order)
　　23,000 / 23000
　　engineering
　　18.9% / 18.9 percent
　　junior colleges / non-degree programs
　　foreign student(s) population
　　Section II: Use of English
　　according
　　that
　　less
　　whose
　　after / when / because
　　also / always
　　between
　　did
　　link / association / connection / correlation
　　grip / hold
　　which / that
　　such
　　close
　　rather
　　what
　　difference/contrast
　　far/much
　　older / up
　　age
　　but / while/whereas
　　Section III: Reading Comprehension

C	A	B	D	A	D	A	D	A	B
C	A	D	D	A
C	D	A	E	B
A	C	B	B	A	C	B	A	B	C

　　(四)口试教师用材料