【試題詳解】
62. What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage? 62. 文章中討論的目前高等教育的趨勢是什么?
A) Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S. A) 世界范圍的高校正在從美國聘請管理人員。
B) A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators. B) 大量政治活動家被聘為管理人員。
C) American universities are enrolling more international students. C) 美國大學(xué)擴(kuò)招留學(xué)生.
D) University presidents are paying more attention to funding-raising D) 大學(xué)校長更加注重籌措資金。
【快速解題】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中the current trend in higher education,定位答案在第二段最后兩句。
【正確項(xiàng)分析】根據(jù)這兩句話Yet the talent flow isn’t universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America. 如今,高等教育已成為極具競爭力的商業(yè)行為,并且日漸國際化。但是人才的流動并不是世界性的。高層的管理人員往往來自一個地方:美國。選項(xiàng)A意思與之相近,故選擇A。
【干擾項(xiàng)分析】根據(jù)第三段末“籌措資金的能力在很大程度上依靠經(jīng)驗(yàn),也是美國校長必須具備的能力”,D項(xiàng)表述與原文不符。B、C項(xiàng)文中均未提及。
63. What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators? 62.在聘請高層管理人員時(shí),美國大學(xué)主要考慮的問題是什么?
A) The political correctness. A) 政治方向的準(zhǔn)確性。
B) Their ability to raise funds. B) 籌措資金的能力。
C) Their fame in academic circles. C) 學(xué)術(shù)界的聲譽(yù)。
D) Their administrative experience. D) 管理經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
【快速解題】語義理解題。根據(jù)題干中the chief consideration,定位答案在第三段第三段。
【正確項(xiàng)分析】在第三段The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist who is likely to excel at the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising。選項(xiàng)B中的raise funds表示“籌款”。答案為B選項(xiàng)。
64. What do we learn about European universities from the passage? 64. 從文章中可以了解關(guān)于歐洲大學(xué)的哪些信息?
A) The tuitions they charge have been rising considerably. A) 學(xué)費(fèi)迅速上漲。
B) Their operation is under strict government supervision. B) 學(xué)校運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)受到政府嚴(yán)格監(jiān)督。
C) They are strengthening their position by globalization. C) 他們通過全球化強(qiáng)化自己的位置。
D) Most of their revenues come from the government. D) 大部分資金來源于政府。
【快速解題】語義理解題。根據(jù)題干European universities,答案可定位在第四段第一、二句。
【正確項(xiàng)分析】根據(jù)第四段第一、二句Many European universities are still mostly dependent on government funding. But government support has failed to keep pace with rising student number。即很多歐洲大學(xué)仍然依靠政府投入。而政府的投入?yún)s沒能跟上不斷擴(kuò)大的學(xué)生規(guī)模。因此可知學(xué)校的大部分資金來源于政府,故選擇D選項(xiàng)。
【干擾項(xiàng)分析】B項(xiàng)是強(qiáng)干擾項(xiàng),根據(jù)第四段第一、二句可知很多歐洲大學(xué)仍然依靠政府投入,但卻沒有提及學(xué)校運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)受到政府的嚴(yán)格監(jiān)督。A、C項(xiàng)文中均未提及。
65. Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because _______? 65. 牛津大學(xué)為什么任命艾莉森?理查德為副校長?
A) She was known to be good at raising money. A) 她在籌措資金方面有名來源:www.examda.com
B) She could help strengthen its ties with Yale. B) 她可以加強(qiáng)與耶魯大學(xué)的聯(lián)系
C) She knew how to attract students overseas C) 她知道如何吸引海外學(xué)生。
D) she had boosted Yale’s academic status. D) 她提升了耶魯大學(xué)的學(xué)術(shù)地位
【快速解題】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor,答案可定位在第五段第二句。
【正確項(xiàng)分析】根據(jù)the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen “ a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position.”,學(xué)校公開強(qiáng)調(diào)艾莉森之前的工作確保了“耶魯大學(xué)財(cái)政狀況良好”。由此可知她有很強(qiáng)的籌措資金的能力,故選A選項(xiàng)。
66. In what way do top-level administrators from abroad contribute to university development? 66. 外國的高層領(lǐng)導(dǎo)從哪些方面促進(jìn)了學(xué)校的發(fā)展?
A) They can enhance the university’s image. A) 他們可以提升學(xué)校的形象
B) They will bring with them more international faculty. B) 他們可以帶來更多國際化人才
C) They will view a lot of things from a new perspective. C) 他們將從新的角度審視問題。
D) They can set up new academic disciplines. D) 他們能創(chuàng)立新的學(xué)科
【快速解題】語義理解題。根據(jù)題干top-level administrators from abroad contribute to university development答案定位在末段末句。
【正確項(xiàng)分析】該句Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices,告訴讀者外國人能夠給學(xué)校業(yè)已成立的體系帶來新的活力。此意與C選項(xiàng)的意思相近,故選C選項(xiàng)。