英语四级阅读部分答案及精解与点评2

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When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost(教务长) of Yale, who’ll become Oxford’s vice-chancellor——a position equivalent to university president in America.  

Hamilton isn’t the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc. have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big and competitive business nowadays, and like so many businesses, it’s gone global. Yet the talent flow isn’t universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America.

The chief reason is that American schools don’中 华 考 试 网t tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university’s budget. “We didn’t do any global consideration,” says Patricia Hayes, the board’s chair. The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist(活动家) who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising. Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and necessity.
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1 l  x+ E4 F9 f) Q' PMany European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But government support has failed to keep pace with rising student numbers. The decline in government support has made fund-raising an increasingly necessary ability among administrators, and has hiring committees hungry for Americans.
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In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, when Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen(监督) “a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position.”

6 A1 E3 ~0 ^. w4 v0 Y  [: y* K( ]8 ?Of course, fund-raising isn’t the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of education means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind to promote international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices.
这篇文章主要讲了为什么越来越多的学校，尤其是欧洲的学校，开始雇佣美国的人才来管理自己的学校。话题有点像我课上讲的06年的跨国简历那篇文章的话题。这篇文章很简单。

62. What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage?s

A) Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S.

- i, H* s2 E7 x  {# H8 d; c$ aB) A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators. 无

C) American universities are enrolling more international students. 无
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D) University presidents are paying more attention to fund-raising. 无
7 |8 o1 x9 r! y$ w: V答案：A为划线句同义表达。BCD说的东西为无中生有，而且大家往后读还会发现BD说的信息都是文章后部出现的东西，但照样是无中生有。只要不是范围之内的就错！
点评：此题难度1颗星。正确现象明显，干扰项白痴。

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63. What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators?

A) Their political correctness.
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C) Their fame in academic circles. 无
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B) Their ability to raise funds.
4 H! C0 \& ~! s+ l1 jD) Their administrative experience. 无
! y" F) g2 m) W1 M" h  v答案：B为划线句同义表达。ACD说的东西为无中生有。
点评：此题难度1颗星。正确现象明显，干扰项白痴。
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64. What do we learn about European universities from the passage?
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# v4 l* I  Q/ rA) The tuitions they charge have been rising considerably. 无

B) Their operation is under strict government supervision. 无
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0 s$ l. v  p5 m  J, mC) They are strengthening their position by globalization. 无
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D) Most of their revenues come from the government.
4 _2 t, C4 l+ G: {+ _5 f# Q答案：D为划线句同义表达。ABC说的东西为无中生有。D中的词revenues可能很多人不认识，是“收入”的意思，为原文的同义表达。
点评：此题难度2颗星。正确现象不那么明显，有难词，但干扰项白痴，容易排除。
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65. Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because______.

A) she was known to be good at raising money
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D) she had boosted Yale’s academic status无
答案：A。它就是原文划线句的同义表达。可能很多人不能完全看懂划线句，但还是那句话“看不懂时抓大意”能看出来这个女人善于划拉钱就行了，并且BCD干扰项设置的比较白痴。D选项中如果把academic这个词改成financial就对了。
7 b/ s3 Q1 X4 z. Z点评：此题难度2颗星。原文原句略难。
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: \# w  M* C  x66. In what way do top-level administrators from abroad contributed to university development?
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A) They can enhance the university’s image. 无

- y0 |8 l1 d2 b* U: u1 Q6 V# e0 TB) They will bring with them more international faculty. 无(比较级原则)

7 {" Q8 j* y& d9 t" N( w0 iC) They will view a lot of things from a new perspective.
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- c0 {) `/ Y, mD) They can set up new academic disciplines. 无
  K" m5 i- ^" Q% X答案：C。ABD全是无中生有。其中B还可以用我课上讲过的“比较级原则”来辅助排除。原文和C选项中的perspective不认识都可以，因为原词抄下来了，C只是把原文的fresh换成了new，一点都不难。
点评：此题难度1颗星。正确现象明显，干扰项白痴。可能的生词不是干扰！