终极预测3套题含答案解析——全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
A university education costs a fortune. Student loan debt in America has been rising rapidly in an effort to 1 with the expense. 8.9% of households had student debt in 1989. In 2007, 2 , the share had risen to 16%. To make matters worse new graduates face a slack job market which could 3 their earnings for decades. 4 , the cost of dropping out may be even larger. Students in California have a proposal. 5 charging tuition, they’d like public universities in California to take 5% of their salary for the first twenty years following graduation. 6 , rather than taking on debt students would like to sell equity in their future earnings. This means students who make more money after graduation will 7 lower-earning peers. It is not clear if this will provide adequate 8 for the university. It also means the university bears more risk, 9 the tuition it will ultimately receive is uncertain. Moreover, degrees that 10 a higher value in the labour market, like engineering, will cost more than other degrees, like theatre arts. Faculty in high-value fields 11 to get paid more. Perhaps some of that cost should be passed 12 to the students. Incentives would also change; maybe university departments would become more invested in 13 successful graduates. But this might 14 the mission of American universities, which is to provide a well-rounded liberal arts education. If universities become more income 15 , will low-yielding, but socially valuable fields like philosophy 16 short of resources? To some degree, the universityfor-all model already undermines our ideal 17 of university. 18 more of the population goes to university, and must pay for it, more elusive subjects 19 become less popular.
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Section Ⅱ Reading Compr ehension
Section Ⅲ Writing
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