2011级北京外国语大学研究生免修不免考英语期末(4)

D) gives priority to the cultivation of a global vision among students

38. One of the reasons for the current crisis in American colleges and universities is that ________.

A) a narrow vocationalism has come to dominate many colleges

B) students don’t have enough freedom in choosing what they want to learn

C) skills are being taught as a means to an end

D) students are only interested in obtaining credentials

39. American colleges and universities failed to graduate half of their four-year degree candidates because ________.

A) most of them lack high-quality faculties

B) the interests of most faculty members lie in research

C) there are not enough incentives for students to study hard

D) they attach greater importance to research and publication than to teaching

40. It can be inferred from the passage that high-quality college education calls for ________.

A) putting academic work in the proper context

B) a commitment to students and effective teaching

C) the practice of putting leaning to productive ends

D) dedication to research in frontier areas of knowledge

答案：36.C37.B38.A39.D40. B

C

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