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With more and more low-income students pursuing higher education, a number of colleges are ________.
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offering students more merit-based aid
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revising their financial aid policies
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increasing the amount of financial aid
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changing their admission processes
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What did Allegheny College in Meadville do three years ago?
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It tried to implement a novel financial aid program.
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It added $ 2.5 million to its need-based aid program.
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It phased out its merit-based scholarships altogether.
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It cuts its merit-based aid to help the needy students.
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3、【
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The chief purpose of rankings-conscious colleges in offering merit aid is to ______.
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improve teaching quality
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boost their enrollments
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attract good students
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increase their revenues
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4、【
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Monica Inzer, dean of admission and financial aid at Hamilton, believes ______.
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it doesn’t pay to spend $ 1 million a year to raise its ranking
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it gives students motivation to award academic achievements
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it’s illogical to use so much money on only 4% of its students
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it’s not right to give aid to those who can afford the tuition
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5、【
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In recent years, merit-based aid has increased much faster than need-based aid due to ______.
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more government funding to colleges
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fierce competition among institutions
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the increasing number of top students
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schools’ improved financial situations
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6、【
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What is the attitude of many private colleges toward merit aid, according to David Laird?
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They would like to see it reduced.
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They regard it as a necessary evil.
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They think it does more harm than good.
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They consider it unfair to middle-class families.
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Why doesn’t Allegheny College plan to drop merit aid entirely?
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Raising tuitions have made college unaffordable for middle-class families.
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With rising incomes, fewer students are applying for need-based aid.
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Many students from middle-income families have come to rely on it.
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Rising incomes have disqualified many students for need-based aid.
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8、【
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Get some small change.
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Find a shopping center.
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Cash a check at a bank.
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Find a parking meter.
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Shopping with his son.
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Buying a gift for a child.
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Promoting a new product.
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Bargaining with a salesgirl.
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Taking photographs.
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Enhancing images.
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Mending cameras.
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Painting pictures.
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11、【
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He moved to Baltimore when he was young.
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He can provide little useful information.
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He will show the woman around Baltimore.
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He will ask someone else to help the woman.
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12、【
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He is rather disappointed
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He is highly ambitious.
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He can’t face up to the situation
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He knows his own limitation.
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13、【
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She must have paid a lot
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She is known to have a terrific figure.
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Her gym exercise has yielded good results.
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Her effort to keep fit is really praiseworthy.
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14、【
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Female students are unfit for studying physics.
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He can serve as the woman’s tutor.
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Physics is an important course at school.
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The professor’s suggestion is constructive.
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15、【
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Indifferent.
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Doubtful.
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Pleased.
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Surprised.
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He prefers the smaller evening classes.
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He has signed up for a day course.
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He has to work during the day.
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He finds the evening course cheaper.
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17、【
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Learn a computer language.
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Learn data processing.
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Buy some computer software.
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Buy a few coursebooks.
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Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 9:45.
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From September 1 to New Year’s eve.
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Every Monday, lasting for 12 weeks.
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Three hours a week, 45 hours in total.
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19、【
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What to bring for registration.
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Where to attend the class.
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How he can get to Frost Hall.
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Whether he can use a check.
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20、【
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[1分]
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A training coach.
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A trading adviser.
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A professional manager.
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A financial trader.
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21、【
单选题
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He can save on living expenses.
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He considers cooking creative.
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He can enjoy healthier food.
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He thinks take-away is tasteless.
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It is something inevitable.
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It is frustrating sometimes.
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It takes patience to manage.
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It can be a good thing.
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23、【
单选题
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There were no planets without moons.
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There was no air or water on Jupiter.
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Life was not possible in outer space.
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The mystery of life could not be resolved.
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It has a number of active volcanoes.
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It has an atmosphere like the earth’s.
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It has a large ocean under its surface.
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It has deep caves several miles long.
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Light is not an essential element to it.
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Life can form in very hot temperatures.
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Every form of life undergoes evolution.
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Oxygen is not needed for some life forms.
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26、【
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Whether they should take the child home.
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What Dr. Mayer’s instructions exactly were.
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Who should take care of the child at home.
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When the child would completely recover.
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27、【
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She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.
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She makes them write down all her instructions.
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She has them act out what they are to do at home.
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She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do.
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It lacks the stability of the printed word.
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It contains many grammatical errors.
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It is heavily dependent on the context.
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It facilitates interpe
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29、【
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Job security.
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Good labour relations.
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Challenging work.
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Attractive wages and benefits.
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30、【
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Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually.
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More and more unskilled workers will lose jobs.
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Computers will change the nature of many jobs.
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Boring jobs will gradually be made enjoyable.
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Offer them chances of promotion.
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Improve their working conditions.
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Encourage them to compete with each other.
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Give them responsibilities as part of a team.
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32、【
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They will not bring real benefits to the staff.
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They concern a small number of people only.
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They are arbitrarily set by the administrators.
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They are beyond the control of ordinary workers.
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33、【
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Why does Michelle Obama hold a strong fascination for the author?
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She serves as a role model for African women.
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She possesses many admirable qualities becoming a First Lady.
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She will present to the world a new image of African-American women.
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She will pay closer attention to the interests of African-American women.
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34、【
单选题
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What is the common stereotype of African-American women according to the author?
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They are victims of violence.
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They are of an inferior violence.
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They use quite a lot of body language.
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They live on charity and social welfare.
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35、【
单选题
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What do many African-Americans write about in their blogs?
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Whether Michelle can live up to the high expectations of her fans.
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How Michelle should behave as a public figure.
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How proud they are to have a black woman in the White House.
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What Michelle should do as wife and mother in the White House.
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36、【
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What does the author say about Michelle Obama as a First Lady?
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However many fans she has, she should remain modest,
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She shouldn’t disappoint the African-American community.
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However hard she tries, she can’t expect to please everybody.
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She will give priority to African-American women’s concerns.
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37、【
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What do many African-American women hope Michelle Obama will do?
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Help change the prevailing view about black women.
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Help her husband in the task of changing America.
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Outshine previous First Lady.
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Fully display her fine qualities.
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38、【
单选题
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What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage?
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Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S.
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A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators.
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American universities are enrolling more international students.
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University presidents are paying more attention to funding-raising.
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39、【
单选题
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What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators?
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The political correctness.
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Their ability to raise funds.
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Their fame in academic circles.
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Their administrative experience.
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40、【
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What do we learn about European universities from the passage?
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The tuitions they charge have been rising considerably.
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Their operation is under strict government supervision.
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They are strengthening their position by globalization.
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Most of their revenues come from the government.
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