Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage：
（S1） British universities， groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers， are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk.The universities have threatened to impose an admission fee on students to plug a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks.
The government responded to the universities threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation， under a non-party troubleshooter（麻煩調(diào)解人），Sir Ron Dearing. One in three school-leavers enters higher education，five times the number when the last review took place thirty years ago.
Everyone agrees a system that is feeling the strain after rapid expansion needs a lot more money， but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayers and not much scope for attracting more finance from business.
Most colleges believe students should contribute to tuition costs， something that is common elsewhere in the world but would mark a revolutionary change in Britain.Universities want the government to introduce a loan scheme for tuition fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. They await Dearing‘s advice， hoping it will not be too late——some already reported to be in financial diffculty.
As the century nears its end， the whole concept of what a university should be is under the microscope.Experts ponder how much they can use computers instead of classrooms， talk of the need for lifelong learning and refer to students as consumers. The Confederation（聯(lián)盟）of British Industry， the key employers’ organization， wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from booming Asian economies.But the government has doubts about more expansion.
（S2）The Times newspaper agrees， complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers soared， with close tutorial supervision giving way to mass production methods more typical of European universities.
1、The chief concern of British universities is ____.
A）how to tackle their present financial difficulty
B）how to expand the enrollment to meet the needs of enterprises
C）how to improve their educational technology
D）how to put an end to the current tendency of quality deterioration
2、We can learn from the passage that in Britain ____.
A）the government pays dearly for its financial policy
B）universities are mainly funded by businesses
C）higher education is provided free of charge
D）students are ready to accept loan schemes for tuition
3、What was the percentage of high school graduates admitted to universities in Britain thirty years ago？
A）20% or so. B）About 15%. C）Above 30%. D）Below 10%.
4、It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
A）the British government will be forced to increase its spending on higher education
B）British employers demand an expansion in enrollment at the expense of quality
C）the best way out for British universities is to follow their European counterparts
D）British students will probably have to pay for their higher education in the near future
5、Which of the following is the viewpoint of the Times newspaper？
A）Expansion in enrollment is bound to affect the quality of British higher education.
B）British universities should expand their enrollment to meet the needs of industry.
C）European universities can better meet the needs of the modern world.
D）British universities should help fight competition on world markets.
該短文是一篇講述英國(guó)大學(xué)學(xué)生膨脹，經(jīng)濟(jì)上不堪重負(fù)的說明文。
S1 題由兩句組成，語言點(diǎn)主要有：
（1）分詞短語groaning…；
（2）impose…on …to plug a gap；
（3）條件句中 scrap some public spending cutbacks；
（4）漢語譯文的結(jié)構(gòu)。
這段文字較長(zhǎng)，但意義上是一個(gè)整體，翻譯時(shí)要特別注意各層次的關(guān)系：（1）不堪重負(fù)—（2）提醒—（3）威脅—（4）如果—（5）就強(qiáng)行（impose）。
參考譯文：
（S1）因?yàn)閷W(xué)生數(shù)量猛增而不堪重負(fù)，英國(guó)大學(xué)正提醒人們傳統(tǒng)的免費(fèi)教育已面臨危機(jī)。他們威脅如果政府不采取行動(dòng)增加撥款而繼續(xù)削減公共事業(yè)開支的話，他們將強(qiáng)行向?qū)W生收取入學(xué)費(fèi)以填補(bǔ)收入中的不足。
（S2）題只有一句，但較長(zhǎng)，具體分析如下：
題目主要由一個(gè)分詞短語（complaining…）組成，該短語中有that從句，that從句中又有as從句及with復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，結(jié)構(gòu)較復(fù)雜。同時(shí)，該句位于句末，需要對(duì)上文有所了解。
語言點(diǎn)：
（1）agree；
（2）suffer；
（3）with 短語；
（4）整句結(jié)構(gòu)。參考譯文
參考譯文：
（S2）泰悟士報(bào)持相同觀點(diǎn)，聲稱隨著學(xué)生數(shù)的猛增及周密的導(dǎo)師制管理模式為歐洲大學(xué)特有的規(guī)模生產(chǎn)方式所替代，教育質(zhì)量已大受影響。
參考答案：1.A 2.C 3.D 4.D 5.A
（S1） British universities， groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers， are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk.The universities have threatened to impose an admission fee on students to plug a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks.
The government responded to the universities threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation， under a non-party troubleshooter（麻煩調(diào)解人），Sir Ron Dearing. One in three school-leavers enters higher education，five times the number when the last review took place thirty years ago.
Everyone agrees a system that is feeling the strain after rapid expansion needs a lot more money， but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayers and not much scope for attracting more finance from business.
Most colleges believe students should contribute to tuition costs， something that is common elsewhere in the world but would mark a revolutionary change in Britain.Universities want the government to introduce a loan scheme for tuition fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. They await Dearing‘s advice， hoping it will not be too late——some already reported to be in financial diffculty.
As the century nears its end， the whole concept of what a university should be is under the microscope.Experts ponder how much they can use computers instead of classrooms， talk of the need for lifelong learning and refer to students as consumers. The Confederation（聯(lián)盟）of British Industry， the key employers’ organization， wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from booming Asian economies.But the government has doubts about more expansion.
（S2）The Times newspaper agrees， complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers soared， with close tutorial supervision giving way to mass production methods more typical of European universities.
1、The chief concern of British universities is ____.
A）how to tackle their present financial difficulty
B）how to expand the enrollment to meet the needs of enterprises
C）how to improve their educational technology
D）how to put an end to the current tendency of quality deterioration
2、We can learn from the passage that in Britain ____.
A）the government pays dearly for its financial policy
B）universities are mainly funded by businesses
C）higher education is provided free of charge
D）students are ready to accept loan schemes for tuition
3、What was the percentage of high school graduates admitted to universities in Britain thirty years ago？
A）20% or so. B）About 15%. C）Above 30%. D）Below 10%.
4、It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
A）the British government will be forced to increase its spending on higher education
B）British employers demand an expansion in enrollment at the expense of quality
C）the best way out for British universities is to follow their European counterparts
D）British students will probably have to pay for their higher education in the near future
5、Which of the following is the viewpoint of the Times newspaper？
A）Expansion in enrollment is bound to affect the quality of British higher education.
B）British universities should expand their enrollment to meet the needs of industry.
C）European universities can better meet the needs of the modern world.
D）British universities should help fight competition on world markets.
該短文是一篇講述英國(guó)大學(xué)學(xué)生膨脹，經(jīng)濟(jì)上不堪重負(fù)的說明文。
S1 題由兩句組成，語言點(diǎn)主要有：
（1）分詞短語groaning…；
（2）impose…on …to plug a gap；
（3）條件句中 scrap some public spending cutbacks；
（4）漢語譯文的結(jié)構(gòu)。
這段文字較長(zhǎng)，但意義上是一個(gè)整體，翻譯時(shí)要特別注意各層次的關(guān)系：（1）不堪重負(fù)—（2）提醒—（3）威脅—（4）如果—（5）就強(qiáng)行（impose）。
參考譯文：
（S1）因?yàn)閷W(xué)生數(shù)量猛增而不堪重負(fù)，英國(guó)大學(xué)正提醒人們傳統(tǒng)的免費(fèi)教育已面臨危機(jī)。他們威脅如果政府不采取行動(dòng)增加撥款而繼續(xù)削減公共事業(yè)開支的話，他們將強(qiáng)行向?qū)W生收取入學(xué)費(fèi)以填補(bǔ)收入中的不足。
（S2）題只有一句，但較長(zhǎng)，具體分析如下：
題目主要由一個(gè)分詞短語（complaining…）組成，該短語中有that從句，that從句中又有as從句及with復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，結(jié)構(gòu)較復(fù)雜。同時(shí)，該句位于句末，需要對(duì)上文有所了解。
語言點(diǎn)：
（1）agree；
（2）suffer；
（3）with 短語；
（4）整句結(jié)構(gòu)。參考譯文
參考譯文：
（S2）泰悟士報(bào)持相同觀點(diǎn)，聲稱隨著學(xué)生數(shù)的猛增及周密的導(dǎo)師制管理模式為歐洲大學(xué)特有的規(guī)模生產(chǎn)方式所替代，教育質(zhì)量已大受影響。
參考答案：1.A 2.C 3.D 4.D 5.A