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阅读理解:阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项.
HONG KONG-Students from Hong Kong and Taiwan are clamouring(喧嚣) for places in mainland universities following China's accession to the World Trade Organization, a news report said on Monday.
The number of students from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao applying for postgraduate courses on the Chinese mainland has leapt(跃过) 71.5 percent in 2001 to 1,828, according to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post.
The number of Hong Kong students applying for degree places on the mainland has risen from 40 in 1992 to 252 last year, according to the territory's examinations authority.
The number of Taiwan applicants has exceeded(超过) 700, more than double last year's total of 296, Xinhua reported.
The most popular universities are Beijing's Peking University and Tsinghua University, where US President George W. Bush delivered a speech to students on February 23, Jinan University in Guangzhou, Shanghai's Fudan University and Shanghai Medical University.
The newspaper quoted Deng Penghuai, head of the School of International Education of Tianjin University, as saying China's WTO entry boosted(提高;促进) interest in Chinese universities in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
“Many multinational (跨国的)corporations have entered or are about to enter the Chinese mainland,” he said.
“They need people who know both sides of the world. Hong Kong and Taiwan students have an advantage in this respect.”
“So we see a lot of them now coming to the mainland to study. Many of them will then work for these companies on the mainland.”
1.The students from Hang Kong and Taiwan who come to study in mainland are mainly ________.
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2.More Hong Kong and Taiwan students have come to mainland for study mainly because ________.
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A.the territory examination is not carried out so strictly now
B.the mainland has more well-known universities
C.they want to help promote the understanding of the two sides
D.China's entry of the WTO has created more opportunities of employment
3.According to the passage, the underlined words “both sides of the world” mean________.
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A.across the Straits
B.Hong Kong and the mainland
C.capitalism and socialism
D.the poor and the rich
4.We can infer that after graduation some of the Hong Kong and Taiwan students will ________.
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A.come back home
B.work in the mainland governments
C.settle down in the mainland
D.stay and work in the multinational corporations