Entirely       to the Party，he gave his life for his country．

A．devote          B．devoting          C．devoted           D．to devote

Now in his senior year in Bowdoin College, a small, elite liberal-arts（文科）college in Masine, Chen Yongfang has become such a devotee of the liberal-arts approach that he’s made it his mission to spread the word throughout China. He has coauthored a book called A True Liberal Arts Education, which essentially explains the little-known concept to Chinese students and their parents. Though there have been many books about how to get into Ivy League universities, “there was not a single book in China about the smaller liberal-arts colleges,” he says.

The book, which Chen wrote with friends Ye Lin and Wan Li, who also attend small U. S. colleges, touts（兜售）such benefits as intimate classes (the student-to-faculty ratio at Bowdoin is 9:1) and professors who focus on teaching rather than research. Chen, 23, explains that he was won over by Bowdoin’s commitment to nurturing skills for life, rather than simply for the workplace. “Liberal arts is abut fostering your identity,” he says. “They want to cultivate your mind.” He admits that liberal arts may be a hard sell in a country with an increasingly competitive job market. The book states bluntly that in the short term, a liberal-arts education won’t improve job prospects. “In China, employers are looking for someone who can come in and start working immediately when they graduate, not someone who still needs to be trained in practical skills,” Chen says.

The book, which received wide media coverage in China and now has a waiting list for its second print run, is certainly timely: it plays into a growing debate in China about what national universities should be teaching. The country needs a workforce with the skills and creativity to help move away from low-cost manufacturing and, in economic terms, move up the value chain. And some educators believe liberal-arts training is vital to help China deal with its increasingly complex new realities. Yet the well-known intellectual historian Xu Jilin believes that China’s rapid expansion of higher education has had a detrimental effect on curriculum as the country’s universities race to compete globally. “Education these days in like factory-farming chickens,” he says. “Universities all wan to get into international rakings—and most of these depend on research. They’re not interested in providing a unique education for our kids.”

41．According to Chen Yongfang, the benefits of attending liberal-arts colleges are the following EXCEPT        .

       A．closer relationship with tutors

       B．teachers more devoted to teaching

       C．practical skills for getting a job in China

       D．development in mind and life-long ability

42．It can be inferred from the passage that        .

       A．the teaching quality in big research universities not as good as small colleges

       B．it is more difficult for liberal-arts graduates to find a job because employers don’t believe that they can perform well

       C．literal-arts education is of little help to China’s economic development

       D．research universities received more Chinese applicants than smaller liberal-arts colleges

43．The word “detrimental” in Para.3 probably means “         .”

       A．instant      B．rewarding C．damaging  D．obvious

44．According to Xu Jilin,         .

       A．the expansion of higher education has improved the competitive strength of China’s universities

       B．Chinese universities are providing the same courses as foreign universities

       C．many universities are not paying enough attention to teaching

       D．research should gain more attention in order to improve China’s universities’ rankings

45．This passage is most probably adapted from         .

       A．an article introducing liberal arts

       B．an article introducing the book A True Liberal Arts Education

       C．an article criticizing China’s higher education

       D．an advertisement for Bowdoin College

When the TV viewer turns on his set, what sort of programs does he have to choose from? You might think there would be more programs devoted to entertainment than to anything else, but that’s not the case. In most countries, fewer than 20% of broadcasting hours are devoted to entertainment. U.S. figures are high----34.8% , and the unloving Canadians are even higher with 44%. Except Canada and Italy, all countries give more broadcasting time to education than to either information (news , documentaries and so on) or entertainment programs. Of course, few educational broadcasts take place during peak viewing times. In Japan though , more than 60%of broadcasting time is taken up with education of one kind of anther----just another example of the businesslike Japanese philosophy. In the U.K., the figure is 56.4% . the Italians have fewer educational programs than anyone else. They don’t go in for entertainment either. Only about ten percent of viewing time is devoted to dramas and serials, quiz shows, music, sports etc. You will find more news information programs on Italian TV than anything else. That’s understandable in a country experiencing social and political changes. Italians rely on TV to tell them what’s going on---and events are happening almost too fast to follow. The percentage of time the U.S. devoted to news and documentary programs is much smaller. After education, most TV time is given to entertainment. Many of these programs are shown around the world.

1.Based on this passage, the greatest percentage of TV broadcasting hours to educational is in __.

       A. Japan       B. Italy         C. Canada   D. the United States

2.More news information programs are broadcast on Italian TV than anywhere else because the Italians ___.

       A. are interested in what is happening in the world.

       B. Like to follow the changes that are going on in their social life

       C. Prefer to learn news information on TV rather than in newspapers

       D. Expect TV to tell them the latest news about what is going on in their country

3.So far as the broadcasting hours devoted to entertainment , which of the following is true?

       A. The Japanese figure is the highest in the world.

       B. The U.S. figure is smaller than the U. K. figure

       C. The U.K. figure is second to the Japanese figure

       D. The Canadian figure is higher than that of any other country.

4.In the United States, ____.

       A. TV programs are shown for world audience to watch

       B. Most of TV broadcasting hours are give to entertainment

       C. Educational programs are shown during peak viewing times

       D.TV broadcasting hours devoted to education are more than those devoted to entertainment

When the TV viewer turns on his set, what sort of programs does he have to choose from? You might think there would be more programs devoted to entertainment than to anything else, but that’s not the case. In most countries, fewer than 20% of broadcasting hours are devoted to entertainment. U.S. figures are high----34.8% , and the unloving Canadians are even higher with 44%. Except Canada and Italy, all countries give more broadcasting time to education than to either information (news , documentaries and so on) or entertainment programs. Of course, few educational broadcasts take place during peak viewing times. In Japan though , more than 60%of broadcasting time is taken up with education of one kind of anther----just another example of the businesslike Japanese philosophy. In the U.K., the figure is 56.4% . the Italians have fewer educational programs than anyone else. They don’t go in for entertainment either. Only about ten percent of viewing time is devoted to dramas and serials, quiz shows, music, sports etc. You will find more news information programs on Italian TV than anything else. That’s understandable in a country experiencing social and political changes. Italians rely on TV to tell them what’s going on---and events are happening almost too fast to follow. The percentage of time the U.S. devoted to news and documentary programs is much smaller. After education, most TV time is given to entertainment. Many of these programs are shown around the world.
【小题1】Based on this passage, the greatest percentage of TV broadcasting hours to educational is in __.