题目内容
The impact of a teacher ___the life of the students should be ____ enough attention to.
A. in; brought B. on; paid C. to attracted D. for; captured
B
(The Guardian): More UK universities should be profiting from ideas
A repeated criticism of the UK's university sector is its noticeable weakness in translating new knowledge into new products and services.
Recently, the UK National Stem Cell Network warned the UK could lose its place among the world leaders in stem cell research unless adequate funding and legislation could be assured, despite an annual £40m spent by the Department of Health on all kinds of research.
However, we do have to challenge the unthinking complaint that the sector does not do enough in taking ideas to market. The most recent comparative data on the performance of universities and research institutions in Australia, Canada, USA and UK shows that, from a relatively weak starting position, the UK now leads on many indicators of commercialization activity.
When viewed at the national level, the policy interventions (interference) of the past decade have helped transformed the performances of UK universities. Evidence suggests the UK's position is much stronger than in the recent past and is still showing improvement. But national data masks the very large variation in the performance of individual universities. The evidence shows that a large number of universities have fallen off the back of the pack, a few perform strongly and the rest chase the leaders.
This type of uneven distribution is not strange to the UK and is mirrored across other economies. In the UK, research is concentrated: less than 25% of universities are receiving 75% of the research funding. These same universities are also the institutions producing the greatest share of PhD graduates, science citations, patents and license income. The effect of policies generating long-term resource concentration has also created a distinctive set of universities which are research-led and commercially active. It seems clear that the concentration of research and commercialization work creates differences between universities.
The core objective for universities which are research-led must be to maximize the impact of their research efforts. Their purpose is not to generate funds to add to the bottom line of the university or to substitute other income streams. Rather, these universities should be generating the widest range of social, economic and environmental benefits. In return for the scale of investment, they should share their expertise (expert knowledge or skill) in order to build greater confidence in the sector.
Part of the economic recovery of the UK will be driven by the next generation of research commercialization spilling out of our universities. On the evidence presented in my report, there are three dozen universities in the UK which are actively engaged in advanced research training and commercialization work.
If there was a greater coordination(协调)of technology transfer offices within regions and a simultaneous (happening at the same time) investment in the scale and functions of our graduate schools, universities could, and should, play a key role in positioning the UK for the next growth cycle.
【小题1】What does the author think of UK universities in terms of commercialization?
| A.They have lost their leading position in many ways. |
| B.They still have a place among the world leaders. |
| C.They do not regard it as their responsibility. |
| D.They fail to change knowledge into money. |
| A.It masks the fatal weaknesses of government policy. |
| B.It indicates their ineffective use of government resources. |
| C.It does not rank UK universities in a scientific way. |
| D.It does not reflect the differences among universities. |
| A.concentration of resources in a limited number of universities |
| B.compulsory cooperation between universities and industries |
| C.government aid to non-research-oriented universities |
| D.fair distribution of funding for universities and research institutions |
| A.Fully use their research to benefit all sectors of society. |
| B.Generously share their facilities with those short of funds. |
| C.Advertise their research to win international recognition. |
| D.Spread their influence among top research institutions. |
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They’re children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys, it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the impact(影响) working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.
【小题1】The main idea about “latchkey children” is that they _______.
| A.are growing in numbers |
| B.are also found in middle-class neighborhoods |
| C.watch too much television during the day |
| D.suffer problems from being left alone |
| A.We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. |
| B.A lot of kids had chains around their necks. |
| C.I was constantly telling them to put inside their shirts. |
| D.They were house keys. |
| A.tiredness | B.freedom | C.loneliness | D.fear |
| A.latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone |
| B.latchkey children try to hide their feeling |
| C.latchkey children often watch TV with their parents |
| D.it’s difficult to find out how many latchkey children there are |
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
C
China’s economic growth “hard to predict”
The worsening global economic situation makes it difficult for China to predict its growth for next year, a senior official said on Friday.
“How fast China’s economy will grow next year is uncertain,” Liu He, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economy Work, told China Daily.
“To a large extent, the rate will be decided by the external(外部) situation,” Liu said during a discussion with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and other economists in Beijing.
“This year, GDP is estimated to grow at 9.4 or 9.5 percent, down from 10.6 percent last year,” he said. “However, the impact of the current financial turbulence on our economy is much less than on the rest of the world.”
Nicholas Stern, a former UK government advisor, also told China Daily it will take at least one or two years for the world to recover from the recession, which is now spreading from the US and the UK to the rest of the world.
“We don’t know how long the recession will last, but it is unlikely to be short,” he said.
Liu said China can use the downturn(衰退) as an opportunity to restructure its economy, which has relied heavily on government investment, foreign trade and low-cost technology over the past years.
“When the economy is experiencing fast growth, companies are unwilling to upgrade their technologies,” Liu said.
“The slowdown gives such firms the opportunity to enhance(提高) their competitive edge through better technologies.”
(From China Daily 2009-01-11)
1.How many people are mentioned in this passage?
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A.Only 2. |
B.No more than 3. |
C.Not more than 4. |
D.At least 5. |
2.It can be inferred from Liu’s words that the impact of the current financial turbulence on China’s economy is ______.
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A.more |
B.less |
C.the most |
D.the least |
3.The underlines word “extent” probably means ______.
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A.sense |
B.degree |
C.size |
D.depth |
4. According to the passage, the reason why Liu said this downturn is an opportunity for China to restructure its economy is that ______.
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A.China’s economy will not depend on government investment in the future |
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B.Foreign trade will grow in the future |
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C.The downturn will force China’s companies to upgrade their technologies |
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D.Low-cost technologies will not exist in China |