2014年12月英语四级考试预测试卷(7)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.
根据下面文章,回答1-10题。
Public colleges must be stewards(管家)of the public’s trust and of students’ and taxpayers’dollars.They should be(36)__________for containing costs and for spending on what matters most:prepanng students to be active learners,career-ready and engaged citizens.Public colleges are using myriad strategies to cut costs and keep college(37)__________.These include(38)__________administrative expenses;eliminating low-enrollment programs and student support services;and achieving cost savings in energy management and employee health care.
Fast-rising tuition increases may make it seem that institutional spendiiIg is out of(39)__________.However,public colleges’collective(40)__________per fulltime student has actually been flat in recent years.
The primary reason for escalating(逐步上升)tuition prices has been the state-to-student cost shift that has taken place in who pays for a public higher education.States have gradually(41)__________from their public higher education systems.with families picking up more of me tab through tuition increases.Institutions have first turned to reducing spending,only raising tuition prices to(42)__________academic quality.
The best way to mitigate future tuition increases is for state leaders to reinvest in public higher education.With the Great Recession finally behind us—during which states dramatically reduced(43)__________for public colleges and universities— state leaders started reinvesting in public higher education this year,providing a nearly 6% increase in funding.
Maintaining(44)__________to afrordable public colleges is paramount to our nailon’s economic security, social equity and civic vibrancy.It is(45)__________
upon state government,together with public colleges and universities,to ensure this happens.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A.raise
B.disinvested
C.fair
D.reducing
E.reinvest
F.affordable
G.tuition
H.accountable
I.afford
J.funding
K.incumbent
L.maintain
M.access
N.control
O.spending
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2、第37题应填__________
3、第38题应填__________
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5、第40题应填__________
6、第41题应填__________
7、第42题应填__________
8、第43题应填__________
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10、第45题应填_________
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