考研英语（二）第一部分完形填空练习题（上）
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材料题
根据以下材料，回答1-20题
Skeptics of higher education often complain that universities offer too many boring degrees with little value in the workplace. 1 elite universities tend to produce higher-earning graduates than less lective institutions do, you might 2 them to teach more practical cours. 3 data from Britain's Department for Education show the opposite.Undergraduate students at 4 universities are more likely to study purely academic 5 such as philosophy and classics, whereas tho at less choosy ones tend to谜目 6 vocational topics such as business or nursing.
What could 7 骑行天下this eming contradiction? One reason is that employers treat a 8 from a top university as anindicator for intelligence.This means that students at elite institutions can st
udy bookish subjects and still succeed 9 .The median Cambridge graduate in a creative-arts subject—the university's least profitable group of cours, including fields such as music—earns around ₤25,000 ($32,400) at age 26.Economics students from less elite universities, such as Hull, make a similar 10.
Yet even though Oxbridge students can pretend to read "Ulyss" for years and still expect a 11 salary,they end 12 paying a large opportunity cost by pursuing the arts.That is becau employers rerve the highest starting wages for students who both attended a leading university and also13 amarketable subject.
Many gifted arts students would struggle to deal with numbers.But for tho who can excel at both, the cost of sticking with the arts is 14 .Cambridge creative-arts students have A-level scores clo to tho of economics students at Warwick, but 15 about half as much.
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Who can 16 such indulgence? The answer is Oxbridge students, who often have rich parents.At most universities, students in cours that 17 high-paying jobs, such as econo
mics and medicine, tend to come from wealthier families, partly becau such 18 are more likely to have the examination scores necessary to be accepted.At Oxbridge,19 , no such association exists.History and philosophy students there come from richer parts of Britain, on average,than their 20 studying medicine do.
1、[单选题]第1题答案是
A.Since
B.If
C.Unless
D.Until
关于语言的成语 正确答案：A嗨氏楚河
参考解析：翻译：_____精英学校的毕业生往往比非精英学校的毕业生收入更高，因此人们可能会认为名校的课程更实用。 该句空格处需要填写一个连词，来体现从句与主句
之间的逻辑关系，认为名校课程更实用与他们的收入更高，为因果关系，Since“因为”有表因果之意，故为正确选项。
2、[单选题]第2题答案是
A.urge
B.intend
C.expect
D.promi
正确答案：C
参考解析：urge 催促 intend 打算 expect 预期、盼望 promi 许诺、预示
翻译：相比非精英学校，精英学校的毕业生收入往往更高，因此人们可能会_____名校的课程更实用. 根据本句句意可推知，此空格的意思应为“觉得，认为”。四个选项中只有选项[C]expect(认为；期望)符合句意，故为正确选项。孕酮高的原因
3、[单选题]第3题答案是
A.Even
B.Yet
C.Likewi
D.As
正确答案：B
参考解析：翻译：_____英国教育部的数据显示情况正相反. 上一句人们认为精英学校毕业生的收入往往更高是因为，人们可能会认为名校的课程更实用。但是应该教育部的数据显示情况正相反，划横线应该表达转折。四个选项中只有选项Yet(然而)符合此处逻辑关系，故为正确选项。
4、[单选题]第4题答案是
新年好的英文A.normal
引以为戒的意思
B.constant
C.unique
D.prestigious
正确答案：D
参考解析：前面说了数据正好相反，也就为后面做了铺垫，精英学校的可能不是更实用， ____universities are more likely to study purely academic such as philosophy and classics, 所以选择哲学和古典等纯学术性专业的应该是名校学生。prestigious(有威望的、声誉高的)符合句意，故为正确选项。
