Universities are in a seemingly self-contradictory position. As Stefan Collini points out in his book, these ancient【C1】______have never been so numerous or so important They receive more public money than they ever did. They are praised as the【C2】______of economic growth and technological advance.【C3】______they are frequently defensive and troubled, attacked by politicians and【C4】______a clear sense of purpose and direction. Mr Collini, professor of the University of Cambridge, is eager to rebuild their【C5】______. Universities, he says, "【C6】______a home for attempts to extend and deepen human understanding in ways which are,【C7】______, disciplined and free." It is the side-effects of this activity that public debate has seized【C8】______: the impact on the student's capacity for understanding, or on a country's development of new technologies.【C9】______these are not the core purpose of a university. In making his case, Mr Collini rejects the definition of Clark Kerr, the president of the University of California, who【C10】______a university as "a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common resentment over parking".【C11】______he goes back to Cardinal Newman. Newman has a way with words: "A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society... It is the education which gives a man a clear,【C12】______view of his own【C13】______and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in【C14】______them and a force in urging them." Mr Collini is moved by Newman's insistence that a liberal education is not about what students learn or what skills they【C15】______but "the perspective they have on the place of their knowledge in a wider【C16】______of human understanding". Universities will always feel the【C17】______between the intellectual purity that Mr Collini demands and the【C18】______business of picking and preparing the future middle class.【C19】______these two roles is the mark of a great university. Indeed, the stress created by these【C20】______roles is what helps even the most ordinary academic retain some independence of thought and intellectual energy.
【答案解析】解析：上句讨论大学因奉行其作为拓展和深化人类知识的各种努力的场所而产生的副作用，本句提到产生的这些不良后果都不是大学的核心目标(not the core purpose of a university)。言下之意，虽然奉行这样的原则会产生这些副作用，但却不影响到大学的核心目标，两句含转折关系。选D项But。
单选题
【C10】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：本句提到科里尼先生反对(rejects)克拉克·科尔对大学的定义。本句也给出了该定义：a university as"a series of individual…”。describe…as…意为“把……称为……”，表示对定义的解释，与definition形成语义呼应，故选B项。
单选题
【C11】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：本句提到科里尼转而支持(goes back to)卡迪纳尔·纽曼的观点，而上句科里尼反对克拉克·科尔对大学的定义。两句间转折对比，选D项Instead“反而”。
【答案解析】解析：从the place of their knowledge in a wider．．．(他们所掌握的知识在更广阔的……里的位置)推断，句中的place语义范围应比空格处所填单词小，体现出局部和整体的关系。A项map意为“地图”，place是地图上的某一处，符合语义逻辑。
单选题
【C17】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：下文提到the stress created by these．．．roles(这些角色所产生的压力)，这些角色指的就是本句提到的纯粹教育(the intellectual purity)和挑选及培养未来中产阶级的行当(business of picking and preparing the future middle class)这种比较功利性的教育，两者之间存在不可调和的矛盾。D项tension“紧张”可以与stress呼应。
【答案解析】解析：本句中的表语是the mark of a great university(杰出大学的标志)，如果一所大学里纯粹教育和为学生日后成功就业而准备总是存在尖锐矛盾，无法调和的话，则难称之为杰出。因此成为杰出大学的前提是能处理好这两个角色之间的关系。C项Reconciling有“调解，调和”之意。符合语义逻辑。
单选题
【C20】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：从the stress created by these．．．roles(这些……角色所产生的压力)推断，这些角色(纯粹教育和挑选及培养束来中产阶级的行当)之所以会产生压力是因为它们存在相互制约、相互矛盾的关系。A项conflicting意为“相矛盾的”，语义符合。