单选题
Times are tough for the hundreds of English-language colleges that cluster along the south coast of England. Reforms to the student-visa system that are (1) to help cut immigration are limiting the inflow of foreigners (2) in them. But language entrepreneurs are finding (3) ways to meet the rising demand for tuition. Students who visit English City, a language-teaching program, can chat to passers by (4) they wander through the streets, meet their tutors in virtual cafes and order snacks. Shiv Rajendran, who founded LanguageLab, a London-based start-up that (5) English City, says business is booming, though from a (6) base. Online language instructors are benefiting from recent changes to the immigration regime. Schools that (7) students from outside the European Union must now demonstrate their trustworthiness to the borders agency. (8) , students can no longer obtain a general visa that (9) their time at both language school and university. (10) , Tony Millns of English UK, a lobby group, (11) that 40,000 fewer language students will come this year, leaving Britain £600m (12) off. Another response to this (13) among some adventurous English-language colleges has been to set up shop abroad. The London School of English has established campuses in Georgia and Qatar and is (14) elsewhere. Still, some students who might have come to Britain will probably (15) instead for a conventional course in America or Australia. And reforms among English-language teachers in Britain won't (16) the impact of the visa changes on the broader economy. Colleges that are opening international branches will charge fees, but most of the income will remain (17) . Online educators are recruiting tutors in other time (18) so that classes can be taught (19) the clock. English is more popular than (20) , but the country of its birth is ill-placed to profit.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[试题考点] 上下文语意关系和动词词义辨析。 [解题思路] 文章第一句指出,英格兰南海岸聚集着几百家英语语言学校,它们现在的日子很不好过。接着空格所在句对首句进行具体说明,指出这些语言学校日子不好过的原因:“______削减移民数量的英国学生签证系统改革,限制了他们招收外国学生的数量”。空格所填词位于修饰主语的定语从句中,且构成be...to结构作谓语。将四个选项代入文中,只有选项[B]符合文意,be intended to do意为“旨在;意欲”,在文中表明“签证系统改革”的目的在于“限制移民”。 [干扰排除] 选项[A]tend意为“倾向,趋向”时为不及物动词,可用于tend to do这一结构中,但不能用于被动语态,而tend作及物动词时,意为“照顾,护理”,代入原句语意不通,故排除[A]。选项[C]suspend意为“暂停,中止”,代入文中句意为“被暂停的学生签证系统改革”,由上下文很容易得知此项改革正在进行,不可能是“暂停的”,故选项(C]不符合文意。选项[D]attempt意为“尝试,努力”,只能用于主动语态,且主语必须是人,与原文的被动语态不符,故选项[D]也可排除。
【答案解析】[试题考点] 上下文逻辑关系和介词短语辨析。 [解题思路] 本题空格前的内容指出“招收学生的学校要提供诚信证明”(demonstrate their trustworthiness),“学生们无法再获得通用签证”(students can no longer obtain a general visa),空格后的内容又指出“英国的一个游说团体______今年到英国学习语言的学生人数将减少4万”。空格所在处需要填入一个表示上下文逻辑关系的介词短语,由于“对于从海外招收学生严加管理”和“学生不能再获得通用签证”是“招生人数减少”的原因,而选项[A]As a result正是表示因果关系的介词短语,故为本题答案。 [干扰排除] 选项[B]In a word意为“总之”,选项[C]In a sense意为“就某种意义来说”,两者均表示总结关系,不符合空格前后两句的逻辑关系,故排除选项[B]和[C]。选项[D]By the way意为“顺便说一下”,表示改变话题,而本句谈及的依然是学生招生数量的问题,这与前面的主题一致,故排除[D]。