阅读理解 Passage Two Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. The number of postgraduate students travelling from non-EU countries to study at UK universities has fallen for the first time in 16 years, fuelling fears that the government's immigration crackdown is discouraging thousands of the brightest students from continuing their studies in Britain. Jo Beall, British Council director of education and society, said the fall would cause alarm among UK vice-chancellors(大学行政主管). "The sector was expecting a decline in growth, but the actual reduction in postgraduate numbers is of real concern as international students make up the majority of numbers in many postgraduate courses and research teams in science, technology, engineering and mathematics." "Attracting the brightest and most ambitious postgraduate and research students is critical if the UK is to maintain its quality reputation for research," Beall said. Universities get a third of their tuition(学费) fee revenue from non-EU students. There is growing fear among vice-chancellors that this revenue-as well as the cultural, academic and economic benefit international students bring-is being put at risk. Tim Westlake, director for the student experience at Manchester University, said students whose families relied on them working in the UK after their studies to gain experience and repay the fees were starting to look elsewhere. Last month the home secretary. Theresa May. announced that embassy staff would interview more than 100 000 applicants in an attempt to prevent bogus(假冒的) ones entering the country. She also said immigrants were responsible for pushing up UK house prices. The comments followed the introduction of new limitations on students' right to work during and after their studies. Beall said: "Government statistics for the first time provide real evidence that the changes to UK visa regulations may have discouraged many students from applying to the UK. and in particular postgraduate students who are so important to the UK's research output. The UK enjoys an excellent reputation around the world for the high quality of our education system, so the government needs to ensure that institutions have all the support they need to attract international students who make a tremendous academic, cultural and economic contribution to the UK."
单选题 What has caused the decline of the number of non-EU postgraduates in the UK?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的decline和non-EU postgraduates定位到文章第一段。 细节推断题。定位段指出,从非欧盟国家到英国大学学习的研究生人数16年来首次有所下降,这增加了人们对政府的移民打击政策正在阻碍成千上万聪明的学生来英国继续其学业的担心。由此推断,政府对移民的打击政策导致到英国学习的研究生人数下降,故答案为C。
单选题 What is UK vice-chancellors' biggest concern?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的UK vice-chancellors'定位到文章第二段。 推理判断题。第二段第二句指出,该部门之前就预计到增长会有所下降,但实际减少的研究生人数却是真正令其担心的,因为国际学生在科学、技术、工程和数学等领域的许多研究生课程和研究团队中占据了较大比例。由此可推断,大学行政主管最担心的是如何维持大学的学术声誉,故答案为B。
单选题 Why do UK universities try to attract postgraduate students from outside the EU?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的universities和from outside the EU定位到文章第四段。 推理判断题。定位段提到,英国大学三分之一的学费收入来自非欧盟学生。大学行政主管们对于国际学生带来的这种经济收益正受到威胁越来越担忧。由此可以推断,英国大学想要吸引非欧盟国家学生的一个主要原因在于收取学费,从而增加收入,故答案为A。
单选题 What were the expectations of some non-EU students' families?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的non-EU students' families定位到文章第五段。 推理判断题。定位段提到,那些期待着学生完成学业后在英国工作以积累经验并偿还学费的家庭,开始将目光投向其他地方。由此可以推断,这些家庭期望他们的孩子毕业后在英国工作,偿还学费,故答案为D。
单选题 What does Beall suggest the UK government should do?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的Beall和government定位到文章最后一段。 观点态度题。定位段最后一句指出,英国教育体系的高品质在全球拥有极好的声誉,因此政府需要确保高校拥有它们吸引国际学生需要的所有支持,因为这些学生可以为英国作出巨大的学术、文化和经济贡献。由此可知,Beall认为政府应该给大学足够的支持以吸引非欧盟国家学生,故答案为C。