单选题 When next year's crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they'll be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost (教务长) of Yale, who'll become Oxford's vice-chancellor—a position equivalent to university president in America.
Hamilton isn't the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc, have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big and competitive business nowadays, and like so many businesses, it's gone global. Yet the talent flow isn't universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America.
The chief reason is that American schools don't tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university's budget. "We didn't do any global consideration," says Patricia Hayes, the board's chair. The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist (活动家) who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising. Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and necessity.
Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But government support has failed to keep pace with rising student number. The decline in government support has made funding-raising an increasing necessary ability among administrators and has hiring committees hungry for Americans.
In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, when Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen "a major strengthening of Yale's financial position."
Of course, fund-raising isn't the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of education means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind of promoting international programs and attracting a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices.

单选题 What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage?

A. Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S.
B. A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators.
C. American universities are enrolling more international students.
D. University presidents are paying more attention to funding-raising.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为：“文章中讨论的目前高等教育的趋势是什么?”A项意为“世界范围的高校正在从美国聘请管理人员”；B项意为“许多政治活动家被聘请为管理人员”；C项意为“美国大学扩招留学生”；D项意为“大学校长更加注重筹措资金”。根据题干线索词the current trend in higher education定位至第二段最后三句，其中提到，如今，高等教育已然成为极具竞争力的商业行为，并且日渐国际化，但人才流动并非世界性的，高层管理人员往往仅有一个流动趋向，即从美国去往世界各地。由此推断，当今高等教育的趋势是各国高校从美国聘请管理人员。A项与其意思相近，故A为正确答案。

单选题 What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators?

A. The political correctness.
B. Their ability to raise funds.
C. Their fame in academic circles.
D. Their administrative experience.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。题干意为：“在聘请高层管理人员时，美国大学主要考虑的问题是什么?”A项意为“政治方向的正确性”；B项意为“筹措资金的能力”；C项意为“在学术界的声誉”；D项意为“管理经验”。根据题干线索词the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators定位至第三段，其中第四句中提到the main task of modern university presidents：fund-raising(现代大学校长的主要任务即筹措资金)。由此推知，美国大学聘请高层管理人员时会注重考虑其筹措资金的能力。因此，B为正确答案。

单选题 What do we learn about European universities from the passage?

A. The tuition they charge have been rising considerably.
B. Their operation is under strict government supervision.
C. They are strengthening their position by globalization.
D. Most of their revenues come from the government.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为：“从文章中我们可以了解到关于欧洲大学的哪些信息?”A项意为“他们所收的学费上升了许多”；B项意为“其运作受到政府的严格监督”；C项意为“他们正通过全球化巩固其位置”；D项意为“其大部分资金来源于政府”。根据题干线索词European universities定位至第四段第一句，句中提到，许多欧洲大学仍然主要依赖于政府资助。由此推知，D选项与其意思一致，故D为正确答案。

单选题 Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because ______.

A. she was known to be good at raising money
B. she could help strengthen its ties with Yale
C. she knew how to attract students overseas
D. she had boosted Yale's academic status

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为“剑桥大学任命Alison Richard为副校长主要是因为”。A项意为“她以善于筹措资金方面而知名”；B项意为“她能够加强剑桥大学与牛津大学的联系”；C项意为“她懂得如何吸引海外学生”；D项意为“她提高了耶鲁大学的学术地位”。根据题干线索词Cambridge university和Alison Richard定位至第五段第二句，该句后半部分指出，剑桥大学公开强调艾莉森在之前工作中强力保障了耶鲁大学的财政状况良好。由此推知，艾莉森有很强的筹措资金的能力。因此，A为正确答案。

单选题 In what way do top-level administrators from abroad contribute to university development?

A. They can enhance the university's image.
B. They will bring with them more international faculty.
C. They will view a lot of things from a new perspective.
D. They can set up new academic disciplines.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为：“外国的高层管理人员能从哪些方面促进大学的发展?”A项意为“他们可以提升学校的形象”；B项意为“他们将带来更多的国际化人才”；C项意为“他们将从新的视角审视问题”；D项意为“他们能够创立新的学科”。根据题干top-level administrators from abroad contribute to university development定位至最后一段最后一句“Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices”(外国人能够以新的视角来审视学校业已形成的体系)，句中的foreigners即指top-level administrators from abroad。由此推知，C项与其意思一致，故C为正确答案。而A、B、D项均未在文中提及。