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way to reduce rising costs or increase revenues (收入) significantly. Raising fees doesn't

bring in more revenue, for each time fees go up, the, enrollment (注册人数) goes down, or

the mount that must be given away in student aid goes up. (77) Schools are bad

businesses, whether rmblic or orivate, not usually because of bad management but

because of the nature of the business. They lose money on every customer, and they can

go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college

is a very bad business.

It is such colleges, thriving but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not

their chief problem. Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them,

and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. (78) There is no basis. for

arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools. There are plentiful

examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as

the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be

dominant, and therefore diversity (多样性) is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we

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support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In ah

imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be

dangerous, ha an imperfect society, diversity is a positive good. Eager supporters of

public higher education know the importance of keeping private higher education healthy.

6. In the passage, the author asks the public to support_____ .

A. private higher education in general

B. public higher education in general

C. high-quality private universities and colleges

D. high-quality state universities and colleges

7. According to the passage, schools are bad businesses because of_____.

A. the nature of school B. poor teachers

C) bad management D. too few students.

8. The phrase “go under” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.

A. have low fees B. get into difficulties

C. do a bad ]ob educationally D. have low teaching standards

9.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.There are many cases indicating that private schools are superior to public schools.

B. The author thinks diversity of education is preferable to uniformity of education.

C. A high-quality university is always a good business.

D. Each time fees are raised, the enrollment goes up.

10.In the author's opinion, the way that can save private schools lies in_____.

A. full enrollment B. raising fees

C. reducing student aid D. national support

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Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:

According to a recent surv, ey, employees in many companies today work longer

hours than employees did in 1979. They also take shorter vacations than employees in

1979. It seems that Americans are working harder today than ever before. Or are they? A

management consultant, Bill Meyer, decided to find out. For three days, he observed an

investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everything the banker did during his

long workday. At the end of the three-day period, Meyer reviewed the banker's activities

with him. What did they find out? They discovered that the man spent 80 percent of his

time doing unnecessary work. For example, he attended unnecessary meetings, made

redundant (多余的) telephone calls, and spent time packing and unpacking his two big

briefcases.

(79) Apparently many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the

more he or she accomplishes. When employers evaluate employees, they often consider

the amount of time on the job in addition to job performance. Employees know this.

Although many working people can do their job effectively during a regular 40-hour work

week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so

that the people who can promote them see them.

A group of headhunters (猎头) were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a

choice of two candidates for an executive position with an important company. The

candidates had similar qualifications for the job. For example, they were both reliable. One

could do the job well in a 40-hour work week. The other would do the same job in an

80-hour work week just as well. According to a headhunting expert, the 80-hour-a-week

candidate would get the job. The time this candidate spends on the job may encourage

other employees to spend more time at work, too. Employers believe that if the employees

stay at work later, they may actually do more work.

However, the connection between time and productivity (生产率) is not always

positive. (80) In fact. many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone's productivity

and creativity begin to decrease. Some employees are not willing to spend so much extra,

unproductive time at the office. Once they finish their work satisfactorily, they want to relax

and enjoy themselves. For these people, the solution is to find a company that

encourages people to do both.

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11. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Many people work long hours but do not always do a lot of work.

B. Most people can get more work done by working longer hours.

C. Most Americans work 80 hours a week, and some work even longer.

D. People can make more money by working longer hours.

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