2009年考研英语冲刺阅读理解专项训练181考研

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　　 In recent years，we have all watched the increasing commercialization of the campus．The numerous advertising posters and the golden arches of fast food outlets may be an affront to our aesthetic sensibilities，but they are，arguably，no worse than ugly．Some of the other new features of commercialized campus lire d0，however，constitute a serious threat to things we rightly revere．“Privatization”and the“business model”are the potential menace．
　　 What do these notions mean?To me。they involve an increased dependence on industry and philanthropy for operating the university；an increased amount of our resources being directed to applied or so-called practical subj ects，both in teaching and in research；fl proprietary treatment of research results，with the commercial interest in secrecy overriding the public’s interest in free，shared knowledge；and an attempt to run the university more like a business that treats industry and students as clients and ourselves as service providers with something to sell．o We pay increasing attention to the immediate needs and demands of our“customers”and，as the old saying goes，the customer is always right．
　　 Privatization is particularly frightening from the point of view of public well-bein9．A researcher employed by fl university-affiliated hospital in Canada，working under contract with a pharmaceutical company，made public her findings that a particular drug was harmful．This violated the terms of her contract，and so she was fired．Her dismissal caused a scandal，and she was subsequently reinstated． The university and hospital in question are now working OUt something akin to tenure for hospital-based researchers and guidelines for contracts，so that more public disclosure of privately funded research will become Dossible．This is a rare victory and a small step in the right direction，but the general trend is the other waY．Thanks to profit-driven private fundin9，researchers are not only forced to keep valuable information secret，theY are often contractually obliged to keep discovered dangers to public health under wraDs，t00．Of course，we must not be too naive about this．Governments can unwisely insist on secrecy,t00，as did the British Ministry of Agriculture，Fisheries，and Food in the work they funded in connection with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic．This prevented others from reviewing the relevant data and pointing out that problems were more serious than government was letting on.[387 words]
　　 1．From the first paragraph we can learn that the campus life has become______．
　　 A．more convenient
　　 B．rather ugly
　　 C．somewhat harmful
　　 D．no more aesthetic than before
　　 2．The author believes that we should pay______．
　　 A．more attention to the immediate needs and demands of our customers
　　 B．due attention to the public interest in free，shared knowledge
　　 C．1ittle attention to applied subjects
　　 D．considerable attention to the commercial interest in the secrecy of research results，百考试题祝你元旦快乐！
　　 3．The researcher mentioned in the third paragraph was fired because______．
　　 A．she worked for a pharmaceutical company
　　 B．she was obliged to keep her discoveries secret
　　 C．she failed to keep her research results secret
　　 D．she committed herself to a contract with a company
　　 4．It is implied in the passage that______．
　　 A．the general public is too naive to accept the“privatization”
　　 B．it is a general trend that there will be more public disclosure of privately funded research
　　 C．the notion that“the customer is always right”is out of date
　　 D．the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic in Britain was more serious than what was disclosed
　　 5．The author argues for______．
　　 A．public disclosure of privately funded research
　　 B．profit—driven private funding
　　 C．the cooperation of universities and hospitals
　　 D．the increasing commerdahzation of the campus
　　 超纲词汇
　　 Affront vt．／n．公开侮辱，轻蔑
　　 Skin 同族的，类似的
　　 Benchmark 基准
　　 bovine 迟钝的，牛的，耐心的
　　 diagnosis n．诊断
　　 disqualify vt．使丧失资格
　　 encephalopathy n．脑疖旨
　　 menace v．／n．威胁
　　 override vt．／n．制服，践踏，不顾；代理佣金
　　 phiIanthropy n．慈善事业
　　 reinstate v．恢复
　　 scandal n．丑行，丑闻，诽谤，流言蜚语
　　 spongilorm adj．海绵状的，与海绵同类的
　　 secrecy n．秘密，保密
　　 tenure n．(土地等的)使用，占用；(土地)使用期限