A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually F. endangered

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问题 A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually
F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards
K. combining L. sense M. ideally N. rules O. that
Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical list. The rhino is doomed due to increasingly cash-rich Asia’s belief【C1】______ its horn has some kind of Harry Potter magical power. The beast’s【C2】______ is an object lesson in the dangers of giving idiots money. But it is not only our friends in the animal kingdom who are being destroyed by economic forces beyond their control. The world’s thinkers are now also a gravely【C3】______ species. And yet,【C4】______ the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not even the most hasty plan in place to protect them.
Once thinkers were everywhere, like butterflies, sparrows and bees, which have also【C5】______ disappeared. No one under 40 can be expected to【C6】______ the prevalent abundance of pure thought that once characterised our culture. It has disappeared gradually, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in streams, as if it never were.
Today, all our universities are【C7】______ book-balancing business schools or results-driven scientific research centres, treating students as customers who【C8】______ to see an investment return in the form of increased living【C9】______ and higher salaries in exchange for spending their student loans, and funded by patrons and public bodies wanting to see practical results. Once you joined a university to service the global advancement of ideas. Now you employ it to make you more employable. We are unconvinced as to the actual practical value of rhinos, but we have a 【C10】______ that it reflects badly on us if these things are allowed to disappear on our watch. The same is true of thinkers. [br] 【C7】

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答案 C

解析空格前为be动词，空格后为宾语，且句首有Today，故此句为现在进行时，空格处应填入动词现在分词，构成句子的谓语。词库中的现在分词选项有turning into“变成”和combining“(使)结合，(使)合并”。接下来的两句话将大学学习任务和目的进行今了昔对比，由此可推断空格所在句要表达的是如今的大学正在发生变化，故turning into符合语境。

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