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The Open University,one of the great suc

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问题 The Open University,one of the great successes of modern Britain,is facing a crisis.On the surface,this centres on the embattled vice-chancellor.Peter Horrocks,whom the staff want to resign.The UCU（University and College Union）branch at the university has passed a motion of no confidence in him.and says he no longer commands the respect of staff.The immediate cause was a remark for which he has been forced to apologise,to the effect that some academics had been allowed"to get away with not teaching for decades",but this came in a context of brutal budget cuts he has proposed.More profoundly.the crisis exposes a huge disagreement about what actually constitutes teaching,and why it is a worthwhile activity.Is it a way to produce exam resulis and certificates of employability,or is the purpose to share whaiever makes a subject worth studying for itself,and to inculcate the skills that will enable students to glimpse and pursue that vision?But the deeper crisis reaches far beyond the vice-chancellor's inadequacies.Some of the challenges facing the university are simply a result of the huge changes in society and technology since it was founded in 1969.In the early days,staff agonised over whether to include colour in their television programmes,since many viewers might still own black and white sets.In those days,too.there was a very large pool of middle-aged people who had been denied tertiary education,and for whom this really was the university of the seconcl chance.But the pool of second chancers has now largely gone the way of black and white televisions.Those are difficulties that would face the university under any administration.So would the widespread competition in the field of distance learning.But with all that said,it is central government that is largely responsible for the difficulties of the OU.The government's conception of higher education as a marketplace where students can shop for qualifications is profoundly destructive to all universities,and the OU is only the most exposed and vulnerable.The introduction,and then the tripling,of tuition fees has wrecked its financial model,so that student numbers have dropped by a third since 2010.The only thing to fall as fast has been the university's rating for student satisfaction,from lst t0 47th.So much for the conception of universities as selling to"customers",rather than teaching students.The university is an institution that enriches the lives of those who attend it.It is on that basis that the government should still recognise,and support,the ideal that everyone deserves access to the benefits of a real university,whatever their past,and whenever they decide they need it.The last iwo paragraphs are mainlyA.satirizing universities which ruthlessly seek profit to the neglect of teaching andresearch.B.suggesting a way for students to access higher education without amassing huge debt.C.criticizing the government whose conception of higher education disrupts all universities.D.exposing the illusion that everyone deserves access to the benefits of a real university.
选项 A.satirizing universities which ruthlessly seek profit to the neglect of teaching andresearch.
B.suggesting a way for students to access higher education without amassing huge debt.
C.criticizing the government whose conception of higher education disrupts all universities.
D.exposing the illusion that everyone deserves access to the benefits of a real university.
答案 C
解析 第三段首先重点指出“开放大学所面临的问题不单单是管理者的问题，更是政府的问题，政府对高等教育的设想对所有大学（尤其开放大学）都是极具毁灭性的”，随后以“开放大学（应市场需求而被迫）提高学费导致学生人数、学生对学校满意度极具下降”为例做出说明，第四段则针对政府简要提出意见“应调整认识、为打造真正大学予以支持”。可见，末两段意在批评政府行为，C.正确。[解题技巧]A.由第三段④句higher education as a marketplace、末句universities as selling to“customers”．rather than teaching students抽取出“高校为追求利润而忽视教学研究”这一形象，但段中并未着意说明这一形象。B.由第三段⑤句introduction，and then the tripling，of tuition fess抽取出“学生为上大学而负债累累”这一信息，并结合末段碎片信息should.…access to the benefits of a real university推断出“向这些负债累累的学生提出了一个解决办法”。D.将末段意欲宣扬的the ideal that.“‘人人都能受益于一所真正的大学’这一伟大理想”曲解为the Lllusion“幻想”。
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