Against a background of controversial plans to triple university tuition fee

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问题     Against a background of controversial plans to triple university tuition fees, students short of money might be attracted by a new degree course where you can study while working full time. The new【B1】______will be offered by fast-food chain McDonald’s, who are【B2】______their own two-year foundation degree in business【B3】______ for the restaurant bosses in the UK. Their aptly-named Hamburger University in North London has been training McDonald’s managers since the late 1970s, and will now add【B4】______degrees to the menu for the first time. Traditionally, working at the hamburger chain has often been seen as a less-than-desirable【B5】______, even giving rise to its own slang word: the dreaded "McJob". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a McJob is an "【B6】______, low-paid job with no prospects". But McDonald’s senior vice-president David Fairhurst says the course challenges these【B7】______about the employer. "The old ’McJob’ label is lazy and arrogant," he says.
    The course is a【B8】______ of how seriously the company takes the training of its staff, says
Mr. Fairhurst.【B9】______. "People no longer want to choose between jobs and education. They should not be parallel universes," he says.【B10】______. However, McDonald’s is not the only company which is developing its own certificate.【B11】______. [br] 【B2】

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答案 launching

解析 句意推断题。根据句子结构可知,此空格处应填入一个动词的-ed或-ing形式。结合录音可知答案为launching,意为“开展,发动”。此处意在表达麦当劳开设了一个两年制课程的基础学位。
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