2024年5月7日发(作者：盈芷蝶)
专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷196
(题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 5. READING COMPREHENSION
PART V READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten
multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers
marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
(1) The reader may rest satisfied that Tom’s and Huck’s windfall (意外之财)
made a mighty stir in the poor little village of St. Petersburg. So vast a sum, all in
actual cash, seemed next to incredible. It was talked about, gloated over, glorified,
until the reason of many of the citizens tottered under the strain of the unhealthy
excitement. Every “haunted” house in St. Petersburg and the neighboring villages was
dissected, plank by plank, and its foundations dug up and ransacked (搜遍) for hidden
treasure—and not by boys, but men—pretty grave, unromantic men, too, some of
them. Wherever Tom and Huck appeared they were courted, admired, stared at. The
boys were not able to remember that their remarks had possessed weight before; but
now their sayings were treasured and repeated; everything they did seemed somehow
to be regarded as remarkable; they had evidently lost the power of doing and saying
commonplace things; moreover, their past history was raked up and discovered to
bear marks of conspicuous originality. The village paper published biographical
sketches (传略) of the boys. (2) The Widow Douglas put Huck’s money out at six
per cent, and Judge Thatcher did the same with Tom’s at Aunt Polly’s request. Each
lad (男孩) had an income, now, that was simply prodigious—a dollar for every
week-day in the year and half of the Sundays. It was just what the minister got—no, it
was what he was promised—he generally couldn’t collect it. A dollar and a quarter a
week would board, lodge, and school a boy in those old simple days—and clothe him
and wash him, too, for that matter. (3) Judge Thatcher had conceived a great
opinion of Tom. He said that no commonplace boy would ever have got his daughter
out of the cave. When Becky told her father, in strict confidence, how Tom had taken
her whipping at school, the Judge was visibly moved; and when she pleaded grace for
the mighty lie which Tom had told in order to shift that whipping from her shoulders
to his own, the Judge said with a fine outburst that it was a noble, a generous, a
magnanimous lie—a lie that was worthy to hold up its head and march down through
history breast to breast with George Washington’s lauded Truth about the hatchet (短
柄小斧) ! Becky thought her father had never looked so tall and so superb as when he
walked the floor and stamped his foot and said that. She went straight off and told
Tom about it. (4) Judge Thatcher hoped to see Tom a great lawyer or a great soldier
some day. He said he meant to look to it that Tom should be admitted to the National
Military Academy and afterward trained in the best law school in the country, in order
that he might be ready for either career or both. (5) Huck Finn’s wealth and the fact
that he was now under the Widow Douglas’ protection introduced him into society—
no, dragged him into it, hurled him into it—and his sufferings were almost more than
he could bear. The widow’s servants kept him clean and neat, combed and brushed,
and they bedded him nightly in unsympathetic sheets that had not one little spot or
stain which he could press to his heart and know for a friend. He had to eat with a
knife and fork; he had to use napkin, cup, and plate; he had to learn his book, he had
to go to church; he had to talk so properly that speech was become insipid (枯燥乏味
的) in his mouth; whithersoever he turned, the bars and shackles (镣铐) of civilization
shut him in and bound him hand and foot. (6) He bravely bore his miseries three
weeks, and then one day turned up missing. For forty-eight hours the widow hunted
for him everywhere in great distress. The public were profoundly concerned; they
searched high and low, they dragged the river for his body. Early the third morning
Tom Sawyer wisely went poking among some old empty hogsheads (大桶) down
behind the abandoned slaughter-house, and in one of them he found the refugee. Huck
had slept there; he had just breakfasted upon some stolen odds and ends of food, and
was lying off, now, in comfort, with his pipe. He was unkempt (蓬乱的), uncombed,
and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days when
he was free and happy.
1． In Para. 2, the word “prodigious” probably means______.
A．enormous
B．trivial
C．common
D．moderate
正确答案：A
解析：语义题。原文第二段第二句提到，如今，每个男孩都有了一笔收入，
这笔钱prodigious——这一年里每个工作日和半数周日都有一美元，第三句“这
正好是牧师的收入——不，这是他被许诺的收入——他通常领不到这么多钱”和
第四句“在以前那些生活简单的日子里，一周1美元25美分就足够让一个男孩
吃饭、住宿和上学——其实，还能让他买衣服和洗澡”表明这笔钱非常多，由此
可知该词与[A]enomous“巨大的，庞大的”，意思相近，故[A]为答案。[B]“微
不足道的”与原文语义相反，故排除；[C]“普通的”和[D]“适中的”与文意不
符，故排除。 知识模块：阅读
2． What can be concluded from the passage about Judge Thatcher?
A．He voluntarily helped Tom lend money for interests.
B．He was touched by Tom’s help to his daughter.
C．He thought highly of Tom’s lie about the whipping.
D．He hoped Tom could receive military or law education.
正确答案：C
解析：推断题。原文第三段第三句的第二个分句提到，当她请求父亲原谅汤
姆为了替她挨鞭笞而撒的大谎时，法官情绪激动地表示，这是一个高尚的、仁慈
的、宽宏大量的谎言——这个谎言值得抬头挺胸地与华盛顿那句被人称颂的关于
小斧头的真话一起永垂青史。撤切尔法官将汤姆的谎言与华盛顿那句被人称颂的
真话相提并论，由此可以推断出他对汤姆关于鞭笞的谎言评价很高，故[C]为答
案。第二段第一句指出，道格拉斯寡妇把哈克的钱拿出去放债，收取六分利息，
应波莉姨妈的请求，撒切尔法官也对汤姆的钱做了同样的处理，由此可知撒切尔
法官并非自愿帮汤姆放债，故排除[A]；第三段第三句的第一个分句提到，当贝
基悄悄地告诉父亲，汤姆在学校里是如何替她受鞭笞时，法官显然被感动了，[B]
在原文直接提及，无需推断，故排除；第四段第二句指出撒切尔法官打算让汤姆
进入国家军事学院，然后再到全国最好的法学院接受教育，而不是只接受其中的
一种教育，故排除[D]。 知识模块：阅读
3． According to Para. 5, Huck Finn felt______living with the Widow Douglas.
A．lonely
B．dreadful
C．furious
D．excited
正确答案：B
解析：推断题。原文第五段第一句指出，这些折磨让哈克-费恩几乎无法忍
受。紧接着第二句提到寡妇的仆人把他收拾得干净利落，帮他梳头刷牙，每晚让
他睡在冷冰冰的床单上，没有任何他能按在心口做朋友的小斑点或污渍。第三句
则提到他得用刀叉吃饭；他得用餐巾、杯子和碟子；他得念书，上教堂；他得谈
吐得体，以至于他讲的话都乏味无趣；无论走到哪里，文明的枷锁都把他关在其
中，并束缚着他的手脚。这些生活细节，尤其是第三句使用的几个had to表明哈
克-费恩觉得和道格拉斯寡妇住在一起非常糟糕，令他难以忍受，故[B]为答案。
[A]“寂寞的”、[C]“狂怒的”和[D]“兴奋的”在原文均未有所体现，故排除。
知识模块：阅读
4． What can be inferred from Huck Finn’s missing?
A．His missing drew great attention from the public.
B．Some people thought he had died in the river.
C．He was missing for three days.
D．It was Tom Sawyer who found him.
正确答案：B
解析：推断题。原文最后一段第三句的第二个分句提到，他们到处搜寻，还
到河里用拖网打捞他的尸体，由此可知，有些人以为哈克死在了河里，才会想到
去河里打捞他的尸体，故[B]为答案。第三句的第一个分句直接提及公众也非常
关心哈克的失踪，无需推断，故排除[A]。第二句提到寡妇找了哈克整整四十八
个小时，然后在第四句指出汤姆在哈克失踪的第三天一大早就找到了他，由此可
知，哈克是失踪了两天而不是三天，故排除[C]；第四句还提到汤姆非常聪明地
去废弃的屠宰场后面的几个旧空桶里找人，然后在其中的一个空桶里找到了哈
克，[D]在原文直接提及，故排除。 知识模块：阅读
(1) Youngsters have long crossed borders in search of an education. More
than 2,000 years ago the Roman poet Horace went to Athens to join Plato’s Academy.
Oxford University admitted its first known international student, Emo of Friesland, in
1190. Today more than 4. 5m students are enrolled in colleges and universities outside
their own countries. Their fees subsidise local students. Their ideas broaden and
enliven classroom debate. Most go home with happy memories and valuable contacts,
making them more likely in later life to do business with the country where they
studied. Those who stay on use what they have learned to make themselves and their
hosts wealthier, by finding work as doctors, engineers or in some other skilled career.
(2) Immigration policy is hard: Europe is tying itself in knots over how many Syrian
refugees to admit. But the question of whether to welcome foreign students ought to
be much easier. They more than pay their way. They add to the host country’s
collective brainpower. And they are easy to assimilate (同化). Indeed, for ageing rich
countries seeking to import young workers to plug skills gaps and prop up wobbly
pension systems, they are ideal. A foreign graduate from a local university is likely to
be well-qualified, fluent in the local lingo (语言) and at ease with local customs.
Countries should be vying to attract such people. (3) Places with the good fortune
to speak English have a gigantic head start (领先优势). Australia is the leader: a
quarter of its tertiary students come from abroad, a bigger share than in any other
country. Education is now its biggest export, after natural resources. For a while the
influx of brainy foreigners was slowed by an overvalued currency and the reputational
damage from the collapse of some badly run private colleges. But recently the
Australian dollar has weakened, degree mills (野鸡大学) have been shut down, visa
rules have been relaxed—and foreign students have flooded back. Last year their
numbers rose by 10% . (4) Canada, until recently an also-ran, now emulates Oz. In
2014 it set a goal of almost doubling the number of foreign students by 2022. It has
streamlined visa applications and given international students the right to stay and
work for up to three years after graduating. Those who want to make Canada their
home have a good chance of being granted permanent residence. Its share of the
market for footloose students is growing, and numbers have more than doubled in a
decade. (5) America, by contrast, is horribly complacent. In absolute terms, it
attracts the most foreign students, thanks to its size, its outstanding universities and
the lure of Silicon Valley and other brainworking hotspots. But it punches far below
its weight: only 5% of the students on its campuses are foreign. Its visa rules are
needlessly strict and stress keeping out terrorists rather than wooing (招揽) talent. It is
hard for students to work, either part-time while studying or for a year or two after
graduation. The government wants to extend a scheme that allows those with science
and technology qualifications to stay for up to 29 months after graduating. But unions
oppose it, claiming that foreign students undercut their members’ wages. One that
represents high-tech workers in Washington state has filed a court challenge, seeking
to have the scheme axed. The self-harming state (6) Britain is even more
reckless. It, too, has the huge advantages of famous universities and the English
language. But its government has pledged to reduce net immigration to 100,000
people a year, and to this end it is squeezing students. Applying for a student visa has
grown slower and costlier. Working part-time to pay fees is harder. And foreign
students no longer have the right to stay and work for two years after graduation.
Britain’s universities are losing market share: their foreign enrolments are flat even as
their main rivals’ are growing strongly. (7) Sajid Javid, Britain’s business secretary,
says the aim is to “break the link” between studying and immigration. This is
precisely the wrong approach. For a country that wants to recruit talented, productive
immigrants, it is hard to think of a better sifting process than a university education.
Welcoming foreign students is a policy that costs less than nothing in the short term
and brings huge rewards in the long term. Hence the bafflement of James Dyson, a
billionaire inventor, who summed up Britain’s policy thus: “Train’em up. Kick’em out.
It’s a bit shortsighted, isn’t it?”
5． The following are reasons why Australia is becoming attractive again to
foreign students EXCEPT______.
A．the funding for badly run colleges
B．the falling value of currency
C．the management of degree mills
D．the modified visa rules
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。原文第三段第四句虽然提到一些经营不善的私立院校倒闭导
致澳大利亚的名誉受损，曾一度减缓了外国人才的涌入，但并未指出对经营不善
的院校进行资助就能让澳大利亚再度吸引外国学生，由此可知，[A]与原文不符，
故为答案。该段第五句提到最近随着澳元走软，野鸡大学的关闭和签证规定的放
宽——外国学生已重新涌入，这表明澳大利亚再度吸引了外国学生是因为其货币
贬值，对野鸡大学的管理以及放宽签证规定，[B]、[C]和[D]在原文均有提及，故
排除。 知识模块：阅读
6． Which of the following countries intends to change its visa policy to retain
talented overseas students?
A．Australia.
B．Canada.
C．America.
D．Britain.
正确答案：C
解析：细节题。原文第五段第六句提到，美国政府想要延长一项计划里的签
证，允许有科技专业学历的外国学生毕业后留美时间最长为29个月，由此可知，
美国打算改变签证政策来挽留有才华的留学生，故答案为[C]。第三段第五句表
明澳大利亚的签证规定已放宽，第四段第三句指出加拿大已简化签证申请，这两
个国家都是已经对签证政策做出了改变，而不是打算修改，故排除[A]、[B]；原
文只在第六段第四句提到申请英国的学生签证已变得越来越慢，并未提及英国是
2024年5月7日发(作者：盈芷蝶)
专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷196
(题后含答案及解析)
题型有： 5. READING COMPREHENSION
PART V READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten
multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers
marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
(1) The reader may rest satisfied that Tom’s and Huck’s windfall (意外之财)
made a mighty stir in the poor little village of St. Petersburg. So vast a sum, all in
actual cash, seemed next to incredible. It was talked about, gloated over, glorified,
until the reason of many of the citizens tottered under the strain of the unhealthy
excitement. Every “haunted” house in St. Petersburg and the neighboring villages was
dissected, plank by plank, and its foundations dug up and ransacked (搜遍) for hidden
treasure—and not by boys, but men—pretty grave, unromantic men, too, some of
them. Wherever Tom and Huck appeared they were courted, admired, stared at. The
boys were not able to remember that their remarks had possessed weight before; but
now their sayings were treasured and repeated; everything they did seemed somehow
to be regarded as remarkable; they had evidently lost the power of doing and saying
commonplace things; moreover, their past history was raked up and discovered to
bear marks of conspicuous originality. The village paper published biographical
sketches (传略) of the boys. (2) The Widow Douglas put Huck’s money out at six
per cent, and Judge Thatcher did the same with Tom’s at Aunt Polly’s request. Each
lad (男孩) had an income, now, that was simply prodigious—a dollar for every
week-day in the year and half of the Sundays. It was just what the minister got—no, it
was what he was promised—he generally couldn’t collect it. A dollar and a quarter a
week would board, lodge, and school a boy in those old simple days—and clothe him
and wash him, too, for that matter. (3) Judge Thatcher had conceived a great
opinion of Tom. He said that no commonplace boy would ever have got his daughter
out of the cave. When Becky told her father, in strict confidence, how Tom had taken
her whipping at school, the Judge was visibly moved; and when she pleaded grace for
the mighty lie which Tom had told in order to shift that whipping from her shoulders
to his own, the Judge said with a fine outburst that it was a noble, a generous, a
magnanimous lie—a lie that was worthy to hold up its head and march down through
history breast to breast with George Washington’s lauded Truth about the hatchet (短
柄小斧) ! Becky thought her father had never looked so tall and so superb as when he
walked the floor and stamped his foot and said that. She went straight off and told
Tom about it. (4) Judge Thatcher hoped to see Tom a great lawyer or a great soldier
some day. He said he meant to look to it that Tom should be admitted to the National
Military Academy and afterward trained in the best law school in the country, in order
that he might be ready for either career or both. (5) Huck Finn’s wealth and the fact
that he was now under the Widow Douglas’ protection introduced him into society—
no, dragged him into it, hurled him into it—and his sufferings were almost more than
he could bear. The widow’s servants kept him clean and neat, combed and brushed,
and they bedded him nightly in unsympathetic sheets that had not one little spot or
stain which he could press to his heart and know for a friend. He had to eat with a
knife and fork; he had to use napkin, cup, and plate; he had to learn his book, he had
to go to church; he had to talk so properly that speech was become insipid (枯燥乏味
的) in his mouth; whithersoever he turned, the bars and shackles (镣铐) of civilization
shut him in and bound him hand and foot. (6) He bravely bore his miseries three
weeks, and then one day turned up missing. For forty-eight hours the widow hunted
for him everywhere in great distress. The public were profoundly concerned; they
searched high and low, they dragged the river for his body. Early the third morning
Tom Sawyer wisely went poking among some old empty hogsheads (大桶) down
behind the abandoned slaughter-house, and in one of them he found the refugee. Huck
had slept there; he had just breakfasted upon some stolen odds and ends of food, and
was lying off, now, in comfort, with his pipe. He was unkempt (蓬乱的), uncombed,
and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days when
he was free and happy.
1． In Para. 2, the word “prodigious” probably means______.
A．enormous
B．trivial
C．common
D．moderate
正确答案：A
解析：语义题。原文第二段第二句提到，如今，每个男孩都有了一笔收入，
这笔钱prodigious——这一年里每个工作日和半数周日都有一美元，第三句“这
正好是牧师的收入——不，这是他被许诺的收入——他通常领不到这么多钱”和
第四句“在以前那些生活简单的日子里，一周1美元25美分就足够让一个男孩
吃饭、住宿和上学——其实，还能让他买衣服和洗澡”表明这笔钱非常多，由此
可知该词与[A]enomous“巨大的，庞大的”，意思相近，故[A]为答案。[B]“微
不足道的”与原文语义相反，故排除；[C]“普通的”和[D]“适中的”与文意不
符，故排除。 知识模块：阅读
2． What can be concluded from the passage about Judge Thatcher?
A．He voluntarily helped Tom lend money for interests.
B．He was touched by Tom’s help to his daughter.
C．He thought highly of Tom’s lie about the whipping.
D．He hoped Tom could receive military or law education.
正确答案：C
解析：推断题。原文第三段第三句的第二个分句提到，当她请求父亲原谅汤
姆为了替她挨鞭笞而撒的大谎时，法官情绪激动地表示，这是一个高尚的、仁慈
的、宽宏大量的谎言——这个谎言值得抬头挺胸地与华盛顿那句被人称颂的关于
小斧头的真话一起永垂青史。撤切尔法官将汤姆的谎言与华盛顿那句被人称颂的
真话相提并论，由此可以推断出他对汤姆关于鞭笞的谎言评价很高，故[C]为答
案。第二段第一句指出，道格拉斯寡妇把哈克的钱拿出去放债，收取六分利息，
应波莉姨妈的请求，撒切尔法官也对汤姆的钱做了同样的处理，由此可知撒切尔
法官并非自愿帮汤姆放债，故排除[A]；第三段第三句的第一个分句提到，当贝
基悄悄地告诉父亲，汤姆在学校里是如何替她受鞭笞时，法官显然被感动了，[B]
在原文直接提及，无需推断，故排除；第四段第二句指出撒切尔法官打算让汤姆
进入国家军事学院，然后再到全国最好的法学院接受教育，而不是只接受其中的
一种教育，故排除[D]。 知识模块：阅读
3． According to Para. 5, Huck Finn felt______living with the Widow Douglas.
A．lonely
B．dreadful
C．furious
D．excited
正确答案：B
解析：推断题。原文第五段第一句指出，这些折磨让哈克-费恩几乎无法忍
受。紧接着第二句提到寡妇的仆人把他收拾得干净利落，帮他梳头刷牙，每晚让
他睡在冷冰冰的床单上，没有任何他能按在心口做朋友的小斑点或污渍。第三句
则提到他得用刀叉吃饭；他得用餐巾、杯子和碟子；他得念书，上教堂；他得谈
吐得体，以至于他讲的话都乏味无趣；无论走到哪里，文明的枷锁都把他关在其
中，并束缚着他的手脚。这些生活细节，尤其是第三句使用的几个had to表明哈
克-费恩觉得和道格拉斯寡妇住在一起非常糟糕，令他难以忍受，故[B]为答案。
[A]“寂寞的”、[C]“狂怒的”和[D]“兴奋的”在原文均未有所体现，故排除。
知识模块：阅读
4． What can be inferred from Huck Finn’s missing?
A．His missing drew great attention from the public.
B．Some people thought he had died in the river.
C．He was missing for three days.
D．It was Tom Sawyer who found him.
正确答案：B
解析：推断题。原文最后一段第三句的第二个分句提到，他们到处搜寻，还
到河里用拖网打捞他的尸体，由此可知，有些人以为哈克死在了河里，才会想到
去河里打捞他的尸体，故[B]为答案。第三句的第一个分句直接提及公众也非常
关心哈克的失踪，无需推断，故排除[A]。第二句提到寡妇找了哈克整整四十八
个小时，然后在第四句指出汤姆在哈克失踪的第三天一大早就找到了他，由此可
知，哈克是失踪了两天而不是三天，故排除[C]；第四句还提到汤姆非常聪明地
去废弃的屠宰场后面的几个旧空桶里找人，然后在其中的一个空桶里找到了哈
克，[D]在原文直接提及，故排除。 知识模块：阅读
(1) Youngsters have long crossed borders in search of an education. More
than 2,000 years ago the Roman poet Horace went to Athens to join Plato’s Academy.
Oxford University admitted its first known international student, Emo of Friesland, in
1190. Today more than 4. 5m students are enrolled in colleges and universities outside
their own countries. Their fees subsidise local students. Their ideas broaden and
enliven classroom debate. Most go home with happy memories and valuable contacts,
making them more likely in later life to do business with the country where they
studied. Those who stay on use what they have learned to make themselves and their
hosts wealthier, by finding work as doctors, engineers or in some other skilled career.
(2) Immigration policy is hard: Europe is tying itself in knots over how many Syrian
refugees to admit. But the question of whether to welcome foreign students ought to
be much easier. They more than pay their way. They add to the host country’s
collective brainpower. And they are easy to assimilate (同化). Indeed, for ageing rich
countries seeking to import young workers to plug skills gaps and prop up wobbly
pension systems, they are ideal. A foreign graduate from a local university is likely to
be well-qualified, fluent in the local lingo (语言) and at ease with local customs.
Countries should be vying to attract such people. (3) Places with the good fortune
to speak English have a gigantic head start (领先优势). Australia is the leader: a
quarter of its tertiary students come from abroad, a bigger share than in any other
country. Education is now its biggest export, after natural resources. For a while the
influx of brainy foreigners was slowed by an overvalued currency and the reputational
damage from the collapse of some badly run private colleges. But recently the
Australian dollar has weakened, degree mills (野鸡大学) have been shut down, visa
rules have been relaxed—and foreign students have flooded back. Last year their
numbers rose by 10% . (4) Canada, until recently an also-ran, now emulates Oz. In
2014 it set a goal of almost doubling the number of foreign students by 2022. It has
streamlined visa applications and given international students the right to stay and
work for up to three years after graduating. Those who want to make Canada their
home have a good chance of being granted permanent residence. Its share of the
market for footloose students is growing, and numbers have more than doubled in a
decade. (5) America, by contrast, is horribly complacent. In absolute terms, it
attracts the most foreign students, thanks to its size, its outstanding universities and
the lure of Silicon Valley and other brainworking hotspots. But it punches far below
its weight: only 5% of the students on its campuses are foreign. Its visa rules are
needlessly strict and stress keeping out terrorists rather than wooing (招揽) talent. It is
hard for students to work, either part-time while studying or for a year or two after
graduation. The government wants to extend a scheme that allows those with science
and technology qualifications to stay for up to 29 months after graduating. But unions
oppose it, claiming that foreign students undercut their members’ wages. One that
represents high-tech workers in Washington state has filed a court challenge, seeking
to have the scheme axed. The self-harming state (6) Britain is even more
reckless. It, too, has the huge advantages of famous universities and the English
language. But its government has pledged to reduce net immigration to 100,000
people a year, and to this end it is squeezing students. Applying for a student visa has
grown slower and costlier. Working part-time to pay fees is harder. And foreign
students no longer have the right to stay and work for two years after graduation.
Britain’s universities are losing market share: their foreign enrolments are flat even as
their main rivals’ are growing strongly. (7) Sajid Javid, Britain’s business secretary,
says the aim is to “break the link” between studying and immigration. This is
precisely the wrong approach. For a country that wants to recruit talented, productive
immigrants, it is hard to think of a better sifting process than a university education.
Welcoming foreign students is a policy that costs less than nothing in the short term
and brings huge rewards in the long term. Hence the bafflement of James Dyson, a
billionaire inventor, who summed up Britain’s policy thus: “Train’em up. Kick’em out.
It’s a bit shortsighted, isn’t it?”
5． The following are reasons why Australia is becoming attractive again to
foreign students EXCEPT______.
A．the funding for badly run colleges
B．the falling value of currency
C．the management of degree mills
D．the modified visa rules
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。原文第三段第四句虽然提到一些经营不善的私立院校倒闭导
致澳大利亚的名誉受损，曾一度减缓了外国人才的涌入，但并未指出对经营不善
的院校进行资助就能让澳大利亚再度吸引外国学生，由此可知，[A]与原文不符，
故为答案。该段第五句提到最近随着澳元走软，野鸡大学的关闭和签证规定的放
宽——外国学生已重新涌入，这表明澳大利亚再度吸引了外国学生是因为其货币
贬值，对野鸡大学的管理以及放宽签证规定，[B]、[C]和[D]在原文均有提及，故
排除。 知识模块：阅读
6． Which of the following countries intends to change its visa policy to retain
talented overseas students?
A．Australia.
B．Canada.
C．America.
D．Britain.
正确答案：C
解析：细节题。原文第五段第六句提到，美国政府想要延长一项计划里的签
证，允许有科技专业学历的外国学生毕业后留美时间最长为29个月，由此可知，
美国打算改变签证政策来挽留有才华的留学生，故答案为[C]。第三段第五句表
明澳大利亚的签证规定已放宽，第四段第三句指出加拿大已简化签证申请，这两
个国家都是已经对签证政策做出了改变，而不是打算修改，故排除[A]、[B]；原
文只在第六段第四句提到申请英国的学生签证已变得越来越慢，并未提及英国是