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Question

The universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.
The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life. It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way. The university passes on information but it ___53___ the information imaginatively. Imagination is the driving force for the society’s future development.  Students’ imagination is the very ___54___ every university should protect and encourage. A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence. With imagination knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities. It’s no longer a ___56___ on students’ memory. It’s food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.
Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge. Instead it is a way leading to more knowledge. It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge. In the exploration new knowledge ___59___. Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are restless all along.
Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world. Besides it should also be made clear that imagination won’t be most effective without necessary experience.  The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations. The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.

小题1:

A．problem

B．development

C．life

D．inquiry

小题2:

A．connection

B．attraction

C．difference

D．tradition

小题3:

A．technical

B．difficult

C．creative

D．basic

小题4:

A．supposes

B．conveys

C．expects

D．weighs

小题5:

A．spirit

B．goods

C．message

D．theory

小题6:

A．tries

B．pretends

C．fails

D．means

小题7:

A．burden

B．treasure

C．schedule

D．science

小题8:

A．result

B．material

C．cost

D．figure

小题9:

A．superior to

B．familiar with

C．separate from

D．strict with

小题10:

A．takes shape

B．steps in

C．sets off

D．speeds up

小题11:

A．proof

B．excitement

C．greed

D．seed

小题12:

A．temporarily

B．carefully

C．reluctantly

D．finally

小题13:

A．because

B．unless

C．while

D．until

小题14:

A．sympathy

B．solution

C．condition

D．purpose

小题15:

A．require

B．fix

C．imagine

D．achieve

Answer 1

小题1:B小题2:A小题3:C小题4:B小题5:A小题6:C小题7:A小题8:B小题9:C小题10:A小题11:B小题12:D小题13:C小题14:B小题15:D
分 析：
文章阐明大学存在的理由在于激发鼓励学生的想象力，以及要把想象力和经验很好的结合。小题1:考查名词：A. problem问题B. development发展C. life生活   D. inquiry询问，句意：大学存在的理由不是在由研究发现带来的经济或社会发展。选B小题2:考查名词：A. connection联系B. attraction吸引C. difference不同D. tradition传统，大学的真正的功能是保持知识和现实生活的联系。选A小题3:考查形容词：A. technical技术的B. difficult困难的C. creative有创造力的D. basic基础的，它是用有创造力的方式把普通的学生练习起来。选C小题4:考查动词：A. supposes猜想B. conveys传达C. expects期望   D. weighs重量，大学是传达信息的，但是它是通过想象力的方式来传达信息的，选B小题5:考查名词：A. spirit精神B. goods商品C. message信息D. theory理论，学生的想象力是每个大学都要保护鼓励的精神。选A小题6:考查动词：A. tries尝试B. pretends假装C. fails失败D. means意味着，不能做到这一点的大学就没有存在的理由。选C小题7:考查名词：A. burden负担B. treasure财宝C. schedule安排表D. science科学，有了想象力，知识就不是负担，选A小题8:考查名词：A. result结果B. material材料C. cost花费D. figure数字，它是思想的食物，创造性发明的材料。选B小题9:考查词组：A. superior to高于B. familiar with熟悉C. separate from和…分开D. strict with严格，从后面的句子：Instead it is a way leading to more knowledge.可知想象力和知识不是分开的，选C小题10:考查词组：A. takes shape形成B. steps in踏进C. sets off出发D. speeds up加速，在探索中新的知识形成。选A小题11:考查名词：A. proof证据B. excitement兴奋C. greed贪婪D. seed种子，通过无尽的可能给人生增加兴奋。选B小题12:考查副词：A. temporarily暂时B. carefully仔细C. reluctantly自愿D. finally最终，想象力会最终改变世界。选D小题13:考查连词：A. because因为B. unless除非C. while然而D. until直到，有想象力的人经验很少，有经验的人想象力很差。选C小题14:考查名词：A. sympathy同情B. solution解决方法C. condition条件D. purpose目的，大学的解决办法是把这两个因素结合起来。选B小题15:考查动词：A. require要求B. fix固定 C. imagine想象D. achieve取得，达到，使人类得到更多的发展和快乐。选D
点评：
本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。句子较长，考查学生长难句的理解。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。