Question

Cambridge graduates are the most employable in the world，according to a global league table．The ancient university is the best at producing graduates who are‘ready to work’，a poll of major employers found．

Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year．Harvard and Yale—part of the US‘Ivy League’of universities—were second and third respectively．

Five British universities were ranked in the top 20—one more than last year—and 12 were in the full list of 150．

But the UK as a country came third—behind the US and Germany—when companies were asked to name the best nation for producing work—ready graduates．

The table—the Global Employability(就業(yè)能力)University Ranking published by the International New York Times—also showed that universities in Asian countries were rapidly gaining ground on their western counterparts (對手)．

Asian universities claimed 20 percent of the top 150 places in 2014 compared with only 10 percent when the tables were first published in 2010．

The other British universities in the top 20 were University College London，in 14th place，Imperial College London，in 15th，and Edinburgh，18th．

The table showed the gap between a small number of top UK universities and less famous institutions．

Laurent Dupasquier，managing partner at Emerging，a French human resources consultancy，said：“The top tier players．global brands (which tend to be all American and British)．continue to lead，while other Anglo—Saxon universities，those that are mainly regional players，tend to develop less well，with an average of five places lost in comparison with last year．”

“Like the Premier League(英超聯(lián)賽)，the champions have an international community of students and think internationally，unlike their more locally oriented counterparts．”

The table was made following a survey of 2,500 major companies in 20 countries．Employers were asked to rank universities against a range of criteria including their production of graduates who are ready to work and their links with business．

The study claimed that‘the days of ivory towers are over’．

1.Which university had the best work-ready graduates last year?

A．Cambridge． B．Oxford．

C．Harvard． D．Yale．

2.The underlined phrase“gaining ground”in Paragraph 5 probably refers to ____________．

A．falling behind

B．coming into conflict

C．making room

D．becoming more successful

3.What can we learn about the UK universities from the text?

A．There are many quality gaps between UK universities．

B．The UK produced the most work-ready graduates this year．

C．Universities in the UK make up most of the top 20．

D．Almost all UK university graduates are employable．

4.Why do regional UK universities tend to develop less well this year?

A．They couldn’t raise enough education fund．

B．They have students from all over the world．

C．They lack international students and think locally．

D．The UK government didn’t support them at a11．

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：2014年全球畢業(yè)生就業(yè)能力榜。

1.B細節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第二段Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year．(去年的榜首——牛津大學，今年卻跌至第四位。)可知，該題正確答案為B.

2.D詞意猜測題。A．falling behind落后；B．coming into conflict產(chǎn)生沖突；C．making room退讓；D．becoming more successful變得跟成功；根據(jù)下一段（第六段）所講：2014年亞洲大學占據(jù)榜單前150位中的20%，比2010年榜單第一次發(fā)布時僅有的10%有了明顯的增長。可推知該詞組所在句的句意為：這份由《國際紐約時報》發(fā)布的全球就業(yè)能力大學排名榜單，還反映出亞洲的大學正在迅速培養(yǎng)人才，與西方大學分庭抗禮。故該題正確答案為D.

3.A細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)文章中一家法國人力資源咨詢公司的經(jīng)營合伙人勞倫·達帕斯奎爾(Laurent Dupasquier)所講：“世界最頂層的競爭者，那些全球知名學府(他們大多是英美的)，仍然位列前茅。但是其他的英國大學多數(shù)都是地區(qū)性的學府，表現(xiàn)稍遜，與去年相比，這些學府平均失去了5個榜單位置�？芍�，英國大學之間存在著大的質(zhì)量差距。故該題正確答案為A.

4.“跟英超一樣，這些知名大學有來自全球各地的學生和國際化思維，不像其他以地區(qū)為導向的同行們�！笨赏浦�，英國地方性的大學表現(xiàn)稍遜是因為其缺乏國際生和思維的局限性。故該題正確答案為C.

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