2. 外语
  3. A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards K. c

A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards K. c

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问题     A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually
    F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards
    K. combining L. sense M. ideally N. rules O. that
    Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical list. The rhino is doomed due to increasingly cash-rich Asia’s belief【C1】______ its horn has some kind of Harry Potter magical power. The beast’s【C2】______ is an object lesson in the dangers of giving idiots money. But it is not only our friends in the animal kingdom who are being destroyed by economic forces beyond their control. The world’s thinkers are now also a gravely【C3】______ species. And yet,【C4】______ the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not even the most hasty plan in place to protect them.
    Once thinkers were everywhere, like butterflies, sparrows and bees, which have also【C5】______ disappeared. No one under 40 can be expected to【C6】______ the prevalent abundance of pure thought that once characterised our culture. It has disappeared gradually, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in streams, as if it never were.
    Today, all our universities are【C7】______ book-balancing business schools or results-driven scientific research centres, treating students as customers who【C8】______ to see an investment return in the form of increased living【C9】______ and higher salaries in exchange for spending their student loans, and funded by patrons and public bodies wanting to see practical results. Once you joined a university to service the global advancement of ideas. Now you employ it to make you more employable. We are unconvinced as to the actual practical value of rhinos, but we have a 【C10】______ that it reflects badly on us if these things are allowed to disappear on our watch. The same is true of thinkers.
【C8】
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答案B
解析 此处需填入能接不定式作宾语的动词，作定语从句谓语。词库中只有remember和deserve符合要求。remember to do sth．意为“记得要做某事”，deserve to do sth．意为“配得上做某事”。空格前说大学对待学生如同顾客，顾客在付出了时间和金钱后期望得到回报自然是理所应当之事，因此选deserve。
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