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Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasi

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问题     Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasingly hard to come by.
    Recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 4,000 jobs in the legal sector were cut in June and July, capping a 12-month stretch in which the field lost about 17,000 positions. Summer associate programs, often a stable track to future employment for law students, also fell victim to a sour economy.
    But more law school admission tests were administered in the most recent testing year than ever before. From June 2009 to February 2010, there were 171,514 requests for the LSAT, a 13.3 percent increase from the previous year, says Wendy Margolis, communications director at the nonprofit Law School Admission Council, which administers the test.
    With demand and costs climbing while job prospects diminish, what’s happening to the value of a legal education? The answer is debatable, says William Henderson, a professor at the Indiana University. He notes that in this economic climate, even a degree from a top law school does not guarantee a job.
    But Ann Levine, a law school admissions consultant, says that dimming job prospects and increasingly high tuition have yet to deter those in her nationwide client pool from seeking elite placements. " People want to generally go to the best law school they can get into, regardless of costs. " She says. One of Levine’s clients Oriana Pietrangelo turned down several full rides in favor of a partial scholarship this fall to the University of Notre Dame Law School, a highly ranked school whose " name goes fairly far".
    Reasons for tuition increases vary by school, though the pattern is that tuition rarely goes down. Instead, relatively small tuition increases are touted as big news. At Vanderbilt University Law School, tuition will increase 2. 7 percent to $ 44,900 before fees, the smallest uptick in 44 years, according to the school. Public law schools are feeling the heat of tight state budgets. Funding for higher education has been slashed in at least 43 financially strapped states, according to a recent report. Higher education funding in Texas, for example, was reduced by $ 73 million, and public universities in Indiana saw a $ 150 million decrease this year. The budget pressures are pushing tuition upward.
    Still, law school officials voice continued support for ambitious students choosing a legal education, especially when the curricula embrace the changing tides of the professional market. " I think that law school remains a great investment because of the kinds of analytical skills law school teaches," says Paul Schiff Berman, dean of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, "whether you end up practicing at a law firm, or going into business, or going into government. "  
By saying "small tuition increases are touted as big news"(Line 2, Paragraph 5), the author implies that______.
选项 A、tuition hasn’t risen as much as people are convinced of
B、big news media first detected the increase of tuition
C、the increase of tuition has attracted wide attention
D、the news media forecast even greater increase of tuition
答案A
解析 语义题。本句的理解应立足于全文。文章开篇提出法学院学费的增高与其就业前景的黯淡不能匹配，又援引了大量的数据和各方的热议，可见学费上涨引起了社会的广泛关注。而在本句之后，却给出了一个校方数据：tuition will increase 2．7 percent to $44，900 before fees，the smallest uptick in 44 years…，说明学费的涨幅反而下降了。两相对比，可见上涨虽是事实，可也不像新闻炒作使人们相信的那样夸张。故[A]项表达意义最为贴切。四个选项中最易排除[B]，因为学费上涨究竟是谁先发现的，与文章主题完全无关，考生应注意不要受“big news”这类原词的影响。[D]项错误与此类似，其内容与下文的举例不能匹配，故也可排除。[C]项所述符合文章内容，但不能准确全面地揭示本句的含义。
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