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  3. The U.S. system of higher education is widely considered the world’s best. A college education【C1】________substantial benefits—a

The U.S. system of higher education is widely considered the world’s best. A college education【C1】________substantial benefits—a

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问题     The U.S. system of higher education is widely considered the world’s best. A college education【C1】________substantial benefits—about $20,000 per year【C2】________extra earnings over the course of a lifetime.【C3】________, according to a recent survey, 57 percent of Americans think higher education is not a good value,【C4】________they know how much it boosts earning power. And with the cost of many state universities【C5】________, the perceptions that college is too expensive for most people are【C6】________.
    Clearly, higher education officials must think harder about affordability—including not only more scholarship money but also lower costs and higher【C7】________One promising idea is the three-year degree which enables students to spend【C8】________. And they would have an extra year of work to pay the costs of education.
    There are many【C9】________approaches to the three-year degree: Schools can make it easier for students to【C10】________college credit earned in high school; they can fashion programs that【C11】________nearly four years of credits into three years, making use of summer and online learning; they can consider a more focused and streamlined curriculum. What all such【C12】________assume is that universities and colleges could make more intensive use of resources that often lie idle for much of the year under the【C13】________pattern.
    But up to now, only a handful of schools offered three-year degree【C14】________. Colleges and universities prefer to【C15】________the four-year model because of powerful economic incentives. Most won’t offer a three-year option【C16】________those incentives change. That may be starting to happen: The recent budget proposal by Ohio Governor John Kasich requires the state’s public univer sities to prepare【C17】________to offer three-year undergraduate degrees. It probably will take successful innovation by one or more large state systems to【C18】________change nationwide. Perhaps federal aid to universities or the schools’ participation in the student loan program could be partly conditioned on offering a three-year degree option. Today’s students have the ability to acquire and【C19】________knowledge faster than any previous generation,【C20】________technology. Higher education needs to catch up.
【C16】
选项 A、if
B、since
C、after
D、until
答案D
解析 空格前说“多数高校不会提供三年制选择”，空格后则说“那些经济刺激改变”。根据上文“由于强大的经济刺激，很多高等院校更倾向四年制学位模式”，可推出“只有经济刺激改变了。他们才愿意实行三年模式”，故选D项(not)…until“直到……才”。由于上半句出现否定词won’t，若代入A项if“如果”，则句意会相反。B项since“由于”，“不提供三年制选择”和“经济刺激改变”并不存在因果关系。C项after“在……之后”，表明在经济刺激改变之后高校不会提供三年制，语义也相反。
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