2 . From Oxford’s quads to Harvard Yard and many a steel and glass palace of higher education in between, exams are given way to holidays. As students consider life after graduation, universities are
On one front, a funding
At the same time, a(n)
The universities least likely to lose out to online competitors are elite institutions with established reputations and low student-to-tutor ratios. That is
The most vulnerable, according to Jim Lerman of Kean University in New Jersey, are the “middle-tier institutions, which produce America's teachers, middle managers and administrators.” They could be
Since the first wave of massive online courses launched in 2012, an opposition has focused on their
Without the personal touch, higher education could become “an icebound, petrified (石化的) cast-iron university.” That is what the new wave of high-tech courses should not become. But as a(n)
A.answering | B.facing | C.settling | D.guessing |
A.reviewed | B.existed | C.substituted | D.changed |
A.situation | B.trend | C.crisis | D.relief |
A.owing to | B.apart from | C.except for | D.rather than |
A.patiently | B.generously | C.naturally | D.ignorantly |
A.technological | B.professional | C.educational | D.geographical |
A.difference | B.emphasis | C.harmony | D.explosion |
A.fundamental | B.administrative | C.financial | D.psychological |
A.responsible for | B.eager for | C.curious about | D.enthusiastic about |
A.observe | B.chase | C.witness | D.survive |
A.shocking | B.good | C.annoying | D.neutral |
A.promoted | B.replaced | C.maintained | D.marketed |
A.failure | B.projects | C.innovation | D.progress |
A.resist | B.release | C.adjust | D.resemble |
A.object | B.relation | C.implication | D.alternative |
Scientists and engineers
Two American researchers, Andrew McKenzie from the University of Kansas and Jeffrey Punske of Southern Illinois University, have explored one possible problem with such travel. They considered the possibility
Languages naturally change as communities grow more isolated from each other, the researchers noted in the paper. The long isolation of a community could lead to enough differences in language to make
The researchers say one possible solution to
1.
A.They sold their old house. |
B.They built a new place for a van. |
C.They sold their second car. |
D.They moved to their grandparent’ house. |
A.A family with a baby. |
B.A family with much money. |
C.A family with an interest in vans. |
D.A family with more than two children. |
A.Some people think motor homes are cheap. |
B.Big families can put more things in motor homes. |
C.They enable a family to have a happier holiday together. |
D.They can take people to another city when people are free. |
Young Chinese are rebelling against society through a simple act of resistance: lying down. Examples of the tangping, or “lying flat”, way of life
Tangping
“People realize there is no upward mobility,” said Yicheng Wang, a PhD student in political science at Boston University,
The term developed after an April post on the Tieba forum where the author, unemployed for the last two years, described a low-effort, low-cost lifestyle that consisted of working just a few months out of the year.
“Lying flat is my sophistic movement,” he wrote, referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a barrel. He posted a picture of himself lying in bed in the middle of the day with the curtains
In the following weeks, a “lying flat” group on the online forum Douban surged to 9,000 members. Internet users identified themselves as “lying flatists”,
But
For Zhang in Wuxi, lying flat is not about giving up or withdrawing from society. “Many people want to lie down because 996 is too tiring,” she said, referring to the notorious hours common in tech industry,
“I’m interviewing for jobs while writing a little and looking for direction,