2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精讲训练6.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精讲训练6 Passage One Dropouts for Ph. D. s Educators are seriously concerned about the high rate of dropouts among the doctor of philosophy candidates and the consequent loss of talent to a nation in need of Ph. D. s. Some have placed the dropouts loss as high as 50 p ercent. The extent of the loss was, however, largely a matter of expert guessing. Last week a well-rounded study was published. It was published. It was based on 22,000 questionnaires sent to former graduate students who were enrolled in 24 universities and it seemed to show many past fears to be groundless.