南京师范大学学硕研究生写作试卷(2015.1).doc

南京师范大学学硕研究生《研究生英语读与写》试卷 （2015.1） 姓名________________ 院系________________ 英语班级____________ 序号________________ Ⅰ．Read the following passage carefully, and then choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each of the questions that follow. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (10%)The Turkish government is planning to open 15 new universities in developing provinces of Turkey. This is?a response to pressure coming from local MPs who in turn voice the demands of their constituencies. While the already existing 85 universities are wrestling with financial and academic difficulties, it does not seem to be a good idea to add new universities to the system of higher education. 2. First of all, the new universities will experience staffing problems. That is, they will have difficulty finding?faculty that is qualified to teach in these budding universities. In our country the number of academicians who meet the academic requirements is limited. New universities will have two choices: either to draw from the existing pool or to employ under-qualified people. To attract those instructors from other universities they will have to offer attractive incentives. Since these will be state universities they will not have the necessary funds and most academics will be unwilling to go to small town universities where academic and life standards are below par. The only venue open to these universities will be to employ local professionals or under-qualified instructors. Thus the unemployment problem of local teachers is solved. Yet, the inevitable result will follow: a drop in the quality of education. 3. In addition to recruitment problems, small town universities will have financial difficulties. The funds allocated to them by the state will not be enough to build from scratch all the facilities that make a university a “real university”. A university is more than a few classrooms. Students will need dorms, gyms, cafeterias, sports facilities, labs and computers f