英語四級閱讀強化習題原文：

　　"If the universities are to do their work," he said, "they must be independent and they must be disinterested... They are places to which men can turn for unbiased judgments. Obviously, the moment the universities fall under political control, or under the control of private interests, or the moment they themselves take a hand in politics and the leadership of government, their value as independent and disinterested sources of judgment is impaired..."

　　This is part of the argument that is going on at Harvard today. Another part is the argument of the militant and even many moderated students: that a university is the keeper of our ideals and morals, and should not be "disinterested" but activist in bringing the Nation's ideals and actions together.

　　Harvard's men of today seem more troubled and less sure about personal, political and academic purpose than they did at the beginning. They are not even clear about how they should debate and resolve their problems, but they are struggling with them privately, and how they come out is bound to influence American university and political life in the 21st century.

　　英語四級閱讀強化習題：

　　61. A "paradox"(Line 1, Paragraph 1 ) is__________.

　　A. an unusual situation

　　B. a parenthetical expression

　　C. a difficult puzzle

　　D. a self-contradiction

　　62. The word "sanctuary", in paragraph 3 refers to __________.

　　A. a holy place dedicated to a certain god

　　B. a temple or nnnnery of the middle age

　　C. a certain place you can hide in and avoid mishaps

　　D. an academy for intelligent people

　　63. The issues in the debate on Harvard's goals are whether the universities should remain independent of our society and its problems, and whether they should __________.

　　A. fight off militarism

　　B. exert greater influence upon the young generation

　　C. take an active part in solving the society's ills

　　D. reconsider the structure of institutes and departments

　　64. In regard to their goals and purposes in life, the author believes that Harward men are becoming __________.

　　A. more sure about them

　　B. less sure about them

　　C. more hopeful of reaching a satisfactory answer

　　D. less interested in them

　　65. In the author's judgment, the ferment going on at Harvard__________.

　　A. will influence the future of America

　　B. will soon be over, because times are bound to change

　　C. is of interest mostly to Harvard men and their friends

　　D. is a sad symbol of our general bewilderment

　　英語四級閱讀強化習題答案：

　　61.D

　　定位：根據題干信息詞paradox可將答案定位到第一段第一句。

　　解析：paradox意為“person，thingor situationdisplaying contradictoryfeatures(有矛盾特點的人、事物或情況)”。文章第一段提到：“美國現今最有趣的一個——是，作為美國高等教育歷史最悠久的大學，哈佛大學正在進行一場嚴峻的爭論，爭論圍繞的中心問題是大學究竟應該是什么樣的，而哈佛大學又是否符合條件。”作為大學卻對自身的合理性、存在的意義產生了疑問，不能不說是一種自相矛盾。故答案選D。

　　62.C

　　定位：根據題干信息“sanctuary”in paragraph 3可將答案定位到第三段第一行。

　　解析：sanctuary本意是“圣殿”，在中世紀一般是指某些教堂或者修道院，可以充當躲避任何政府懲罰’和迫害的避難所。引申義即是：一個人們可以躲進去以避過災禍的地方。文中使用的就是這個意思。

　　從該詞后面的apartfromthepolitical and social revolution ofthe age我們也能得出一些線索。故選C。

　　63.C

　　定位：根據題干信息issuesinthedebateonHarvard’sgoals，andwhetllermeyshould可將答案定位到第三段。

　　解析：關于哈佛大學辦學的宗旨，第三段提出了三種可能：“哈佛大學(或者其他大學)是否應該也是知識分子的避難所;或者，它是否應該成為一個進行政治和社會變革實驗的實驗室;或者，它是否甚至應該成為改革的動力?”三者在大學參與社會問題的程度問題上逐漸深入。其實，大學是應該獨立于社會問題之外，保持其公平性，還是應該在解決社會問題中起積極作用才是文中人們探討的核心問題，也是貫穿文章始終的主旨。故選C。

　　64.B

　　定位：根據題干信息goals and purposes in life，Harvard men are becoming可將答案定位到文章最后一段。

　　解析：文章最后提到：“如今，哈佛人似乎今非昔比，他們面臨更多困惑，對自身的定位、政治的和學術的目標也沒有當初那么明確了。”不難發現答案為B。

　　65.A

　　定位：根據題于信息me author’s judgment可將答案定位到文章最后一段。

　　解析：文章大部分都在轉述他人的觀點，作者只在最后對所探討的問題表述了自己的觀點：無論最終的結果怎樣，都注定將影響21世紀美國的大學和政治生活。故選A。

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