单选题The best argument for the tenure system that protects professional employment in universities is that it allows veteran faculty to hire people smarter than they are and yet remain secure in the knowledge that unless they themselves are caught in an act

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单选题
The best argument for the tenure system that protects professional employment in universities is that it allows veteran faculty to hire people smarter than they are and yet remain secure in the knowledge that unless they themselves are caught in an act of moral turpitude—a concept that in the present climate almost defies definition—the younger faculty cannot turn around and fire them. This is not true in industry.　 Which of the following assumptions is most likely to have been made by the author of the argument above?
A

Industry should follow the example of universities and protect the jobs of managers by instituting a tenure system.

B

If no tenure system existed, veteran faculty would be reluctant to hire new faculty who might threaten the veteran faculty’s own jobs.

C

The traditional argument that the tenure system protects scholars in universities from being dismissed for holding unconventional or unpopular beliefs is no longer persuasive.

D

If a stronger consensus concerning what constitutes moral turpitude existed, the tenure system in universities would be expendable.

E

Veteran faculty will usually hire and promote new faculty whose scholarship is more up-to-date than their own.

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更多“单选题The best argument for the tenure system that protects professional employment in universities is that it allows veteran faculty to hire people smarter than they are and yet remain secure in the knowledge that unless they themselves are caught in an act”相关问题

  • 第1题：

    Bicycling is the best physical activity because it is most comfortable to most people than brisk walking.()


    正确答案:错

  • 第2题：

    The author suggests that______.

    A) we shouldn't blame a person if he fails to act in emergencies

    B) a person must feel guilty if he fails to help

    C) people should be responsible for themselves in emergencies

    D) when you are in trouble, people will help you anyway


    正确答案：A
    答案：A
    [试题分析]作者态度题。
    [详细解答]作者叙述的态度很客观，指出Americans often fail to act的原因不是他们没有人性，而是They were in a group．Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with．所以，可判断，选项A与之相符，应为正确答案。

  • 第3题：

    Where payment of the hire is to be made in cash，the Charterer is not considered to have paid unless what the Shipowner receives is ______.

    A.the equivalent of cash or as good as cash

    B.greater than the specified amount of cash

    C.less than the specified amount of cash

    D.anything that Charterer likes to offer


    正确答案：A

  • 第4题：

    When configuring more than one archival site, which statement is true?（）

    • A、The system will first attempt the transfer using the URL configured last
    • B、The system will transfer the configuration to each archival site
    • C、The system will not transfer to a secondary site unless the previous site fails
    • D、The system will transfer using secure copy protocol (SCP) before attempting FTP

    正确答案:C

  • 第5题：

    单选题
    If he is a common carrier，he is absolutely responsible to the owner of the goods carried （）any loss or damage to them unless caused by an Act of God or the Queen’s enemies，or the inherent vice in the goods themselves，or the negligence of the owner of the goods，or a general average sacrifice.
    A

    by

    B

    to

    C

    at

    D

    for


    正确答案： A
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第6题：

    单选题
    Some people argue that it would do more harm than good for plants and animals to develop through artificial selection. Which statement best supports this argument?
    A

    Roses no longer smell like roses.

    B

    Purebred dogs are disappearing.

    C

    Humans are harmful agents of plant and animal evolution.

    D

    Many domesticated plants and animals can no longer survive in the wild.


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    题干中指出一些人认为人工选择植物和动物对它们发展造成的危害要大于益处，问文中那个陈述可以支撑这一论点。文章第二段指出人们通过人工选择来使植物或动物进行繁殖，而很多栽培植物和驯化动物在野外已无法生存，因此符合题意。其他选项在文中均未提及。

  • 第7题：

    单选题
    The best argument for the tenure system that protects professional employment in universities is that it allows veteran faculty to hire people smarter than they are and yet remain secure in the knowledge that unless they themselves are caught in an act of moral turpitude—a concept that in the present climate almost defies definition—the younger faculty cannot turn around and fire them. This is not true in industry.　 Which of the following assumptions is most likely to have been made by the author of the argument above?
    A

    Industry should follow the example of universities and protect the jobs of managers by instituting a tenure system.

    B

    If no tenure system existed, veteran faculty would be reluctant to hire new faculty who might threaten the veteran faculty’s own jobs.

    C

    The traditional argument that the tenure system protects scholars in universities from being dismissed for holding unconventional or unpopular beliefs is no longer persuasive.

    D

    If a stronger consensus concerning what constitutes moral turpitude existed, the tenure system in universities would be expendable.

    E

    Veteran faculty will usually hire and promote new faculty whose scholarship is more up-to-date than their own.


    正确答案： B
    解析：
    由文段可知，由于长期聘用制度的存在，老资格的教员才会愿意雇佣比它们年轻而且聪明的新教员，所以B项是正确的。

  • 第8题：

    单选题
    What worries Michael Crow most is _____.
    A

    that they’ll not beat other educational “knowledge sites”

    B

    that the spun-off company will remain independent

    C

    that their educational resource will be tapped into

    D

    that their faculty’s brains will be picked by their competitors


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    细节题。从文中第三段中的“Columbia also is anxious not be beaten by some of the other for-profit ‘knowledge sites’”可知，哥伦比亚大学担心被其他提供知识的收费网站打垮，害怕学校教师的劳动成果被窃取，故D项符合题意。

  • 第9题：

    单选题
    In context, which version of the underlined part of sentence 3 (reproduced below) is the best?Baby lobsters are preyed on by fish and crabs because they don't have a hard shell yet and can't defend themselves with fierce claws yet.
    A

    the lobsters still lack both hard shells and fierce claws with which to fend off predator

    B

    the lobsters cannot attack their fish and crab predators with fierce claws or fend their predators off with a hard shell

    C

    they don't have a hard shell yet and can't defend themselves with fierce claws yet

    D

    the lobsters don't have a hard shell and can't yet defend themselves with fierce claws

    E

    the fish and crabs do not have hard shells or fierce claws yet


    正确答案： B
    解析：
    原句中“they”的指代不明，且“yet”的使用造成重复。A项纠正了这些错误且使得句子的表述很清晰。

  • 第10题：

    单选题
    Where payment of the hire is to be made in cash，the Charterer is not considered to have paid unless what the Shipowner receives is（）.
    A

    the equivalent of cash or as good as cash

    B

    greater than the specified amount of cash

    C

    less than the specified amount of cash

    D

    anything that Charterer likes to offer


    正确答案： C
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第11题：

    单选题
    A lot of blind people in the world have to suffer because ______.
    A

    ORBIS didn’t do its best to offer help

    B

    there is no good medical knowledge and skills

    C

    some countries can’t afford medical knowledge and skills

    D

    developing countries don’t pay much attention to the blind


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    细节理解题。在谈到有2800人不用受苦，作者紧接着说“Unluckily, rich countries have this knowledge, but developing countries do not”，很多发展中国家不知道这些。下文又提到ORBIS为这些国家提供支持。所以世界上还有许多盲人受苦是因为有些国家无法支付他们学习知识的费用。

  • 第12题：

    单选题
    The sentence “Traffic accidents decline millions of lives” means” ______.
    A

    Traffic accidents make some people become millionaires

    B

    Many people die from traffic accidents

    C

    Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents

    D

    Millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    词语释义题。实质考查decline的意思，文中表示“夺取，扼杀”。只有B项“交通事故造成许多人的死亡”符合原句意思。

  • 第13题：

    The main reason why people fail to act when they stay together is that______.

    A) they are afraid of emergencies

    B) they are reluctant to get themselves involved

    C) others will act if they themselves hesitate

    D) they do not feel any direct responsibility for those who need help


    正确答案：D
    答案：D
    [试题分析]细节题。
    [详细解答]文章第四段指出They feel that others will act． They，themselves，needn't．They do not feel any direct re sponsibility．所以D项内容与之相符，应为正确答案。

  • 第14题：

    When configuring more than one archival site, which statement is true?()

    A. The system will first attempt the transfer using the URL configured last

    B. The system will transfer the configuration to each archival site

    C. The system will not transfer to a secondary site unless the previous site fails

    D. The system will transfer using secure copy protocol (SCP) before attempting FTP


    参考答案：C

  • 第15题：

    资料： The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.
    As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with today’s relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.
    For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor. People are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. A large number of poor people are Old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old, the normal retirement age.
    Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they do not have any motivation, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job.
    Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.
    At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways. First, if the national economy grows, businesses and industries hire more workers. Some of the poor who are qualified to look for jobs may find employment. Then they will no longer be below the poverty line. Second, if society invests in the poor, the poor will become more productive. If the government spends money on social programs, education, and training for poor people, the poor will have the skills to offer. Then it is more likely that they can find jobs.
    Finally, if the government distributes society's income differently, it raises some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non－poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare. In 1975 over 18 million people in the United States received welfare.
    Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people depend on welfare for a minimally acceptable standard of living.

    We may conclude from the passage that _______

    A.poor people are bound to go out of the poverty line if they have chances to do business
    B.welfare will enable people to be rich
    C.employment is the best solution to the poverty problem
    D.better solutions to the poverty problem are not found yet

    答案：D
    解析：
    本题考查的是判断推理。
    【关键词】conclude; from the passage
    【主题句】第二段Therefore, even with today's relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below
    the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living.（因此，即使今天有相对较高的生活水平，大约有百分之十的美国人处于贫困线以下。然而，如果他们有稳定的工作，就会满意自己的生活水平。）；倒数第二段The government collects taxes from the non－poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare.（政府从非贫困人口中征税，把钱分给穷人。我们把这些给穷人的费用称为福利。）；最后一段Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people depend on welfare for a minimally acceptable standard of living.（一些经济学家寻找更好解决贫困问题的方法。然而目前，许多人依靠福利勉强糊口。）
    【解析】第5题问“我们可以从文章推断出什么？”。A选项“如果穷人有机会做生意，他们就会走出贫困线。”文章第三段第三句话说“如果穷人有稳定的工作，他们就会满意自己的生活水平，”这里并没有说他们要去做生意，属于过度推测，所以A选项排除；B选项“福利会使人们富裕”。文章在倒数第二段涉及到福利（welfare），但并未说给福利会让人变有钱，也属于过度推测，故排除；C选项“就业是解决贫困的最佳方法”。文章在最后一段第一句提到“一些经济学家寻找更好解决贫困问题的方法”，换言之，目前没有最好解决贫困的方法；D选项“人们尚未发现更好解决贫困的方法”，最后一段第一句说经济学家仍然在寻找解决问题的方法，言外之意目前并未出现解决贫困的最佳方法，所以D选项和原文信息一致。

  • 第16题：

    单选题
    _____ gives people more knowledge of the society than literature.
    A

    Anything

    B

    Nothing

    C

    Something

    D

    Everything


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    句意：在给人们增加社会知识方面，没有什么能够与文学相比。故选择nothing。

  • 第17题：

    单选题
    Some people are often surprised by what other people do. According to Berger, that is mainly because _____.
    A

    some people are more emotional than others

    B

    some people are not aware of the fact that we will never completely know another person

    C

    some people are sensitive enough to sense the change of other people’s attitudes

    D

    some people choose to keep to themselves


    正确答案： B
    解析：
    根据第二、三段的内容可以推出，有一些人总是为他人的所作所为吃惊，这是因为他们没有意识到我们永远不可能完全了解一个人。

  • 第18题：

    问答题
    We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would　　 1．______say that there are not 5 percent of the people who are equipped with schooling,including college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant ofscience than people with comparable education in Western Europe.　　　　　　　　　　 ?2．______There are a lot of kids who know everything about computers — how tobuild them, how to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So　　　 ? ? 3．______if you ask them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into　　 ? ?4．______creating the computer, you don’t have the faintest idea.　　　　　　　　　　　　 ? ? 5．______　　The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of　　 ? ?6．______human creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between　　 ? 7．______science and technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the　8．______production of new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is theapplication of knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or thelike. The two are really very different, and people who have the faculty for onevery seldom have a faculty for the others.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ?9．______Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can providetechnology, it is not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast　　 10．______the consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.

    正确答案：
    1.将which改为where或在which前加in。 此处需要一个状语从句,而不是which引导的定语从句。
    2.√
    3.将so改为but/however/nevertheless。 根据上下文可知这里是转折关系,而不是顺承关系。
    4.去掉about。 explain是及物动词,可以直接加宾语。
    5.将you改为they。 此处的先行词是the kids。
    6.将like改为as。such as 是固定搭配,“比如,例如”。
    7.将takes改为gives。 give rise to是固定搭配,表示“引起,导致”之意。
    8.将differ改为distinguish。 differ表示“有区别”,这里要用distinguish,表示“区分,找出……的差别”。
    9.将others改为other。 he other和上文的one构成固定搭配,表示在两者中“一个……;另外一个……”。
    10.将harmful改为harmless。 这里是双重否定表肯定,若用harmful则意义相反,不能与上文形成对比关系。
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第19题：

    单选题
    When configuring more than one archival site, which statement is true?（）
    A

    The system will first attempt the transfer using the URL configured last

    B

    The system will transfer the configuration to each archival site

    C

    The system will not transfer to a secondary site unless the previous site fails

    D

    The system will transfer using secure copy protocol (SCP) before attempting FTP


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第20题：

    单选题
    What is the requirement of a navigator who used an ECDIS?（）
    A

    Good navigational knowledge and a professional job attitude

    B

    Good computer knowledge

    C

    Good system knowledge

    D

    Nothing special


    正确答案： B
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第21题：

    单选题
    Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than having done it themselves.
    A

    doing      

    B

    do

    C

    to do      

    D

    did


    正确答案： D
    解析： 句意：许多人喜欢由专业人士来完成他们的税收申报表格，而不是由他们自己亲自完成。prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.宁愿做某事而不愿做某事，在此句型中rather than后面要用动词原形，所以B选项正确。

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    When people want to relax themselves, they prefer _____ TV or listen to music rather than _____ newspapers.
    A

    watching; read

    B

    watching; to read

    C

    to watch; read

    D

    to watch; reading


    正确答案： B
    解析：
    prefer to do…rather than do…为固定短语。

  • 第23题：

    单选题
    Unless it is unavoidable do not jump from a place higher than 5 meters into the water． Try to minimize the shock of sudden cold immersion． When should the said caution be taken into account?（）.
    A

    The mariners try to put out fire on board of vessel

    B

    The people on board try to survive themselves from a ship in perils

    C

    The salvors take actions to rescue the survivors at sea

    D

    The pilot come on board from his boat in bad weather


    正确答案： C
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第24题：

    单选题
    Even though most universities retain the royalties from faculty members’ inventions, the faculty members retain the royalties from books and articles they write. Therefore, faculty members should retain the royalties from the educational computer software they develop.　 The conclusion above would be more reasonably drawn if which of the following were inserted into the argument as an additional premise?
    A

    Royalties from inventions are higher than royalties from educational software programs.

    B

    Faculty members are more likely to produce educational software programs than inventions.

    C

    Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and articles.

    D

    In the experience of most universities, educational software programs are more marketable than are books and articles.

    E

    In terms of the criteria used to award royalties, educational, software programs are more nearly comparable to books and articles than to inventions.


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    文段提到：大学拥有教职员工发明的专利权；教职员工拥有著书或文章的版税，然后得到结论：教职员工应该拥有他们编制的教学计算机软件的版税，所以可以推断编制的教学计算机软件同书和文章是一个类别的，故应该补充E项的条件，即本题选E项。

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