corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Tennessee’s technical and community colleges will not outsource (夕卜包）management of their facilities to a private company, a decision one leader said was bolstered by an analysis of spending at each campus.
In an email sent Monday to college presidents in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing Chancellor John Morgan said an internal analysis showed that each campus’ spending on facilities management fell well below the industry standards identified by the state. Morgan said those findings — which included data from the system’s 13 community colleges, 27 technical colleges and six universities 一 were part of the decision not to move forward with Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal to privatize management of state buildings in an effort to save money.
“While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial,” Morgan wrote to the presidents. “System institutions are operating very efficiently based on this analysis, raising the question of the value of pursuing a broad scale outsourcing initiative.”
Workers，advocates have criticized Haslam’s plan, saying it would mean some campus workers would lose their jobs or benefits. Haslam has said colleges would be free to opt in or out of the outsourcing plan, which has not been finalized.
Morgan notified the Haslam administration of his decision to opt out in a letter sent last week. That letter, which includes several concerns Morgan has with the plan, was originally obtained by The Commercial Appeal in Memphis.
In an email statement from the state’s Office of Customer Focused Government, which is examining the possibility of outsourcing, spokeswoman Michelle R. Martin said officials were still working to analyze the data from the Board of Regents. Data on management expenses at the college system and in other state departments will be part of a “business justification” the state will use as officials deliberate the specifics of an outsourcing plan.
“The state’s facilities management project team is still in the process of
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developing its business justification and expects to have that completed and available to the public at the end of February,Martin said. “At this time there is nothing to take action on since the analysis has yet to be completed.”
Morgan’s comments on outsourcing mark the second time this month that he has come out against one of Haslam’s plans for higher education in Tennessee. Morgan said last week that he would retire at the end of January because of the governor’s proposal to split off six universities of the Board of Regents system and create separate governing boards for each of them. In his resignation letter, Morgan called the reorganization “unworkable.”
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46.What do we learn about the decision of technical and community colleges in Tennessee?
A) It is backed by a campus spending analysis. B) It has been flatly rejected by the governor.
C) It has neglected their faculty’s demands. situation.
47.What does the campus spending analysis reveal? A) Private companies play a big role in campus management. B) Facilities management by colleges is more cost-effective. C) Facilities management has greatly improved in recent years. D) Colleges exercise full control over their own financial affairs.
48.Worker’ supporters argue that Bill Haslam’s proposal would_______. A) deprive colleges of the right to manage their facilities B) make workers less motivated in performing duties C) render a number of campus workers jobless D) lead to the privatization of campus facilities
49.What do we learn from the state spokeswoman’s response to John Morgan’s
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D) It will improve their financial
decision?
A) The outsourcing plan is not yet finalized. B) The outsourcing plan will be implemented.
C) The state officials are confident about the outsourcing plan. D) The college spending analysis justifies the outsourcing plan.
50.Why did John Morgan decide to resign?
A) He had lost confidence in the Tennessee state government. B) He disagreed with the governor on higher education policies. C) He thought the state’s outsourcing proposal was simply unworkable. D) He opposed the governor’s plan to reconstruct the college board system. 46. What do many researchers generally accept? A) It is imperative to protect scientists’ patents. B)Repositories are essential to scientific research. C)Open data sharing is most important to medical science. D)Open data sharing is conducive to scientific advancement. 【答案】D
【解析】由题干中的关键词many researchers, generally accept可定位至原文的第一段。D项中的is conducive to scientific advancement 对应原文的 accelerate science。因此选 D。
47. What is the attitude of most researchers towards making their own data public?
A) Opposed. B) Ambiguous. C) Liberal. D) Neutral. 【答案】A
【解析】本题定位至原文第一段的最后：但是大部分研究人员仍不愿意将自己的劳动成果放在网上。此外，第二段的第二句说到， 科学家曾经给出许多反对共享的原因??。这充分说明大部分研究人员反对公开他们的数据。因此选A。
48. According to the passage, what might hinder open data sharing? A) The fear of massive copying.
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B)The lack of a research culture.
C)The belief that research data is private intellectual property. D)The concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it. 【答案】C
【解析】本题定位至原文的第三段。其中原文中的“将数据视为私人所有的研究文化”也就是“认为研究数据是private intellectual property的观点”，因此选C。
49. What helps lift some of the barriers to open data sharing? A)The ever-growing demand for big data. B) The advancement of digital technology. C)The changing attitude of journals and funders. D) The trend of social and economic development. 【答案】C
【解析】由题干中的关键词barriers可定位至原文的第三段。该段指出，障碍正在消失，部分原因是全世界的杂志和资金资助机构正在鼓励科学家们将数据公开。??资金资助机构表明使用公共资金赞助的数据应该成为公共信息。这表明杂志和资助方的态度已经开始接受共享数据的观念，其态度发生了改变，因此选C。
50. Dryad serves as an example to show how open data sharing ________. A)is becoming increasingly popular B) benefits sharers and users alike C)makes researchers successful D)saves both money and labor 【答案】B
【解析】由题干中的关键词Dryad可定位至倒数第二段。原文意思是使用者对公开的数据有疑问的，还可对这些数据提出问题，这样可以使分享者进一步完善数据。这说明，公开数据分享无论对于数据的分享者还是使用者，他们都能从中受益。因此选B。
Passage Two
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