“The state’s facilities management project team is still in the process of 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”.
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. D)It will improve their financial situation. 【答案】A
【解析】由题干中的关键词decision，technical and community colleges, Tennessee可定位至第一段。A选项中的backed与原文中的bolstered 同义，因此选A。
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 foil control over their own financial affairs. 【答案】B
【解析】由题干中的关键词campus spending analysis, reveal可 以定位至原文的第二段。题干中的reveal对应原文中的showed。因此选B。 48. Workers’ 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 【答案】C
48.【解析】由题干中的关键词Workers’ supporters, Bill Haslam’s proposal可以定位至第四段。该段的第一句指出，工人拥护者已经批判了哈斯拉姆的计划，他们表示这将意味着一些校园工人可能会失去他们的工作或利益。因此选 C。
49. What do we learn from the state spokeswoman’s response to John Morgan’s 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. 【答案】A
49.【解析】由题干中的关键词spokeswoman可定位至第六段。该段指出，发言人Michelle R. Martin表示官员们还在分析评议委员会的数据。大学体系和其他州相关部门的管理费用数据将会是“商业理由”的一部分，田纳西州会用此来研讨外包计划的细节。这说明，外包计划还在讨论中，尚未成定论，因此选A。
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.
【答案】D
【解析】由题干中的关键词John Morgan, resign可定位至最后一段。该段的最后一句指出，在他的辞职信中，摩根表示这一重组计划“不切实际”。言外之意就是反对州长重组大学董事会的计划。因此选D。
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and above all, Rome, as the culmination(终极) of their classical education. Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also Americans to the art and culture of France and Italy for the next 300 years. Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts. The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art. The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome. Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.
London was a frequent starting point for Grand Tourists, and Paris a compulsory destination; many traveled to the Netherlands, some to Switzerland and Germany, and a very few adventurers to Spain, Greece, or Turkey. The essential place to visit, however, was Italy. The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as “being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics”. Within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist. Panini’s Ancient Rome and Modem Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches. Since there were few museums anywhere in Europe before the close of the eighteenth century, Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures by gaining admission to private collections, and many were eager to acquire examples of Greco-Roman and Italian art for their own collections. In England, where architecture was increasingly seen as an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied what they learned from the villas of
Palladio in the Veneto and the evocative (唤起回忆的) ruins of Rome to their own country houses and gardens.
51. What is said about the Grand Tour?
A) It was fashionable among young people of the time. B)It was unaffordable for ordinary people. C)It produced some famous European artists. D)It made a compulsory part of college education. 【答案】B
【解析】由题干中的关键词the Grand Tour定位至第一段第二句。由此可知，大旅行对 于一般人来说是负担不起的。故选B。
52. What did Grand Tourists have in common? A) They had much geographic knowledge. B)They were courageous and venturesome.
C)They were versed in literature and interested in art. D)They had enough travel and outdoor-life experience. 【答案】C
【解析】由题干中的关键词Grand Tourists定位至第二段第一句。选项C是对原文 的同义表述，其中were versed in对应原文中的a thorough grounding in。故选C。
53. How did Grand Tourists benefit from their travel?
A) They found inspiration in the world’s greatest masterpieces. B)They got a better understanding of early human civilization. C)They developed an interest in the origin of modem art forms. D)They gained some knowledge of classical art and architecture. 【答案】D
【解析】由题干中的关键词benefit from their travel定位至第二段最后一句。选项D是对原文的同义改写，其中knowledge对应原文中的 understanding。故选 D。
54. Why did many Grand Tourists visit the private collections? A) They could buy unique souvenirs there to take back home.
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