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[单选题]第二部分：阅读选择(第11～15题。每题2分．共10分)阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出1个最佳选项。
  • A材料题回答11-15题Rising College Selectivity　　Rising college selectivity doesn't mean that students are smarter more serious than in the past. It's a function of excess demfor higher education occurring at a time of increased financial privatization of the industry.　　The recession has only increased demand. The vast majority of students aren't going to college because of a thirst for knowledge They're there because they need a job, they need to get the credentials one hopes, the knowledge skills behind the credentials-that will get them into the labor market.　　As higher education has become a seller's market, the institutions in a position to do so are doing what comes naturally: raising their tuitions their admissions requirements but at the expense of contributing to the national goal to increase college attainment. The result is that the United States is losing ground in the international race for educational talent.　　The increasing stratification of higher education is happening on the spending side, as well. As the selective institutions have become more expensive less attainable the rest have had to struggle with the responsibility to enroll more students without being paid to do so. Gaps between rich poor have grown even more dramatically than gaps in entering test scores. While spending is a poor measure of educational quality, we can't seriously expect to increase educational attainment if we're not prepared to do something to address these growing inequities in funding.　　That said, the educational policy problem in our country is not that the elite institutions are becoming more selective. The problem is on the public policy side. The president many governors have set a goal to return America to a position of international leadership in educational attainment.　　It's the right goal, we just need a financing strategy to get there.That doesn't mean just more money although some more money will be needed. It also means better attention to effectiveness educational attainment. We know how to do it,if we want to.11. The demfor higher education has increased because（　　） 查看材料A.the number of students keeps growing
  • Bthere is a boost in the labor market
  • Cof the rising college selectivity
  • Dof the economic depression
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