[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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[解析]本题是细节考查题。题目是:对高等教育需求增长的原因是什么?选D的依据是第二段第一句和最后一句:“The recession has only increased demand.和They’re there because they need a job,they need to get the credentials(证书)one hopes,the knowledge skills behind the credentials--that will get them into the labor market.”经济衰退只会加剧对于高等教育的需求。……他们(绝大部分学生)为了拿到那张毕业证书——最多再学一点需要的知识和技能——因为这张证书将会是他们找工作的敲门砖。选项D是说由于经济衰退使人们对于高等教育的需求增加,与原文意思一致。答案为D。