(47) And the demand that rose in those societies for entry to higher
education extended to groups and social classes that had not thought of attending to a university
before the war.
37. We learn from Paragraph 2 that
［A］ celebrity moms are a permanent source for gossip.
［B］ single mothers with babies deserve greater attention.
［C］ news about pregnant celebrities is entertaining.
［D］ having children is highly valued by the public.
(48) in many countries of Western Europe the numbers of students in higher education doubled within
five-year periods during the decade of the 1960s and doubled again in seven, eight, or 10 years by
the middle of the 1970s.
38. It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks
［A］ are constantly exposed to criticism.
［B］ are largely ignored by the media.
［C］ fail to fulfill their social responsibilities.
［D］ are less likely to be satisfied with their life.
(49) and when the new staff are predominantly young men and women fresh from postgraduate study,
they largely define the norms of academic life in that faculty and its standards.
39. According to Paragraph 4, the message conveyed by celebrity magazines is
［A］ soothing. ［B］ ambiguous.
［C］ compensatory. ［D］ misleading.
(50) High growth rates increased the chances for academic innovation; they
also weakened the forms and processes by which teachers and students are admitted into a
community of scholars during periods of stability or slow growth.
40. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?
［A］ Having children contributes little to the glamour of celebrity moms.
［B］ Celebrity moms have influenced our attitude towards child rearing.
［C］ Having children intensifies our dissatisfaction with life.
［D］ We sometimes neglect the happiness from child rearing.
(46) In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.
21. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her
[A] lack of imagination.
[B] poor bargaining skill.
[C] obsession with high fashion.
[D] insensitivity to fashion.
