24.The US and France examples are used toillustrate
[A]the obstacles to preventing“short-termism”.
[B]the significance of long-termthinking.
[C]the approaches to promoting“long-termism”.
[D]the prevalence of short-termthinking.
25.Which of the following would be the best title for thetext?
[A]Failure of QuarterlyCapitalism
[B]Patience as a CorporateVirtue
[C]Decisiveness Required of TopExecutives
[D]Frustration of Risk-takingBankers
26.What is commonly regarded as the cause of gradeinflation?
[A]The change of coursecatalogs.
[B]Students’ indifference toGPAs.
[C]Colleges’ neglect ofGPAs.
[D]The influence of consumerculture.
27.What was the original purpose of gradeforgiveness?
[A]To help freshmen adapt to collegelearning.
[B]To maintain colleges’ graduationrates.
[C]To prepare graduates for a challengingfuture.
[D]To increase universities’ income fromtuition.
28.According to Paragraph 5, grade forgiveness enables collegesto
[A]obtain more financialsupport.
[B]boost their studentenrollments.
[C]improve their teachingquality.
[D]meet local governments’needs.
29.What does the phrase “to be aligned” (Line 5, Para. 6) most probablymean?
[A]To counterbalance eachother.
[B]To complement eachother.
[C]To be identical with eachother.
[D]To be contradictory to eachother.
30.The author examines the practice of grade forgivenessby
[A]assessing itsfeasibility.
[B]analyzing the causes behindit.
[C]comparing different views onit.
listing its long-runeffects.
31.Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is mentioned becauseit
[A]fascinates AI scientists all over theworld.
[B]has remained popular for as long as 200years.
[C]involves some concerns raised by AItoday.
[D]has sparked serious ethicalcontroversies.
32.In David Eagleman’s opinion, our current knowledge ofconsciousness
[A]helps explain artificialintelligence.
[B]can be misleading to robotmaking.
[C]inspires popular sci-fi TVseries.
[D]is too limited for us to reproduceit.
33.The solution to the ethical issues brought by autonomousvehicles
[A]can hardly ever befound.
[B]is still beyond ourcapacity.
[C]causes little publicconcern.
[D]has aroused muchcuriosity.
