考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷107
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Britain\’s private schools are one of its most successful exports. The children of the wealthy【C1】______to them, whether from China, Nigeria or Russia: the number of foreign pupils rose by 1.4% in the last year alone.
【C2】______foreign students, whether educated in British private schools or elsewhere, are decreasingly likely to go to English universities. According to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, 307,200【C3】______students began their studies in the country in 2012-13, down from 312,000 two years earlier and the first【C4】______in 29 years. Student numbers from the rest of the EU fell—【C5】______a result of the increase in annual tuition【C6】______in England from ￡6,000 a year to ￡9,000. But【C7】______from India and Pakistan declined most sharply.
【C8】______the visa regime for private schools, which is extremely【C9】______(the Home Office counts private schools as favored sponsors), student visas have been tightened. Foreign students used to be allowed to work for up to two years after graduating. They now have only four months to find a job paying upwards of ￡20,600 if they want to stay in Britain.
This change was【C10】______to deal with sham colleges that were【C11】______offering two-year work visas. But it seems to have put【C12】______serious students too. Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute says the government has sent unclear messages about the sort of immigration it wants to【C13】______. An emphasis on holding down net immigration discourages young Indians and Pakistanis in particular. Australia and America, which have more【C14】______entry criteria for students, are becoming more favored【C15】______. Colin Riordan, Cardiff University\’s vice-chancellor, adds that Britain\’s student-visa regime has become more burdensome and complicated【C16】______.
As a result, Britain is losing out to other countries in the【C17】______for talent—an odd thing,【C18】______how often the prime minister bangs on about the \\
1.【C1】(A)
A. flock
B. turn
C. devote
D. keep
解析：冒号后提到单是去年一年，外国小学生的数量就上升了1．4%，可见有大量外国小学生来英国求学。A项flock和to搭配后表示“涌向”，符合语义逻辑。
2.【C2】(D)
A. So
B. And
C. Although
D. Yet
解析：前文提到外国小学生的数量在增加，本句提到外国学生到英格兰大学就读的可能性日益下降(are decreasingly．．．)，两者间含有转折关系，故选D项Yet。
3.【C3】(B)
A. European
B. overseas
C. domestic
D. top
解析：从down from 312,000 two years earlier(两年前该数字为312,000)推断，本句仍继续讨论上句所说的外国学生到英格兰大学就读日益下降，此处所讨论的学生仍是外国学生。B项overseas有“海外的，国外的”之意，语义符合。
4.【C4】(C)
A. increase
B. change
C. drop
D. period
解析：本句提到两年前该数字为312,000，说明现在的数字已经下降。C项drop有“下降”之意，语义符合。
5.【C5】(A)
A. probably
B. inevitably
C. actually
D. undoubtedly
解析：前半句提到来自欧盟其他国家的学生数量也有所减少．从空格后的a result of(是……的结果)推断，破折号后的内容是对学生数量减少的
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