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1)“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences(AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.
2) In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences asking that it identify actions that could be taken by "federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others" to "maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education." In response, the American Academy formed the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, with Duke University President Richard Brodhead and retired Exelon CEO John Rowe as co-chairmen. Among the commission's 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.
3)The goals identified in the report are generally admirable. Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy; stresses the study of history and government, particularly American history and American government; and encourages the use of new digital technologies. To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students' ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day. The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.
4)Unfortunately, despite 2 ? years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities. The commission ignores that for several decades America's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don't know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits. Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for disseminating "progressive," or left-liberal propaganda.
5) Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas—such as free markets, self-reliance ---as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation.
6)The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education. Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that congress asked it to illuminate.
36. According to Paragraph 1, what is the author’s attitude toward the AAAS’s report?
[A] Critical
[B] Appreciative
[C] Contemptuous
[D] Tolerant
选项[A]正确。
根据题干直接定位到一段。一句提到该报告deserves praise,表达了作者对报告的欣赏态度，但第二句随后以Regrettably，however转折传达了作者的批评态度,因为它并没有触及人文教育所面临的危机的实质，其终结果可能是弊大于利。据此可判断,作者的态度是”批评"而非”欣赏，因此，[A]选项正确。
37. Influential figures in the Congress required that the AAAS report on how to_____.
[A] retain people’s interest in liberal education
[B] define the government’s role in education
[C] keep a leading position in liberal education
[D] safeguard individuals rights to education
选项[C]正确。
根据题干中的Congress required定位到第二段首句，题干 正确项[C]是对第二段首句的同义改写。题干中的Influential figures in the Congress 对应首句中的leading congressional Democrats and Republicans; required that对应句中的asking that, [C]选项keep a leading position in liberal education(保持在人文教育中的领地位)是句中的maintain national excellence in humanities... and education (维护国家在....教育方面的卓越成就)的同义转述。因此,[C]选项正确。
38. According to Paragraph 3, the report suggests_____.
[A] an exclusive study of American history
[B] a greater emphasis on theoretical subjects
[C] the application of emerging technologies
[D] funding for the study of foreign languages
选项[C]正确。
根据题干直接定位到第三段,该段讲述了报告提供的多项建议。其中第二句指出“该报告....鼓励使用新的数字技术”，与选项[C]的意思相符。同时,[C]项中the application of为第二句中the use of的同义替换，emerging technologies 与第二句中new digital technologies对应。因此,[C]选项正确。
39. The author implies in Paragraph S that professors are_____.
[A] supportive of free markets
[B] cautious about intellectual investigation
[C] conservative about public policy
[D] biased against classical liberal ideas
选项[D]正确。

根据题干直接定位到第五段，由题干中的implies可知此题属于段落推理题。分析该段内容,while之前提及教授通常把对历史的进步性解读和主张改革的公共政策视为合适的研究课题，而while之后却说教授们把保守或古典的人文思想描述为超出常规。通过前后两种态度的对比，可看出教授们对保守或古典的人文思想持有偏见。因此,[D]选项正确。
40. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
[A] Ways to Grasp “The Heart of the Matter”
[B] Illiberal Education and “The Heart of the Matter”
[C] The AAAS’s Contribution to Liberal Education
[D] Progressive Policy vs. Liberal Education
选项[B]正确。
本题为主旨大意题，通读全文，首段表明作者对报告《问题的核心》的看法;第二段阐述了这份报告的来历;第三段说明了该报告的益处第四、五段说明了该报告的弊端;第六段重申作者观点态度,指出报告存在的问题。由此可知,本文围绕《问题的核心》展开,同时说明了人文教育的“非人文”本质。由此可确定，人文教育的狭隘性与报告《问题的核心》更能概括整篇文章的内容。因此，[B]选项正确。