[单项选择]American economists once spoofed university education as the only industry in which those who consume its product do not purchase it; those who produce it do not sell it, and those who finance it do not control it. That apt description, made in the 1970s, has been undermined since then by the emergence of the first for-profit universities in the United States. Controlled by entrepreneurs, these schools which number about 700 and counting sell a practical education to career-minded students and make a good buck doing it. They are now expanding abroad, creating the first multinational corporations in a sector long suspicious of balance sheets.
The companies are lured by a booming market in which capitalist competition is still scarce. The number of university students is expected to double in the next 25 years to 170 million worldwide. Demand greatly exceeds supply, because the 1990s saw massive global investment in primary and secondary schools, but not in universities. The number
A. Americans are arguing about the for-profit universities.
B. Americans used to pay little for university education.
C. Americans are in favor of the expansion of the universities.
D. Americans call for the supervision of the for-profit universities.

[单项选择]American economists once spoofed university education as the only industry in which those who consume its product do not purchase it; those who produce it do not sell it, and those who finance it do not control it. That apt description, made in the 1970s, has been undermined since then by the emergence of the first for-profit universities in the United States. Controlled by entrepreneurs, these schools which number about 700 and counting sell a practical education to career-minded students and make a good buck doing it. They are now expanding abroad, creating the first multinational corporations in a sector long suspicious of balance sheets.
The companies are lured by a booming market in which capitalist competition is still scarce. The number of university students is expected to double in the next 25 years to 170 million worldwide. Demand greatly exceeds supply, because the 1990s saw massive global investment in primary and secondary schools, but not in universities. The number
A. there was less global investment in national universities in the past.
B. there are fewer universities than primary or secondary schools.
C. for-profit universities can offer better education to their students.
D. the competition for top national universities is getting fiercer and fiercer.

[填空题] An American warship once paid a visit 46 a port in a hit country where the British base invited the officers of the American warship to a party 47 . Now, Americans like their drinks to have plenty of ice in them, 48 in a cold climate, but at the time the warship’s visit to the British base, it was 49 known that the British 50 ever had ice, even in 51 countries. The captain of the American ship did not want to have drink warm drinks at the British party, but it 52 very impolite to 53 the British captain’s invitation, so the American captain 54 , but an hour before party was 55 to begin, sent a small boat ashore to his host with several large tins of ice from the warship’s refrigerators. When the American offices went ashore for the party, they were looking forward to 56 plenty of ice in their drinks. They were 57 very surprised when, 58 their arrival, they were served drinks with no ice in them at all, they thought th
A. A．away
B．out
C．about
D．through