The quality of university life is under strain from the relentless expansion of higher education, leading independent schools in Britain complained. The __1__ followed survey of the impressions of __2__ life gained by former pupils of the schools. Poor interviewing of the applicants, infrequent contact with tutors, worries __3__ student safety, and even grumbles over the food were all seen as symptoms of the pressure __4__ universities. Head teachers said that standards could well __5__ if the squeeze on university budgets continued. A survey was carried out __6__ fears that the level of pastoral care in universities had declined. A spate of student suicides had raised __7__ among head teachers.
Although most of the 6,000 students surveyed were __8__ university life, almost a third were less than satisfied with their course. About one in 10 had serious financial problems and some gave alarming accounts of conditions around their halls of residence. __9__ quoted included a fatal stabbing and shooting outside a hall of residence, the petrol-bombing of cars near another residence, and two racist attacks. Nine percent of women and seven percent of men rated security as __10__ in the area where they lived.
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1. [A] appointment[B] praise[C] trial [D] warning
2.[A] church[B] community[C] campus [D] country
3.[A]at[B] for[C] over [D] out
4.[A] to[B]in[C]at [D]on
5.[A] arise[B] rise[C]drop[D] reduce
6.[A] because of [B] for the sake of[C] in honor of[D] in case of
7.[A] affections [B] ambitions [C] concerns[D]discussions
8.[A] spending[B] growing[C] enjoying [D]undergoing
9.[A] accidents[B] incidents[C]disasters[D]comedies
10[A] impressive [B]unsatisfactory[C] indifferent [D] uneasy |
