Skeptics of higher education often complain that universities offer too many boring degrees with little value in the workplace.【

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问题 Skeptics of higher education often complain that universities offer too many boring degrees with little value in the workplace.【C1】________elite universities tend to produce higher-earning graduates than less selective institutions do, you might【C2】________them to teach more practical courses.【C3】________data from Britain’s Department for Education show the opposite. Undergraduate students at【C4】________universities are more likely to study purely academic【C5】________such as philosophy and classics, whereas those at less choosy ones tend to【C6】________ vocational topics such as business or nursing.
What could【C7】________this seeming contradiction? One reason is that employers treat a【C8】________from a top university as an indicator for intelligence. This means that students at elite institutions can study bookish subjects and still succeed【C9】________. The median Cambridge graduate in a creative-arts subject—the university’s least profitable group of courses, including fields such as music—earns around £25,000 ($32,400) at age 26. Economics students from less elite universities, such as Hull, make a similar【C10】________.
Yet even though Oxbridge students can pretend to read "Ulysses" for years and still expect a【C11】________salary, they end【C12】________paying a large opportunity cost by pursuing the arts. That is because employers reserve the highest starting wages for students who both attended a leading university and also【C13】________a marketable subject.
Many gifted arts students would struggle to deal with numbers. But for those who can excel at both, the cost of sticking with the arts is【C14】________. Cambridge creative-arts students have A-level scores close to those of economics students at Warwick, but【C15】________about half as much.
Who can【C16】________such indulgence? The answer is Oxbridge students, who often have rich parents. At most universities, students in courses that【C17】________high-paying jobs, such as economics and medicine, tend to come from wealthier families, partly because such【C18】________ are more likely to have the examination scores necessary to be accepted. At Oxbridge,【C19】________. no such association exists. History and philosophy students there come from richer parts of Britain, on average, than their【C20】________studying medicine do.
【C17】

选项 A、make up
B、begin with
C、assess at
D、lead to

答案A

解析该句空格处需要填写一个动词，与空格前的can一起作谓语。空格所在句的句意为：“谁能________如此任性?”上面两段一直在讨论学习人文学科成本高的问题：paying a large opportunity cost by pursuing the arts(攻读人文学科付出相当高的机会成本)，the cost of sticking with the arts is steep(坚持学习人文学科的成本很高)以及Cambridge creative-arts students have A-level scores close to those of economics students at Warwick, but________about half as much (剑桥创意艺术类专业学生的A-level课程成绩与华威大学经济学专业学生的相近，但收入只有后者的一半左右)；同时，由下句话The answer is Oxbridge students, who often have rich parents (答案是通常家境富裕的牛津和剑桥大学学生)可推知，此空格内容与钱有关。四个选项中只有A项afford(支付得起；承担得起)符合句意，故为正确选项。B项manage意为“管理；设法做”；C项live意为“生活”；D项maintain意为“维持，保持”。代入原文，均不符合句意，故排除。

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Skeptics of higher education often complain that universities offer too many boring degrees with little value in the workplace.【

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