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16. What does the speaker say characterizes American campuses?
答案：(A) The cozy communal life.
【點(diǎn)評(píng)】：細(xì)節(jié)題。本篇文章開頭即指出 'Few foreign universities put much emphasis on the cozy communal life that characterizes American campuses from clubs and sports teams to student publications and drama societies.'此可知美國校園的特點(diǎn)就在于集體生活，比如俱樂部、運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)、學(xué)生刊物以及戲劇社團(tuán)。

17. What does Brown University president Vartan Gregorian say about students' daily life?
答案：(C) It is as important as their learning experience.
【點(diǎn)評(píng)】：細(xì)節(jié)題。布朗大學(xué)校長在說到學(xué)生日常生活時(shí)說“In America it is assumed that a student’s daily life is as important as his learning experience. . .” 可見在美國學(xué)生平日生活和他們的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷同等重要。

18. In what way is the United States unrivaled according to the speaker?
答案：(C) It provides numerous options for students.
【點(diǎn)評(píng)】：細(xì)節(jié)題。聽力原文中說到America’s menu of options—research universities, state institutions, private liberal-arts schools, community colleges, religious institutions, military academies—is unrivaled.其實(shí)歸根結(jié)底就是America's menu of options is unrivaled.美國各類學(xué)校應(yīng)有盡有任你選。

19. What does the speaker say about universities in Europe and Japan?
答案：(B) They are responsible merely to their Ministry of Education.
【點(diǎn)評(píng)】：細(xì)節(jié)題。說到歐洲和日本大學(xué)時(shí)，原文"In Europe and Japan, universities are answerable only to a ministry of education, which sets academic standards and distributes money."中的"answerable only to…"意思和"be responsible merely to"相同，即“只對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)，只聽從……的”。