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大学英语四级阅读常考出题点盘点

　　C. she knew how to attract students overseas

　　D. she had boosted Yales academic status

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】文中提到，剑桥大学于2003年任命Alison Richard为副校长，而句中publicly stressed之后的内容即为任命她的原因，便是：在以前的岗位上她的监管使得耶鲁的财政地位得到显著加强。所以，推理可知，答案为A。

　　例2：Richard Got professor of astrophysics at Princeton, hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, which would be a life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes, natural or otherwise, might occur on Earth.

　　66. According to Princeton professor Richard Gott, by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, Humans_____.

　　A. might survive all catastrophes on earth

　　B. might acquire ample natural resources

　　C. will be able to travel to Mars freely

　　D. will move there to live a better life

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】题干中setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars可在原文中直接找到，原文中which引导的定语从句表示的内容就是setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars所带来的影响：人类能够应对地球上各种各样的灾难从而幸存下来。A选项中的survive all catastrophes on earth 是对原文的同义转述。