《2025年天利38套五年高考真题汇编详解英语》

根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It's a joyful and stressful time of year in the United States for students and their families as they make decisions about where to attend college. Families often turn to rankings systems to help make a decision. 35
When I talk to families as a scholar of higher education, they're often surprised that teaching excellence is not counted in rankings. 36
Emerging research suggests that courses in lower - ranked universities, on average, scored higher on teaching than courses in higher - ranked universities. 37 The absence of teaching excellence from the rankings is surprising given the link between high - quality teaching and student success. Quality teaching is one of the most important predictors of a wide range of college outcomes.
Rankings, however, are only one reason why a low value is placed on teaching in higher education. Administrators often don't view teaching excellence as a way to increase enrolment(注册) or funding. 38 Research shows that the more time instructors spend on teaching, the lower their salary. What is the result? Many instructors continue to teach using traditional lectures, which lead to lower success rates.
39 Nevertheless, not much will change until schools with high - quality teaching are rewarded with more resources, higher rankings and increased enrolments. In the long term, universities, organisations that rank schools, and others should work to make teaching a valued, core part of the mission.
What should students and their families do? They should give strong consideration to universities where high - quality teaching is valued, even though the schools may be ranked lower.
A. Higher education has achieved its true potential.
B. Therefore, it's not highly valued in hiring or promotion.
C. Quality teaching has been an important reputation - building factor.
D. However, the rankings ignore a critical factor: the quality of teaching.
E. Efforts to improve teaching at the university level have recently emerged.
F. They're even more surprised at how teaching is undervalued by universities.
G. In fact, universities often shift emphasis from teaching to other ranking factors.

答案： 35.D 【解析】上文讲对于美国的学生和他们的家人来说，这是一年中既快乐又紧张的时刻，因为他们要决定去哪里上大学。（他们的）家人往往会向大学排名系统求助从而做出决定；下文讲作为一名高等教育学者，当“我”和这些家庭沟通时，他们往往会惊讶于学校卓越的教学质量不计入（学校）排名。D项“然而，排名忽略了一个关键性的因素：教学质量”承上启下，符合语境。故选D。 36.F 【解析】上文讲他们往往会惊讶于学校卓越的教学质量不计入（学校）排名。F项“他们甚至会更惊讶于大学是如何轻视教学的”承接上文，符合语境。故选F。 37.G 【解析】上文讲排名较低的大学的课程在教学方面的平均得分高于排名较高的大学；下文讲考虑到高质量教学与学生成功之间的联系，排名（系统的衡量因素）中没有（考虑）卓越的教学质量很令人惊讶。G项“事实上，大学经常将重心从教学质量转向其他影响排名的因素”承上启下，符合语境。故选G。 38.B 【解析】上文讲（大学）管理者不会将卓越的教学质量视为一种提升入学率和（吸引）投资的方式；下文讲研究表明，教师花在教学上的时间越多，他们的薪水反而越低。B项“因此，卓越的教学质量在雇佣教师和教师升职时并不会受到高度重视”承上启下，符合语境。故选B。 39.E 【解析】下文讲然而，在有高质量教学水平的学校获得更多的资源、更高的排名和更高的入学率之前，这种情况也不会发生太大的改变。E项“最近出现了（许多）提高大学教学水平的努力”与下文衔接紧密，符合语境。故选E。 【长难句分析】Many instructors continue to teach using traditional lectures, which lead to lower success rates.（第四段最后一句） 分析：本句是一个主从复合句。which引导非限制性定语从句。 译文：很多老师继续使用传统的讲课方式（进行）教学，这会导致（学生的）成功率较低。 【词汇积累】emerge v. 出现，显露 administrator n.（公司、机构的）管理人员，行政人员 consideration n. 考虑，深思 【常见搭配】a wide range of 大范围的 even though 虽然，即使 【方法点拨】这篇七选五要求考生既要对文章结构有整体的把握，又要厘清空前空后语句间的逻辑关系。选项设置合理，难度中等，要求考生要有长难句分析的能力及一定的词汇储备。