以下小编为考生整理的2014年考研英语阅读理解模拟练习及答案解析，希望对考生们有所帮助，取得2014考研的成功。

Education is an absolute imperative in the emerging global knowledge society, so new ways of providing access to education for a much higher percentage of the population are now being devised.

The most dramatic examples of access to education are found in the 11 distance-education mega-universities found around the world. In "distance education," the student is separated in time or space from the teacher or professor. The largest of these high enrollment universities is in China, the China Central Radio and TelevisionUniversity, with more than 3 million students. The English-speaking world has the British Open University, with 215,000 students, and the University of South Africa, with 120,000 students. In addition to the mega-universities, dozens of other national and regional systems are providing education at all levels to students.

The base delivery system for the distance-education mega-universities is television, supplemented by other technologies or even some onsite instruction in more-developed countries. Some distance-education systems use two-way interactive video connections to particular locations where students gather; others supplement with the Internet, and still others deliver only by Internet. With video-and-audio-streaming now available, the Internet appears to be the technology of choice for systems where students have access to computers. Of course, these technologies merely add to the radio-- delivered courses that have been offered for years in many countries around the world.

The programs and courses offered vary from basic literacy courses to the highest graduate-level programming. Hundreds of university degrees are now available through distance education, where 90% or more of the required credits are given at a distance, as are dozens of master’s degrees and a small number of accredited doctoral degrees. One estimate suggests that 50,000 university-level courses are now available through distance-education delivery systems.

There will be two main types of educational institutions: those that add value in coursework and those that are certifying agencies. The certifying colleges and universities are those that act as educational bankers for students. Students will earn credits from many places and have the credits or certifications of completion sent to the certifying university, then that certifying university will award the degree when enough credits of the right type have been accumulated. Regent’s College of the University of the State of New York and Thomas Edison College of New Jersey are public certifying institutions that give accredited degrees.

One vision for some of the remaining residential colleges in the United States, now serving mainly the 18-to-23-year-old population, is that many will become certifying colleges. Students will come to the colleges for their social, artistic, athletic, and spiritual programs. The basic commodity these colleges will sell is membership in the college community. Students will access their courses from colleges and universities around the world, transfer the credits to the college, then gain a degree. Faculty members will serve as tutors and advisers and may provide some courses live. (479 words)

51. What is the passage mainly about?

[A] The emerging global knowledge society

[B] Distance-education mega-universities

[C] The largest of these high enrollment universities

[D] Two main types of educational institutions

52. It may be inferred that the Internet could be the technology of choice in_______.

[A] the China Central Radio and TelevisionUniversity

[B] the University of South Africa

[C] the British Open University

[D] the English-speaking world

53. We learn from the passage that the distance-education programs may offer all the following EXCEPT______.

[A] virtually all the basic literacy courses and the highest graduate-level programming

[B] nearly 90% of the required credits

[C] courses for master’s degrees and accredited doctoral degrees

[D] 50,000 university-level courses

54. The residential colleges in the United States ______.

[A] serve only the 18-to-23-year-old population

[B] provide students with social, artistic, athletic, and spiritual programs

[C] provide courses from colleges and universities around the world

[D] may provide a lot of faculty members to conduct courses lively

55. Judging from the context we know that a mega-university is_______.

[A] the largest of these high enrollment universities

[B] the China Central Radio and TelevisionUniversity

[C] the British Open University

[D] a university with very large number of students

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51. B. 远程教育的百万人大学。从上下文我们得知本文对全世界11所百万人大学的生源、教学手段、课程设置、学籍管理等作了介绍。

52. C. 英国开放大学。文中第三段提到the Internet appears to be the technology of choice for systems where students have access to computers.因为从整体上看，发达国家的学生上网最方便。

53. B. 提供硕士博士学位。根据常识我们知道远程教学提供的是各类课程，而不是学位。

54. B. 为学生提供社会学、运动学和思想品德课程。见原文最后一段Students will come to the colleges for their social, artistic, athletic, and spiritualprograms.

55. D.学生人数众多的大学。这不难从列举的几个数据：3 million students，215,000 students, a 120,000 students 猜出mega一词的含义。

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