cientists are usually "made" in the elementary schools, scientists can be "lost" by poor
teaching at the college and graduate school levels. The solution is not to separate teaching and
research, but to recognize that the combination is difficult but vital. The title of professor should
be given only to those who profess, and it is perhaps time for universities to reserve it for those
willing to be an earnest part of the community of scholars. Professors unwilling to teach can be.
Called "distinguished research investigators", or something else.
The pace of modern science makes it increasingly difficult to be a great researcher and a
great teacher. Yet many are described in just those terms. Those who say we can separate teaching and research simply do not understand the system, but those who say the problem will disappear are not fulfilling their responsibilities.
31. What idea does the author want to convey in the first paragraph'.?
A) It is wrong to overestimate the importance of teaching.
B) Teaching and research are contradictory to each other.
C) Research can never be emphasized too much.
D) The relationship between teaching and research should not be simplified.
32. In academic promotions research universities still attach more importance to research partly
because
A) research improves the quality of teaching
B) students who want to be challenged appreciate research professors
C) it is difficult to evaluate teaching quality objectively
D) professors with achievements in research are usually responsible and tough
33. According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following will the author probably agree
with?
A) Distinguished professors at research universities should concentrate on research only.
B) The separation of teaching from research can lower the quality of future scientists.
C) It is of utmost importance to improve teaching in elementary schools in order to train
new scientists. ~
D) The rapid development of modern science makes it impossible to combine teaching with
research.
34. The title of professor should be given only to those who, first and foremost, do __
A) teaching B) scientific research
C) field work D) investigation
35. The phrase "the problem" ( Para. 5, Line 4) refers to
A) raising the status of teaching
B) the combination of teaching with research
C) the separation of teaching from research
D) improving the status of research
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
I have had just about enough of being treated like a second - class citizen, simply because I
happened to be that put - upon member of society - a customer. The more I go into shops and
hotels, banks and post offices, rail- way stations, airports and the like, the more I'm convinced
that things are being run solely to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a
new motto(座右铭) for the so- called 'service' organisation- Staff Before Service.
How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or
the supermarket because there weren't enough staff on duty at all the service counters? Surely
in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to increase counter staff. Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that bringing all their cash registers into operation at any time would increase expenses. And the Post Office says cannot expect all their service counters to be occupied 'at times when demand is low'.
It's the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitch staff must finish when it suits them,
dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is diminished. As for us guests(and how the meaning
of that word has been cut away little by little), we just have to put up with it. There' s also the
nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been gradually withdrawn from service
in the interests of ' efficiency' (i. e. profits) and replaced by coin - eating machines which sup-
ply everything from beer to medicine, not to mention the creeping threat of the teamaking set in
your room: a kettle with teab
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