51. What is the author's opinion of going to university?
- A. It is worthwhile after all.
- B. It is simply a waste of time.
- C. It is hard to say whether it is good or bad.
- D. It is too expensive for most young people.
答案：A
答案句：Yet it still pays to go to university. … If going to university doesn't work out, students pay very little--if any--of their tuition fees back: you only start repaying when you are earning ￡21,000 a year. … Almost half of graduates--those who go on to earn less--will have a portion of their debt written off.
参考译文：然而，上大学仍然值得。… 如果上大学不顺利，学生几乎不用偿还学费——如果有的话：你只有在年收入达到21,000英镑时才开始偿还。… 几乎一半的毕业生——那些收入较低的人——将有一部分债务被免除。
定位线索：题干“author's opinion”→答案句取自第3段“Yet it still pays to go to university”；文中“pays”对应选项“worthwhile”；文中“students pay very little”和“debt written off”进一步支持“worthwhile”。
解析：题干问作者对上大学的看法。答案句“Yet it still pays to go to university”直接表明作者认为上大学是值得的，后文补充说明即使不成功也只需偿还很少的学费，且近一半毕业生债务会被免除，进一步强化了“值得”的观点。正确选项A“It is worthwhile after all”是对“pays”的同义转述。错误选项B“simply a waste of time”与原文首段“What a waste of money”表面呼应，但那是作者先提出的反面观点，后文用“Yet”转折，并非作者最终态度；C“hard to say”与作者明确肯定的态度不符；D“too expensive”虽提到费用，但作者并未认为贵到不值得，反而强调其价值。
53. What does the author say is important for university students besides classroom instruction?
- A. Making sure to obtain an upper-second class degree.
- B. Practical skills they will need in their future careers.
- C. Interactions among themselves outside the classroom.
- D. Developing independent and creative thinking abilities.
答案：C
答案句：It's not just the lectures and tutorials that are important. Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars.
参考译文：重要的不仅仅是讲座和辅导课。教育是学生在讲座和研讨会之间互相学习的总和。
定位线索：题干“besides classroom instruction”→答案句取自第5段“It's not just the lectures and tutorials”；文中“what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars”对应选项“Interactions among themselves outside the classroom”。
解析：题干问除了课堂教学外，什么对学生重要。答案句“It's not just the lectures and tutorials”点明课堂之外还有重要内容，紧接着“Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars”指出学生之间的互相学习是关键。正确选项C“Interactions among themselves outside the classroom”是对“what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars”的同义转述。错误选项A“obtain an upper-second class degree”是第5段提到的就业要求，并非课堂外的重要事项；B“Practical skills”和D“independent and creative thinking”原文均未提及，属于无中生有。
54. What is said to be an advantage of going to university?
- A. Learning how to take risks in an ever-changing world.
- B. Meeting people who will be helpful to you in the future.
- C. Having opportunities of playing a leading role in society.
- D. Gaining up-to-date knowledge in science and technology.
答案：B
答案句：Students at university also meet those likely to be in leading jobs in the future, forming contacts for life.
参考译文：大学里的学生还会遇到那些将来可能担任领导职务的人，从而建立终身的人脉关系。
定位线索：题干“advantage of going to university”→答案句取自第5段“Students at university also meet those likely to be in leading jobs in the future”；文中“meet those likely to be in leading jobs”对应选项“Meeting people who will be helpful to you in the future”；文中“forming contacts for life”对应选项“helpful to you in the future”。
解析：题干问上大学的一个优势是什么。答案句明确指出大学生能遇到未来可能担任领导职务的人，并建立终身联系，这些人脉对未来职业发展有帮助。正确选项B“Meeting people who will be helpful to you in the future”是对原文“meet those likely to be in leading jobs”和“forming contacts for life”的概括。错误选项A“Learning how to take risks”原文未提及；C“playing a leading role in society”偷换概念，原文说的是遇到未来领导，而非自己成为领导；D“up-to-date knowledge”原文未提及，属于无中生有。