16. What does the speaker say characterizes American campuses?
答案：(A) The cozy communal life.
【點評】：細節(jié)題。本篇文章開頭即指出 'Few foreign universities put much emphasis on the cozy communal life that characterizes American campuses from clubs and sports teams to student publications and drama societies.'此可知美國校園的特點就在于集體生活，比如俱樂部、運動隊、學生刊物以及戲劇社團。

17. What does Brown University president Vartan Gregorian say about students' daily life?
答案：(C) It is as important as their learning experience.
【點評】：細節(jié)題。布朗大學校長在說到學生日常生活時說“In America it is assumed that a student’s daily life is as important as his learning experience. . .” 可見在美國學生平日生活和他們的學習經歷同等重要。

18. In what way is the United States unrivaled according to the speaker?
答案：(C) It provides numerous options for students.
【點評】：細節(jié)題。聽力原文中說到America’s menu of options—research universities, state institutions, private liberal-arts schools, community colleges, religious institutions, military academies—is unrivaled.其實歸根結底就是America's menu of options is unrivaled.美國各類學校應有盡有任你選。

19. What does the speaker say about universities in Europe and Japan?
答案：(B) They are responsible merely to their Ministry of Education.
【點評】：細節(jié)題。說到歐洲和日本大學時，原文"In Europe and Japan, universities are answerable only to a ministry of education, which sets academic standards and distributes money."中的"answerable only to…"意思和"be responsible merely to"相同，即“只對……負責，只聽從……的”。

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