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Lesson 7 1. Reading Comprehension Read the text again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions or statements. 1) Academics believe that those who leave the academic world _________. A. do not know how to put their knowledge into use. B. are not as smart as those who stay C. are disappointed with college education D. are the best and brightest 2) The author found her humanities PhD ________ in the business world. A. completely useless B. a great advantage C. a useful training of the mind D. an honor 3) Why does the author mention Peter Drucker in this article (L. 94)? A. Drucker is a representative of capitalist modernity. B. Drucker is a best-selling author on management. C. Drucker is better informed than the academics. D. Drucker is one of the great thinkers in the business world. 4) The author suggests that university teachers should __________. A. relate what they teach to the real world B. adopt the ideology of the business world C. give up their current academic posts D. read books by great thinkers in the business world Key: 1) B (文章第一段指出年轻学者之所以不愿离开学术界是因为来自同辈竞争的压力，离开就 意味着某种失败) 2) C (文章第六段指出读博唯一的好处是作者曾经用几年的时间深入思考，开动脑筋，强健 了思维的翅膀) 3) D （文章第九段提到 Drucker 用来说明商界“文化生活世界”要比批评理论家想象的自觉 得多，自律得多。因此 Drucker 是商界的杰出思想家 ） 4) A （文章多处指出大学所教授的内容和现实世界脱钩，并在结尾号召大学老师把其课程 内容及课外作业与“现实”结合起来。） 2. Vocabulary Study Read the text carefully and fill in each blank with a word in it proper form and tell its meaning. 1) intense A) Yet peer pressure not to leave the academy remains __________. (Ll. 6-7) B) The business world offers one of the most ___________ and most dynamic continuous learning environments available. (Ll. 132-134) 2) critique A) Although I once taught organizational communication, I had no prior awareness that this extensive body of internal ___________ even existed. (Ll. 102-104) B) You read the Wall Street Journal so that you can converse and ____________ the Wall Street Journa