D
TheCostofHigherEducation
Individuals(个人)shouldpayfortheirhighereducation.
Auniversityeducationisofhugeanddirectbenefittotheindividual.Graduatesearnmorethannon-graduates.Meanwhile,socialmobilityisevermoredependentonhavingadegree.However,onlysomepeoplehaveit.Sotheindividual,notthetaxpayers,shouldpayforit.Therearepressingcallsontheresources(资源)ofthegovernment.Usingtaxpayers'moneytohelpasmallnumberofpeopletoearnhighincomesinthefutureisnotoneofthem.
Fullgovernmentfunding(资助)isnotverygoodforuniversities.AdamSmithworkedinaScottishuniversitywhoseteacherslivedoffstudentfees.Heknewandlookeddownupon18th-centuryOxford,wheretheacademicslivedcomfortablyofftheincomereceivedfromthegovernment.Guaranteedsalaries,Smithargued,weretheenemyofhardwork;andwhentheacademicswerelazyandincompetent,thestudentsweresimilarlylazy.
Ifstudentshavetopayfortheireducation,theynotonlyworkharder,butalsodemandmorefromtheirteachers.Andtheirteachershavetokeepthemsatisfied.Ifthatmeanstakingteachingseriously,andgivinglesstimetotheirownresearchinterests,thatissurelysomethingtocelebrate.
Manypeoplebelievethathighereducationshouldbefreebecauseitisgoodfortheeconomy(经济).Manygraduatesclearlydocontr ibutetonationalwealth,butsodoallthebusinessesthatinvest(投资)andcreatejobs.Ifyoubelievethatthegovernmentshouldpayforhighereducationbecausegraduatesareeconomicallyproductive,youshouldalsobelievethatthegovernmentshouldpaypartofbusinesscosts.Anyonepromisingtocreatejobsshouldreceiveagiftofcapitalfromthegovernmenttoinvest.Therefore,itistheindividual,notthegovernment,whoshouldpayfortheiruniversityeducation.
68.Theunderlinedword"them"inParagraph2refersto
A.taxpayers
B.pressingcalls
C.collegegraduates
D.governmentr esources
正确答案：B
