Scholars and students have always been great travellers. The official case for "academic mobility" is now often stated in impressive terms as a fundamental necessity for economic and social progress in the world, and debated in the corridors of Europe, but it is certainly nothing new. Serious students were always ready to go abroad in search of the most stimulating teachers and the most famous academies; in search of the purest philosophy, the most effective medicine, the likeliest road to gold.
Mobility of this kind meant also mobility of ideas, their transference across frontiers, their simultaneous impact upon many groups of people. The point of learning is to share it, whether with students or with colleagues; one presumes that only eccentrics have no interest in being credited with a startling discovery, or a new technique. It must also have been reassuring to know that other people in other parts of the world were about to make the same discovery or were t
A. there are so many people working in similar fields
B. there is a lot of social unrest at universities
C. their follow experts are scattered round the world
D. their laboratories are in remote places
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Scholars and students have always been great travelers. The official case for "academic mobility" is now often stated in impressive terms as a fundamental necessity for economic and social progress in the world, and debated in the corridors of Europe, but it is certainly nothing new. Serious students were always ready to go abroad in search of the most stimulating teachers and the most famous academies; in search of the purest philosophy, the most effective medicine, the likeliest road to gold.
Mobility of this kind meant also mobility of ideas, their transference across frontier, their simuhaneous impact upon many groups of people. The point of learning is to share it, whether with students or with colleagues; one presumes that only eccentrics have no interest in being credited with a startling discovery, or a new technique. It must ’also have be6n reassuring to know that other people in other parts of the word were about to make the
A. He gains recognition for his achievements.
B. He attracts large numbers of students.
C. He risks his ideas being stolen.
D. He is considered slightly mad.
American people have always been moving from one place to another throughout the history of their development: The history of the American people is, (21) , the history of the movement of the American people. They moved from the colonies of the East Coast to the open space of the (22) . They moved from the country and the farm to the city. (23) , Americans have been moving from the cities to the suburbs.
Pioneer Americans began (24) from the East Coast to the West 250 years ago. They moved west for many reasons. (25) reason was that they could obtain (26) open space and land (27) farming. Americans liked large open spaces, and they liked the freedom and independence to (28) the land in their own way. Some of the land became farms. Important minerals were discovered in some areas, so some of the land became (29) . Other large areas became farms and cattle ranches. There seemed to be enough land for everybody. B
A. of
B. for
C. on
D. in
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