四六级考试

【单选题】 According to the author, what seems to be the root cause for the lack of skilled manpower in American industry
A．Universities are deteriorating in their training capability.
B．The federal government has not given adequate support to universities.
C．American industry provides only about 5 percent of total university R&D funding.
D．universities cannot keep up with the rapid development in industry.

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
根据第二段中的“The universities are not turning out enough R & D(research and development)people in these areas，or enough research faculty．”我们可以得出表面原因。而根本原因则是“Even after a decade of steady increasing industry support for universities，industries provide only about percent of total university R & D funding．”由此可见[C]为正确答案。 查看试题解析出处>>