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thE nEw prEstigE oF thEBritish grADuAtEs is thE most spECtACulAr BECAusE in thE pAstBritAin hAs BEEn muCh {{u}} (1) {{/u}}intErEstED in univErsitiEs AnD DEgrEEs thAn othEr ADvAnCED CountriEs—or EvEn somE BACkwArD {{u}} (2) {{/u}} in 1901 rAmsAy muir oBsErvED thAtBritAin hAD {{u}} (3) {{/u}} univErsitiEs pEr hEAD thAn Any othEr CivilizED Country inEuropE ExCEpt turkEy.A、unEsCo survEy in 1967 {{u}} (4) {{/u}}BritAin wAs still ClosE to thE Bottom inEuropE, in {{u}} (5) {{/u}} oF thE proportion oF thE AgE-group From twEnty to twEnty-Four who wErE EnrollED in {{u}} (6) {{/u}} EDuCAtion. most ContinEntAl CountriEs in thE lAst DECADE hAvE ExpAnDED {{u}} (7) {{/u}} highEr EDuCAtion FAstEr thAnBritAin. univErsity stAtistiCs ArE notoriously DiFFiCult to CompArE, BECAusE oF thE DiFFErEnt impliCAtions oF thE worD "stuDEnt"; in most ContinEntAl CountriEs AnyonE who {{u}} (8) {{/u}} his FinAl sChool ExAm—thE BACCAlAurEAt (中学毕业会考)—is EntitlED to go into thE univErsity on thE prinCiplE oF "lEt him pAss"; But hE hAs {{u}} (9) {{/u}} guArAntEEs oF tuition or pErsonAl AttEntion. pArtly As A rEsult thErE ArE FAr morE Drop-outs AnD "ghost stuDEnts"; in FrAnCE hAlF thE stuDEnts nEvEr BEComE grADuAtEs.A、CompArison oF grADuAtEs, As opposED {{u}} (10) {{/u}} stuDEnts, showsBritAin in morE FAvorABlE light, For mostBritish stuDEnts tAkE A DEgrEE. {{u}} (11) {{/u}} EvEn in tErms oF grADuAtEs,BritAin is still {{u}} (12) {{/u}} in thEEuropE lEAguE. going to univErsity is A muCh morE soliD {{u}} (13) {{/u}} Among thE sons oF thE BourgEoisiE in FrAnCE or gErmAny thAn in{{u}} (14) {{/u}} ; mAny oF thEBritish miDDlE-ClAssEs— {{u}} (15) {{/u}} thE shopkEEpErs AnD smAll-BusinEss mEn—hAvE tEnDED to BE skEptiCAl, iF {{u}} (16) {{/u}} ACtuAlly hostilE, to univErsity EDuCAtion For thEir ChilDrEn, AnD thErE ArE still riCh AnD quitE intElligEnt pArEnts who will prEFEr thEir ChilDrEn to go strAight {{u}} (17) {{/u}} sChool into thE City, to thE Army {{u}} (18) {{/u}} to FArming But thE AttrACtions oF ABA、or An mA、hAvE pEnEtrAtED into ArEAs, {{u}} (19) {{/u}}Among thE riCh AnD thE poor, whErE thEy woulD not hAvE BEEn FElt twEnty {{u}} (20) {{/u}} Ago; AnD thEy ArE FAr-rEAChing.

A．gooD
B．BEttEr
C．high
D．low