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正确答案：C
【听力原文】[32]Inancienttimesthemostimportantexaminationswerespoken,notwritten,IntheschoolsofancientGreeceandRome，testingusuallyconsistedofsayingpoetryaloudorgivingspeeches．[32]IntheEuropeanuniversitiesoftheMiddleAges,，studentswhowereworkingforadvanceddegreeshadtodiscussquestionsintheirfieldofstudywithpeoplewhohadmadeaspecialstudyofthesubject．Thiscustomexiststodayaspartoftheprocessoftestingcandidatesforthedoctorsdegree．Generally，however，modemexaminationsarewritten．[33]Thewrittenexamination．whereallstudentsaretestedonthesamequestion,wasprobablynotknownuntilthenineteenthcentury,．Perhapsitcameintoexistencewiththegreatincreaseinpopulationandthedevelopmentofmodernindustry．Aroomfullofcandidatesforastateexamination，timedexactlybyelectricclocksandcarefullywatchedoverbymamagersresemblesagroupofworkersatanautomobilefactory．Generally．duringexaminationsteachersandstudentsareexpectedtoactlikemachines．[34]Onetypeoftestissometimescalledan“objective”test．Itisintendedtodealwithfacts,notpersonalopinions．Tomakeupanobjectivetesttheteacherwritesaseriesofquestions，eachofwhichhasonlyonecorrectanswer.Alongwitheachquestiontheteacherwritesthecorrectanswerandalsothreestatementsthatlooklikecorrectanswerstostudentswhohavenotlearnedthematerialproperly．32．WhatdidMiddleAges’studentsdoaboutexams?33．WhichofthefollowingaboutmodemindustryisTRUE?34．Inwhatkindoftestsstudentsmustselectthecorrectanswer?35．What’sthegeneraltopicofthepassage?【整体预测】快速浏览各题选项，根据tests、modemindustry、developed、ages、exams等关键词推断，该短文谈论的内容很可能与考试、时代演变等有关，具体细节需要进一步分析各个选项。【解题思路】1．四项均以they开头，时态均为一般过去时。2．一项含有tests，一项含有weretimedby。结论：本题与考试有关，they可能指代学生。【解析】短文在开头处即指出，在古代，最重要的考试是口试，而不是笔试。在中世纪欧洲的一些大学里，想获得高级学位的学生需要与在该领域从事专业研究的人进行辩论。故选C。