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After the birth of the college and university
问题详情
After the birth of the college and university rankings,
A．most of the people foresaw their importance in the future.
B．they changed into a heavy burden of American higher education.
C．they became one of the subjects in academic fields.
D．only a few countries imitated the college rankings.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：C
解析：事实细节题。由第一段第一句中的…no one imagined that these lists would become…可知，当时没有人预料到大学排名会变得很重要，排除[A]；同样在该句中，the 800-pound gorilla(800磅重的大猩猩)是一种比喻的说法，喻指地位的重要，因此[B]“变成了美国高等教育的沉重负担”是对原文的错误理解；再由后面的…important enough to be the subject of…可知，[C]与原文表述一致，为本题答案。首段尾句说，效仿的国家至少有21个，故[D]错误。
