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考研英语模拟试题及答案解析(3)

PartCDirections:ReadthefollowingtextcarefullyandthentranslatetheunderlinedsegmentsintoChinese.YourtranslationshouldbewrittenclearlyonAnswerSheet2.(10points)Theuniversitiesareschoolsofeducation,andschoolsofresearch.(46)Buttheprimaryreasonfortheirexistenceisnottobefoundeitherinthemereknowledgeconveyedtothestudentsorinthemereopportunitiesforresearchaffordedtothemembersofthefaculty.Boththesefunctionscouldbeperformedatacheaperrate,apartfromtheseveryexpensiveinstitutions.Booksarecheap,andthesystemofapprenticeshipiswellunderstood.(47)Sofarasthemereimpartingofinformationisconcerned,nouniversityhashadanyjustificationforexistencesincethepopularisationofprintinginthefifteenthcentury.Yetthechiefimpetustothefoundationofuniversitiescameafterthatdate,andinmorerecenttimeshasevenincreased.(48)Thejustificationforauniversityisthatitpreservestheconnectionbetweenknowledgeandthezestoflife,byunitingtheyoungandtheoldintheimaginativeconsiderationoflearning.Theuniversityimpartsinformation,butitimpartsitimaginatively.Atleast,thisisthefunctionwhichitshouldperformforsociety.Auniversitywhichfailsinthisrespecthasnoreasonforexistence.Thisatmosphereofexcitement,arisingfromimaginativeconsideration,transformsknowledge.Afactisnolongerabarefact:itisinvestedwithallitspossibilities.Itisnolongeraburdenonthememory:itisenergisingasthepoetofourdreams,andasthearchitectofourpurposes.Imaginationisnottobeporcedfromthefacts:itisawayofilluminatingthefacts.(49)Itworksbydrawingthegeneralprincipleswhichapplytothefacts,astheyexist,andthenbyanintellectualsurveyofalternativepossibilitieswhichareconsistentwiththoseprinciples.Itenablesmentoconstructanintellectualvisionofanewworld,anditpreservesthezestoflifebythesuggestionofsatisfyingpurposes.Youthisimaginative,andiftheimaginationbestrengthenedbydisciplinethisenergyofimaginationcaningreatmeasurebepreservedthroughlife.Thetragedyoftheworldisthatthosewhoareimaginativehavebutslightexperience,andthosewhoareexperiencedhavefeebleimaginations.Foolsactonimaginatio