Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
One of the most interesting paradoxes in America today is that Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is now engaged in a serious debate about what a university should be, and whether it is measuring up (符合標準).
Like the Roman Catholic Church and other ancient institutions, it is asking--still in private rather than in public--whether its past assumptions about faculty, authority, admissions, courses of study, are really relevant to the problems of our society.
Should Harvard--or any other university--be an intellectual sanctuary, apart from the political and social revolution of the age, or should it be a laboratory for experimentation with these political and social revolutions; or even an engine of the revolution? This is what is being discussed privately in the big clapboard ( 楔形板) houses of faculty members around the Harvard Yard.
The issue was defined by Walter Lippmann, a distinguished Harvard graduate, many years ago.
"If the universities are to do their work," he said, "they must be independent and they must be disinterested... They are places to which men can turn for unbiased judgments. Obviously, the moment the universities fall under political control, or under the control of private interests, or the moment they themselves take a hand in politics and the leadership of government, their value as independent and disinterested sources of judgment is impaired..."
This is part of the argument that is going on at Harvard today. Another part is the argument of the militant and even many moderated students: that a university is the keeper of our ideals and morals, and should not be "disinterested" but activist in bringing the Nation's ideals and actions together.
Harvard's men of today seem more troubled and less sure about personal, political and academic purpose than they did at the beginning. They are not even clear about how they should debate and resolve their problems, but they are struggling with them privately, and how they come out is bound to influence American university and political life in the 21st century.
61. A "paradox"(Line 1, Paragraph 1 ) is__________.
A. an unusual situation
B. a parenthetical expression
C. a difficult puzzle
D. a self-contradiction
62. The word "sanctuary", in paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A. a holy place dedicated to a certain god
B. a temple or nnnnery of the middle age
C. a certain place you can hide in and avoid mishaps
D. an academy for intelligent people
63. The issues in the debate on Harvard's goals are whether the universities should remain independent of our society and its problems, and whether they should __________.
A. fight off militarism
B. exert greater influence upon the young generation
C. take an active part in solving the society's ills
D. reconsider the structure of institutes and departments
64. In regard to their goals and purposes in life, the author believes that Harward men are becoming __________.
A. more sure about them
B. less sure about them
C. more hopeful of reaching a satisfactory answer
D. less interested in them
65. In the author's judgment, the ferment going on at Harvard__________.
A. will influence the future of America
B. will soon be over, because times are bound to change
C. is of interest mostly to Harvard men and their friends
D. is a sad symbol of our general bewilderment
參考譯文：
[61]美國現今最有趣的一個矛盾是，作為美國高等教育歷史最悠久的大學，哈佛大學正在進行一場嚴峻的爭論，爭論圍繞的中心問題是大學究竟應該是什麼樣的，而哈佛大學又是否符合條件。
哈佛大學和羅馬天主教堂以及其他一些古老的機構一樣正在提出疑問——這種提問尚在私下裡進行，並沒有公開——所提出的問題是：哈佛過去對於院系、權威、招生、課程設定的設想，是否真的跟現代社會所面臨的問題相關。
[62][63]除了作為某一時代中政治和社會變革的避難所，哈佛大學(或者其他大學)是否應該也是知識分子的避難所;或者，它是否應該成為一個進行政治和社會變革實驗的實驗室;或者，它是否甚至應該成為改革的動力?這正是現在哈佛大學全體教職工在校園內部私下探討的話題。
多年前，沃爾特·李普曼闡釋了這個問題，他是一名傑出的哈佛大學畢業生。
“如果大學想要名副其實，”他說，“那就必須獨立於社會，必須堅持公平……大學應該是能為人們提供公正評判的地方。顯然，一旦大學為政治權力或私人利益所控制，或者說，一旦大學參與政治和政府的領導，那麼，它們作為獨立和公正評判之源的價值就大大減弱了。”
這只是現今哈佛大學正在討論的部分問題。另一部分討論來自崇尚武力的人，甚至還包括很多溫和的學生。他們認為，大學應該成為我們理想和道德的捍衛者，因此不應該是“無為”的，而應該成為將國家的理想和行動結合起來的行動者。
[64]如今，哈佛人似乎今非昔比，他們面臨更多困惑，對自身的定位、政治的和學術的目標也沒有當初那麼明確了。他們甚至都不清楚該如何探討和解決自己的問題，但私下裡他們正做著努力。[65]無論最終的結果怎樣，都註定將影響21世紀美國的大學和政治生活。
參考答案：
61.D
定位：根據題幹資訊詞paradox可將答案定位到第一段第一句。
解析：paradox意為“person，thingor situationdisplaying contradictoryfeatures(有矛盾特點的人、事物或情況)”。文章第一段提到：“美國現今最有趣的一個——是，作為美國高等教育歷史最悠久的大學，哈佛大學正在進行一場嚴峻的爭論，爭論圍繞的中心問題是大學究竟應該是什麼樣的，而哈佛大學又是否符合條件。”作為大學卻對自身的合理性、存在的意義產生了疑問，不能不說是一種自相矛盾。故答案選D。
62.C
定位：根據題幹資訊“sanctuary”in paragraph 3可將答案定位到第三段第一行。
解析：sanctuary本意是“聖殿”，在中世紀一般是指某些教堂或者修道院，可以充當躲避任何政府懲罰’和迫害的避難所。引申義即是：一個人們可以躲進去以避過災禍的地方。文中使用的`就是這個意思。
從該詞後面的apartfromthepolitical and social revolution ofthe age我們也能得出一些線索。故選C。
63.C
定位：根據題幹資訊issuesinthedebateonHarvard’sgoals，andwhetllermeyshould可將答案定位到第三段。
解析：關於哈佛大學辦學的宗旨，第三段提出了三種可能：“哈佛大學(或者其他大學)是否應該也是知識分子的避難所;或者，它是否應該成為一個進行政治和社會變革實驗的實驗室;或者，它是否甚至應該成為改革的動力?”三者在大學參與社會問題的程度問題上逐漸深入。其實，大學是應該獨立於社會問題之外，保持其公平性，還是應該在解決社會問題中起積極作用才是文中人們探討的核心問題，也是貫穿文章始終的主旨。故選C。
64.B
定位：根據題幹資訊goals and purposes in life，Harvard men are becoming可將答案定位到文章最後一段。
