2021-2022学年度第41期总第871期 (2版)
Exiting the ranks (Page 2)

I. Answer the questions. 
1. What are the most important features of a university according to Jin Xin?
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2. What did President Xi Jinping call on young people to do?
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3. What is the determining factor of a world-class university according to Xiong Bingqi?
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4. What do foreign ranking systems tend to overlook?
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II. Decide whether the following sentences are True or False.
1. The withdrawal from rankings by Chinese universities reflects their world-class quality.  (     )
2. Foreign ranking systems prefer larger universities with more publications.             (     )
3. University ranking systems result in too much competition.                        (        )

III. Translate the following sentences with the given expressions. 
1. 在问题解决前他们进行过激烈的讨论。（a heated discussion）
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2. 你的想法才是最重要的。（It is … that matters.）
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3. 她更重视生活环境。（place more value on sth）
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参考答案：
I. 1. Its academic strength, cultural heritage and social ethos.
2. Find a new way to build word-class Chinese universities.
3. Whether it has cultivated top talent and made original and globally-significant research.
4. Factors like talent cultivation, educational quality and social sciences.
II. 1. F  2. T  3. T 
III. 1. They had a heated discussion before the problem was settled.
2. It is what you think that matters.
3. She places more value on the living environment.