7．Cambridge graduates are the most employable in the world，according to a global league table．The ancient university is the best at producing graduates who are‘ready to work'，a poll of major employers found．
Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year．Harvard and Yale-part of the US‘Ivy League'of universities-were second and third respectively．
Five British universities were ranked in the top 20-one more than last year-and 12were in the full list of 150．
But the UK as a country came third-behind the US and Germany-when companies were asked to name the best nation for producing work-ready graduates．
The table-the Global Employability（就业能力）University Ranking published by the International New York Times-also showed that universities in Asian countries were rapidly gaining ground on their western counterparts （对手）．
Asian universities claimed 20percent of the top 150places in 2014compared with only 10percent when the tables were first published in 2010．
The other British universities in the top 20were University College London，in 14th place，Imperial College London，in 15th，and Edinburgh，18th．
The table showed the gap between a small number of top UK universities and less famous institutions．
Laurent Dupasquier，managing partner at Emerging，a French human resources consultancy，said："The top tier players．global brands （which tend to be all American and British）．continue to lead，while other Anglo-Saxon universities，those that are mainly regional players，tend to develop less well，with an average of five places lost in comparison with last year．"
"Like the Premier League（英超联赛），the champions have an international community of students and think internationally，unlike their more locally oriented counterparts．"
The table was made following a survey of 2，500major companies in 20countries．Employers were asked to rank universities against a range of criteria including their production of graduates who are ready to work and their links with business．
The study claimed that‘the days of ivory towers are over'．
32．Which university had the best work-ready graduates last yearB？
A．Cambridge．
B．Oxford．
C．Harvard．
D．Yale．
33．The underlined phrase"gaining ground"in Paragraph 5 probably refers toD．
A．falling behind
B．coming into conflict
C．making room
D．becoming more successful
34．What can we learn about the UK universities from the textA？
A．There are many quality gaps between UK universities．
B．The UK produced the most work-ready graduates this year．
C．Universities in the UK make up most of the top 20．
D．Almost all UK university graduates are employable．
35．Why do regional UK universities tend to develop less well this yearC？
A．They couldn't raise enough education fund．
B．They have students from all over the world．
C．They lack international students and think locally．
D．The UK government didn't support them at a11．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了2014全球毕业生就业能力榜，从中得出英国的发展不如去年而亚洲的大学正在快速的发展，而大学要变得更加成功思维必须和国际接轨，不能只局限于本国之中．
解答 32．B．细节理解题．根据文章第二段中的"Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year"可知，去年，牛津大学是毕业生就业率最高的学校．今年已退至第四位．故选B．
33．D．词义猜测题．由第四段可知，英国是继美国和德国之后，生产优秀毕业生最好的国家．由划线部分前面的also可知，亚洲国家的大学也正在快速的成为西方国家的对手．说明，亚洲大学在培训毕业生方面也很成功．故选D．
34．A．细节理解题．由倒数第五段中的"The table showed the gap between a small number of top UK universities and less famous institutions"可知，英国的顶尖大学和一般大学之间有很大的差距，故选A．
35．C．推理判断题．由倒数第三段"Like the Premier League（英超联赛），the champions have an international community of students and think internationally，unlike their more locally oriented counterparts"可知，英国大学发展不如去年好的原因是他们缺乏国际学生，并且他们的思维也没有和国际接轨，仍然局限在自己本国之内．故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
