2014考研英语一阅读text4原文出处：华尔街日报在线 .docx

2014考研英语一阅读text4原文出处：华尔街日报在线今年的英语一第四篇文章是一篇时效非常强的文章，节选自TheWallStreetJournalOnline华尔街日报在线，是去年2013年7月1日发布的文章。下面是文章的全文呈现，只是真题把原文中最后四段合成了一段。文章的结构非常完整，设题的角度也和历年真题如出一辙。IlliberalEducationandthe'HeartoftheMatter'Monday,July1st,2013FromTheWallStreetJournalOnlineTheHeartoftheMatter,thejust-releasedreportbytheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,deservespraiseforaffirmingtheimportanceofthehumanitiesandsocialsciencestotheprosperityandsecurityofliberaldemocracyinAmerica.Regrettably,however,thereportsfailuretoaddressthetruenatureofthecrisisfacingliberaleducationmaycausemoreharmthangood.In2010,leadingcongressionalDemocratsandRepublicanssentletterstotheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesaskingthatitidentifyactionsthatcouldbetakenbyfederal,stateandlocalgovernments,universities,foundations,educators,individualbenefactorsandotherstomaintainnationalexcellenceinhumanitiesandsocialscientificscholarshipandeducation.Inresponse,theAmericanAcademyformedtheCommissionontheHumanitiesandSocialSciences,withDukeUniversityPresidentRichardBrodheadandretiredExelonCEOJohnRoweasco-chairmen.Amongthecommissions51membersaretop-tier-universitypresidents,scholars,lawyers,judges,andbusinessexecutives,aswellasprominentfiguresfromdiplomacy,filmmaking,musicandjournalism.Thegoalsidentifiedinthereportaregenerallyadmirable.Becauserepresentativegovernmentpresupposesaninformedcitizenry,thereportsupportsfullliteracy;stressesthestudyofhistoryandgovernment,particularlyAmericanhistoryandAmericangovernment;andencouragestheuseofnewdigitaltechnologies.Toencourageinnovationandcompetition,thereportcallsforincreasedinvestmentinresearch,thecraftingofcoherentcurriculathatimprovestudentsabilitytosolveproblemsandcommunicateeffectivelyinthe21stcentury,increasedfundingforteachersandtheencouragementofscholarstobringtheirlearningtobearonthegreatchallengesoftheday.Thereportalsoadvocatesgreaterstudyofforeignlanguages,internationalaffairsandtheexpansionofstudyabroadprograms.OneofthemorenovelideasinthereportisthecreationofaorderviagraCultureCorpsincitiesandtownacrossAmericatotransmithumanisticandsocialscientificexpertisefromonegenerationtothenext.Unfortunately,despite2yearsinthemaking,TheHeartoftheMatternevergetstotheheartofthematter:theilliberalnatureofliberaleducationatourleadingcollegesanduniversities.ThecommissionignoresthatforseveraldecadesAmericascollegesanduniversitieshaveproducedgraduateswhodontknowthecontentandcharacterofliberaleducationandarethusdeprivedofitsbenefits.Sadly,thespiritofinquiryonceathomeoncampushasbeenreplacedbytheuseofthehumanitiesandsocialsciencesasvehiclesfordisseminatingprogressive,orleft-liberalpropaganda.WeknowfromtheextensivedocumentationthatWilliamF.BuckleyJr.providedinhisstellarcritiqueofAmericanacademia,GodandManatYale,firstpublishedin1951,thatthispropagandizingextendsbackatleasttothemiddleofthe20thcentury.Today,professorsroutinelytreattheprogressiveinterpretationofhistoryandprogressivepublicpolicyasthepropersubjectofstudywhileportrayingconservativeorclassicalliberalideassuchasfreemarkets,self-relianceandadistrustofcentralplanningasfallingoutsidetheboundariesofroutine,andsometimeslegitimate,intellectualinvestigation.Meanwhile,coursesproliferateonhighlyspecializedtopicsMuslimsinmovies,gayandlesbiangardeners,themathematicalformalizationofpoliticaldecisionmaking,forexamplethatcloselycorrespondtoprofessorsnicheresearchinterestsbutcontributelittletostudentsgraspofthebroadsweepofWesterncivilizationanditsliterary,philosophicalandreligiousmasterpieces.Throughspeechcodes,endlessseminarsandworkshopsdesignedtoteachstudentshowtoavoidoffensivespeechandbyhandlingsexualharassmentandsexual-assaultallegationswithproceduresthatunderminethepresumptionofinnocenceuniversitiesteachstudentstodiscountfreespeechanddueprocess.TheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesdisplaysgreatenthusiasmforliberaleducation.YetitsreportmaywellsetbackreformbyobscuringthedepthandbreadthofthechallengethatCongressaskedittoilluminate.FromTheWallStreetJournalOnline