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根据下面文章，回答题。Public colleges must be stewards(管家)of the public’s trust and of students’ and taxpayers’dollars．They should be(36)__________for containing costs and for spending on what matters most：prepanng students to be active learners，career-ready and engaged citizens．Public colleges are using myriad strategies to cut costs and keep college(37)__________．These include(38)__________administrative expenses；eliminating low-enrollment programs and student support services；and achieving cost savings in energy management and employee health care．
Fast-rising tuition increases may make it seem that institutional spendiiIg is out of(39)__________．However,public colleges’collective(40)__________per fulltime student has actually been flat in recent years．
The primary reason for escalating(逐步上升)tuition prices has been the state-to-student cost shift that has taken place in who pays for a public higher education．States have gradually(41)__________from their public higher education systems．with families picking up more of me tab through tuition increases．Institutions have first turned to reducing spending，only raising tuition prices to(42)__________academic quality．
The best way to mitigate future tuition increases is for state leaders to reinvest in public higher education．With the Great Recession finally behind us—during which states dramatically reduced(43)__________for public colleges and universities— state leaders started reinvesting in public higher education this year,providing a nearly 6% increase in funding．
Maintaining(44)__________to afrordable public colleges is paramount to our nailon’s economic security, social equity and civic vibrancy．It is(45)__________
upon state government，together with public colleges and universities，to ensure this happens．
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A．raise
B．disinvested
C．fair
D．reducing
E．reinvest
F．affordable
G．tuition
H．accountable
I．afford
J．funding
K．incumbent
L．maintain
M．access
N．control
O．spending
第36题应填__________
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