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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Thenumberofpostgraduatestudentstravellingfromnon-EUcountriestostudyatUKuniversitieshasfallenforthefirsttimein16years,fuellingfearsthatthegovernment'simmigrationcrackdownisdiscouragingthousandsofthebrighteststudentsfromcontinuingtheirstudiesinBritain.
JoBeali,BritishCouncildirectorofeducationandsociety,saidthefallwouldcausealarmamongUKvice-chancellors(大学生行政主管)."Thesectorwasexpectingadeclineingrowth,buttheactualreductioninpostgraduatenumbersisofrealconcernasinternationalstudentsmakeupthemajorityofnumbersinmanypostgraduatecoursesandresearchteamsinscience,tectmology,engineeringandmathematics."AttractingthebrightestandmostambitiouspostgraduateandresearchstudentsiscriticalfftheUKistomaintainitsqualityreputationforresearch,"Beallsaid.Universitiesgetathirdoftheirtuition(学费)feerevenuefromnon-EUstudents.Thereisgrowing"fearamongvice-chancellorsthatthisrevenue--aswellasthecultural,academicandeconomicbenefitinternationalstudentsbring--isbeingputatrisk.TimWestlake,directorforthestudentexperienceatManchesterUniversity,saidstudentswhosefamiliesreliedonthemworkingintheUKaftertheirstudiestogainexperienceandrepaythefeeswerestartingtolookelsewhere.Lastmonththehomesecretary,TheresaMay,announcedthatembassystaffwouldinterviewmorethan100,000applicmptsinanattempttopreventbogus(假冒的)onesenteringthecountry.ShealsosaidimmigrantswereresponsibleforpushingupUKhouseprices.Thecommentsfollowedtheintroductionofnewlimitationsonstudents'righttoworkduringandaftertheirstudies.Beailsaid:"GovernmentstatisticsforthefasttimeproviderealevidencethatthechangestoUKvisaregulationsmayhavediscouragedmanystudentsfromapplyingtotheUK,andinparticularpostgraduatestudentswhoaresoimportanttotheUK'sresearchoutput.TheUKenjoysanexcellentreputationaroundtheworldforthehighqualityofoureducationsystem,sothegovernmentneedstoensurethatinstitutionshaveallthesupporttheyneedtoattractinternationalstudentswhomakeatremendousacademic,culturalandeconomiccontributiontotheUK"
Whathascausedthedeclineofthenmnberofnon-EUpostgraduatesintheUK? A.Theincreaseintuitionandfees.
B.Theever-risinglivingexpenses.
C.Changedinunigrationpolicies.
D.Universities'tightenedbudgets.
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