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　　9. More Students Pursue Master Degrees
        　　It can be seen from the chart that there have been sharp increases in the
number of students attending graduate entrance exams in a college in the past
decades. As the chart shows, the year 1996 witnessed only 200 students taking
part in the exams. In 2001, the number nearly doubled. In 2006, far more
students prepared themselves for graduate studies.
        　　A number of factors could account for the change in the chart, but the
following are the most critical ones. First, thanks to the policy of reform and
opening-up, the nation's economy has been developing at a considerably high
speed in the past decades. Therefore, the people have more extra money for
education. Secondly, other relevant state policies and the boom of higher
education provide students with more opportunities to pursue higher degrees.
Last but not least, the increasingly fierce competition forces college students
to further their study in order to gain more edge of competition.
        　　In a word, this chart is a perfect indicator of China's fast expanding
higher education. Although many problems have arisen in the process, we have
every reason to believe that they can be solved in the near future with
effective measures taken.