单项选择题X 纠错To stay economically competitive on a global scale，the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible，___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013，the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development （OECD），the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___，OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States，China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries，___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity（繁荣）won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output，so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues，59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college，___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012，an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college，up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year，an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.
A.However
B.Otherwise
C.In fact
D.By the way
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