4.There is no denying that for more than a generation college education has been accepted without the slightest doubt.All high school graduates ought to go,says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence,because college will help them earn more money,become"better"people,and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go.
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone.And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending,those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more numerous,and more obvious.College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the fierce competition so as to get admitted into graduate schools.Others find no stimulation (激勵(lì)) in their studies,and consequently have to drop out,which is often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves--they are spoiled and they are expecting too much.But that's a condemnation(譴責(zé))of the students as a whole,and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness.Others blame the state of the world,and they are partly right.We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds.But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds,either.
Some campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best,the proper,the only place for every young person after the completion of high school.We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down,it seems,and through the rosy(玫瑰般的) glow of our own remembered college experiences.Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent,ambitious,happy,liberal,or quick to learn things-maybe it is just the oth er way around,and intelligent,ambitious,happy,liberal,quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place.And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not.This is heresy (異端邪說(shuō)) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good,more has to be much better.But contrary evidence is beginning to come up.
28.According to the first paragraph,D.
A.people now no longer challenge college education.
B.people still have a low opinion of college education.
C.the author thinks youngsters should all go to college.
D.people have great expectations for college education.
29.More young people drop out of college becauseA.
A.they are no longer motivated in their studies.
B.they can start selling shoes and driving taxis.
C.they compete for admission to graduate schools.
D.college administrators encourage them to do so.
30.Who does the author think is to blame for campus unhappiness?D
A.young students who are all spoiled and expecting too much.
B.our society that can't offer enough jobs to college graduates.
C.our society that has not enough jobs for high school graduates.
D.young people as well as our society are to blame for all this.
31.Which of the following sentences is TRUE about those surveys and statistics?C
A.They proved wrong as being contradictory to our college experiences.
B.They are so convincing that we think of our rosy college experiences.
C.They may have been misread because of our rosy college experiences.
D.They prove high school graduates are smarter than college gratuates.
32.What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragragh 4?B
A.It is a different way
B.It is just the opposite.
C.It is the wrong way.
D.There's no other way.
33.What's the main purpose of this passage?C
A.To inform young people college education is no longer important now.
B.To prove college education doesn't make young people more intelligent.
C.To argue against the idea that college is the first choice for all youngsters.
D.To tell young people that there's something wrong with college education.
分析 本文講述到大學(xué)一直是高中畢業(yè)生的首選,因?yàn)槿藗儗?duì)于大學(xué)教育期待很多,但是大學(xué)教育真的能如人所愿嗎?現(xiàn)在很多大學(xué)生因?yàn)闆]有學(xué)習(xí)的動(dòng)力而選擇退學(xué),作者認(rèn)為這不僅是學(xué)生的責(zé)任,社會(huì)也要負(fù)責(zé).
解答 28:D細(xì)節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:All high school graduates should go,says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence,because college will help them earn more,become"better"citizens and be more responsible than those who don't go.可知人們對(duì)于大學(xué)教育期待很多,選D.
29:A細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)第二段的句子:Others find no stimulation (激勵(lì)) in their studies,and consequently have to drop out,which is often encouraged by college administrators.可知很多大學(xué)生中途輟學(xué)因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)趯W(xué)習(xí)上沒有激勵(lì),選A.
30:D細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)第三段的句子:Some observers say the fault lies with young people themselves---they are spoiled and expecting too much.But that's a condemnation (譴責(zé))of the students as a whole,and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness.Others blame our society.Both are partly right.可知作者認(rèn)為對(duì)校園的不滿是因?yàn)槟贻p人和社會(huì),選 D
31:C推理題:根據(jù)第四段的句子:It seems that through the rosy (玫瑰的) glow of our own college experiences,we may have been looking at those surveys and statistics upside down.可知因?yàn)榇髮W(xué)的玫瑰的經(jīng)歷,這些調(diào)查和數(shù)據(jù)可能被誤讀了,選C
32:B句意理解題:根據(jù)劃線句子的上下文; Perhaps college does not make people intelligent,ambitious,happy,or quick to learn things 和Intelligent,ambitious,happy,quick-learning people are merely those who are attracted to college in the first place.可知大學(xué)不能讓人們聰明,相反的,聰明的人是那些首先被吸引到大學(xué)的人,選B.
33:C寫作意圖題:通讀全文和第二段的句子:But college can never work its magic for everyone.可知這篇文章是對(duì)于大學(xué)是否是年輕人的第一選擇提出爭(zhēng)議.選C.
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