There is no denying that over the years college education has been accepted without the slightest doubt. 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.

But college can never work its magic for everyone. Now with half our high school graduates attending college, those unfit for the pattern are getting more. 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 for admission into graduate schools. Others find no stimulation (激勵) in their studies, and consequently have to drop out, which is often encouraged by college administrators.

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. 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 suggest that college may not be the best, the proper or the only place for every young person after finishing high school. 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. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, or quick to learn things—maybe it is just the other way around. Intelligent, ambitious, happy, quick-learning people are merely those who are attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful even without college education. This is heresy (異端邪說) to those 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 pile up.

1.According to the first paragraph, ______.

A. people now no longer challenge college education

B. people have great expectations for college education

C. the author thinks youngsters should all go to college

D. people still have a low opinion of college education

2.More young people drop out of college because ______.

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

3.Who does the author think is responsible for campus unhappiness?

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.

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE about those surveys and statistics?

A. They prove high school graduates are smarter than college graduates.

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 wrong because they contradict our rosy college experiences.

5.What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?

A. It is just the opposite B. There is no right way

C. It is the wrong way D. There’s no other way

6.What is the main purpose of this passage?

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.

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

【解析】

試題分析：大學(xué)一直是高中畢業(yè)生的首選，因?yàn)槿藗儗τ诖髮W(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，社會也要負(fù)責(zé)。

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