Every year, it costs British students more and more to attend university. 1. So is a university degree really worth it?

In 2006, the UK government started to allow universities in England and Wales to charge British students tuition fees. As a result, more than 80% of students in England and Wales now take out a student loan in order to go to university. 2. The average student in England and Wales now graduates from university with debts of around ￡12,000. Students of medicine, who study for longer, usually have debts of more than ￡20,000. That is a lot of money. 3. They even struggle to pay rent on a house, because they have to start paying back the student loan after graduating.

You might think that a British person with a degree will find it easy to get a well-paid job. However, most people in “white-collar jobs” seem to have a degree these days, so there is a lot of competition. 4. Like everyone else, graduates usually have to start at the bottom and work their way up. That can be very frustrating for them, since they are often over-qualified for the work they are doing. While at university, they had dreams of getting an exciting, challenging job. Therefore, life after university ends up being quite disappointing for a lot of graduates.

5. Students have always been seen as not having a lot of money, but “student poverty” is now considered a real problem in the UK. Most British students expect to get a loan, part-time job or summer job. Worse still, however, an increasing number of students turn to crime to support themselves.

A. They are graduating with larger and larger debts.

B. All these lead to the reevaluation of a university degree.

C. It means graduates cannot afford to buy a house for many years.

D. Sometimes they have to borrow money from relatives and friends.

E. If solved improperly, the debts might cause serious social problems.

F. They use the loan to pay for tuition fees, books and living expenses.

G. Also, British companies tend to value work experience over a piece of paper.

 

1.A

2.F

3.C

4.G

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了由于大學(xué)生需要貸款上學(xué)而導(dǎo)致一系列的問題，如畢業(yè)后壓力更大：要還貸，還要租房、對工作不滿意，尤其是待遇等等甚至有人不惜犯罪。貸款上大學(xué)真得值得嗎？

1.考查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是：英國學(xué)生要上大學(xué)所花的費(fèi)用每年都有提高；空后一句的意思是：那么獲得一個(gè)大學(xué)學(xué)位真的值得嗎？所以這里選A（大學(xué)生畢業(yè)時(shí)的債務(wù)也越來越多了。）符合語境。

2.2】考查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是：在英格蘭和威爾士超過 80%的學(xué)生現(xiàn)在需要申請學(xué)生貸款；去上大學(xué)�？蘸笠痪涞囊馑际牵涸谟⒏裉m和威爾士的學(xué)生現(xiàn)在大學(xué)畢業(yè)平均有約 12000 英鎊的債務(wù)。選F（他們用這學(xué)錢去支付學(xué)費(fèi)、書本費(fèi)和生活費(fèi)。）符合語境。

3.查上下文的理解能力�？涨耙痪涞囊馑际牵簩W(xué)醫(yī)的學(xué)生的費(fèi)用更高通常超過 2 萬英鎊，因?yàn)閷W(xué)習(xí)時(shí)間更長�？蘸笠痪涞囊馑际牵核麄兩踔烈ψ夥孔�，因?yàn)樗麄儺厴I(yè)后就要開始償還學(xué)生貸款。所以這里選C（這意味著畢業(yè)生很多年買不起房子。）符合語境。

4.查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是；你可能認(rèn)為有學(xué)位的英國人將會(huì)很容易得到一份高薪的工作。然而，現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)“白領(lǐng)”似乎都有學(xué)位，所以競爭很激烈�？蘸笠痪涞囊馑际牵合衿渌艘粯�，畢業(yè)生通常要從底部干起。而很多學(xué)生的能力已經(jīng)很棒了，所以他們通常都會(huì)很糾結(jié)。所以這里選G（而且，英國的公司比起一紙文憑來，更看中的是工作經(jīng)歷。）符合語境。

5.5】查上下文的理解能力�？蘸笠痪涞囊馑际牵簩W(xué)生們一直被視為沒有很多錢，但是“貧困學(xué)生”現(xiàn)在被認(rèn)為是英國的一個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)問題。大多數(shù)英國學(xué)生期望得到貸款、 兼職工作或暑期工作。然而，更糟糕的是，越來越多的學(xué)生轉(zhuǎn)向犯罪來養(yǎng)活自己。所以這里選B（所有這些都導(dǎo)致人們對大學(xué)學(xué)位的重新評價(jià)。）符合語境。

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)類閱讀。

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