距离英语四六级考试越来越近了，相信考生都打起精神准备进行最后的冲刺了。英语四级考试中阅读所占比重为百分之三十五，阅读的重要性不言而喻。
Accordingtoasurvey,whichwasbasedontheresponsesofover188,000students,today’straditional-agecollegefreshmenare“morematerialisticandlessaltruistic(利他主义的)”thanatanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll.
Notsurprisinginthesehardtimes,thestudent’smajorobjective“istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife.”Itfollowsthenthattodaythemostpopularcourseisnotliteratureorhistorybutaccounting.
Interestinteaching,socialserviceandthe“altruistic”fieldsisatalow.Ontheotherhand,enrollmentinbusinessprograms,engineeringandcomputerscienceiswayup.
That’snosurpriseeither.Afriendofmine(asalesrepresentativeforachemicalcompany)wasmakingtwicethesalaryofhercollegeinstructorsherfirstyearonthejob—evenbeforeshecompletedhertwo-yearassociatedegree.
Whileit’struethatweallneedacareer,itisequallytruethatourcivilizationhasaccumulatedanincredibleamountofknowledgeinfieldsfarremovedfromourownandthatwearebetterforourunderstandingoftheseothercontributions—betheyscientificorartistic.
Itisequallytruethat,instudyingthediversewisdomofothers,welearnhowtothink.Moreimportant,perhaps,educationteachesustoseetheconnectionsbetweenthings,aswellastoseebeyondourimmediateneeds.
Weeklywereadofunionswhowentonstrikeforhigherwages,onlytodrivetheiremployeroutofbusiness.Nocompany;nojob.Howshortsightedinthelongrun!
Butthemostimportantargumentforabroadeducationisthatinstudyingtheaccumulatedwisdomoftheages,weimproveourmoralsense.Isawacartoonrecentlywhichshowsagroupofbusinessmenlookingpuzzledastheysitaroundaconferencetable;oneofthemistalkingontheintercom(对讲机):“MissBaxter,”hesays,“couldyoupleasesendinsomeonewhocandistinguishrightfromwrong?”
Fromthelong-termpointofview,that’swhateducationreallyoughttobeabout.
16.Accordingtotheauthor’sobservation,collegestudents________.
A)haveneverbeensomaterialisticastoday
B)haveneverbeensointerestedinthearts
C)haveneverbeensofinanciallywelloffastoday
D)haveneverattachedsomuchimportancetomoralsense
17.Thestudents’criteriaforselectingmajorstodayhavemuchtodowith________.
A)theinfluencesoftheirinstructors
B)thefinancialgoalstheyseekinlife
C)theirowninterpretationsofthecourses
D)theirunderstandingofthecontributionsofothers
18.Bysaying“Whileit’struethat...betheyscientificorartistic”(Lines1-3,Para.5),theauthormeansthat________.
A)businessmanagementshouldbeincludedineducationalprograms
B)humanwisdomhasaccumulatedatanextraordinarilyhighspeed
C)humanintellectualdevelopmenthasreachednewheights
D)theimportanceofabroadeducationshouldnotbeoverlooked
19.Studyingthediversewisdomofotherscan________.
A)createvaryingartisticinterests
B)helppeopleseethingsintheirrightperspective
C)helpimproveconnectionsamongpeople
D)regulatethebehaviorofmodernpeople
20.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A)Businessmenabsorbedintheircareerarenarrow-minded.
B)Managersoftenfindithardtotellrightfromwrong.
C)Peopleengagedintechnicaljobsleadamorerewardinglife.
D)Careerseekersshouldnotfocusonimmediateinterestsonly.
16.A17.B18.D19.B20.D
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