Accordingtoasurvey,whichwasbasedontheresponsesofover1800,000students,today'straditional-agecollegefreshmenare"morematerialisticandlessaltruistic"thanatanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll.
Notsurprisingintheshardtimes,thestudent'smajorobjective"istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife."Itfollowsthenthattodaythemostpopularcourseisnotliteratureorhistorybutaccounting.
Interestinteaching,socialserviceandthe"altruistic"fieldsisatalow.Ontheotherhand,enrolmentinbusinnessprograms,engineeringandcomputerscienceiswayup.
Whileit'struethatweallneedacareer,itisequallytruethatourcivilizationhasaccumulatedanincredibleamoutofknowledgeinfieldsfarremovedfromourownandthatwearebetterforourunderstandingofthesothercontributions-betheyscientificorartistic.Itisequallytruethat,instudyingthediversewisdomofothers,welearnhowtothink.Moreimportant,perhaps,educationteachesustoseetheconnectionsbetweenthings,aswellastoseebeyondourimmediateneeds.
Weeklywereadofunionswhowentonstrikeforhigherwages,onlytodrivetheiremployeroutofbussiness.Nocompany;nojob.Howshortsightedinthelogrun!
Butthemostimportantargumentforabroadeducationisthatinstudyingtheaccumulatedwisdomoftheages,weimproveourmoralsense.
1.Accordingtotheauthor'sobservation,collegestudents______________.
A.haveneverbeensomaterialisticastoday
B.haveneverbeensointerestedinthearts
C.haveneverbeensofinanciallywellofastoday
D.haveneverattachedsomuchimportancetomoralsense
2.Thestudents'criteriaforselectingmajorstodayhavemuchtodowith________.
A.theinfuencesoftheirinstructors
B.thefinancialgoalstheyseekinlife
C.theirowninterpretationsofthecourses
D.theirunderstandingofthecontributionsofothers
3.Bysaying"Whileit'struethat...betheyscrentificorartistic"(Lines1-3,Para.5),theauthormeansthat___________.
A.businessmanagementshouldbeincludedineducationalprograms
B.humanwisdomhasaccumulatedatanextraordinarilyhighspeed
C.humanintellectualdevelopmenthasreachednewheights
D.theimportanceofabroadeducationshouldnotbeoverlooked
4.Studyingthediversewisdomofotherscan_____________.
A.createvaryingartisticinterests
B.helppeopleseethingsintheirrightperspective
C.helpimproveconnectionsamongpeople
D.regulatethebehaviorofmodernpeople
5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Businessmenabsorbedintheircareerarenarrow-minded.
B.Managersoftenfindithardtotellrightfromwrong
C.Peopleengagedintechnicaljobsleadamorerewardinglife
D.Careerseekersshouldnotfocusonimmediateinterestsonly.
答案:
inthelongrun:从长远看,终究
[扩展]:intheshortrun在不久的将来;ontherun忙碌,奔波,奔跑,逃跑;runawaywith战胜,偷走,与...私奔,轻易地赢(比赛等)
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