Question

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to (歸因于) the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A level（A級）were also up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first year lectures — which are open to students from all departments — were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done，” he added.

University applications rose 7% last year, but there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the public sector(部門), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty. ”

51．Professor John Beath’s lectures are ________.

A. given in a traditional way

B. connected with the present situation

C. open to both students and their parents

D. warmly received by economists

52．Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their ________.

A. greater stability（穩(wěn)定）              B. higher pay 

C. fewer applications                D. better reputation（名聲）

53．In the opinion of most parents，________.

A. economics should be the focus of school teaching

B. more students should be admitted to universities

C. the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened

D. children should solve financial problems themselves

54．According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters ________.

A. wiser in money management        

B. have access to better equipment

C. confident about their future careers  

  D. get jobs in Child Trust Funds

55．What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Universities have received more applications.

B. Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.

C. College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.

D. Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

                             

Answer 1

本文主要講述了金融危機下學(xué)生們開始更多地選擇與經(jīng)濟有關(guān)的專業(yè)這一現(xiàn)象。

51．B　事實細節(jié)題。從第四段第二句話可知他把教學(xué)與當前的一些重大事件緊密相連，即貼近現(xiàn)實生活，故B(與當前的形勢相聯(lián)系)為正確答案。

52．A  事實細節(jié)題。從第五段最后可知在當前金融危機下這些公共部門的工作以其安全性和穩(wěn)定性吸引了求職者，故A(極大的穩(wěn)定性)為正確答案。

53．C 事實細節(jié)題。由倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知應(yīng)該“加強關(guān)于經(jīng)濟問題方面的教學(xué)”。

54．A  推理判斷題。Hocking認為經(jīng)濟下滑帶來的一個好處就是讓年輕人學(xué)會了更明智地處理金錢方面的問題，在經(jīng)濟不穩(wěn)定時期更好地理財。所以答案為A。

55．B  主旨大意題。第一段提到全球性的金融危機使公眾想更多地了解有關(guān)經(jīng)濟體系方面的一些問題，所以更多的學(xué)生申請經(jīng)濟學(xué)專業(yè)，本文正是對此展開的論述，故答案為B。