17.College helps students dream of more than a salary
From the earliest days of our country,we have seen education as the foundation for democracy and citizenship.Yet high school students and families are increasingly questioning its value.Is investing in a college or university education still worth it?The answer is definitely"Yes".
From a financial point of view,a college education surely pays off.Students who graduate from college can expect to make about 60% more than those who do not,well over a million dollars over a lifetime.Completing college makes an even greater difference to the earning power of young women.A 25-34 year-old female with a bachelor's degree can expect to make 70% more than if she had only completed her high school diploma.But what about the benefits of college that are more difficult to measure?
College is a passport to different places,different times,and different ways of thinking-from learning new languages to considering the arc of human history to diving deep into the building blocks of matter.It gives students a chance to understand themselves differently,seeing how their lives are both like and unlike those who inhabited other eras and other lands.
College introduces students to people they've never met before.One of the most important ways in which students learn at college is by interacting with people who are different from themselves.I recall one student who was admitted to Harvard but wasn't sure he would fit in at a school in the Northeast.However,one night he found himself debating the characteristics that define a genuine hero with other admitted students from around the world.Not everyone agreed,but the differences were what made the conversation exciting,and he realized how much he could learn at a place full of engaging people with a wide range of viewpoints.
College teaches students the virtue of slowing down.No one denies the value of speed,connectivity and the virtual world in an economy that thrives on all three.But"thinking"is a word that is too often forgotten.College teaches students to slow down,to change information into insight and knowing into understanding.It nurtures critical thinking.The result is that students grow in knowledge and in wisdom for a lifetime.
To conclude,investing in a college or university education is well worth it.College opens opportunities reflected in earning and employment statistics.But more importantly,in college students have acquired a new way of transforming the world,through the power of learning,analyzing,changing to adapt to what they have come to understand.
College helps students dream of more than a salary.
Introduction●An increasing number of students and families begin to (71)questionthe value of college education.
●It is (72)worthwhileto invest in a college or university education.
Valid
(73)reasons
(74)financial
aspect
●Students with a college degree earn sixty to seventy percent more than those (75)graduatingfrom high schools.
Horizontal aspects●Students are (76)exposed to different places,times and ways of thinking and learn to understand themselves differently.
●Students also learn by (77)interacting with engaging people having a wide range of viewpoints.
Virtue aspect●Students learn to slow down and think (78)critically,making them grow knowledgeable and (79)wise.
Conclusions●College not only helps to raise students'earnings but also equips them with a new way to (80)transform the world.

分析 本文討論了接受大學(xué)教育的必要性. 
現(xiàn)在很多學(xué)生和家長在質(zhì)疑大學(xué)的價值,人們懷疑投資大學(xué)教育是否值得,但是接受大學(xué)教育是必須的.理由是:一大學(xué)生比只有高中畢業(yè)的學(xué)生的工資高;二大學(xué)給了學(xué)生接觸到不同的地方,時代和思考方式的通行證;和不同觀點的人交流可以使學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)到不同的思考方式;三大學(xué)培養(yǎng)批判的思維,大學(xué)生還會獲得改變世界的新方法.

解答 71.答案:question.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第一段第二句  Yet high school students and families are increasingly questioning its value可知學(xué)生和家長在質(zhì)疑大學(xué)的價值,所以用question.begin to 后用動詞原形.
72.答案:worthwhile. 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第一段第二句 Is investing in a college or university education still worth it?可知人們懷疑投資大學(xué)教育是否值得,所以用worthwhile. 因為主語是it,所以用worthwhile,表示"做某事是值得".
73.答案:reasons.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二,三,四段是對第一段末尾Is investing in a college or university education still worth it?The answer is definitely"Yes".的解釋,所以用Valid reasons 表示"正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛?74.答案:financial.主旨大意題.根據(jù)第二段第一句From a financial point of view,a college education surely pays off可知本段說的是經(jīng)濟方面的理由,所以用financial表示"經(jīng)濟的". 
75.答案:graduating.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第二段的  Students who graduate from college can expect to make about 60% more than those who do not可知who do not表示"只有高中畢業(yè)的學(xué)生",所以用graduating.
76.答案:exposed.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第三段的College is a passport to different places,different times,and different ways of thinking可知大學(xué)給了學(xué)生接觸到不同的地方,時代和思考方式的通行證,所以用be exposed to表示"接觸". 
77.答案:interacting.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第四段的One of the most important ways in which students learn at college is by interacting with people who are different from themselves 和he realized how much he could learn at a place full of engaging people with a wide range of viewpoints.可知和不同觀點的人交流可以使學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)到不同的思考方式,所以用interacting表示"交流".
  78.答案:critically.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第五段的It nurtures critical thinking可知大學(xué)培養(yǎng)批判的思維,修飾動詞think用副詞critically.
 79.答案:wise.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第五段的The result is that students grow in knowledge and in wisdom for a lifetime可知大學(xué)會使學(xué)生 知識豐富,思維明智,所以和題目中的knowledgeable并列用形容詞wise.
80.答案:transform.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第六段的But more importantly,in college students have acquired a new way of transforming the world可知大學(xué)生獲得了改變世界的新方法.題目里用了a new way to,所以用動詞原形transform.

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解答閱讀題的步驟:
1、瀏覽試題,明確要求.
      在閱讀文章前,最好先瀏覽一下文章后面的題干和選項.知道了問題后再去看文章,可使思路更敏捷,而且也便于閱讀時留意文中出現(xiàn)的與選項有關(guān)的信息.   
2、通讀全文,抓住主要內(nèi)容.
      在不影響理解的前提下,盡可能地閱讀以便在盡可能短的時間內(nèi)理解文章或段落的內(nèi)容.閱讀時,如遇到不熟悉的單詞、詞組或一時看不懂的句子,不要停下來苦思冥想,繼續(xù)讀下去,通過上下文的詞語和句子可能就理解了.   
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意.
      通讀全文時,要特別注意主題句.每篇文章或每個段落都有與文章有關(guān)的句子,尤其是科技、政論性文章的主題句一般都在文章的開頭或結(jié)尾,插在中間的很少.所以,文章的第一段或開頭的第一、二個句子往往包含著文章的中心思想、作者的意圖或全文的概述,因此要特別注意,徹底理解.   
4、有針對性地仔細(xì)閱讀,找尋所需信息.
      在前面的基礎(chǔ)上,可進行有針對性地閱讀了.把與問題無關(guān)的內(nèi)容一掃而過,而對于和問題有關(guān)的內(nèi)容認(rèn)真閱讀,還可以用筆在下面做出記號.再把這些信息與問題的要求結(jié)合起來,逐條分析,綜合判斷,找出正確答案.   
5、進行合理的推理判斷.
      對文章有了全面的了解之后,可以按照文章要求以及上下文之間的關(guān)系,做出推理判斷.在進行推理判斷的時候,需要綜合考慮句型、語法、句子之間的邏輯關(guān)系、文化背景等方面的因素.   
6、認(rèn)真復(fù)讀,驗證答案.
      要用全文的中心思想統(tǒng)帥各個題目,研究其內(nèi)在聯(lián)系和邏輯關(guān)系,并依次審核那些還未打上的題目,確保理解無誤.

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