We believe that there is more to education than preparation for a job．Children must be prepared for all aspects (方面) of their adult life work，leisure，personal relationships，creative activities，dealing with money matters，independence，and parenthood．

However，it would be unrealistic to provide an education which gave no consideration to the needs of employers．

What type of training does the business world regard as important?

Many young people applying for jobs were , in the employers’ opinions，very weak in the basic skills of handwriting，grammar and spelling．Though further education at university level improved the student’s general ability，a report states, “In basic skills the standards remained very low．”   

It is doubtful whether standards have lowered in recent years．What is certain is that employers do not believe the standard is now high enough．Do technological changes make greater demands upon the students’abilities?

We should also remember that the job expectations of young people have increased．The girls who would have once become shop assistants or hairdressers now want to be secretaries．Boys who sought an apprenticeship (學(xué)徒) 20 years ago now desire to an engineering degree．But it is still the same girls and boys with the same degree of ability．NO wonder there are problems in reaching the “necessary standards” of the business world．   

Many employers believed that it was important for teachers to have experience outside the world of college and school．They should work for a while at some other kind of job to see how the world of business and commerce is different from their own．The teaching profession and society in general needed a greater understanding of manpower needs and therefore of “the desired” direction of the education system．

53．The article mainly talks about  __________．

A．no education among young people

B．the weaker standards of education

C．the problem of unemployment

D．meeting the educational requirements of employment

54．In the writer’s opinion , education should __________ ．

A．be suitable to all aspects of being an adult，including employment

B．only meet the needs of employment

C．centre on student’ working ability

D．pay more attention to grammar

55．The underlined part “the same girls and boys” refers to __________．

A．those who are likely to be unemployed

B．those who have just left middle school

C．those who are looking for jobs far beyond their abilities

D．those who might have become shop assistants，hairdressers and apprentices in the past

56.  It’s suggested that teachers should __________．

A．never change their jobs

B．improve their teaching methods

C．get some working experience outside school

D．spend more time on their school work   

We believe that there is more to education than preparation for a job. Children must be prepared for all aspects of their adult life work, leisure, personal relationships, creative activities, coping with money matters, independence, and parenthood.

       Nevertheless, it would be unrealistic to provide an education which took no account of the needs of employers.

       What type of training does the business world regard as important?

       Many young people applying for jobs were, in the employers' opinions, very weak in the basic skills of handwriting, grammar and spelling. Though additional education at university level improved the students' general ability, a report states, "In basic skills the standards remained stubbornly low."

       It is debatable whether standards have declined in recent years. What is certain is that employers do not believe the standard is now high enough. Do technological changes make greater demands upon the students' abilities?

       We should also remember that the job expectations of young people have increased. The girls who would have once become shop assistants or hairdressers now want to be secretaries. Boys who sought an apprenticeship （學(xué)徒） 20 years ago now desire to have an engineering degree. But it is still the same girls and boys with the same degree of ability. No wonder there are problems in reaching the "necessary standards" of the business world.

       Many employers believed that it was important for teachers to have experience outside the world of college and school. They should work for a while at some other kinds of job "to see how the world of business and commerce differs form their own". The teaching profession and society in general needed a greater understanding of manpower needs and therefore of "the desired" direction of the education system.

1．The article mainly talks about ________.

       A．no education among young people       

       B．meeting the educational requirements of employment

       C．the problem of unemployment       

       D．the weaker standards of education

2．In the writer's opinion, education should ________.

    A．pay more attention to students' academic ability

    B．only meet the needs of employment

    C．be suitable to all aspects of being an adult, including employment

       D．focus on grammar

3．"The same girls and boys" in Para. 6 refer to ________.

       A．those who are likely to be unemployed

       B．those who have just left middle school

       C．those who are looking for jobs far beyond their abilities

       D．those who might have become shop assistants, hairdressers and apprentices in the past

4．It's suggested that teachers should _________.

       A．never change their jobs                        B．spend more time on their school work

       C．improve their teaching methods        D．get some work experience outside school

We believe that there is more to education than preparation for a job. Children must be prepared for all aspects of their adult life; work, leisure, personal relationships, creative activities, dealing with money matters, independence, etc.

    However, it would be unrealistic to provide an education which didn’t consider the needs of employers.

    What type of training does the business world regard as important?

    Many young people applying for jobs were, in the employers’ opinions, very weak in the basic skills of handwriting, grammar and spelling. Though additional education at university level improved the student’s general ability, a report states, “In basic skills the standards remained stubbornly （頑固） low.”

    It is doubtful whether standards have decreased in recent years. What is certain is that employers do not believe the standard is now high enough. Do technological changes make greater demands upon the students’ abilities?

    We should also remember that the job expectations of young people have increased. The girls who would have once become shop assistants or hairdressers now want to be secretaries. Boys who sought an apprenticeship （學(xué)徒） 20 years ago now desire an engineering degree. But it is still the same girls and boys with the same degree of ability. No wonder there are problems in reaching the “necessary standards” of the business world.

    Many employers believe that it is important for teachers to have experience outside the world of college and school. They should work for a while at some other kind of job “to see how the world of business and commerce differs from their own.” The teaching professor and society in general need a greater understanding of manpower needs and therefore of “desired” direction of the education system.

1．The article mainly talks about _________.

   A．no education among young people

   B．meeting the educational requirements of employment

   C．the problem of unemployment

   D．the weaker standards of education

2．In the writer’s opinion, education should _________.

   A．pay more attention to students’ academic （學(xué)術(shù)的） ability

   B．only meet the needs of employment

   C．be suitable to all aspects of being an adult, including employment

   D．focus on grammar

3．“The same girls and boys” in Para. 6 refer to _________.

   A．those who are likely to be unemployed

   B．those who have just left middle school

   C．those who are looking for jobs far beyond their abilities

   D．those who might have done work with basic skills in the past

4．This passage most probably appears in _________.

   A．a(chǎn) story book                                         B．a(chǎn)n advertisement of jobs

C．a(chǎn) news report                                     D．a(chǎn)n educational magazine

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, who    36   becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic（傭人）. Through her work, she observed that   37   people spent a lot more time reading than they    38   watching television. She announces that my brother and I    39  watch two to three pre-selected programs during the week. With our   40  time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and   41   written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a    42  . My mother was illiterate（文盲）.
When I entered high school, I was a    43   student, but not for long. I began to like fancy clothes. I wanted to    44   other guys. I went from an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I    45   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I    46   this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money    47  , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very    48   with that arrangement but once I got through allocating（分配）money, there was   49   left. I realized my mother was a financial genius（金融天才）to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy    50  . I really realized my desire wasn’t going to get me    51  . Success requires intellectual preparation. I went back to my    52   and became an A-student again and eventually I    53   my dream and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story—a woman with    54   formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job    55   than parenting. This I believe.

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, who    36   becoming a doctor.

My mother was a domestic（傭人）. Through her work, she observed that   37   people spent a lot more time reading than they    38   watching television. She announces that my brother and I    39  watch two to three pre-selected programs during the week. With our   40  time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and   41   written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a    42  . My mother was illiterate（文盲）.

When I entered high school, I was a    43   student, but not for long. I began to like fancy clothes. I wanted to    44   other guys. I went from an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I    45   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I    46   this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money    47  , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very    48   with that arrangement but once I got through allocating（分配）money, there was   49   left. I realized my mother was a financial genius（金融天才）to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy    50  . I really realized my desire wasn’t going to get me    51  . Success requires intellectual preparation. I went back to my    52   and became an A-student again and eventually I    53   my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother’s story—a woman with    54   formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job    55   than parenting. This I believe.

1.                A．thought of      B．got used to      C．dreamed of    D．got tired of

2.                A．honest         B．hardworking     C．successful D．reliable

3.                A．spent          B．wasted         C．took D．did

4.                A．could only      B．couldn’t       C．must not  D．should often

5.                A．weekend       B．free           C．evening  D．play

6.                A．read           B．present         C．teach D．explain

7.                A．joke           B．means          C．tool  D．trick

8.                A．top            B．normal         C．poor D．slow

9.                                  A．get rid of   B．hang out with

C．break away from                   D．keep in touch with

10.               A．complained     B．forgot          C．worried   D．a(chǎn)rgued

11.               A．have           B．cost           C．need D．make

12.A. left over  B paid off  C. used up  D. put away

13.               A．tired           B．pleased        C．disappointed   D．bored

14.               A．a(chǎn)nything        B．everything      C．something D．nothing

15.               A．clothes         B．shirts          C．shoes D．skirts

16.               A．a(chǎn)nymore       B．somewhere     C．a(chǎn)nywhere  D．everywhere

17.               A．guys           B．mother         C．studies    D．school

18.               A．made          B．realized        C．changed   D．remembered

19.               A．little           B．much          C．low   D．high

20.                                A．more interesting  B．less interesting

C．more important                    D．less portant

The simplest way to say it is this：I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid，who   36   ! becoming a doctor．

My mother Was a domestic(傭人)．Through her work，she observed that   37   people spent a lot more time reading than they    38    watching television．She announced that my brother and I   39  watch two to three pre-selected programs during the week．With our   40   time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and    41   written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights．Years later we realized her marks Were a   42  ．My mother was illiterate(文盲)．

When I entered high school, I was a   43  student，but not for long．I began to like fancy clothes．I wanted to   44  with other guys．I went from an A-student to a B-student to a C-student．One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I  45  about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said，“Okay．I'll give you all the money I've  46  this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms，and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With the money   47  ，you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want．” I was very   48  with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配)money，there was  49   left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy  50  ．I really realized my desire wasn't going to get me   51   ．Success requires intellectual preparation．I went back to my  52  and became an A-student again and eventually I  53  my dream and I became a doctor．

My story is really my mother's story―a woman with   54  formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children．There is no job  55  than parenting．This I believe．

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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　The U. S. Department of Labor statistics (collection of information shown in numbers) show that there is an oversupply of college - trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there is an oversupply of teachers, engineers, physicists, aerospace experts, and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren't there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the positions for which they were trained and must take jobs, which do not require a college degree.

　　On the other hand, there is a great need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, and TV repairmen.

　　These people have more work than they can deal with, and their incomes every year are often higher than those of college graduates. The opinion that white - collar workers make a better living than blue - collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen.

　　The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a bright future. A large number of people in American society connects success in life with a college degree. Parents begin forcing their children to believe this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn't matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments (注冊(cè)) go up and up, and more and more graduates are overeducated for the kinds of jobs suited to them.

　　One result of this importance on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.

1．From the passage we can know in the past ________.

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A．white - collar workers made a better living than blue - collar workers

B．blue - collar workers were looked down upon

C．white - collar workers were looked up to

D．blue - collar workers made a better living than white - collar workers

2．The underlined word myth in the fourth passage means ________.

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3．By saying that “many people go to college who do not belong there”, the writer means that ________.

[　　]

A．many people who do not have enough money go to college

B．many people who go to college drop out within the first year

C．many people who go to college have their hopes destroyed

D．many people who are not fit for college education go to college

4．We can infer from the passage that the writer believes that ________.

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A．college education is not a help in getting a job

B．people with a college education should receive higher pay

C．fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs

D．every young man and woman should go to college