The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.  

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation（推薦）in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies, and drop out―often encouraged by college administrators（教導(dǎo)主任）.  

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves―they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation（譴責(zé)）of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.  

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys （調(diào)查） upside down, it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things―maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy（異端邪說(shuō)）to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up.  

68．According to the passage, the author believes that______.  

A. people used to question the value of college education  

B. people used to have full confidence in higher education  

C. all high school graduates went to college  

D. very few high school graduates chose to go to college  

69．In the 2nd paragraph, "those who don't fit the pattern" refers to______.  

A. high school graduates who aren't suitable for college education  

B. college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis  

C. college students who aren't any better for their higher education  

D. high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college  

70．According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that______.  

A. society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates  

B. high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education  

C. too many students have to earn their own living  

D. college administrators encourage students to drop out  

71．In this passage the author argues that______.  

A. more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates  

B. college education is not enough if one wants to be successful  

C. college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people  

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies, and drop out –often encouraged by college administrators. Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much.

    But that is a condemnation（譴責(zé)）of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained 18 year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained 22-year-olds, either.

    Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys upside down, it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent（clever）, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy （異端邪說(shuō)） to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up.

1．According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT_______.

A．a(chǎn)bout half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school

B．college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

C．a(chǎn)dministrators often encourage college students to drop out

D．more and more young people are found unfit for college.

2．Which of the following is one of some observers’ opinions?

A．The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life.

B．The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college.

C．College should improve because of so much campus unhappiness.

D．Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else.

3．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Our college experience proves that those surveys are incorrect.

B．The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences.

C．The surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences.

D．Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys.

4．What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people.

B．To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice.

C．To value young people’s further education in colleges.

D．To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school.

閱讀下列文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳答案。

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go.

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation (推薦) in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators (教導(dǎo)主任).

    Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation (譴責(zé)) of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We've been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

    Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys (調(diào)查) upside down,  it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent (clever) , ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things-maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (異端邪說(shuō)) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up.

1．According to the passage all the following statements are true EXCEPT that ________.

    A. about half of the high school graduates continue their studies in colleges

    B. college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

    C. administrators often encourage college students to drop out

    D. more and more young people are found unfit for college

2．Which of the following is one of some observers' opinions?

    A. The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life.

    B. The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college.

    C. Colleges should improve because of so much campus unhappiness.

    D. Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else.

3．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

    A. Our college experiences prove that those surveys are incorrect.

    B. The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences.

    C. The surveys should all be reexamined according to our college experiences.

    D. Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys.

4．What is the main purpose of this passage?

    A. To value young people's further education in colleges.

    B. To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice.

    C. To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people.

D. To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school.

閱讀理解

閱讀下列文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳答案。

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go.

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation (推薦) in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators (教導(dǎo)主任).

    Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation (譴責(zé)) of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We've been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

    Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys (調(diào)查) upside down,  it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent (clever) , ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things-maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (異端邪說(shuō)) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up.

1．According to the passage all the following statements are true EXCEPT that ________.

    A. about half of the high school graduates continue their studies in colleges

    B. college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

    C. administrators often encourage college students to drop out

    D. more and more young people are found unfit for college

2．Which of the following is one of some observers' opinions?

    A. The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life.

    B. The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college.

    C. Colleges should improve because of so much campus unhappiness.

    D. Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else.

3．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

    A. Our college experiences prove that those surveys are incorrect.

    B. The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences.

    C. The surveys should all be reexamined according to our college experiences.

    D. Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys.

4．What is the main purpose of this passage?

    A. To value young people's further education in colleges.

    B. To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice.

    C. To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people.

D. To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school.

                            The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation．

    All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go．

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone．And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious．College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school．Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out ------ often encouraged by college administrators．

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves ----- they are spoiled and they are expecting too much．But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness．Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right．We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot absorb an army of untrained 18-year-olds．But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained 22-year-olds, either．

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school．

We_may_have_been_looking_at_all_those_surveysand_statistics_upside_down,_it_seems,_and_through_the_rosy_glow_of_our_own_remembered_college_experiences．Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things ----- maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place．And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not．This is heresy （異端邪說(shuō)） to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much better．But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up．

64．According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT______．

     A．a(chǎn)bout half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school

     B．college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

     C．a(chǎn)dministrators often encourage college students to drop out

     D．more and more young people are found unfit for college

65．Which of the following is one of some observers’ opinions?

     A．The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life．

     B．The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college．

     C．College should improve because of so much campus unhappiness．

     D．Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else．

66．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

     A．Our college experience proves that those surveys are incorrect．

     B．The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences．

     C．The surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences．

     D．Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys．

67．What is the main purpose of this passage?

     A．To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people．

     B．To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice．

     C．To value young people’s further education in colleges．

     D．To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school．

                            The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation．

    All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go．

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone．And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious．College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school．Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out ------ often encouraged by college administrators．

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves ----- they are spoiled and they are expecting too much．But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness．Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right．We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot absorb an army of untrained 18-year-olds．But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained 22-year-olds, either．

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school．

We_may_have_been_looking_at_all_those_surveysand_statistics_upside_down,_it_seems,_and_through_the_rosy_glow_of_our_own_remembered_college_experiences．Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things ----- maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place．And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not．This is heresy （異端邪說(shuō)） to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much better．But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up．

64．According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT______．

     A．a(chǎn)bout half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school

     B．college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

     C．a(chǎn)dministrators often encourage college students to drop out

     D．more and more young people are found unfit for college

65．Which of the following is one of some observers’ opinions?

     A．The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life．

    B．The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college．

     C．College should improve because of so much campus unhappiness．

     D．Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else．

66．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

     A．Our college experience proves that those surveys are incorrect．

     B．The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences．

     C．The surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences．

     D．Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys．

67．What is the main purpose of this passage?

     A．To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people．

     B．To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice．

     C．To value young people’s further education in colleges．

     D．To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school．

                                   C

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation．

    All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go．

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone．And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious．College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school．Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out ------ often encouraged by college administrators．

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves ----- they are spoiled and they are expecting too much．But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness．Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right．We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot absorb an army of untrained 18-year-olds．But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained 22-year-olds, either．

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school．

We_may_have_been_looking_at_all_those_surveysand_statistics_upside_down,_it_seems,_and_through_the_rosy_glow_of_our_own_remembered_college_experiences．Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things ----- maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place．And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not．This is heresy （異端邪說(shuō)） to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much better．But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up．

64．According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT______．

     A．a(chǎn)bout half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school

     B．college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

     C．a(chǎn)dministrators often encourage college students to drop out

     D．more and more young people are found unfit for college

65．Which of the following is one of some observers’ opinions?

     A．The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life．

    B．The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college．

     C．College should improve because of so much campus unhappiness．

     D．Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else．

66．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

     A．Our college experience proves that those surveys are incorrect．

     B．The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences．

     C．The surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences．

     D．Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys．

67．What is the main purpose of this passage?

     A．To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people．

     B．To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice．

     C．To value young people’s further education in colleges．

     D．To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school．

C
The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation．
All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go．
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone．And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious．College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school．Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out ------ often encouraged by college administrators．
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves ----- they are spoiled and they are expecting too much．But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness．Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right．We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot absorb an army of untrained 18-year-olds．But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained 22-year-olds, either．
Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school．
We_may_have_been_looking_at_all_those_surveysand_statistics_upside_down,_it_seems,_and_through_the_rosy_glow_of_our_own_remembered_college_experiences．Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things ----- maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place．And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not．This is heresy （異端邪說(shuō)） to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much better．But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up．
64．According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT______．
A．a(chǎn)bout half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school
B．college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money
C．a(chǎn)dministrators often encourage college students to drop out
D．more and more young people are found unfit for college
65．Which of the following is one of some observers’ opinions?
A．The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life．
  B．The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college．
C．College should improve because of so much campus unhappiness．
D．Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else．
66．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．Our college experience proves that those surveys are incorrect．
B．The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences．
C．The surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences．
D．Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys．
67．What is the main purpose of this passage?
A．To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people．
B．To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice．
C．To value young people’s further education in colleges．
D．To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school．

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.      

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies, and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators（教導(dǎo)主任）.

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys upside down, it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy（異端邪說(shuō)）to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up.

1．According to the passage, the author believes that______.

A. people used to question the value of college education

B. people used to have full confidence in higher education

C. all high school graduates went to college

D. very few high school graduates chose to go to college

2．In the 2nd paragraph, "those who don't fit the pattern" refers to______.

A. high school graduates who aren't suitable for college education

B. college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis

C. college students who aren't any better for their higher education

D. high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college

3．According to the passage, the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that______.

A. society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates

B. high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education

C. too many students have to earn their own living

D. college administrators encourage students to drop out

4．In this passage the author argues that______.

A. more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates

B. college education is not enough if one wants to be successful

C. college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people

D. intelligent people may learn quicker if they don't go to college