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【題目】Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in history. Today she works for a large software company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. “I enjoyed college, but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,” Rachel says,” This course is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go back to school and got an MBA. ”

In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In the United Stated, people can return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or older to get a higher degree, such as a master’s or Ph. D. Like Rachel many more are taking training courses to improve their workplace skills. With many classes now available through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning.

Mayumi Hosoya, who is forty, teaches Japanese at a community college in New York. “Next term, I’ll be teaching some of my classes using the Internet. This is new for me,” says Mayumi, “At the moment, I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way. ” At the same time, Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History. “We love the subject,” says Mayumi’s father, ”and now we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun. ”

【1】The reading is maily about_____.

A.Rachel Lopez’s studying and working experience.

B.the education in the United States

C.people’s life in New York.

D.lifelong learning becoming more common.

【2】Rachel is sure that _____

A. getting an MBA is necessary for her job

B. colleague studies didn’t prepare her well for her job

C. it’s not clever to get a master’s or Ph. D. in later thirties.

D. students needn’t to study when they get a job

【3】The underlined words ‘distance learning’ in the reading means___

A. studying in community college

B. learning for higher degrees

C. studying away from classroom.

D. learning in the workplaces

【4】Mayumi’s parents are taking a course ____.

A. the using of the Internet B. the workplace skills

C. Japanese teaching D. Art History

【5】We know from the reading that ___.

A. many people go to school to take teaching courses

B. Rachel graduated when she was twenty

C. Mayumi’s teaching how to use the Internet now

D. many students stopped studying when looking for jobs

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：本文敘述了大學(xué)生們通常在畢業(yè)找到工作后就停止了學(xué)習(xí)。但現(xiàn)在，伴隨一生的學(xué)習(xí)已經(jīng)變得很普遍。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文大意可知Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common.今天終身學(xué)習(xí)是很普遍的。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“I enjoyed college, but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,”的描述可知理查爾認(rèn)為他在的工作中沒(méi)有用到我在學(xué)校里完成學(xué)位時(shí)所學(xué)到的東西，所以選B。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中With many classes now available through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training的描述可知?jiǎng)澗�詞詞義為“遠(yuǎn)程學(xué)習(xí)”，所以選C。

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History.可知Mayumi的父母在學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)史，故選D。

【5】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In the United Stated, people can return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or older to get a higher degree, such as a master’s or Ph. D. Like Rachel many more are taking training courses to improve their workplace skills.的描述可知許多人去學(xué)校接受教育課程，所以選A。