Question

【題目】High school students and families are increasingly questioning whether investing in a college or university education is still worth it.

The short answer is “Yes.” 【1】 A wide range of statistics shows the economic advantage of a four-year college education. Over a lifetime, students who graduate from college can expect to make about 60% more than those who do not, well over a million dollars more than they would otherwise. 【2】 They vote more often, volunteer more often and are more likely to own a home. They are healthier and less likely to smoke. They and their children are less likely to be overweight, and their children are more likely to go to college.

But what about the benefits of college that are more difficult to measure? 【3】

College takes students to places they’ve never been before. College is a passport to different places, different times, and different ways of thinking. It gives students a chance to understand themselves differently, seeing how their lives are both like and unlike those who inhabited other times and other lands. 【4】

College introduces students to people they’ve never met before. One of the most important ways in which students learn, at colleges and universities everywhere, is by communicating with people who are different from themselves both inside and outside of the classroom.

【5】 No one doubts the value of speed, connectivity (網(wǎng)絡(luò)連通性) and the virtual world in an economy that enjoys all three. But “thinking” is a word that is too often forgotten in our rush to communicate faster and left behind as our brains struggle to keep up with our devices (設(shè)備). College teaches students to change information to insight and knowing to understanding, preparing students for lifetime of considering information and growing in knowledge and in wisdom.

Higher education is valued by people who dream bigger and achieve more, who create their own futures, and shape their own destinies.

A. There is no doubt that college pays off financially.

B. College teaches students the virtue of slowing down.

C. College graduates also tend to lead more active lives.

D. Education encourages people to live healthier and longer lives.

E. College opens minds and worlds in ways that are beyond measurement.

F. For many of us, it is the best chance we will have to follow our curiosity.

G. They are equally significant and add up to a lot of value over the course of a lifetime.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】G

【4】F

【5】B

【解析】大學(xué)成就夢想，高等教育回報豐厚，經(jīng)濟回報顯而易見，同時還有一些難以衡量的回報。

【1】考查對上下文語境的理解�？涨熬湟猓喝欢�越來越多的高中生和家長開始質(zhì)疑高等教育的價值。那么，支持孩子接受高等教育是不是仍然值得呢？回答很簡單——“值得”�？蘸缶湟猓河写罅繑�(shù)據(jù)表明四年大學(xué)教育帶來的經(jīng)濟優(yōu)勢。故這里A（毫無疑問，高等教育帶來經(jīng)濟回報。）符合上下文，故選A。

【2】考查對上下文語境的理解�？蘸缶湟猓核麄儠�更積極參與投票和志愿者活動，更可能擁有自己的住房。根據(jù)空后的句子可知C（受過高等教育的人生活也更積極。）符合上下文，故選C。

【3】考查對上下文語境的理解。空前句意：那么，大學(xué)教育還帶來哪些難以衡量的益處呢？下文介紹了很多大學(xué)教育帶來的難以衡量的好處，故這里G（這些益處同樣重要，我們將因此而受益終身。）符合上下文，故選G。

【4】考查對上下文語境的理解�？涨熬湟猓焊叩冉逃�讓學(xué)生有機會從不同角度了解自己，看到自己的生活與不同時代、不同地域的人有何異同。根據(jù)空前句意可推斷這里選項F（對很多人來說，這也是我們很多人滿足好奇心的最好機會。）符合上下文，故選F。

【5】考查對上下文語境的理解。第5小題是此段的首句，也是本段的主題句。根據(jù)空后句意，沒人懷疑速度、連通和虛擬世界的重要性。但我們忙于追求交際速度，努力讓大腦趕上日新月異的電子產(chǎn)品時，常常忘記思考。大學(xué)教導(dǎo)學(xué)生將信息內(nèi)化為見解，將知識轉(zhuǎn)化為理解。這讓學(xué)生在辨別信息、增長知識和智慧等方面做好了儲備，終生受益�？芍�這里B（大學(xué)教會學(xué)生“欲速則不達(dá)”。）符合上下文，故選B。