9．The world is moving so fast these days that if you do not have the right education，you could get left behind．Technology touches every part of our daily lives---even the fast food industry relies on computer assisted systems to speed things to their customers．If you cannot figure out the computer at your local fast food shop，where will that leave you？
Once upon a time，you could have a good life with nothing more than a high school diploma，but those times are gone now．Competition for even the lowest level jobs is fierce，and most employers will give the edge to that extra education now．Jobs that never required a degree before now will certainly be given to the most educated candidate as markets grow tighter and tighter．
Education is not only important on the job front，however．Recent studies show that continually learning will keep your brain more healthy．The more active you keep your brain now，the more active it will remain in the long run．It does make sense if you think about it：if you start jogging，your body feels healthier after a while and will actually long for exercise．The same could probably be said for your brain：make it work to learn something new，and it will continually seek out the stimulation（刺激）of new information to keep itself sharp．
Education is important for your sense of self and self-esteem．If you allow yourself to think that you are poorly educated，you therefore deserve an old car or a small house and poor life．Stop feeling sorry for yourself and take charge of your own fate．Realize that you are a different person now and evaluate why you did so poorly in the past．Was it because you just could not learn，or because you did not want to focus on your education at that time？You are an adult now，and will be more focused and goal driven．Never say no to education，never say no to yourself．
56．Why does the author mention"the fast food industry"in the first paragraph？（No more than l0 words）
To show technology touches all aspects of life．/To tell us technology touches every part of life．
57．How can you make your brain sharp according to this passage？（No more than 10 words）
By making it work to learn something new．/By making use of it to learn something new．
58．What does the underlined phrase"give the edge to"mean？（No more than 3 words）
Prefer．/Value．/Favor．/Like．/Pay attention to．/Focus on．
59．What should you do to stop feeling sorry and take charge of your fate？（No more than 20 words）
Realize that you are a different person now and evaluate why you did so poorly then．
60．In your opinion，why is education very important？（No more than 15 words）
Because education can help us find good jobs and build up our confidence．．

分析 本文屬于一篇說明文的短文閱讀．主要介紹了教育在當(dāng)今社會(huì)中的重要作用．現(xiàn)代社會(huì)科技迅速發(fā)展，教育的重要性也越加明顯，它能改善我們的工作，提高我們的自信等．

解答 56．To show technology touches all aspects of life．/To tell us technology touches every part of life．
 根據(jù)短文中第一段Technology touches every part of our daily lives---even the fast food industry relies on computer assisted systems to speed things to their customers．可知，破折號(hào)后面的內(nèi)容就是對(duì)前面一句的解釋說明，所以文章提到快餐業(yè)的目的就是為了說明科技已經(jīng)觸及到了我們生活中的每一個(gè)角落；故答案為
To show technology touches all aspects of life．/To tell us technology touches every part of life．
57．By making it work to learn something new．/By making use of it to learn something new．
 由文中第三段中make it work to learn something new，and it will continually seek out the stimulation（刺激）of new information to keep itself sharp．一句可知，要想使我們的大腦保持思維敏捷，就必須學(xué)習(xí)新的東西．故答案為By making it work to learn something new．/By making use of it to learn something new．
58．Prefer．/Value．/Favor．/Like．/Pay attention to．/Focus on．
 該句話Competition for even the lowest level jobs is fierce，and most employers will give the edge to that extra education now．說明，即使是最低級(jí)的工作其競(jìng)爭(zhēng)也是很激烈的，大部分老板會(huì)更喜歡接受更多教育的人，所以由此推出give the edge to應(yīng)該是更喜歡、偏愛、鐘愛等意思；故答案為Prefer．/Value．/Favor．/Like．/Pay attention to．/Focus on．
59．Realize that you are a different person now and evaluate why you did so poorly then．
 最后一段Realize that you are a different person now and evaluate why you did so poorly in the past．緊承前一句Stop feeling sorry for yourself and take charge of your own fate．要想不再顧影自憐，想控制自己的命運(yùn)，就要意識(shí)到自己的獨(dú)特并評(píng)估分析自己為什么過去做的那么差；故答案為Realize that you are a different person now and evaluate why you did so poorly then．
60．Because education can help us find good jobs and build up our confidence．
根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容的描述和第三段中Education is not only important on the job front，however．Recent studies show that continually learning will keep your brain more healthy．可知，教育的重要性在于能使我們找到好的工作和培養(yǎng)自信心；故答案為Because education can help us find good jobs and build up our confidence．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是說明類的閱讀表達(dá)，要求學(xué)生在閱讀理解的基礎(chǔ)上，根據(jù)短文后的題目，在文中找到相關(guān)的內(nèi)容，并用簡(jiǎn)潔、準(zhǔn)確的句子，將理解的內(nèi)容，書面表達(dá)出來．做題時(shí)，注意表達(dá)的內(nèi)容不要超出規(guī)定的字?jǐn)?shù)．

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