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) 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) 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.

One morning a few years ago, Harvard President Neil Rudenstine overslept．For this busy man, it was a sort of alarm: after years of non-stop hard work, he might wear himself out and die an early death．

Only after a week’s leave — during which he read novels, listened to music and walked with his wife on a beach — was Rudenstine able to return to work．

In our modern life, we have lost the rhythm between action and rest．Amazingly, within this world there is a universal but silly saying: “I am so busy．”

We say this to one another as if our tireless efforts were a talent by nature and an ability to successfully deal with stress．The busier we are, the more important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others．To be unavailable to our friends and family, and to be unable to find time to relax — this has become the model of a successful life．

Because we do not rest, we lose our way． We miss the guide telling us where to go, the food providing us with strength, the quiet giving us wisdom．

How have we allowed this to happen? I believe it is this: we have forgotten the Sabbath, the day of the week — for followers of some religions — for rest and praying．It is a day when we are not supposed to work, a time when we devote ourselves to enjoying and celebrating what is beautiful．It is a good time to bless our children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, walk and sleep．It is a time for us to take a rest, to put our work aside, trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world．

Rest is a spiritual and biological need; however, in our strong ambition to be successful and care for our many responsibilities, we may feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest．The Sabbath gives us permission to stop work．In fact, “Remember the Sabbath” is more than simply permission to rest; it is a rule to obey and a principle to follow．

1．The “alarm” in the first paragraph refers to “_______”．

    A．a(chǎn) signal of stress                   B．a(chǎn) warning of danger

C．a(chǎn) sign of age                       D．a(chǎn) spread of disease

2． According to Paragraph 4, a successful person is one who is believed to _______．

A．be able to work without stress    

B．be more talented than other people

C．be more important than anyone else         

D．be busy working without time to rest

3．Some people feel guilty when taking time to rest because they _______．

A．think that taking a rest means lacking ambitions

B．fail to realize that rest is an essential part of life

C．fail to realize that religions force them to rest

D．think that taking a rest means being lazy

4．What is the main idea of this passage?

    A．We should balance work with rest．

B．The Sabbath gives us permission to rest．

C．It is silly for anyone to say “I am busy．”

D．We should be available to our family and friends．