Water skiing is a sport with many social, economic and health benefits to society. It is unique in that it is a sport where able and disabled persons, and people as young as 5 years and as old as 80 years of age can participate alongside each other. It is a sport that involves more than one person, and is a wonderful family activity that gathers members together for a day of fun at a favorite waterway.

Anyone who has put on water skis can attest to its health benefits ― it is a sport that demands and develops strength, ability and endurance. The sport includes several disciplines(训练) including slalom, tricks, cable, jump, ski racing, knee-board, wake-board, and barefoot, with each of these practiced for either recreational or competitive enjoyment.

Safety Tips For Water-Skiers

Don' t take unnecessary risks while water-skiing. The following tips will help you safely enjoy this thrilling sport:

ALWAYS have an observer in the boat. This is a legal requirement in many states. The boat driver cannot watch the skier and operate the boat safely at the same time.

ALWAYS wear a Coast Guard approved Personal Flotation Device (PFD) designed for water skiing. Ski belts are NOT recommended. Your approved PFD will help keep you a float.

Never ski in rough water. High waves or a choppy sea will prevent the tow boat from maintaining a steady course and speed.

NEVER ski after dark. It is dangerous and illegal. Any boat traveling fast enough to tow a skier is traveling too fast to navigate safely at night.

NEVER water-ski while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such activity is extremely dangerous because of the impairment to your judgment and ability to respond. A recent study conducted with expert skiers who were purposely drunk indicated that even their ability to ski was dramatically reduced.

Use hand signals between the skier and observer. Agree before you start what each signal means so there is no confusion at a critical moment.

 

59.Who can accompany you to go water skiing?

       A.A pupil in a primary school.                   B.A person who is disabled.

       C.A family member.                                 D.All above.

60.Which is wrong according to the text?

       A.Water skiing helps build up one’s strength.

       B.The disciplines mentioned are only for competitions.

       C.Hand signals should be agreed on between skiers.

       D.Rough water makes the tow boat less steady.

61.Which of the following is against law while doing water skiing?

       A.An observer doesn’t watch the skier.             

       B.A skier doesn’t fasten his safe belt.

       C.Go skiing at midnight.                                                         

       D.To go skiing after drinking wine.

62.The propose of writing the article is to ______.

       A.warn people of danger of going skiing 

       B.tell how to enjoy water skiing properly and safely

       C.tell people, both young and old, to learn to go skiing

       D.tell people not go skiing after drinking too much wine

   The US Department of Labor statistics show that there is an oversupply of college trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there have been more than enough, teachers, engineers, physicists, aerospace experts, and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren’t there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree.

   On the other hand, there is a great need for skilled workers of all sports: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can deal with, and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than blue collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen.

   The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that College degree is a passport to a prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating(灌输) their children with this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn’t matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments(入学) go up and up, and more and more graduates are overeducated for the kinds of jobs available to them.

   One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.

 

68. It’s implied but not stated in the passage that _______.

   A. many other countries are facing the some problem

   B. white-collar workers in the US used to make more money than blue-collar workers

   C. fewer students will prefer to go to college in the future

   D. the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on American higher education

69. Which of the following is NOT a reason why college enrollments go up every year?

   A. Many believe the only way to success is a college education.

   B. Many parents want their children to go to college.

   C. High school teachers urge their students to go to college.

   D. Every young man and woman wants to go to college.

70. By saying that “many people go to college who do not belong there”, the author means that ______.

   A. many people unfit for college education go to college

   B. many people without enough money go to college

   C. many people going to college drop out within the first year

   D. many people going to college have their hopes destroyed

71. We can infer from the passage that the author believe that ______.

   A. every young man and woman should go to college

   B. college education is a bad thing

   C. people with a college education should receive higher pay

   D. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs

 

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