According to a recent report, some once-hot majors like English, Computer and Law for Chinese students entering college have now fallen out of favor. The reason is that more graduates studying in those fields end up    1  .
This year, a sample of 500,000 college    2   from 2009 were surveyed and 220,000 questionnaires were received back for the 2010 report. Among the   3   
majors, Law graduates had the most difficulty finding jobs, with the   4   
unemployment rate(比率) of 17.7% of all the majors in 2009. English majors had the highest    5   of the unemployed for three years, with 15,700 graduates still out of work.
“Such majors as Computer, English and Law were the most    6   ones for Beijing students entering universities in 2005, but now these graduates are in a tight corner,” said Ba ran, a senior counselor(顾问)at a well-known company. Ba said that the expansion(扩大)of college enrollment(注册)for those hot majors five years ago has    7   an over-supply in the market, making it harder for those graduates to find jobs.
On the other side, engineering graduates majoring in Geological Engineering, Ship and Marine Engineering are    8   most in the job market. Engineering majors are more practical in professional skills and work experience, which are favored by many    9  . The graduates are thus armed with a competitive    10   in the cruel job market.
The report    11   a system should be set up against majors with a high risk of    12  . Undergraduates studying Law or English are encouraged to change their    13   or obtain a second degree. For some colleges and provinces with   14   employment rates, the report advised a(n)   15   in enrollment numbers or even a temporary (暂时的) stop in enrolling students.

【小题1】
A.uselessB.jobless C.reliable D.grateful
【小题2】
A.partnerB.graduates C.professors D.guidance
【小题3】
A.unpromisingB.favorable C.generousD.educated
【小题4】
A.quickest B.slowestC.highestD.lowest
【小题5】
A.rateB.number C.problem D.supply
【小题6】
A.famousB.risky C.practical D.popular
【小题7】
A.received B.encouraged C.stopped D.caused
【小题8】
A.ignoredB.enrolled C.favored D.surveyed
【小题9】
A.employers B.professorsC.reporters D.researchers
【小题10】
A.situationB.advantage C.skill D.major
【小题11】
A.ignored B.devotedC.suggested D.questioned
【小题12】
A.insuranceB.disaster C.over-supply D.unemployment
【小题13】
A.favors B.jobs C.majors D.schools
【小题14】
A.low B.high C.rising D.falling
【小题15】
A.end B.remove C.cut D.increase

In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result some women’s colleges decided to accept men students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again
The president of Trinity College in Washington, D. C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a women’s college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a women’s college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women.
Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a women’s college, women feel free to say what they think. Women’s schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women are represented everywhere. For example, at a women’s college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show this leadership continues after college. The studies show that American women who went to women’s colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life. 
【小题1】Some women’s colleges decided to accept men students because_______.

A.teaching women is more difficult than teaching men
B.many young women chose to study at colleges with both men and women
C.study with men is more challenged.
D.women and men can have equal chances of competition.
【小题2】From the passage we know that_______.
A.more and more women’s colleges are being established now
B.more and more women like to study in colleges with both men and women
C.there are more women’s colleges than colleges with both men and women in the USA
D.it is better for American women to study in women’s colleges
【小题3】According to this passage, if a woman wants to hold successful jobs, she’d better_______.
A.study in colleges with both men and women
B.study in Trinity College
C.learn from the president of Smith College
D.study in women’s colleges
【小题4】Most of women’s colleges were established_______.
A.to give women the education they could not receive anywhere else.
B.to separate women from men.
C.to offer women special chances for work.
D.to help women have more study opportunities.


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A United Nations report says the number of people in the world is expected to reach 6500 million this July. By the middle of the century, the population could reach more than 9000 million. That would be an increase of 40﹪.
These numbers are fresh estimates for a report on world population change from 1950 to 2050. Hania Zlotnik is director of the U.N. Population Division. She says the world has added nearly 500 million people in the last six years.
But, in her words, "the good news is that new estimates show that it will take a little longer" to add the next 500 million. Mizz Zlotnik says this will probably happen by 2013.
The U.N. report says most population growth by 2050 will take place in less developed countries. Their population is expected to increase from 5000 million today to almost 8000 million. The population of more developed nations is expected to stay about the same, at just over 1000 million.
The report says nine countries will be responsible for about half the world population increase by 2050. These include Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and India. The others are Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda and the United States.
Twelve countries are expected to have populations at least three times the size now. These include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and East Timor. The others are Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger and Uganda.
The report says birth rates remain low in forty-four developed countries.
Today, worldwide, there is an average of two-point-six children per woman. This number is expected to fall to just over two children per woman in  2050. But U.N. population experts note that they cannot be sure which way birth rates will go in the future.
The U.N. report also notes that AIDS has increased death rates and slowed population growth in sixty countries. The area most affected by the disease is Southern Africa.
There, how long people live has fallen from an average of sixty-two years in 1995 to forty-eight now. Researchers believe life expectancy will fall to forty-three years by 2015, then begin a slow recovery.
67. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The population growth will slow down in the next few years.
B. Most population growth will take place in developed countries.
C. There is an average of 2.6 children per woman in developed countries.
D. The area most affected by AIDS is Uganda.
68. Which one is the best title of this passage?
A. AIDS slowed population growth.
B. Most population growth will take place in less developed countries.
C. Population growth and death rate.
D. UN world population report.
69.The author believes that the population growth results from_______
A. The birth rate in developed countries is too high.
B. The birth rate in developing countries is too high.
C. AIDS hit only a few countries.
D. A decrease in death rate.
70. Which of the following best describe the author’s attitude towards the rapid population growth?
A. sympathetic     B. happy       C. optimistic     D. critical

There are some places in the world where great cities once stood. There were trees, gardens and grass. But now these cities have gone and the places are like deserts. Scientists began to study this land to find out what happened. Many of them believed the land died when the trees were cut down.
Trees help other plants grow and help hold the soil in place. They keep the soil from blowing away. The leaves of trees on the ground keep rainwater from running off. Trees near farms protect growing plants from strong winds.
Once there were hundreds of farms in the southwestern United States. Then the farms turned into fields of dry dust. Trees might have saved these farms. But few trees grow in the dry southwest now.
Now we try to save trees. In many places, when a tree is cut down , a new tree is planted in its place . We do not want the land to die.
【小题1】Places where great cities once stood are now like ______ .

A.farmsB.gardensC.desertsD.fields
【小题2】What can trees do according to the passage ?
A.Trees can keep other plants green
B.Trees can help other plants grow .
C.Trees can help the land grow .
D.Trees can keep other plants in place .
【小题3】Which is true ?
A.Trees let the rainwater run off .
B.All the farms in the United States have turned into deserts .
C.There aren’t any trees in the dry southwest now .
D.Land will die if there are no trees .
【小题4】The main idea of this passage is _________ .
A.that farms are better than cities
B.how farms turned into deserts
C.that trees are important to the land
D.how people save trees
【小题5】From the passage we know that _______ .
A.trees can blow soil away
B.man should protect the land
C.trees grow only in deserts
D.trees die easily

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