Question

When we hear the words “college students”, we usually think of a young person between 18 and 22 years old. But in the U.S.A today, a college student often is much older. In fact, educators say in the next few years colleges and universities may have more older part-time students than traditional (传统的) full-time younger students.

   Educators report a big increase in the number of Americans who attend college and university classes in the evening or at night or weekends. Most of them are older than 25 years old and more have full-time or part-time jobs. Many are in their thirties or forties.

   Why are so many people deciding to spend their time and money in order to continue their education? Most are doing it because they believe more education will help them to get a better job. Some are industrial workers whose factories have closed. They are learning new skills to prepare for other kinds of work. Some of the part-time students are not pleased with the jobs they have. They are studying for new ones. Some have retired (退休) and are looking for new kinds of work. Two of every three of the students older than 35 are women. Many of them are returning to school after years of staying at home to care for children.

   Are older students good students? Most teachers say yes. They say older students really want to learn. They ask difficult questions and are not pleased with simple answers. They often get high grades.

It’s said that in the next few years _________________.

A. students in colleges and universities will be much older

B.    full-time students in colleges and universities will be even younger

C.    American colleges and universities will take in part-time students equally

D.    The number of older students will be greater than that of the younger ones

Judge which of the following is not true according to the above passage.

A. It’s reported that a large number of Americans attend college or universities classes in their spare time.

B.    Most of them are over 25.

C.    Most of them are without jobs.

D.    The number of students in colleges and universities is reported to have gone up greatly.

Why are so many people deciding to go on with their education? Because___________.

A. Most of the Americans enjoy learning something new

B.    Most of them believe: more education, better jobs

C.    They have lost their jobs

D.    They are tired of their jobs they have

They often get high grades” means ____________.

A. they rise to high grades easily

B.    they often get very good marks (分数)

C.    they are more likely to receive a master’s or a doctor’s degree upon graduation

D. they often win high prize

What does the whole passage mainly tell us?

  A. Why does so many older students go to college in America.

  B. What older students in college can learn.  

  C. Older students are mostly good students

  D. Higher education can help you get a good job.

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】C

【小题3】B

【小题4】B

【小题5】A

解析:

【小题1】推理判断题。从In fact, educators say in the next few years colleges and universities may have more older part-time students than traditional full-time younger students.我们可以得此推理。

【小题2】细节理解题。从Most of them are older than 25 years old and more have full-time or part-time jobs.我们知道，他们继续教育是为了得到一个比原来更好的工作，而不是没有工作。

【小题3】细节理解题。从Most are doing it because they believe more education will help them to get a better job.我们可以得此答案。

【小题4】句意理解题。从They ask difficult questions and are not pleased with simple answers.我们可以知道，因为他们的努力，他们会得到很高的分数。

【小题5】主旨大意题。文章首先提出了在美国很多工作了的人继续大学教育，接着文章分析了原因。其他选项仅是细节。