When people ask your children to “get an education”, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Washington or Thomas Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary schools.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA, you should start to find a job. You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first class university. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing (报酬递减率) begins to work.

Do you know, for example, that long distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors? Yes, each driver was paid $28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $27,930.

A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or worst of all in philosophy（哲学）, you take the risk of becoming over educated for our national demands.

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, waiting on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in some high school or college with the pay much less than a doorkeeper makes.

46. According to the writer, society expects education to turn out people who will       .

       A. raise their payment                  

       B. get employed

       C. become specialized in some field

       D. meet the demands as a source of manpower

47. Longdistance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors because         .

       A. the famous law of diminishing functions

       B. long distance truck drivers only get a high school diploma

       C. full professors are PhDs in English or history

       D. long distance truck drivers work harder than full professors

48. If you don’t want to be occupationally dead, you       .

       A. should look for a job in a primary school

       B. must at least get a high school diploma

       C. have to get as high an education as possible

       D. should try to avoid being overeducated in philosophy

49. The underlined phrase “put on the brakes” in the 3 rd paragraph means “      ”.

       A. stop learning for a high degree

       B. take up a master’s degree at once

       C. go on studying in a first class university

       D. find any interesting job

50. What can we know from the passage?

       A. The higher education you get, the more money you will earn.

       B. There are more PhDs than the society demands.

       C. Neither George Washington nor Edison received formal education.

       D. If you are specialized in physics, you can’t get a good job easily.

When people ask your children to “get an education”, they tell you only half the truth.  What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least.  Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Washington or Thomas Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary schools.

Get a college degree, if possible.  With a BA, you should start to find a job.  You have to put on the brakes now.  If you do go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first – class university.  Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing (报酬递减率) begins to work.

Do you know, for example, that long – distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors? Yes, each driver was paid $28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $27,930.

A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future.  There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or – worst of all – in philosophy（哲学）, you take the risk of becoming over – educated for our national demands.

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, waiting on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in some high school or college with the pay much less than a door–keeper makes.

1. According to the writer, society expects education to turn out people who will       .

       A. raise their payment                  B. get employed

       C. become specialized in some field             D. meet the demands as a source of manpower

2. Long–distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors because         .

       A. the famous law of diminishing functions

       B. long – distance truck drivers only get a high school diploma

       C. full professors are PhDs in English or history

       D. long – distance truck drivers work harder than full professors

3. If you don’t want to be occupationally dead, you       .

       A. should look for a job in a primary school      

B. must at least get a high school diploma

       C. have to get as high an education as possible

D. should try to avoid being overeducated in philosophy

4. The underlined phrase “put on the brakes” in the 3 rd paragraph means “      ”.

       A. stop learning for a high degree            B. take up a master’s degree at once

       C. go on studying in a first – class university   D. find any interesting job

5. What can we know from the passage?

       A. The higher education you get, the more money you will earn.

       B. There are more PhDs than the society demands.

       C. Neither George Washington nor Edison received formal education.

       D. If you are specialized in physics, you can’t get a good job easily.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Most students enter college expecting to leave with a bachelor's degree; only half ever do. The others drop out.

　　College counselors (顾问), faculty advisers and one very successful student offer the following tips on how to get the most out of your college education.

　　INVOLVEMENT. The most successful students are those actively involved in their education, interacting (communicating) with classmates and faculty and joining in activities, you become part of the college community, developing support groups that you can trun to for help. Get involved, but not overcommitted(过分投入).

　　STUDY METHODS. Would you take a trip by stopping for directions at every station instead of reading a map? Of course not, but that's how most people study, says a professor, who teaches a course on preparing for college. Studying in college demands more reading and thinking, less memorization than in high school. Survey (go through) the material first to get a sense of it; ask some questions. Take down key ideas, tell yourself the essence (实质) of what you've read and review it. Does it make sense? Were your questions answered?

　　FINDING TOP TEACHERS. On every campus, there are professors noted for their inspirational (creative) teaching style, for their way of making a course an exciting voyage into the unknown, don't spend four years on campus without taking their classes. So what is the professors about? When Hargadon was admissions dean (招生部主任) at Stanford, he told parents to worry if their children were earning all A's by the end of the first quarter, which showed they were only taking subjects they would do well in, “College is a great feast (宴会) from which to choose,” he said. “Don't order the same meal every day.”

1．The most successful students usually ________.

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A．study hard

B．are active in school activities

C．ask for help from others

D．all of the above

2．The author compares ________ to “a trip”.

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3．When you survey the material of the history of Britain, you should ________.

[　　]

A．ask questions of yourself and then try to find the answers to them

B．ask others questions to see if you understand the material thoroughly

C．ask the professor questions to help you understand it better

D．needn't ask any questions, just read it

4．What does the author suggest?

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A．You should attend as many courses as possible.

B．You should remember as many facts as possible.

C．You should choose different courses, including those you are not good at.

D．You shouldn't order the same meal in the dining room every day.

5．What is the best title of the passage?

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A．Advice that Can Help You Succeed on Campus.

B．Campus Life.

C．Different Students at College.

D．How One Student Succeeded at College.