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【题目】Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in history. Today she works for a large software company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. “I enjoyed college, but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,” Rachel says,” This course is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go back to school and got an MBA. ”

In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In the United Stated, people can return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or older to get a higher degree, such as a master’s or Ph. D. Like Rachel many more are taking training courses to improve their workplace skills. With many classes now available through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning.

Mayumi Hosoya, who is forty, teaches Japanese at a community college in New York. “Next term, I’ll be teaching some of my classes using the Internet. This is new for me,” says Mayumi, “At the moment, I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way. ” At the same time, Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History. “We love the subject,” says Mayumi’s father, ”and now we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun. ”

【1】The reading is maily about_____.

A.Rachel Lopez’s studying and working experience.

B.the education in the United States

C.people’s life in New York.

D.lifelong learning becoming more common.

【2】Rachel is sure that _____

A. getting an MBA is necessary for her job

B. colleague studies didn’t prepare her well for her job

C. it’s not clever to get a master’s or Ph. D. in later thirties.

D. students needn’t to study when they get a job

【3】The underlined words ‘distance learning’ in the reading means___

A. studying in community college

B. learning for higher degrees

C. studying away from classroom.

D. learning in the workplaces

【4】Mayumi’s parents are taking a course ____.

A. the using of the Internet B. the workplace skills

C. Japanese teaching D. Art History

【5】We know from the reading that ___.

A. many people go to school to take teaching courses

B. Rachel graduated when she was twenty

C. Mayumi’s teaching how to use the Internet now

D. many students stopped studying when looking for jobs

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文叙述了大学生们通常在毕业找到工作后就停止了学习。但现在，伴随一生的学习已经变得很普遍。

【1】D细节理解题。根据短文大意可知Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common.今天终身学习是很普遍的。

【2】B细节理解题。根据第一段中“I enjoyed college, but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,”的描述可知理查尔认为他在的工作中没有用到我在学校里完成学位时所学到的东西，所以选B。

【3】C细节理解题。根据第二段中With many classes now available through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training的描述可知划线词词义为“远程学习”，所以选C。

【4】D细节理解题。根据Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History.可知Mayumi的父母在学习艺术史，故选D。

【5】A细节理解题。根据第二段中Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In the United Stated, people can return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or older to get a higher degree, such as a master’s or Ph. D. Like Rachel many more are taking training courses to improve their workplace skills.的描述可知许多人去学校接受教育课程，所以选A。