Question

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