One sixth of undergraduates (本科生) in Beijing this year have registered at a driving school.The students ,mostly from majors such as business management or international trade ,will finish there driving courses within 20 days or so.
Training costs have dropped to ,2,600yuan for students ,according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing.The price is not really low ,but students will accept it ,seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future.Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job.But a driver’s permit has become another factor.
“In the job market ,owning a driver’s permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position ,” says Zhou Yang ,an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law.
Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years ,and it’s difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time.“Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive.We senior students have plenty of spare time ,plenty of opportunities to learn.”
Xu Jian ,an official at the driving school,said undergraduates were very able and serious ,and could grasp in an hour what it took ordinary people four hours to learn.In this driving school,middle-aged people ,young women and college students are the main customers.
To get a driver’s permit ,a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test.
(1)
The undergraduates are learning to drive because________
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A.
they like to drive cars
B.
they need this skill to find a good job.
C.
most of them will be able to buy cars in the future
D.
they want to become full-time drivers after graduation
(2)
Which of the following is Xu Jian’s opinion of students learning to drive ?
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A.
He decided it was a waste of money and time.
B.
He thought they must learn it at school.
C.
He thought they would spend three times more time.
D.
He agreed that young people had an advantage in learning to drive.
(3)
Which of the following would be the best title of this passage ?
Everyone will laugh at you if you don’t know about Pele, the most famous football player in Brazil.Because of his great devotion to the 1 of football, he is always 2 as the “King” by football fans worldwide.
Pele 3 his genius for football in his 4 .When he was thirteen, 5 perfect skills he 6 Santos(桑托斯), a very important football 7 in Brazil.
In 1958, Pele was 8 to play for Brazil in the Sixth World Cup Competition. 9 he was sixteen, he was the best player 10 the field. 11 to Pele, Brazil 12 the world championship for the first 13 .
Pele played for Brazil in the World Cup Competitions from 1958 to 1970.
In one famous match, the fans were 14 the exciting 15 when Pele would score his thousandth goal when the referee gave Santons a penalty(点球) 16 .Pele walked up to 17 it.The opposing goalkeeper(对方守门员)had no 18 with the hard and accurate 19 .Pele had scored his thousandth goal! The crowds cheered:“Pele, Pele…”That is a record which is as valuable in sports as a thousand goals.
Pele was always 20 to the spirit of the sport as a professional player.He always played a fair game and behaved modestly with a cheerful smile.
He is held in high respect, and now he is the Minister of Physical Education in Brazil.