According to a recent report, some once-hot majors like English, Computer and Law for Chinese students entering college have now fallen out of favor. The reason is that more graduates studying in those fields end up    1  .

This year, a sample of 500,000 college    2   from 2009 were surveyed and 220,000 questionnaires were received back for the 2010 report. Among the   3   

majors, Law graduates had the most difficulty finding jobs, with the   4   

unemployment rate(比率) of 17.7% of all the majors in 2009. English majors had the highest    5   of the unemployed for three years, with 15,700 graduates still out of work.

“Such majors as Computer, English and Law were the most    6   ones for Beijing students entering universities in 2005, but now these graduates are in a tight corner,” said Ba ran, a senior counselor（顾问）at a well-known company. Ba said that the expansion（扩大）of college enrollment（注册）for those hot majors five years ago has    7   an over-supply in the market, making it harder for those graduates to find jobs.

On the other side, engineering graduates majoring in Geological Engineering, Ship and Marine Engineering are    8   most in the job market. Engineering majors are more practical in professional skills and work experience, which are favored by many    9  . The graduates are thus armed with a competitive    10   in the cruel job market.

The report    11   a system should be set up against majors with a high risk of    12  . Undergraduates studying Law or English are encouraged to change their    13   or obtain a second degree. For some colleges and provinces with   14   employment rates, the report advised a（n）   15   in enrollment numbers or even a temporary (暂时的) stop in enrolling students.

1.                A．useless         B．jobless          C．reliable   D．grateful

2.                A．partner         B．graduates       C．professors     D．guidance

3.                A．unpromising     B．favorable        C．generous D．educated

4.                A．quickest        B．slowest         C．highest   D．lowest

5.                A．rate           B．number         C．problem D．supply

6.                A．famous         B．risky           C．practical D．popular

7.                A．received        B．encouraged      C．stopped D．caused

8.                A．ignored        B．enrolled        C．favored   D．surveyed

9.                A．employers      B．professors       C．reporters D．researchers

10.               A．situation        B．advantage       C．skill   D．major

11.               A．ignored        B．devoted        C．suggested D．questioned

12.               A．insurance       B．disaster         C．over-supply    D．unemployment

13.               A．favors          B．jobs           C．majors    D．schools

14.               A．low            B．high           C．rising D．falling

15.               A．end           B．remove         C．cut   D．increase

According to a recent report, some once-hot majors like English, Computer and Law for Chinese students entering college have now fallen out of favor. The reason is that more graduates studying in those fields end up    1  .
This year, a sample of 500,000 college    2   from 2009 were surveyed and 220,000 questionnaires were received back for the 2010 report. Among the   3   
majors, Law graduates had the most difficulty finding jobs, with the   4   
unemployment rate(比率) of 17.7% of all the majors in 2009. English majors had the highest    5   of the unemployed for three years, with 15,700 graduates still out of work.
“Such majors as Computer, English and Law were the most    6   ones for Beijing students entering universities in 2005, but now these graduates are in a tight corner,” said Ba ran, a senior counselor（顾问）at a well-known company. Ba said that the expansion（扩大）of college enrollment（注册）for those hot majors five years ago has    7   an over-supply in the market, making it harder for those graduates to find jobs.
On the other side, engineering graduates majoring in Geological Engineering, Ship and Marine Engineering are    8   most in the job market. Engineering majors are more practical in professional skills and work experience, which are favored by many    9  . The graduates are thus armed with a competitive    10   in the cruel job market.
The report    11   a system should be set up against majors with a high risk of    12  . Undergraduates studying Law or English are encouraged to change their    13   or obtain a second degree. For some colleges and provinces with   14   employment rates, the report advised a（n）   15   in enrollment numbers or even a temporary (暂时的) stop in enrolling students.

According to a recent report, some once-hot majors like English, Computer and Law for Chinese students entering college have now fallen out of favor. The reason is that more graduates studying in those fields end up 1.
This year, a sample of 500,000 college 2 from 2009 were surveyed and 220,000 questionnaires were received back for the 2010 report. Among the3 
majors, Law graduates had the most difficulty finding jobs, with the4 
unemployment rate(比率) of 17.7% of all the majors in 2009. English majors had the highest 5 of the unemployed for three years, with 15,700 graduates still out of work.
“Such majors as Computer, English and Law were the most 6 ones for Beijing students entering universities in 2005, but now these graduates are in a tight corner,” said Ba ran, a senior counselor（顾问）at a well-known company. Ba said that the expansion（扩大）of college enrollment（注册）for those hot majors five years ago has 7 an over-supply in the market, making it harder for those graduates to find jobs.
On the other side, engineering graduates majoring in Geological Engineering, Ship and Marine Engineering are 8 most in the job market. Engineering majors are more practical in professional skills and work experience, which are favored by many 9. The graduates are thus armed with a competitive 10 in the cruel job market.
The report 11 a system should be set up against majors with a high risk of 12. Undergraduates studying Law or English are encouraged to change their 13 or obtain a second degree. For some colleges and provinces with14 employment rates, the report advised a（n）15 in enrollment numbers or even a temporary (暂时的) stop in enrolling students.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      useless
   2. B.
      jobless
   3. C.
      reliable
   4. D.
      grateful
2. 2.
   1. A.
      partner
   2. B.
      graduates
   3. C.
      professors
   4. D.
      guidance
3. 3.
   1. A.
      unpromising
   2. B.
      favorable
   3. C.
      generous
   4. D.
      educated
4. 4.
   1. A.
      quickest
   2. B.
      slowest
   3. C.
      highest
   4. D.
      lowest
5. 5.
   1. A.
      rate
   2. B.
      number
   3. C.
      problem
   4. D.
      supply
6. 6.
   1. A.
      famous
   2. B.
      risky
   3. C.
      practical
   4. D.
      popular
7. 7.
   1. A.
      received
   2. B.
      encouraged
   3. C.
      stopped
   4. D.
      caused
8. 8.
   1. A.
      ignored
   2. B.
      enrolled
   3. C.
      favored
   4. D.
      surveyed
9. 9.
   1. A.
      employers
   2. B.
      professors
   3. C.
      reporters
   4. D.
      researchers
10. 10.
    1. A.
       situation
    2. B.
       advantage
    3. C.
       skill
    4. D.
       major
11. 11.
    1. A.
       ignored
    2. B.
       devoted
    3. C.
       suggested
    4. D.
       questioned
12. 12.
    1. A.
       insurance
    2. B.
       disaster
    3. C.
       over-supply
    4. D.
       unemployment
13. 13.
    1. A.
       favors
    2. B.
       jobs
    3. C.
       majors
    4. D.
       schools
14. 14.
    1. A.
       low
    2. B.
       high
    3. C.
       rising
    4. D.
       falling
15. 15.
    1. A.
       end
    2. B.
       remove
    3. C.
       cut
    4. D.
       increase

“I usually put my mobile phone in my bag, and I often feel like it is ringing when there actually is no phone call. Now I always want to keep it in my hand, being afraid that I might miss important calls or messages,” Miss Liu tells her doctor.
Miss Gu, a news worker, has to take her mobile phone with her all the time so as not to miss any calls from her office or readers. Gradually, she started to experience a great “panic” about her mobile phone. “Every night when I’m about to fall asleep, I often wake up with a start, feeling that my phone is ringing. Although I’m sure that I have turned it off, I still feel that it is ringing, clearly.”
The above phenomenon is what we call “mobile-phone acouasm (幻听)”. The mobile phone has now become a “new organ” in a white collar’s daily life, and “mobile-phone acouasm” has become a common phenomenon among office workers.
According to a report of China Youth Daily, “mobile-phone acouasm ” most likely results from people’s dependency on hi-tech products. It is associated with certain professions, such as salesmen, consultants and journalists. They use mobile phones almost continuously.
Constantly being in the “stand-by” mode, the strong psychological tension gives them acouasm. Meanwhile, a large number of this year’s graduates are joining the family of acouasm suffers due to the hard job-hunting experience.
“You know that the rings are not from your phone, but you always take it out and have a look. This is subconscious (潜意识) from your body sending you a signal, telling you that you must take a break to reduce your pressure,” Professor Sun Li from Huadong Normal University explains.
There are many ways to solve the problem. The professor says that the key is to deal with pressure from work. “This is just a kind of self-protection”; the most important thing is to find out the source of your pressure. And then take part in some activities that are not related to your work. You can do anything that can relax your body and mind.
【小题1】 According to the passage the phrase “mobile-phone acouasm” refers to          .

Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria (巴伐利亚) in Europe in 1829. He emigrated（移居）to the United States of America when he was seventeen years old. His brothers sold cloth, and he worked for them even though he could not speak English very well. At this time many people were moving to California because gold was discovered there. Strauss went to look for gold, too.
Strauss took a lot of cloth with him to San Francisco. He thought that he could make tents out of the cloth and sell them to people working in the gold fields. But when he got there, he saw that people had a greater need for clothes than tents. Clothes did not last very long in the gold fields. At first Strauss made pants out of canvas（帆布）. They were very strong ---- much stronger than other pants. Soon everyone was wearing them , so he decided only to make pants. He opened a small store and made a lot of money from selling pants.
After a while, Strauss found a material even stronger than canvas. It came from a town in France called Nimes. The French called the material serge de Nimes, which means “cloth from Nimes”. The Americans called it denim. Strauss also bought some cloth from Genoa, a town in Italy. To Americans this name sounds like “jeans”, so they called his pants jeans. The cloth that Strauss used was always blue, so people also called his pants blue jeans and blue denims. Other people called them Levi’s. Levi Strauss jeans are some of the best-selling jeans in the world today. They last a long time and are very comfortable.
56. 【小题1】When Levi Strauss went to San Francisco for the first time, he wanted to ______.