Question

Preparing for the Next Job Market

The latest spike in the unemployment rate is being felt across the board ?in 98 percent of metropolitan areas, in high-wage and low-wage jobs, among young and old, women and men, but especially men．

This landscape means that young Americans who are trying to plan their futures right now have some hard choices．Do they go to college and take on debt without hope of getting a job? And what about high school students? Do they have any chance of securing a job without a college degree? Perhaps the education system needs to react to this rapidly moving economic crisis．

In our current economic collapse, the connection between education and employment could not be more different than it was during the Depression．Education must now hold center stage, not because of an enemy abroad but because of the global economy．The jobs of the future will demand levels of education, particularly skills in mathematics, technology and science, which exceed those now taught in high school．

A healthy society should strive for full employment．In our times, that goal cannot be realized, or even approximated by creating jobs for the unskilled．The long-term prospect for economic recovery depends on the extent to which we improve our educational system．And this is where America is now at its weakest．

C．We should limit access to four-year colleges．

D．We ought to recruit more private school teachers and train them better．

What does the word "collapse" in the third paragraph mean?

A．success          B．failure     C．development      D．booming

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Young Americans planning their futures have difficult choices．

B．Education must hold center stage due to the global economy．

C．The best university system benefits a majority．

D．A health society should struggle for full employment．

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】B

【小题3】B

【小题4】C

解析:

【小题1】细节理解题。第五段指出了今天教学产出中的不良现象，其中就有are unable to use the tools of mathematics一项。

【小题2】细节判断题。从最后一段第二条措施可以作出判断。

【小题3】猜测词义题。上文提到这个时代正处在经济危机之中，下文承接上文，讲在这个经济下滑的时代，教育和就业的关系比20世纪30年代的经济大萧条更难以处理。

【小题4】从第五段We may still have the best university system, but it benefits only a minority．可以判断最好的大学也只是满足了少数人的教育。