46. Which of the following is NOT a reason why college enrollments go up every year?

　　　 A. Many people believe that the only way to success is a college education.

　　　 B. Many parents want their children to go to college.

　　　 C. High school teachers urge their students to go to college. ^ks*5*u

　　　 D. Every young man and woman wants to go to college.

45. It's implied but not stated in the passage that　　　 .

　　　 A. many other countries are facing the same problem

　　　 B. white-collar workers in the US used to make more money than blue-collar workers

　　　 C. fewer students will prefer to go to college in the future

　　　 D. the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on American higher education

44. The song of the Lorelei is about　　　 .

A. The Rhine wine　　　　　　　　　　 B. a rocky cliff

C. the beautiful scenery along the Rhine River　

D. a beautiful and dangerous woman genie

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C

The U.S. Department of Labor statistics (统计) show that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there have been more than enough teachers, engineers, physicists, aerospace experts, and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren't there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree.

On the other hand, there is a great need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, TV repairmen.

These people have more work than they can deal with, and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen.

The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating (灌输) their children with this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn't matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments (入学) go up and up, and more and more graduates are overeducated for the kinds of jobs available to them.

One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.

43. We can see a rocky cliff over 400 feet high　　　 .

A. on our right when coming to a sharp bend　 　 B. on the Rhine hillsides

C. from the Rhine Valley　　　　　　　 　D. on the boat

42. Which of the following is famous all over the world?

A. The Rhine River.　　　　　　　　　 B. The River Traffic.

C. Wine from the Rhine Valley.　　　　　 D. The Lorelei.

41.The more interesting thing to those who are sailing down the Rhine River on a pleasure boat is　　　 .

A. to watch many boats going up and down the river

B. to see the beautiful scenery along the banks and hillsides

C. to hear a song about beautiful siren

D. to see a beautiful siren combing her golden hair^ks*5*u

40. The passage mainly discusses　　　 .

　　 A. the experiments on the common colds　 B. the fallacy about the common cold

　　 C. the reason and the way people catch colds　

D. the continued spread of common colds

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.

Let's pretend we're sailing down the Rhine River on a pleasure boat. The Rhine is one of the main waterways of Germany, and the river traffic is heavy. It's interesting to watch the many boats going up and down the river. But the river traffic is not nearly so interesting as the beautiful scenery along the banks and hillsides. The boat is passing many old castles. We can see people working in the vineyards (葡萄园) on the hillsides. There are vineyards as far as the eye can see. Wine from the Rhine Valley is famous all over the world.

Suddenly our boat slows down and begins to turn a little. We are coming to a sharp bend in the river. On our right we can see a rocky cliff over 400 feet high. At first it looks quite ordinary, but there is nothing ordinary about it. There are many stories, poems, and songs about the cliff. We are looking at the Lorelei.

The someone on the boat begins to sing in German, the song of the Lorelei. It is a song about a beautiful siren (美女) who has lured many sailors to their deaths.

The siren is supposed to sit on the rock combing her long golden hair and singing. The sailors who hear her forget to steer, and the current of river hurls their boats on the rocks and dashes them to pieces.

Soon other people on the boat begin to sing. The beautiful song adds to special magic to the moment, and you begin to realize why so many people have made this trip down the Rhine to see the rock of the Lorelei.

39. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit　　　 .

A. suffered a lot 　　　　　　　　 B. never caught colds　 ^ks*5*u

C. often caught colds　　　　　 D. became very strong

38. Arctic explorers may catch colds when　　　　 .

　　 A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions

　　 B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

　　 C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

　　 D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

37. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

　　 A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

　　 B. Colds are not caused by cold.

　　 C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

　　 D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.