2. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. money and check                          B. senior and junior

C. work and retirement                        D. Protestants and Americans

1. The author believes that work first became important to Americans because of _______.

A. religion           B. economy        C. psychology                  D. family

3. A。推断题。 根据最后一段 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 可知作者列举了三种情况，说明有些人不适合大学教育，故选A。

2. D。细节题。根据 Whether they want to go to college or not doesn’t matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go 可知上大学不是出于学生本意，而是出于父母及学校等方面的压力，可见 D 不是大学入学人数增加的原因。

4. We can infer from the passage that the author believes that _______.

    A. every young man and woman should go to college

    B. college education is a bad thing

    C. people with a college education should receive higher pay

    D. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs

【答案解析】本文通过调查分析告诉人们要改变传统观念应首先考虑选择技术工作的培训―因为它人才 缺乏，待遇更高。

3. By saying that “many people go to college who do not belong there”, the author means that _______.

    A. many people who are not fit for college education go to college

    B. many people who do not have enough money go to college

    C. many people who go to college drop out within the first year

    D. many people who go to college have their hopes destroyed

2. 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.

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

1. 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