2020重庆专升本常用词汇81

Part III • • Reading Comprehension • •

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B) , C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

The US Department of Labor statistics(统计数字) indicate that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there is an overabundance (过多) of teachers ,engineers ,physicists 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 the graduates cannot enter the professions for which they are trained and must take temporary jobs, which do not require a college degree. These "temporary" jobs have a habit of becoming permanent.

On the other hand, there is a tremendous need for skilled workers of all sorts :carpenters(木工) ,electricians ,mechanics, and TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can handle and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old version that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true.

The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that a college degree is a passport to a bright future . Parents begin telling their children this myth before they are out of grade school . Under this pressure the kids fall in line .whether they want to or not doesn't matter. Everybody should go to college.

One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people who do not belong there go to college . 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.

• The US Department of Labor statistics show that_________.

A) many college graduates find it increasingly hard to get suitable jobs

B)there is an oversupply of workers and this oversupply is increasing recently

C)teachers ,engineers ,physicists and other specialists are extremely needed

D) colleges and graduate schools have become aware of the fierce competition in the labor market

• By saying " These 'temporary' jobs have a habit of becoming permanent", the author means__.

A)once college graduates take a temporary job, they soon get used to it

B)college graduates have the habit of taking temporary jobs

C) many college graduates might never find jobs for which they are trained

D)college graduates are accustomed to taking permanent jobs

• What can we learn about the workers in the past?

A)Blue-collar workers worked harder than white-collar workers.

B)White-collar workers had little difficulty getting good jobs.

C) There were more white-collar workers than blue-collar workers.

D)Colleges and graduate schools trained more skilled workers.

39. Which of the following is the result of the emphasis on a college education ?

A) Many people do not have financial support to go to college.

B) Many people who are not fit for college education go to college.

C) Many college students don't like their majors.

D) Many college students are bored of their education.

40. It can be concluded that________.

A) every young man and woman should go to college if possible

B) college education has become worse and worse in recent years

C) people with a college degree should receive a higher pay

D) more people should be trained to be skilled workers