54 , 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 handle. As a result, their 55 are often higher than those of college graduates. The old concept that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now is 56 the skilled workmen.
The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that 57 is a passport to a prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life 58 with a college degree. Parents begin brainwashing 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 59 rather than for life. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn’t matter: everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. Under this pressure, the kids have to go to college, but, unfortunately, most kids 60 in the starting line. In spite of this, every year college enrollments go up and up, and more and more graduates are 61 for the kinds of jobs available to them.
One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college where they do not 62 . Half of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year because of their 63 academic performance. Some 64 for two or three years and then join the other students who drop out. It’s high time we stopped to rethink our education system.
50. A. declining B. increasing C. dropping D. decreasing
51. A. turn out B. take over C. lay off D. come across
52. A. universities B. courses C. classrooms D. professions
53. A. profitable B. favorite C. permanent D. excellent
54. A. All in all B. For the time being
C. On the other hand D. In the first place
55. A. abilities B. expectations C. ambitions D. incomes
56. A. in favor of B. useful to C. superior to D. responsible for
57. A. profession-training B. college degree
C. working skill D. social ability
58. A. hardly B. gradually C. equally D. curiously
59. A. labor B. work C. graduation D. college
60. A. fail B. remain C. hesitate D. pause
61. A. under-estimated B. over-educated
C. wrongly-assessed D. properly-trained
62. A. stay B. enroll C. belong D. pay
63. A. admirable B. successful C. outstanding D. unsatisfactory
64. A. struggle on B. break down C. give up D. call off
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
The subject of the next two passages is the same, but the way they are written is different. Read them carefully and answer the questions.
65. If you go to lunch at Dilly’s Deli, you could expect to see ________.
A. a long line of customers
B. the fire marshal
C. the restaurant critic from the newspaper
D. homemade pie
66. Both passages suggest that if you eat lunch at Dilly’s Deli, you should expect to ______.
A. sit next to a truck driver
B. place your order with the waiter who comes to your table
C. clean up the table after dinner
D. dress warmly
67. Which of the following illustrates the restaurant critic’s opinion of the food at Dilly’s Deli?
A. “At Dilly’s, you sit at one of four long tables.”
B. “At lunchtime, Dilly’s Deli is so crowded, I wondered when the fire marshal had last visited the establishment.”
C. “After I had tasted all of the food on my plate, I rose to leave, whereupon one of the people working behind the counter yelled at me to clean up after myself.”
D. “Throwing away that plate of food was the most enjoyable part of dining at Dilly’s.”
(B)
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s remarkable musical talent was apparent even before most children can sing a simple nursery rhyme. Wolfgang’s older sister Maria Anna (who the family called Nannerl) was learning the clavier, an early keyboard instrument, when her three-year-old brother took an interest in playing. As Nannerl later recalled, Wolfgang “often spent much time at the clavier picking out thirds (三度音), which he was always striking, and his pleasure showed that it sounded good.” Their father Leopold, an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg Court, recognized his children’s unique gifts and soon devoted himself to their musical education.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, Wolfgang had composed his first original work by age five. Leopold planned to take Nannerl and Wolfgang on tour to play before the European courts. Their first venture was to nearby Munich where the children played for Maximillian III Joseph, elector of Bavaria. Leopold soon set his sights on the capital of the Hapsburg Empire, Vienna. On their way to Vienna, the family stopped in Linz, where Wolfgang gave his first public concert. By this time, Wolfgang was not only a skilled harpsichord player, but he had also mastered the violin. The audience at Linz was amazed by the six-year-old, and word of his genius soon traveled to Vienna. In a much attended concert, the Mozart children appeared at the Schonbrunn Palace on October 13, 1762. They completely attracted the emperor and empress.
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