The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxi; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out--often encouraged by college administrators. Some observers say that the fault is with the young people themselves--they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation of the students as whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-year-olds, either. Some administrators, some educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only lace for every young person after the completion of high school. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things.What can we infer from the passage() A．Cheat in school is on the rise. B．Some people concerned challenge the traditional view that college is the best place for high school graduates. C．College administrators should be responsible for the increasing number of drop-out. D．College education is not the first choice for intelligent peopl
The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxi; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out--often encouraged by college administrators. Some observers say that the fault is with the young people themselves--they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation of the students as whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-year-olds, either. Some administrators, some educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only lace for every young person after the completion of high school. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things.What can we infer from the passage() A．Cheat in school is on the rise. B．Some people concerned challenge the traditional view that college is the best place for high school graduates. C．College administrators should be responsible for the increasing number of drop-out. D．College education is not the first choice for intelligent peopl
题目解答
答案
B
解析
文章讨论了大学教育是否对所有高中毕业生都是最佳选择的问题。传统观点认为大学教育能帮助学生赚更多钱，成为更好的人，以及更负责任的公民。然而，随着越来越多的高中毕业生进入大学，那些不符合这种模式的人变得越来越多，问题也变得越来越明显。
步骤 2：分析文章内容
文章提到，大学毕业生在卖鞋和开出租车，大学生之间存在激烈的竞争，甚至出现作弊现象。一些学生在学习中找不到刺激，甚至辍学。一些观察者认为问题出在年轻人身上，他们被宠坏了，期望过高。但这种观点是对学生整体的谴责，不能解释所有校园的不满。另一些人则将问题归咎于世界的状态，部分原因是经济无法吸收大量的未受过训练的十八岁年轻人。然而，失望的毕业生发现，经济也无法吸收大量的受过训练的二十岁年轻人。
步骤 3：分析选项
A. 学校作弊现象日益严重。文章确实提到了作弊现象，但这不是文章的主要论点。
B. 一些相关人士挑战了大学是高中毕业生最佳选择的传统观点。文章确实提到了一些观察者和教育者开始质疑大学是否是高中毕业生的最佳选择。
C. 大学管理者应对辍学人数的增加负责。文章提到一些学生在学习中找不到刺激，甚至辍学，但没有明确指出大学管理者应对此负责。
D. 大学教育不是聪明人的首选。文章没有提到聪明人是否选择大学教育。