The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. A 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 taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Other find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administrators. Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation of the students as a 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-two-year-olds, either. Some adventuresome educators and watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things-may it is just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (离经叛道的想法 ) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.【小题1】According to the author, ________. A．people used to question the value of college education B．people used to have full confidence in higher education C．all high school graduates went to college D．very few high school graduates chose to go to college A．high school graduates who aren't suitable for college education. B．college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis. C．college students who aren't any better for their higher education D．high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college. A．society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained graduates. B．high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education. C．too many students have to earn their own living. D．college administrators encourage students to drop out. A．more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates B．college education is not enough if one wants to be successful C．college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people D．intelligent people may learn quicker if they don't go to college 【小题2】In the 2nd paragraph, "those who don't fit the pattern" refer to ________. A．high school graduates who aren't suitable for college education. B．college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis. C．college students who aren't any better for their higher education D．high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college. 【小题3】According to the passage, the problems of college education partly originate in the fact that ________. A．society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained graduates. B．high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education. C．too many students have to earn their own living. D．college administrators encourage students to drop out. 【小题4】In this passage the author argues that ________. A．more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates B．college education is not enough if one wants to be successful C．college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people D．intelligent people may learn quicker if they don't go to college
The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. A 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 taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Other find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation of the students as a 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-two-year-olds, either.
Some adventuresome educators and watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things-may it is just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (离经叛道的想法 ) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better.
But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.
【小题1】According to the author, ________.| A．high school graduates who aren't suitable for college education. |
| B．college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis. |
| C．college students who aren't any better for their higher education |
| D．high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college. |
| A．society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained graduates. |
| B．high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education. |
| C．too many students have to earn their own living. |
| D．college administrators encourage students to drop out. |
| A．more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates |
| B．college education is not enough if one wants to be successful |
| C．college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people |
| D．intelligent people may learn quicker if they don't go to college |
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解析
考查要点：本题主要考查学生对文章主旨、代词指代、因果关系及作者观点的把握能力。
解题思路：
- 主旨理解：需结合首段对大学传统价值的肯定与后文对大学问题的反思，明确作者质疑大学“万能性”的核心观点。
- 代词指代：需根据上下文语境，锁定“those who don’t fit the pattern”指代的具体对象。
- 因果分析：需从社会经济因素角度，分析大学问题的成因。
- 观点判断：需通过关键句（如“heresy”“contrary evidence”）判断作者对大学唯一性价值的否定态度。
第（1）题
关键句：首段首句“the case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation”表明过去社会对大学教育高度信任。
选项对比：
- B（people used to have full confidence in higher education）直接对应“accepted without question”，正确。
- 其余选项（如A、C、D）与文章中“close to half our high school graduates are attending”等表述矛盾。
第（2）题
关键句：第二段“those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous”后列举现象：大学毕业生从事低学历工作、校园竞争恶化、学生因缺乏动力辍学。
指代分析：
- “those”指代接受大学教育但未因此获益的人（如选项C“college students who aren’t any better for their higher education”），而非未上大学的高中生（排除A、D）。
第（3）题
因果关系：第三段“young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb untrained eighteen-year-olds”说明社会对大学教育的依赖，但“disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb trained twenty-two-year-olds”揭示社会无法提供足够岗位（选项A）。
干扰项排除：选项B、C、D未直接涉及社会经济因素。
第（4）题
作者观点定位：末段“college may not be the best, the proper, the only place”及“contrary evidence is beginning to mount up”表明作者认为大学并非唯一选择（选项A）。
干扰项排除：选项B、C、D均未全面反映作者质疑大学“唯一性”的核心观点。