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36.Text 3 When education fails to keep pace with technology,the result is inequality.Without the skills to stay useful as innovations arrive,workers suffer-and if enough of them fall belund,society starts to fall apart.That fundamental insight seized reformers in the IndusLrial Revolution,promoting state-funded universal schooling.Later,automation in factories and offices called forth a surge in coUege graduates.The combination of education and innovation,spread over decades,led to a remarkable flowering of prosperity.Today robotics and artificial intelligence call for another education revolution.This time,how-ever,working lives are so lengthy and so fast-chanf;ing that simply cramming more schooling in at the start is not enough.People must also be able to acquire new skills throughout their careers.Unfortunately,as our special report in Lhis issue sets out,the lifelong learning that exists today mainly benefits high achievers and is therefore more likely to aggravate inequality than diminish it.If 21st-century economies are not to create a massive underclass,policymakers urgently need to work out how to help all their citizens leam while they earn.So far,their ambition has fallen pitifully short.The classic model of education-a burst aL the start and top-ups through company training-is breaking down.One reason is the need for new,and constantly updated,skdls.Manufacturing in~creasingly calls for brain work raLher than physical work.The share of the American workforce employed in routine office jobs declined from 25.5%t0 21%between 1996 and 2015.The single,stable career has gone the way of the Rolodex.Pushinf;people into ever-hit;her levels of formal education at the start of their lives is not the way to cope.Just 16qo of Americans think that a four-year college degree prepares students very well for a good job.Although a vocational education promises that vital first hire,those with specialtized training tend to withdraw from the labour force earlier than山ose with general educaUon-perhaps because they are less adaptable.At the same time on-the-job training is shrinking.In Amenca and Britain it has fallen by roughly half in the past two decades.Self-employment is spreading,leaving more people to take responsi-bility for their own skills.Taking time out later in life to pursue a formal qualirication is an option,but it costs money and most coUeges are geared towards youngsters.We can infer from Paragraph I that_____ A.B. A. society will collapse without innov8tion C.D. B. education is the only way to social prosperity E.F. C. inequality may originate from poor education G.H. D. most workers in factories are college graduates

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Text 3 When education fails to keep pace with technology,the result is inequality.Without the skills to stay useful as innovations arrive,workers suffer-and if enough of them fall belund,society starts to fall apart.That fundamental insight seized reformers in the IndusLrial Revolution,promoting state-funded universal schooling.Later,automation in factories and offices called forth a surge in coUege graduates.The combination of education and innovation,spread over decades,led to a remarkable flowering of prosperity.Today robotics and artificial intelligence call for another education revolution.This time,how-ever,working lives are so lengthy and so fast-chanf;ing that simply cramming more schooling in at the start is not enough.People must also be able to acquire new skills throughout their careers.Unfortunately,as our special report in Lhis issue sets out,the lifelong learning that exists today mainly benefits high achievers and is therefore more likely to aggravate inequality than diminish it.If 21st-century economies are not to create a massive underclass,policymakers urgently need to work out how to help all their citizens leam while they earn.So far,their ambition has fallen pitifully short.The classic model of education-a burst aL the start and top-ups through company training-is breaking down.One reason is the need for new,and constantly updated,skdls.Manufacturing in~creasingly calls for brain work raLher than physical work.The share of the American workforce employed in routine office jobs declined from 25.5%t0 21%between 1996 and 2015.The single,stable career has gone the way of the Rolodex.Pushinf;people into ever-hit;her levels of formal education at the start of their lives is not the way to cope.Just 16qo of Americans think that a four-year college degree prepares students very well for a good job.Although a vocational education promises that vital first hire,those with specialtized training tend to withdraw from the labour force earlier than山ose with general educaUon-perhaps because they are less adaptable.At the same time on-the-job training is shrinking.In Amenca and Britain it has fallen by roughly half in the past two decades.Self-employment is spreading,leaving more people to take responsi-bility for their own skills.Taking time out later in life to pursue a formal qualirication is an option,but it costs money and most coUeges are geared towards youngsters.

We can infer from Paragraph I that_____

  • A.
  • B. A. society will collapse without innov8tion
  • C.
  • D. B. education is the only way to social prosperity
  • E.
  • F. C. inequality may originate from poor education
  • G.
  • H. D. most workers in factories are college graduates

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正确答案： C

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本题解析：

推理题。[A]society will collapse without innovation“如果没有创新，社会将会分崩离析”。该项对应首段第二句：if enough of them fall behind．society starts to fall apart“如果落后的工人太多，社会就开始分崩离析”显然，该项属于偷换概念。[B]education is the only way to social prosperiiy“教育是促进社会繁荣的唯一方式”。该项对应首段尾句：The combination of education and innovation,spread over decades,led to aremarkable flowering of prosperity.首先，该项的the only way过于绝对；其次，该项与原文不符，原文强调“教育和创新促进了繁荣”，而该项仅仅强调“教育”，故可以排除。[C]inequality may originaLe from poor education“落后的教育可能产生不平等”。该项来自首段首句：When education fails Io keep pace with technology．the resuIt is inequality.“当教育落后于科技，就会造成不平等。”选项与原文意思基本一致，为最佳答案。[D]most workersinfactories are college graduaLes“工厂大多数工人都是大学毕业生”。该项对应首段倒效第二句Later．automaLion in facto-ries and ofifices called forth a surge in college graduates.文章提到“工厂和办公室自动化导致大学生人数猛增”，但并没有说“大多数工人都是大学生”，故该项错误。综上，本题选择[C]。

解析

步骤 1：理解段落内容
段落主要讨论了教育与技术进步之间的关系，以及教育如何影响社会的不平等。段落中提到，当教育不能跟上技术进步的步伐时，会导致不平等。如果工人没有技能来适应创新，他们就会遭受损失，如果太多工人落后，社会就会开始分崩离析。段落还提到，教育和创新的结合促进了繁荣。

步骤 2：分析选项
A. society will collapse without innovation（没有创新，社会就会崩溃）
B. education is the only way to social prosperity（教育是社会繁荣的唯一途径）
C. inequality may originate from poor education（不平等可能源于教育的落后）
D. most workers in factories are college graduates（工厂大多数工人都是大学毕业生）

步骤 3：选择正确答案
根据段落内容，选项C最符合段落的主旨。段落中提到，当教育不能跟上技术进步的步伐时，会导致不平等。因此，不平等可能源于教育的落后。