【正文】 mething you do to make you happy. I hate to break it to you, but we all have a long lifetime of work and stress ahead of us. It will make things much easier if we can practice the piano or make some collections after work. Of course, the final goal of pursuing a new hobby shouldn39。 I do not doubt that there are some people who could bee a great writer or musician. I only fear that so many people are busy pursuing their education and their careers, but they never even see the potential (潛能) they have. The next great photographer or singer could be going to college right now. But they might not even know they have a gift for photographing or singing if they39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s favourite the child to do something for partners other children to make friends with the child the child chances to show his good qualities（3）How can parents help their child fit in better? taking him to have piics in the park. being kind to his schoolmates. forcing him to invite friends home. cooking delicious food for him.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了在學(xué)校里的老師及在家里的父母都可以做很多事情來(lái)讓不受歡迎的孩子受到歡迎。 There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider super. When you plan trips, piics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends. If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child39。t matter! Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, I39。s not there.最后還談到了很多學(xué)生上了大學(xué)卻因種種原因無(wú)法完成學(xué)業(yè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Of the sixty per cent 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.”可知作者列舉了三種情況,說(shuō)明有些人不適合大學(xué)教育,故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。High school teachers urge their students to go to college.D.fewer students will prefer to go to college in the futureD.One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty per cent 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. （1）It39。The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating(灌輸) 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 college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall into line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn39。 These people have more work than they can deal with, and their annual ines are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that whitecollar workers make a better living than bluecollar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favours the skilled workmen.t matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments (入學(xué)) go up and up, and more and more graduates are overeducated for the kinds of jobs available to them.s implied but not stated in the passage that . A.the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on American higher education（2）Which of the following is NOT a reason why college enrollments go up every year? A.Every young man and woman wants to go to college.（3）By saying many people go to college who do not belong there, the author means that . people who are not fit for college education go to college people who do not have enough money go to college people who go to college drop out within the first year people who go to college have their hopes destroyed（4）We can infer from the passage that the author believes that . young man and woman should go to college education is a bad thing with a college education should receive higher pay people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，通過(guò)調(diào)查告訴人們要改變傳統(tǒng)的觀念:應(yīng)首先考慮選擇技術(shù)性的工作——因?yàn)樗狈θ瞬?待遇更高。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Parents begin indoctrinating (灌輸) 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 college rather than for life. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn39。 （4）考查推理判斷。所有這些都在暗示人們,上大學(xué)的人應(yīng)該減少,而參加技術(shù)工作的人應(yīng)該增多，故選D。m going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school.s popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects.”可知老師可以給孩子提供表現(xiàn)他長(zhǎng)處的機(jī)會(huì),來(lái)幫助一個(gè)不受歡迎的孩子,故選D。3．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中, 選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Hobbies in general are being something of the past. Our lives are already filled with classes, homework, working, relationships and sleeping. When we do have a spare moment, it is all too easy to spend it on the endless entertainment and media that are right at our fingertips.ve never picked up a camera or a guitar.t be to bee rich and famous. For most people, a hobby is just something they enjoy doing for the purpose of the thing