【正文】 e” demands people who are flexible and who have good munication skills. There are many social science majors in large panies who fill important positions. For example, a number of research studies found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or preprofessional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited for change, which is the leading feature (特點 ) of the kind of high speed, highpressure, hightech world we now live in. Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their longterm pany jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many panies had filled a large percentage of their entrylevel positions with social science graduates. The study also showed that the most soughtafter quality in a person who was looking for a job was munication skills, noted as “very important” by 92 percent of the panies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offered a wide variety of positions. Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don’ t regret their choice of study. 1. By saying that “you may have had the last laugh” in the first paragraph, the author means that you may have_____. A. shared the jokes with puter majors B. earned as much as puter majors C. found jobs more easily than puter majors D. stopped joking about puter majors 2. Compared with graduates of other subjects, social science graduates_____. A. are ready to change when situations change B. bear better ability to deal with difficulties C. are equally good at puter skills D. are likely to give others pressure 3. The underlined word “l(fā)and” in the last paragraph probably means_____. A. keep for some time B. successfully get C. immediately start D. lose regretfully 4. According to the text, what has made it easy for social science graduates to find jobs? A. Willingness to take lowpaid jobs. B. Readiness to gain hightech knowledge. C. Skills in expressing themselves. D. Parttime work experience. 答案解析 Ⅰ . 1. voluntary 2. adjustments 3. burden 4. deposits 5. accumulating 6. resigned 7. vacant 8. abundant 9. elected 10. undertook Ⅱ . 1.【解析】 選 A?？疾樘摂M語 氣。句意： ——你覺得大學生活怎么樣?。?——糟糕極了。 but also 之后的句子不倒裝。 vacant 表示 “空的，閑置的 ”，符合題意。考查名詞辨析?？疾槊~詞義辨析。 dismiss 開除； resign 辭職； retire 退休； fire 解雇。 elect 選舉，符合題意。麥道夫因詐騙罪被判 150 年徒刑?？疾槊~辨析。一進房子，就注意 (notice)到靠墻擺放著一臺電子琴。這由常識也可判斷出來?？疾樾稳菰~。 request 表示 “請求 ”，與下文第 10 空后的 asked 意思一致。 9.【解析】 選 D?？疾榻樵~短語。當然，由常識可知，鋼琴演奏的是樂曲。正當我要走出門口時，聽到一個微弱的聲音喊道： “年輕人！ ” 15.【解析】 選 A。這位老太太一直病得很重，下床都很難。考查名詞。第二段末尾信息中提到社會科學的畢業(yè)生比其他專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生更成功，因為他們最能適應變化，而這種變化正是現(xiàn)代社會高速、高壓、高科技工作的主要