【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 research group Education Sector, wrote the report．She sees the situation this way： Yes, men are earning fewer fouryear college degrees than women．But men are still earning more degrees than they had in the past, only at a slower growth rate than women．And, yes, more women than men are also earning master’s degrees．But men still earn more doctor degrees．These are the degrees needed to bee a doctor or a lawyer or a professor．Besides, men hold more positions and earn more money on average than women do．There are many explanations why males and females perform differently in their schooling．Some are based on recent brain research, but others centre on environment．Some people say boys now face a bad environment in American education．Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote the book The War Against Boys．She says the lower percentage of men in college points to a serious problem in the education of American boys．60．How many opinions are there about concerns over the progress of boys in the American education system according to Paragraph 1? A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five61．What percentage do the men make up in the college students in the USA now? A．56%． B．42%． C．44%． D．58%．62．Which of the following is not Sara Mead’s opinion? A．Men earn more degrees than they did in the past． B．Men earn more money than women do． C．More women earn master’s degrees than men do． D．She sees the situation as a serious problem．C You’re in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater．You listen to their conversation： “I can’t believe it—a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find．Isn’t it beautiful ? And it’s a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome．” They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater．It’s nice and the price is right．You’ve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla，but those girls looked really stylish．They must know．So，you buy it．You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency．They are actually paid to go from store to store，talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes． Every day we notice what people are wearing，driving and eating．If the person looks cool，the product seems cool，too．This is the secret of undercover(暗中進(jìn)行的)marketing．Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it． Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don’t pay attention to traditional advertising．This is particularly true of the MTV generation—consumers between the age of 18 and 34．It is a golden group．They have a lot of money to spend,but they don’t trust ads． So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform”in bars and other places where youngadults go．Some people might call this practice deceptive(欺詐性的)，but marketing manager Jonathan Ressler calls it creative．“Look at traditional advertising．Its effectiveness is decreasing．” However，one might ask what exactly is“real”about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Adverting managers would say it’s no less real than an ad．The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something．You don’t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance．63．The two attractive young women were talking so that they could ． A．get the sweater at a lower price B．be heard by people around C．be admired by other shoppers D．decide on buying the sweater64．Undercover marketing is effective mainly because ． A．MTV generation don’t trust traditional ads B．people believe if a person looks cool，the product seems cool，too C．traditional ads fail to persuade people to buy things D．it reaches people without being noticed．65．Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? ． A．The two girls enjoy wearing Lorenzo Bertolla clothes． B．The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads． C．Traditional advertising is being less effective because it39。s too direct． D．Undercover marketing will surely be stopped soon by the government．66．Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A．Two Attractive Shoppers B．Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters C．Ways of Advertising D．Undercover MarketingDAre morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made．In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I would almost always get up late the next morning．But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early．On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher．So I set out to bee a habitual early riser．But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep．Eventually some sleep research showed me that I was using the wrong strategy．The most mon wrong strategy is this： You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier．It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail．There are two main schools(流派) of thought on sleep patterns．The first is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day．The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up．However, I have found both of them are wrong if you care about productivity．If you sleep at set hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough．You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep．If your sleep is based on what your body tells you, you’ll probably be sleeping more than you need．Als