A、Because parents need to be ready for new jobs. B、Because parents love to return to college. C、Because kids require their paren

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Now, listen to Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on Part Two of the interview.
M: I see. Is the phenomenon of parent and kid’s studying together at university a rare case?
W: I am afraid not.(6)Changing careers later in life is no longer a rarity, so it is not uncommon for students and their parents to be toying with the big decision at the same time. Class surveys indicate that the majority of Harvard alumni have shifted directions when it comes to their careers. With the financial collapse of 2008, such shifts have become more widespread. Students have seen their family members lose jobs or change them. Gone is the time when you start out at a company and work there for the rest of your life.
M: So your mom started study again just because she wanted to change her career?
W: Yes.(7)She used to be in the real estate industry, but now she wants to be a lawyer.
M: Does her experience affect you somewhat?
W: Certainly. Freshman Week, in one of the welcoming speeches, our dean mentioned that many of us might have grown up thinking that "doctor, lawyer, teacher" were our only options. She urged us to stick to our dreams. But later, I realized talking about passion is one thing, actually following them is another. By the time I started to think about what professional direction I might want to take, I had heard "the average American changes careers seven times" so often diat it was hard not to become numb to its message. The last tiling that the enthusiastic Harvard student wants to do is to imagine moving from job to job until she lands somewhere by chance, especially when the economy is so uncertain. My mom can serve as a good example. Even if she graduated from Harvard herself as a brilliant student, she had to make alterations of her career.
M: So, is your mom actually happy studying with younger students?
W: Hard to say.(8)Frustration is routine for older students, you know, who have to learn how to study all over again.(9)Mom once described the experience of taking classes with students half her age after 30 years in the workforce, "What’s most challenging is that you come in to class knowing how to make a cake, but you’re all there to make omelets. "
M: A kind of wasting time.
W: Exactly.
M: Do you think your mom has played an important role in shaping your idea of what kind person you want to be?
W: Absolutely. Harvard offers many resources for students who want to figure out where their future lies. Advisers, tutors, and OCS keep their doors open to help undergraduates embark on this kind of discovery. One can’t find one’s passion in a booklet on summer internships or a list of possible career paths.(10)It’s a gradual process that involves sharing thoughts and then coming back to them, a discussion that doesn’t always have its end goal in mind. In the course of my time at Harvard, it has been just such a give-and-take—with professors, with friends, and with my mother—that has slowly shaped my ideas of who I might want to be. I really cherish the time she spent together with me at university.
M: Well, Maggie, thank you very much for staying with us today.
W: My pleasure.
This is the end of Part Two of the interview. Questions 6 to 10 are based on what you have just heard.
6. Why is parent and kid’s studying together a common case?
7. What would Maggie’s mom like to be after college?
8. How does Maggie’s mom feel about sitting in class after thirty years?
9. What is most challenging for Maggie’s mom?
10. How does Maggie describe the process of picking out one’s career path?

选项 A、Because parents need to be ready for new jobs.
B、Because parents love to return to college.
C、Because kids require their parents to do so.
D、Because kids find it hard to adapt to college life.

答案A

解析 推理判断题。本题考查为什么父母与子女共同学习是一个普遍现象。听力材料中提到Changing careerslater in life is no longer a rarity,so it is not uncommon for students and their parents to be toying with the bigdecision at the same time.Class surveys indicate that the majority of Harvard alumni have shifted directionswhen it comes to their careers.With the financial collapse of 2008,such shifts have become more widespread.Students have seen their family members lose jobs or change them.Gone is the time when you start out at acompany and work there for the rest of your life.也就是说,由于经济等原因,父母会改变自己的工作领域,这意味着他们需要接受再教育,因此,父母与子女一起学习并不罕见,故答案为[A]。
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