首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today’s traditional-age college freshmen are "
According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today’s traditional-age college freshmen are "
admin
2010-01-13
84
问题
According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today’s traditional-age college freshmen are "more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的) than at any time in the 17 years of the poll.
Not surprising in these hard times, the students’ major objective "is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life." It follows then that today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.
Interest in teaching, social service and the "altruistic" fields is at a low. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up.
That’s no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of her college instructors in her first year on the job—even before she completed her two-year associate degree.
While it’s true that we all need a career, it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own and that we are better for our understanding of these other contributions—be the scientific or artistic. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More important, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs.
Weekly we read of unions who went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business. No company; no job. How shortsighted in the long run.
But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group o businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机) : "Miss Baxter," he says, "could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?"
From the long-term point of view, that’s what education really ought to be about.
By saying "While it’s true that…, be the scientific or artistic" (Lines 1~4, Para.5), the author means that______.
选项
A、business management should be included in educational programs
B、human wisdom has accumulated at an extraordinarily high speed
C、human intellectual development has reached new heights
D、the importance of a broad education should not be overlooked
答案
D
解析
根据这一句子所在段落及句子本身的结构,信息重点在“…it is equally true that…be they scientific or artistic”这一部分。故选D项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/5fmi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
ItistheinteractionAbetweenpeople,Bratherthantheeventsthatoccurintheirlives,thatCarethemainfocusDofsocialps
Asurveyofmorethan1,000philosophers,teachersandstudentsbytheauthoritativePhilosophers’MagazineplacedCharlesDarwi
Doesmoneybuyhappiness?It’ssometimessaidthatscientistshavefoundnorelationshipbetweenmoneyandhappiness,butthat’s
InTheBirthOrderBookWhyYouAretheWayYouAre(2004),Dr.KevinLemannotesthat21ofthefirst23Americansinspacewer
TheymaybeoneofBritain’smostsuccessfulexportsandamongtheworld’smostpopularTVshows,rankingalongsidetheWorldCu
Inthelawcourt,thesuspectcouldn’t______histimethatnight.
Man:WouldyouliketogowithmetotheairporttopickupFrank?Woman:I’dliketo,butIhaveclasstill2:00.AndIknowFra
Man:WouldyouliketogotothemovieswithAnneandmeonFriday?Woman:IwishIcould,butIamhavingdinneratmybrother’s
Americanculturehasnotbeenimmunetoculturalinfluencesfromoutside.TheideaofdemocracycamefromtheancientGreeks;th
随机试题
有人认为,高新技术才是当今时代先进的生产力,掌握着高新技术的知识分子,以及利用高新技术的企业家、私营企业主等,才是先进生产力的代表。我国工人阶级多数与传统企业相联系,他们已不再是先进生产力的代表。对此观点需要明确的有()
脉冲波多普勒与连续波多普勒比较,其优点是
监理工程师在业主授权范围内根据施工现场的实际情况,在确属需要时有权发布变更指示。指示的内容应包括( )。
下列关于地面水污染源的简化要求,说法错误的是()。
关于混凝土井壁施工模板的说法,正确的是()。
资产类科目用以核算各类资产,包括()。
通知被录用者时应遵循的重要的原则是()。
测量调查
WhichofthefollowingmaybebannedbyeBayoverseers?Manysellerstendtorefusepersonalchecksforfearof______.
A、Makinguseofbadgesandguns.B、Banningshipsandsubmarines.C、Changingthewaynoisetravels.D、Tryingtocreatesoundmaps
最新回复
(
0
)