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
You cannot place a value on education. Knowledge is the food of the soul, Plato supposedly remarked. Great literature "irrigates
You cannot place a value on education. Knowledge is the food of the soul, Plato supposedly remarked. Great literature "irrigates
admin
2016-03-21
67
问题
You cannot place a value on education. Knowledge is the food of the soul, Plato supposedly remarked. Great literature "irrigates the deserts" of our lives, as C. S. Lewis put it. But a college education comes with a price tag—up to $60,000 a year for a four-year residential degree at an American university.
A report by Pay Scale, a research firm, tries to measure the returns on higher education in America. They vary enormously. A graduate in computer science from Stanford can expect to make $ 1. 7m more over 20 years than someone who never went to college, after the cost of that education is taken into account. A degree in humanities and English at Florida International University leaves you $ 132,000 worse off. Arts degrees at 12% of the colleges in the study offered negative returns: 30% offered worse financial rewards than putting the cash in 20-year Treasury bills.
None of this matters if you are rich and studying fine art to enhance your appreciation of the family Rembrandts. But most 18-year-olds in America go to college to get a good job. That is why the country’s students have racked up $1.1 trillion of debt—more than America’s credit-card debts. For most students college is still a wise investment, but for many it is not. Some 15% of student debtors default within three years: a startling 115,000 graduates work as caretakers.
If the job market
picks up
, this dismal picture will improve. But there is another obvious way to increase the returns on a college education: make it cheaper. The price of college has risen more than four times faster than inflation since 1978 , easily outpacing doctors’ bills. Much of this cash has been wasted on things that have nothing to do with education—plush dormitories, gleaming stadiums and armies of administrators. In 1976 there were only half as many college bureaucrats as academic staff: now the ratio is one to one.
By the universities’ own measures, this has produced splendid results. Students are more than twice as likely to receive "A" grades now than in 1960. When outsiders do the grading, however, they are less impressed: one study found that 36% of students " did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning" over four years of college.
Most Americans receive higher education to______.
选项
A、pursue knowledge and truth
B、have a promising future
C、appreciate Rembrandt
D、pay back their loans
答案
B
解析
根据题干定位到第三段第二句:But most 18一year—olds in America go to college to get agood job.其中题干most Americans=most 18-year-olds in America;receive higher education=go to college;故答案来自to后面的get a good job“获得一份好工作”,选项中与之相等的是[B]have a promising future“拥有光明的前景”,故[B]为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/lasZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Dieting,accordingtoanoldjoke,maynotactuallymakeyoulivelonger,butitsurefeelsthatway.Nevertheless,evidencehas
Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowingpicture.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethepicturebriefly,2)inte
Itgoesagainsteverybody’sinnercynictoreadasentencelikethefollowing:Weareonthevergeofthegreatestageofcreati
About2,500ofso-calledsupernovaeareknowninsideourgalaxyandbeyond.Butexactlywhattheywerebeforetheyexplodedisn
Wemightmarvelattheprogressmadeineveryfieldofstudy,butthemethodsoftestingaperson’sknowledgeandabilityremain
Whiletravelingforvariousspeakingengagements,Ifrequentlystayovernightinthehomeofafamilyandamassignedtooneof
Whiletravelingforvariousspeakingengagements,Ifrequentlystayovernightinthehomeofafamilyandamassignedtooneof
Dieting,accordingtoanoldjoke,maynotactuallymakeyoulivelonger,butitsurefeelsthatway.Nevertheless,evidencehas
随机试题
人民法院于2007年6月受理了甲企业的破产案件。根据企业破产法律制度的规定,以下各选项中,属于共益债务的有:()
什么是焊接冶金过程?它与金属冶炼有什么不同?
2011年8月10日,气温37℃,某兽医院接诊一京巴犬,体温40.5℃。主诉该犬比较活跃,有啃咬家中物品习惯,因此常关于笼中置于家中南阳台,就诊当日中午回家发现该犬发病。抱出笼时已经开始呼吸困难,站立不稳、摇晃,盲目乱撞。该病最可能诊断为
普萘洛尔与硝酸酯类合用治疗心绞痛的协同作用是()
千叶公司因不能清偿到期债务,被债权人百草公司申请破产,法院指定甲律师事务所为管理人。下列哪一选项是错误的?()(司考.2007.3.28)
根据下列资料完成A公司和B公司签订一项购销合同,A公司向B公司开出一张30万元的银行汇票。B公司将汇票背书后向C公司转让,C公司又背书后向D公司转让。如因受市场价格的影响,该业务的实际结算金额变为28万元,则()。
某企业只生产A产品,销售单价为50元,单位变动成本为20元,年固定成本总额为45万元,2017年的销售量为2万件。下列说法正确的有()。
敬业主要是规范公民与职业的道德关系,奉献主要是规范公民与社会的道德关系和对待他人的()。
关于法律意识,下列表述正确的有()。
有下列程序:#include<iostream>usingnamespacestd;c1assTestClass{private;charc;public:
最新回复
(
0
)