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
"Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists?" Rick Scott, the Florida governor, once asked. A leader of a
"Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists?" Rick Scott, the Florida governor, once asked. A leader of a
admin
2017-12-19
73
问题
"Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists?" Rick Scott, the Florida governor, once asked. A leader of a prominent Internet company once told me that the firm regards admission to Harvard as a useful proof of talent, but a college education itself as useless. Parents and students themselves are acting on these principles, retreating from the humanities.
I’ve been thinking about this after reading Fareed Zakaria’s smart new book, In Defense of a Liberal Education. Like Mr. Zakaria, I think that the liberal arts teach critical thinking. So, to answer the skeptics, here are my three reasons the humanities enrich our souls and sometimes even our pocketbooks as well.
First, liberal arts equip students with communications and interpersonal skills that are valuable and genuinely rewarded in the labour force, especially when accompanied by technical abilities. "A broad liberal arts education is a key pathway to success in the 21st-century economy," says Lawrence Katz, a labour economist at Harvard. Professor Katz says that the economic return to pure technical skills has flattened, and the highest return now goes to those who combine soft skills— excellence at communicating and working with people—with technical skills.
My second reason: We need people conversant with the humanities to help reach wise public policy decisions, even about the sciences. Technology companies must constantly weigh ethical decisions. To weigh these issues, regulators should be informed by first-rate science, but also by first-rate humanism. When the President’s Council on Bioethics issued its report in 2002, "Human Cloning and Human Dignity," it depends upon the humanities to shape judgments about ethics, limits and values.
Third, wherever our careers lie, much of our happiness depends upon our interactions with those around us, and there’ s some evidence that literature nurtures a richer emotional intelligence. Science magazine published five studies indicating that research subjects who read literary fiction did better at assessing the feelings of a person in a photo than those who read nonfiction or popular fiction. Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends. Literature also builds bridges of understanding.
In short, it makes eminent sense to study coding and statistics today, but also history and literature.
What is implied in the first paragraph?
选项
A、Parents may encourage their children to major in anthropology.
B、The humanities in Harvard are not popular among parents and students.
C、The leader of an Internet company values Harvard education itself most.
D、Rick Scott may think anthropologists aren’t key interests of the state.
答案
D
解析
推断题。根据题干关键词定位到第一段。句首是里克.斯科特的一个问句:“拥有 更多人类学家是本州的关键利益所在吗?”文章接着指出互联网公司、学生、家长等对人 文学科的间接或直接的态度。同时借助于第二段作者对人文教育的支持态度可知,第一 段是从反面引出文章的中心,所以里克.斯科特是对问题表示怀疑的,故D项“里克.斯 科特可能认为人类学家并不一定是本州的关键利益”为正确答案。其他三项均属于过度 推断,均排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/pLBZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Itwouldbeinterestingtodiscoverhowmanyyoungpeoplegotouniversitywithoutanyclearideaofwhattheyaregoingtodoa
Itwouldbeinterestingtodiscoverhowmanyyoungpeoplegotouniversitywithoutanyclearideaofwhattheyaregoingtodoa
Itwouldbeinterestingtodiscoverhowmanyyoungpeoplegotouniversitywithoutanyclearideaofwhattheyaregoingtodoa
【F1】Americansnolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,tocommandtheEnglishlanguagewithskillandg
【F1】Americansnolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,tocommandtheEnglishlanguagewithskillandg
Asearlyasthe19thcentury,shoppershaveviewedThanksgivingDayasthetraditionalstarttotheholidayshoppingseason,an
Ittooksometimetofigureoutjusttherightshoppingcomplex,offjusttherighthighwayinterchangeandjusttherightdista
KellySortinohadatoughtimerecallingwhatshe’daccomplishedattheendofeachbusyworkday.Herjobasheadoftheupper
KellySortinohadatoughtimerecallingwhatshe’daccomplishedattheendofeachbusyworkday.Herjobasheadoftheupper
KellySortinohadatoughtimerecallingwhatshe’daccomplishedattheendofeachbusyworkday.Herjobasheadoftheupper
随机试题
我国是抗生素应用及滥用形势较严峻的国家。国家卫生主管部门多次开展专项整治行动,并出台多款规范用药指南与准则。下列情形中,属于抗菌药物联合应用的适应证范畴的是()。
A.百会B.大椎C.哑门D.至阳E.上星善于治疗暴喑、舌强不语的腧穴是
交通运输行业的公路水运工程试验检测活动的监督管理者是()。
建设工程施工合同履行过程中,不应由发包人完成的工作是( )。
常用的授权形式中,()信贷授权可授予总部授信业务审批部门及其派出机构、分支机构负责人或独立授信审批人等。
某企业为一般纳税企业,增值税率为17%,2014年发生经济业务如下:(1)企业4月1日从银行贷款200000元,2个月期,年利率6%,月末计提利息费用,到期还本付息。(2)企业4月1日,为购材料委托银行承兑商业汇票,以银行存款支付承兑手续费1000
甲、乙、丙、丁四人参加一项体育比赛,有人问他们,谁的成绩最好。甲说“不是我”.乙说“是丁”,丙说“是乙”,丁说“不是我”。如果四人的回答只有一人符合实际,且四人成绩没有并列情形,那么谁的成绩最好?
What’sthepurposeoftheannouncement?
Clearlyifwearetoparticipateinthesocietyinwhichwelivewemustcommunicatewiththeotherpeople.Agreatdealof
Onnoaccount______everleavethebabyathomealone.
最新回复
(
0
)