D

The reasons for going to college have been accepted without question for more than a generation．All high school graduates ought to go ，because college will help them earn more money, become  “better” people，and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone．And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending，those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous，and more obvious．College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis；college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school．Others find no stimulation in their studies，and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators．

    Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much．But that’s a criticize of the students as a whole，and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness．Others blame the state of the world，and they are partly right．We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-old either．

    Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best，the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school．We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down，it seems，and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences．Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent，ambitious，happy , liberal，or quick to learn things-maybe it's just the other way around，and intelligent，ambitious，happy, liberal，quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place．And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not．This is heresy(异端)to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good，more has to be much better．But contrary evidence is beginning to gradually increase in amount．

48．What does the author believe according to the passage?

A．People used to question the value of college education．

B．People used to have full confidence in higher education．

C．All high school graduates went to college．

D．Very few high school graduates chose to go to college

49．Why does the drop-out rate of college students seem to go up?

A．Young people are disappointed with the traditional way of teaching at college.

B．Many young people are required to join the army．

C．Young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher education．

D．Young people don’t like the intense competition for admission to graduate school．

50．According to the passage，the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that___.

    A．society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates

    B．high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education

    C．too many students have to earn their own living

    D．college administrators encourage students to drop out

A person, like a commodity（商品）, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration（夸张）, however, does no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled package knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment（装饰）, so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.

A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, had all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snowcapped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural aging process so as to keep in harmony（和谐）with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end on unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of deluxe (better quality)edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with.

As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.

1．It can be concluded from the text that           .

       A．people should be packed at all ages

       B．people should be packed in a special way

       C．elderly people also care about packing

       D．proper packing makes people attractive

2．According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should           .

       A．dye your hair                                       B．make up at a young age

       C．follow the aging process                       D．give up fame and wealth

3．For the middle-aged, attractiveness           .

       A．hardly exists                                        B．is the strongest

       C．comes from the inside                          D．comes from the appearance

4．The underlined sentence means that elderly people           .

       A．are usually packed like a finely-made book

       B．experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life

       C．doing a lot of traveling and give you much information

       D．enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairyland

　　A person, like a commodity (商品), needs packaging．But going too far is absolutely undesirable．A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages．To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself．A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment (装饰), so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely．

　　For a young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, any attempt to make up would be self-defeating．Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash．Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years．If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should．You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth．There is no need to make use of hair dyeing．The snowcapped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland．Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony (和谐) with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness．To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe edition (豪华版) that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with．

　　As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging．

1．It can be concluded from the text that ________．

[　　]

A．people should be packaged at all ages

B．people should be packaged in a special way

C．elderly people also care about packaging

D．proper packaging shows a person's unique qualities to their advantages

2．Which of the following is NOT the author's advice?

[　　]

A．Hair-dyeing is not desirable．

B．Young women should not attempt to make up．

C．To show attractiveness, exaggeration in packaging is essential．

D．Packaging should be done without any signs of embellishment．

3．The underlined sentence means that elderly people ________．

[　　]

A．are usually packaged like a fine book

B．have rich experience and profound knowledge of life

C．do a lot of traveling and are well-informed

D．enjoy reading thick books about nature and fairylands

阅读理解

　　A person, like a commodity(商品), needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration (夸张), however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment(装饰), so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.

　　A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame and wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snowcapped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony(和谐)with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe (better quality) edition that attracts one so much as to be willing to part with.

　　As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package himself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.

1．It can be concluded from the text that ________.

[　　]

A．people should be packed at all ages

B．people should be packed in a special way

C．elderly people were also care about packing

D．proper packing makes people attracting

2．According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ________.

[　　]

A．dye your hair

B．make up at a young age

C．follow the ageing process

D．give up fame and wealth

3．For the middle-aged, attractiveness ________.

[　　]

A．hardly exists

B．is the strongest

C．comes from the inside

D．comes from the appearance

4．The underlined sentence means that elderly people ________.

[　　]

A．are usually packed like a finely-made book

B．experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life

C．do a lot of traveling and can give you much information

D．enjoying reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairylands