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Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledStudents’DrivingtoSchool.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsaccordingtotheoutlinegivenbelow.

1.目前有不少大学生开车上学

2.人们对此看法不一

3.我的看法

Students’DrivingtoSchool

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PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

ManywithNewCollegeDegreeFindtheJobMarketHumbling

Theindividualstoriesarefamiliar.Thechemistrymajortendingbar.Theclassicsmajoransweringphones.TheItalianstudiesmajorstockingshelvesatWal-Mart.

Nowevidenceisemergingthatthedamagecausedbythesoureconomyismorewidespreadthanjustafewcareersledastray(偏离正轨地)orpostponed.Evenforcollegegraduates—thepeoplewhoweremostprotectedfromtheeffectsofrecession—theoutlookisratherbleak(黯淡的).

Employmentratesfornewcollegegraduateshavefallensharplyinthelasttwoyears,ashavestartingsalariesforthosewhocanfindwork.What’smore,onlyhalfofthejobslandedbythesenewgraduatesevenrequireacollegedegree,revivingdebatesaboutwhetherhighereducationis“worthit”afterall.

“Ihavefriendswiththesamedegreeasme,fromaworseschool,butbecauseofwhotheykneworwhentheyhappenedtograduate,they’reinmuchbetterjobs,”saidKyleBishop,23,a2009graduateoftheUniversityofPittsburghwhohasspentthelasttwoyearswaitingtables,deliveringbeer,workingatabookstoreandenteringdata.“It’smoreaboutluckthananythingelse.”

Theaveragestartingsalaryforstudentsgraduatingfromfour-yearcollegesin2009and2010was$27,000,downfrom$30,000forthosewhoenteredtheworkforcein2006to2008,accordingtoastudyreleasedonWednesdaybytheJohnJ.HeldrichCenterforWorkforceDevelopmentatRutgersUniversity.Thatisadeclineof10percent,evenbeforetakinginflationintoaccount.

Ofcourse,thesearetheluckyones—thegraduateswhofoundajob.Amongthemembersoftheclassof2010,just56percenthadheldatleastonejobbythisspring,whenthesurveywasconducted.Thatcompareswith90percentofgraduatesfromtheclassesof2006and2007.(Somehavegoneforfurthereducationoroptedoutofthelaborforce,whilemanyarestilltryingveryhardtogetajob.)

Eventhesefiguresunderstatethedamagedonetotheseworkers’careers.Manyhavetakenjobsthatdonotmakeuseoftheirskills;

aboutonlyhalfofrecentcollegegraduatessaidthattheirfirstjobrequiredacollegedegree.

Thechoiceofmajorisquiteimportant.Certainmajorshadbetterluckfindingajobthatrequiredacollegedegree,accordingtoananalysisbyAndrewM.Sum,aneconomistatNortheasternUniversity,of2009LaborDepartmentdataforcollegegraduatesunder25.

Younggraduateswhomajoredineducationandteachingorengineeringweremostlikelytofindajobrequiringacollegedegree,whileareastudiesmajors—thosewhomajoredinLatinAmericanstudies,forexample—andhumanitiesmajorswereleastlikelytodoso.Amongallrecenteducationgraduates,71.1percentwereinjobsthatrequiredacollegedegree;

ofallareastudiesmajors,thesharewas44.7percent.

AnanalysisbyTheNewYorkTimesofLaborDepartmentdataaboutcollegegraduatesaged25to34foundthatthenumberoftheseworkersemployedinfoodservice,restaurantsandbarshadrisen17percentin2009from2008,thoughthesamplesizewassmall.Thereweresimilarorbiggeremploymentincreasesatgasstationsandfueldealers,foodandalcoholstores,andtaxiandlimousineservices.

Thismaybeawasteofacollegedegree,butitalsodisplaces(使离开)theless-educatedworkerswhowouldnormallytakethesejobs.

“Thelessschoolingyouhad,themorelikelyyouweretogetthrownoutofthelabormarketaltogether,”saidMr.Sum,notingthatunemploymentratesforhighschoolgraduatesanddropoutsarealwaysmuchhigherthanthoseforcollegegraduates.“Thereiscompletedisplacementallthewaydown.”

Meanwhile,collegegraduatesarehavingtroublepayingoffstudentloandebt,whichisatamedianof$20,000forgraduatesofclasses2006to2010.

Mr.Bishop,thePittsburghgraduate,saidheis“terrified”oftheeffectshisstarterjobsmighthaveonhisultimatecareer,whichhehopestobeinpublishingorwriting.“Itlooksbadtohavealltheseshort-termjobsonyourré

sumé

butyoudohavetopaythebills,”hesaid,addingthatrightnowhisstudentloandebtwasover$70,000.

Manygraduateswillprobablytakeonmorestudentdebt.Morethan60percentofthosewhograduatedinthelastfiveyearssaytheywillneedmoreformaleducationtobesuccessful.

“Iknewthereweren’tgoingtobemanyjobprospectsformeuntilIgotmyPh.D.,”saidTravisPatterson,23,a2010graduateofCaliforniaStateUniversity,Fullerton.Heisworkingasanadministrativeassistantforapropertymanagementcompanyandstudyingpsychologyingraduateschool.Whileitmaynothaveanythingtodowithhisdegree,“ithelpspaymyrentandtuition,andthat’swhatmatters.”

Goingbacktoschooldoesofferthepossibilityofjoiningthelaborforcewhentheeconomyisbetter.Unemploymentratesarealsogenerallylowerforpeoplewithadvancedschooling.

Thosewhodonotgobacktoschoolmaybeonalower-payingtrajectory(道路)foryears.Theystartatalowersalary,andtheymaybegintheircareerswithemployersthatpaylessonaverageorhavelessroomforgrowth.

“Theirsalaryhistoryfollowsthemwherevertheygo,”saidCarlVanHorn,alaboreconomistatRutgers.“It’slikeaparrotonyourshoulder,travelingwithyoueverywhere,constantlytellingyou‘No,youcan’tmakethatmuchmoney.’“

Andwhileyoungpeoplewhohavesurvivedatoughjobmarketmayshyfromrisksduringtheircareers,thebestwaytonullify(抵消……的影响)anunluckygraduationdateistochangejobswhenyoucan,saysTillvonWachter,aneconomistatColumbia.

“Ifyoudon’tmovewithinfiveyearsofgraduating,forsomereasonyougetstuckwhereyouare,”Mr.vonWachtersaid.“Byyourlate20s,you’reoftenmarried,andhaveafamilyandhaveahouse.Youstoptheactivepatternofmovingjobs.”

1.Whatdoweknowaboutcollegegraduatesinthepresentsoureconomy?

A)Theyhaveapositiveoutlookforthefuture.

B)Theyremainunaffectedbytherecession.

C)Jobprospectsforthemdon’tlookgood.

D)Startingsalariesforthemhaveincreased.

2.AccordingtoKyleBishop,whycanhisfriendshavebetterjobsthanhim?

A)Theygraduateattherighttime.C)Theyhaveobtainedhigherdegrees.

B)Theyhaveworkingexperience.D)Theygraduatefrombetterschools.

3.WhatdidthestudybytheJohnJ.HeldrichCenterforWorkforceDevelopmentreveal?

A)Graduatesstartingworkingin2010gothigherpaythanthosein2006.

B)Mostoftherecentcollegegraduateswereluckyenoughtofindajob.

C)Moregraduateschosetogetfurthereducationinsteadoftakingajob.

D)Thestartingsalaryfornewcollegegraduatesdeclinedinrecentyears.

4.AndrewM.Sum’sstudyfoundthatinfindingajobrequiringacollegedegree,_______.

A)goodluckwasextremelynecessaryC)areastudiesmajorshadabigadvantage

B)thechoiceofmajorwasquiteimportantD)recentgraduatesweremorelikelytosucceed

5.Accordingtotheauthor,collegegraduates’workinginplaceslikegasstations_______.

A)makesthemmoredown-to-earthpeopleC)maybeawasteoftheircollegedegrees

B)isgoodtothediversityoftheworkforceD)motivatesless-educatedworkerstoimprove

6.HowdidMr.Bishopseetheshort-termjobshetook?

A)Theywoulddefinitelybethehighlightofhisresume.

B)Theymighthavenegativeeffectsonhisultimatecareer.

C)Theycouldlandhimagoodjobinpublishingorwriting.

D)Theyweretheonlywaytopayoffhisstudentloandebt.

7.TravisPattersonchosetoworkasanadministrativeassistantbecausethejob_______.

A)offerede

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