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4级考前冲刺试题三

4级考前冲刺试题三

PartIWriting（30minutes）

Directions:

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）

Directions:

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-termjobsonyourrésumé,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