Question

【題目】Wrong Reasons for Going to College

A college education can be priceless.【1】If any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision, you’re probably right to second-guess yourself.

Because all your friends are going.

In only a few weeks’ time, the whole friend group will be scattered to a half dozen different colleges in a half dozen different places. Not to go will set yourself apart. 【2】

Because someone else expects it from you.

Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college. Or maybe, you’re the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there. 【3】. It’s become so much a part of the air you breathe that you’ve never stopped to consider whether you want to go or whether you’re ready to go.

【4】

It’s been tough to find even a summer job. You don’t have an alternative plan. Everyone else is doing it(see above). You think you might as well go to school. That is the lamest(無(wú)說(shuō)服力的) of reasons to spend $20,000 or more in the next year.

Because you are afraid you’ll regret it if you don’t go.

Your uncle tells you that his one regret in life is that he didn’t go to college. Others tell you that they could have gone so much farther in their career if only they had a college education.【5】So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college.

A. Because you don’t know what else to do.

B. It seems that for years everyone has just assumed that of course you’ll go.

C. Because you don’t want to work.

D. But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons.

E. Friends will wonder what’s wrong with you

F. Everyone seems more excited than you are.

G. Whatever the story is, there are always people who regret decisions they’ve made.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】B

【3】E

【4】C

【5】F

【解析】試題分析：本文說(shuō)明了4條人們讀大學(xué)的錯(cuò)誤理由，告訴我們要根據(jù)自己的實(shí)際情況來(lái)決定是否讀大學(xué)。

【1】G 根據(jù)橫線后一句If any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision, you’re probably right to second-guess yourself.如果下面的因素中有一個(gè)影響到你的決定，你也許就要自我反思了。本文接下來(lái)介紹的幾個(gè)都是上大學(xué)的錯(cuò)誤理由。所以說(shuō)雖然大學(xué)教育是無(wú)價(jià)的，但你上大學(xué)的理由也可能是錯(cuò)誤的。故G項(xiàng)符合上下文。

【2】B 根據(jù)本段標(biāo)題Because all your friends are going可知本段中提到的錯(cuò)誤理由是：因?yàn)榕笥褌兌既プx大學(xué)了，所以你也要去。根據(jù)橫線前面一句：Not to go will set yourself apart.不去讀大學(xué)，你們就會(huì)分開(kāi)。所以有一些人正是因?yàn)樗麄兊呐笥讶プx了大學(xué)，所以他也要去讀大學(xué)。這就是一些人讀上學(xué)的錯(cuò)誤的理由。故B正確。

【3】E 根據(jù)橫線前兩句Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college. Or maybe, you’re the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there可知家庭里每個(gè)人都去讀了大學(xué)，或者大家都為你自豪，認(rèn)為你是家里第一個(gè)應(yīng)該讀大學(xué)的人。這樣一來(lái)似乎仍然都認(rèn)為你當(dāng)然應(yīng)該去讀大學(xué)了，所以你也去讀了大學(xué)。這也是一些人讀大學(xué)的理由。故E正確。

【4】C 根據(jù)本段前兩句It’s been tough to find even a summer job. You don’t have an alternative plan.很難找到工作，你又沒(méi)有別的事情可做。而且看到其他人都去多大學(xué)了。于是你也去了。說(shuō)明部分人讀大學(xué)的原因是沒(méi)有其他的事情可做，只能隨大流去多大學(xué)。故C項(xiàng)正確。

【5】F 根據(jù)本段前兩句Your uncle tells.........only they had a college education.你的叔叔告訴你他很遺憾沒(méi)有讀大學(xué)，其他人會(huì)告訴你，如果他讀了大學(xué)會(huì)生活得更好。但是無(wú)論什么情況，總有一些后悔自己做出的決定的人，也就是說(shuō)生活中總有一些讓人后悔的事情。故F項(xiàng)正確。