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It’s high time someone spoke up for today’s college students. They’re probably the most hardworking, ambitious people in America and their problems are not properly appreciated.
People like the Secretary of Education simply don’t know what they’re talking about when they knock students. Nor do those who complain about falling academic standards.
The vast majority of the nation’s 12 million students are struggling to pay for their educations. They are part of the invisible workforce. Many hold down full-time jobs. They’re frying hamburgers, photographing weddings, working in construction, and waiting on tables. The fact that they even show up for classes is a wonderful event.
The financial situation of most students explains a lot about what is happening in schools. Why are the traditional courses so unpopular? Why are students flocking to accounting and computer science and any professional programs that seem to lead to careers?
Answer: Today’s working student has been forced into a kind of premature matter-of-fact way of viewing things. Romance is gone. The notion of transforming one’s self through study alone has disappeared. Today’s students seek freedom from manual labor, and the status conferred by a good job.
There are other consequences. Today’s students don’t have much time or energy to be devoted, and carry out independent research or even do serious homework. That’s the secret behind falling academic standards. Students have become consumers. They want grades and certifications. Their professors can’t be expected to give a grade of failure to students who are clearly tired from the effort to pay their bills.
There’s a lot wrong with this situation. It’s twisting the definition of education out of shape. Worse, it’s creating a generation that is totally unpleasant. The brightest students turn out to be yuppies (雅皮士). The vast majority are, at least, good-natured semi-literates.
The time has run out for philosophical debates about fixed courses of study. What this country needs is someone to stand up and say that being a full-time student during one’s formative years is an honorable calling worthy of support. If families can’t or won’t give it to their children, then the government should.
【小题1】 The author’s purpose in writing this article is to __________.

A．awaken the whole society to the problems today’s college students face

B．warn Americans that academic standards are falling

C．advise college students to study hard

D．provide a suggestion that only full-time students be enrolled

【小题2】 The most suitable word to describe the author’s feelings about today’s college students
is _________.

A．criticize	B．sympathize
C．complain	D．urge

【小题3】Which of the following CANNOT be learned from the passage?

A．Many students are often absent from classes.

B．Traditional courses are not popular.

C．Students commit crimes with computers.

D．Students don’t devote much time and energy to their homework.

【小题4】By saying “Romance is gone” in paragraph 5, the author means ____________.

A．today’s students do not believe in love stories any more

B．today’s students become more practical in dealing with things

C．students think there is no affection any more and break up with their lovers

D．today’s students hold matter-of-fact opinions on love

【小题5】Which of the following suggestions will the author not agree with?

A．We should encourage students to give up full-time jobs.

B．Families should offer their children more help financially.

C．We should stand up and say something for today’s college students.

D．We should make more strict regulations to force students to study hard.

答案：【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
【小题5】D

试题分析：这篇文章告诉人们，在美国大学生应该是最勤奋最有抱负的人，他们的问题没有得到应有的重视。现在到了有人该大胆地为今天的大学生说一说的时候了。
【小题1】A推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句 It’s high time someone spoke up for today’s college students现在到了有人该大胆地为今天的大学生说一说的时候了。最后一段第二句What this country needs is someone to stand up and say that being a full-time student during one’s formative years is an honorable calling worthy of support.国家需要有人站起来说，在性格形成时期的全职的学生是一个光荣的职业值得支持。从这里可以推断出选A。
【小题2】B推理判断题。根据第一段It’s high time someone spoke up for today’s college students. They’re probably the most hardworking, ambitious people in America and their problems are not properly appreciated. .现在到了有人该大胆地为今天的大学生说一说的时候了。在美国他们应该是最勤奋最有抱负的人，他们的问题没有得到应有的重视。因此选B。
【小题3】C细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句The fact that they even show up for classes is a wonderful event.可排除A。根据第四段第二句Why are the traditional courses so unpopular?为什么传统的课程这样不受欢迎？可排除B。根据第六段第二句Today’s students don’t have much time or energy to be devoted,。今天的学生没有太多的时间和精力投入。排除D。从上面可以看出此题选C。
【小题4】B推理判断题。根据第五段第一句Today’s working student has been forced into a kind of premature matter-of-fact way of viewing things.今天的学生已经被迫进入一种看待事物的方式过早的问题。因此可推断出B项正确。
【小题5】D综合理解题。A. We should encourage students to give up full-time jobs. 我们应该鼓励学生放弃全职的工作。根据常识，作为一个学生应把学习看作主项，故排除A；根据文章最后一句If families can’t or won’t give it to their children, then the government should.如果家庭不能或不愿意给孩子们经济支持，那么政府应该支持。故排除B。根据文章第一句It’s high time someone spoke up for today’s college students. 现在到了有人该大胆地为今天的大学生说一说的时候了。故排除C。综上所述可知选D。
考点：考查社会现象类阅读。

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