题文
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 faceB．warn Americans that academic standards are fallingC．advise college students to study hardD．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．criticizeB．sympathizeC．complainD．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 moreB．today’s students become more practical in dealing with thingsC．students think there is no affection any more and break up with their loversD．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. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
解析
文章谈论了现在的大学生所遇见的种种难题，呼吁全社会一起来关注这些问题。小题1:A 推理题。作者写这篇文章是想让别人知道大学生所遇见的种种困难，尤其是经济方面的困难，很多学生要做兼职来付自己的学费。主要是唤醒社会对这些问题的认识。故A正确。
小题2:B 根据文章第三段2,3,4行内容Many hold down full-time jobs. They’re frying hamburgers, photographing weddings, working in construction, and waiting on tables说明现在很多的大学生都要做兼职工作来付学费，他们要做很多的事情，作者对他们充满了同情。故B正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据第三段最后一句推理出很多学生都逃课。根据Why are the traditional courses so unpopular说明B也提及了。以及第七段1,2行Today’s students don’t have much time or energy to be devoted, and carry out independent research or even do serious homework说明D也提及了，只有C没有提及。
小题4:B 推理题。浪漫已经不见了。说明现在的学生学会了现实，不在相信那些浪漫的爱情故事，对实际的物质更感兴趣了，故B正确。
小题5:D 推理题。文章中提及现在的学生的生活压力很大，已经没有太多的时间放在真正的学习和研究上了，D选项中的说法等于是给学生更大的负担和压力，故作者应该是不同意该说法。
考点
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社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
