Reading Comprehension 阅读理解 When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income,

Reading Comprehension 阅读理解

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。

When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you'll have a good start. But now you have to slow down. If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is an M. B. A., and only from a first-rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (报酬递减率) begins to take effect.

Do you know, for instance, that long distant truck drivers earn more per year than full professors？ Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24, 000, while the full professors managed to earn just $ 23, 030.

A Ph. D. (博士) is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or under-employed in this country than in any other part of the world.

If you become a Ph. D. in English or history or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.

Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on tables, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or second-rate college that pays much less than what the doorkeeper earns.

You can equate (同等看待) the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

31、Your parents advise you to “get an education” partly because they want you_______________.

A.to gain more knowledge

B.to earn more money

C.to get a degree

D.to free yourself from embarrassment

32、From the second paragraph, we can infer that both B. A. and M. B. A. are_______________.

A.professions

B.jobs

C.college degrees

D.academic disciplines

33、According to the author, _______________.

A.a high degree helps you greatly in finding a satisfactory job

B.a high degree does not necessarily help you to find a satisfactory job

C.the higher degree you get, the more money you can make

D.the higher degree you get, the dimmer future you will face

34、The author would advise you to specialize in the fields of _______________ for a doctor's degree.

A.physics or chemistry

B.English or history

C.political science

D.philosophy

35、Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？

A.Well-educated professionals sometimes earn less than truck drivers.

B.It's easier for those who specialize in the fields of physics and chemistry to find a job.

C.Some Ph. D. graduates work as shop assistants, car drivers, waiters or waitresses, because they cannot find a suitable job.

D.Your Ph. D. degree will make your country embarrassed.

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