In the future, more（）should be placed on the education of th

D

The Cost of Higher Education

Individuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.

A university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not the taxpayers, should pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers' money to help a small number of people to earn high incomes in the future is not one of them.

Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. He knew and looked down upon 18th-century Oxford, where the academics lived comfortably off the income received from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy of hard work; and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students were similarly lazy.

If students have to pay for their education, they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If that means taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.

Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for the economy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so do all the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that the government should pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of business costs. Anyone promising to create jobs should receive a gift of capital from the government to invest. Therefore, it is the individual, not the government, who should pay for their university education.

68. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to

A. taxpayers

B. pressing calls

C. college graduates

D. government resources

The 4th paragraph suggests that

A questions are often put to the more intelligent students.

B alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape form. class.

C teachers should pay attention to all of their students.

D students should be seated according to their eyesight.

The text suggests that in the future we _______.

A. may have to fight against more new diseases

B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

C. should not be allowed to have pets

D. should stop buying pets from Africa

D)用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词，限用一次。（10分）

or win education more if help on first realize everything

Parents，especially those of teenagers，care about their children's education more than anything else．They would do (1 6) for their children．Many of them spend most of their spare time (17) their children with their studies．If they have no time or cannot do it them selves，they would hire family teachers (18) send their children to after class schools．It seems as if a better (19) is all that parents expect for children．

How can we explain the present situation? First of all，many parents have (20) that future success depends more and more (21) skills and education Secondly，in a competitive （竞争的）society there are both losers and 22) ．Those who have better skills and more knowledge will enjoy (23) 0pportunities．

Certainly，it is important to learn to succeed，but the (24) thing to learn is how to sur-vive(生存)and how to be a qualified citizen（合格的公民）．(25) this is included in good education，the children will surely have a bright future and be healthy．n body and mind．

16．________

此题为判断题(对，错)。

The writer sees education as______.

A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country's demands for technical workers

B. a way to broaden one's horizons

C. more important than finding a job

D. an opportunity that everyone should have

A、you are equipped the more for life

B、the more life you are equipped for

C、the more for life are you equipped

D、the more equipped for life you are

The best title for the passage is .

［A］ Education and Progress

［B］ Old and New Social Norms

［C］ New Education: Opportunities for More

［D］ Demerits of Hierarchical Society

According to the passage, early-twentieth-century education reformers believed that ______.

A) different groups needed different kinds of education

B) special programs Should be set up in frontier communities to modernize them

C) corporations and other organizations damaged educational progress

D) more women should be involved in education and industry

Many new ____ will be opened up at sea in the future for those with a university education.

A.opportunities

B.realities

C.necessities

D.Probabilities