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College just isn’t special any more Read the passage and answer the following questions. College just isn’t special any more 1 “If you can remember anything about the 1960s, you weren’t really there,” so the saying goes. It may be true for those who spent their college years in a haze of marijuana smoke. But there is one thing everyone remembers about the 1960s: Going to college was the most exciting and stimulating experience of your life. 2 In the 1960s, California’s colleges and universities had transformed the state into the world’s seventh largest economy. However, Berkeley, the University of California’s main campus, was also well-known for its student demonstrations and strikes, and its atmosphere of political radicalism. When Ronald Reagan ran for office as governor of California in 1966, he asked if Californians would allow “a great university to be brought to its knees by a noisy, dissident minority”. The liberals replied that it was the ability to tolerate noisy, dissident minorities which made universities great. 3 On university campuses in Europe, mass socialist or communist movements gave rise to increasingly violent clashes between the establishment and the college students, with their new and passionate commitment to freedom and justice. Much of the protest was about the Vietnam War. But in France, the students of the Sorbonne in Paris managed to form an alliance with the trade unions and to launch a general strike, which ultimately brought about the resignation of President de Gaulle. 4 It wasn’t just the activism that characterized student life in the 1960s. Everywhere, going to college meant your first taste of real freedom, of late nights in the dorm or in the Junior Common Room, discussing the meaning of life. You used to have to go to college to read your first forbidden book, see your first indie film, or find someone who shared your passion for Jimi Hendrix or Lenny Bruce. It was a moment of unimaginable freedom, the most liberating in your life. 5 But where’s the passion today? What’s the matter with college? These days political, social and creative awakening seems to happen not because of college, but in spite of it. Of course, it’s true that higher education is still important. For example, in the UK, Prime Minister Blair was close to achieving his aim of getting 50 per cent of all under thirties into college by 2010 (even though a cynic would say that this was to keep them off the unemployment statistics). Yet college education is no longer a topic of great national importance. Today, college is seen as a kind of small town from which people are keen to escape. Some people drop out, but the most apathetic stay the course because it’s too much effort to leave. 6 Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious. The British Council has recently done research into the factors which help international students decide where to study. In descending order these are: quality of courses, employment prospects, affordability, personal security issues, lifestyle, and accessibility. College has become a means to an end, an opportunity to increase one’s chances on the employment market, and not an end in itself, which gives you the chance to imagine, just for a short while, that you can change the world. 7 The gap between childhood and college has shrunk, and so has the gap between college and the real world. One of the reasons may be financial. In an uncertain world, many children rely on their parents’ support much longer than they used to. Students leaving university in the 21st century simply cannot afford to set up their own home because it’s too expensive. Another possible reason is the communications revolution. Gone are the days when a son or daughter rang home once or twice a term. Today students are umbilically linked to their parents by their cell phones. And as for finding like-minded friends to share a passion for obscure literature or music, well, we have the Internet and chat rooms to help us do that. 8 “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!” 9 Wordsworth may have written these lines about the French Revolution, but they were also true for the students of the 1960s. So why aren't they true for the students of today?
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【单选题】Listen and answer the following questions. 1. The Indian chief said God spoke directly to ____.
A.
a. trees
B.
b. man
C.
c. animals
D.
d. rocks
【简答题】下列哪些表述反映了世界贸易组织争端解决机制的特点? A. 其涉及的范围仅限于货物贸易争端 B. 该制度规定了严格的程序上的时间限制 C. 建立了反对一致或否定性协商一致原则 D. 其涉及的范围不仅限于货物贸易,还包括服务贸易、与贸易有关的投资措施等争端
【判断题】The the pilgrims taught Indian chief to use fish for fertilizer in planting corn, pumpkins and beans.
A.
正确
B.
错误
【多选题】以下对晶闸管的描述正确的有( )。
A.
导通后,门极失去控制作用
B.
当流过阳极电流小于维持电流时晶闸管关断
C.
晶闸管时全控型电力电子器件
D.
当晶闸管承受正向电压且门极有触发电流时晶闸管导通
【单选题】The river's name ______from an Indian chief.
A.
deprives
B.
originates
C.
descends
D.
orients
【多选题】以下对晶闸管的描述正确的有( )。
A.
当流过阳极电流小于维持电流时晶闸管关断;
B.
当晶闸管承受正向电压且门极有触发电流时晶闸管导通;
C.
晶闸管是全控型电力电子器件;
D.
导通后,门极失去控制作用。
【判断题】增程式纯电动汽车的发动机可以直接用来给车轮提供驱动力。
A.
正确
B.
错误
【单选题】The Indian chief said God spoke directly to ____.
A.
trees
B.
man
C.
animals
D.
rocks
【单选题】What does the Indian chief mean in saying 'Without our brothers, the animals, we would all be very lonely'?
A.
Indians die from hunger if they don't live with animals.
B.
Animals are so important to us that we cannot live without them.
C.
We would all be very lonely without pets.
D.
Only animals are important to the Indians.
【简答题】阅读理解。 An Indian chief, Rising Sun, was concerned with how white men were expanding across the forests, plains, and mountains. Since his tribe was very small, and he wouldn't want them to be sent to re...
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