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2019年上半年大学英语四级阅读题：大学专业选择
Oneofthebitterestandmosttime-wormdebatesinstudentunionbarsupanddownthecountryisresolvedasacademicresearchconfirmsthatinfinancialtermsatleast,artsdegreesareacompletewasteoftime.Gettingthroughuniversityboostsstudents’earningsby25%,onaweightedaverage,or$220,000overtheirlifetime,accordingtoProfessorIanWalkerofWarwickUniversity-butiftheystudyShakespeareorthepeasants’revoltinsteadofanatomyofcontractlaw,thosegainsarelikelytobecompletelywipedout.
Thegovernmentisabouttoallowuniversitiestochargestudentsupto$3,000ayearfortheirdegrees,arguingthatit’sasmallpricetopaycomparedwiththefinancialrewardsgraduatesreaplaterinlife.ButProf.Walker’sresearchshowstherearesharpvariationsinreturnsaccordingtowhichsubjectastudenttakes.
Law,medicineandeconomicsorbusinessarethemostlucrativechoices,makingtheiraverageearnings25%higher,accordingtothearticle,publishedintheofficefornationalstatistics’monthlyjournal.Scientistsget10-15%extra.Atthebottomofthelistareartssubjects,whichmakeonlya“small”differencetoearnings-asmallnegativeone,infact.Justaheadaredegreesineducation-whichleavehardpressedteachersanaverageof5%betteroffayearthaniftheyhadleftschoolat18.
“it’shardtoresisttheconclusionthatwhatstudentslearndoesmatteralot;andsomesubjectareasgivemoremodestfinancialreturnsthanothers,”Prof.Walkersaid.Asaneconomist,hewasquicktopointoutthatstudentsmightgainnon-financialreturnsfromartsdegrees:”Studyingeconomicsmightbeverydull,forexample,andstudyingpost-modernismmightbealotoffun.”
练习题：
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?
A.ProfessorWalker’sResearch
B.HowtoMakeBigMoney.
C.DifferencesBetweenScienceandArtsDegrees.
D.StudyingArtsHasNegativeFinancialOutcome.
2.Universitieschargestudentsaratherhightuitionmainlybecause_____
A.theyprovidethestudentswithveryprosperoussubjectstolearn
B.theyassumethattheirgraduatescanearnmuchmorethantheyhadpaid
C.theydon’tgetfinancialsupportfromthegovernment
D.theyneedmuchrevenuetosupporttheeducationalexpenses
3.Theword“lucrative”(Line1,Para.4)mostprobablymeans_____
A.sensible
B.creative
C.profitable
D.reliable
4.Law,medicalandbusinessgraduatescouldearn25%morethan______
A.educationgraduates
B.artsgraduates
C.thosewhohadnotstudiedattheuniversity
D.theaverageincome
5.Wecansafelyconcludethattheauthor______
A.regardsartsdegreesasmeaningless
B.findsthisresultdisappointingandunfair
C.wantsthestudentstothinktwicebeforetheydecidewhattolearnincollege
D.holdsthatartsdegreesarestillrewardingdespiteitsscarcefinancialreturns
1.[D]主旨大意题。本文为Walker教授的研究成果，旨在说明不同专业的毕业生有不同的经济回报，并非要传授发财心得或者比较文理科的异同。文章首句即为本题解题关键，故D正确。
2.[B]事实细节题。定位至第3段第1句。本文只有这一句与收取学费有关，后一个分句即前一个分句的理由，抓住其中隐含的因果关系就不难找到正确答案。
3.[C]词义理解题。通过下文数据earnings25%higher和get10-15%extra可以推测lucrative大意应为“给人带来丰厚收入的”,故选C。
4.[C]事实细节题。第4段中出现了几个比较数字，考题要求找到此段首句提到的收人增加25%的参照点。第2段第1句中的Gettingthroughuniversity表明这类学生收人增加25%的参照对象是没读大学的人，且从第4段第3句中的thelist和第4句即可以确定这一段是在比较大学毕业与18岁毕业(即没读大学)收入的不同，因此C正确。
5.[D]推理判断题。结论往往出现在文章结尾,要想答对此题,一定要仔细体会本文末句。本文虽然重点讨论文科没有经济效益，但是作者并没有做出主观判断，故A、B、C都不正确，而作者在文章最后讲到了人文学科虽然经济效益不佳但学习过程更有趣，故D符合作者意思。
2019年上半年大学英语四级阅读题：大学的生存
Manyprivateinstitutionsofhighereducationaroundthecountryareindanger.Notallwillbesaved,andperhapsnotalldeservetobesaved.Therearelow-qualityschoolsjustastherearelow-qualitybusiness.Wehavenoobligationtosavethemsimplybecausetheyexist.
Butmanythrivinginstitutionsthatdeservetocontinuearethreatened.Theyaredoingafinejobeducationally,buttheyarecaughtinafinancialsqueeze,withnowaytoreducerisingcostsorincreaserevenuessignificantly.Raisingtuitiondoesn’tbringinmorerevenue,foreachtimetuitiongoesup,theenrollmentgoesdown,ortheamountthatmustbegivenawayinstudentaidgoesup.Schoolsarebadbusinesses,whetherpublicorprivate,notusuallybecauseofmismanagementbutbecauseofthenatureoftheenterprise.Theylosemoneyoneverycustomer,andtheycangobankrupteitherfromtoofewstudentsortoomanystudents.Evenaverygoodcollegeisaverybadbusiness.
Itissuchcolleges,thrivingbutthreatened,Iworryabout.Lowenrollmentisnottheirchiefproblem.Evenwithfullenrollments,theymaygounder.Effortstosavethem,andpreferablytokeepthemprivate,areanationalnecessity.Thereisnobasisforarguingthatprivateschoolsareinherently(固有地)betterthanpublicschools.Examplestothecontraryabound.Anyonecannamestateuniversitiesandcollegesthatrankasthefinestinthenationandtheworld.Itisnowinevitablethatpublicinstitutionswillbedominant,andthereforediversityisanationalnecessity.Diversityinthewaywesupportschoolstendstogiveusahealthydiversityintheformsofeducation.Inanimperfectsocietysuchasours,uniformityofeducationthroughoutthenationcouldbedangerous.Inanimperfectsociety,diversityisapositivegood.Enthusiasticsupportersofpublichighereducationknowtheimportanceofsustainingprivatehighereducation.
练习题：
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.Accordingtotheauthor'sopinion,schoolsarebadbusinessesbecauseof_______.
A.mismanagement
B.toofewstudents
C.financialsqueeze
D.theircharacteristics
2.Theauthorusedthephrase“gounder"inPara.3tomean"_______".
A.getintodifficulties
B.havelowenrollment
C.havelittlemoney
D.bringinmoremoney
3.Wecanreasonablyconcludefromthispassagethattheauthormadeanappealtothepublicinordertosupport_____
A.publicinstitution
B.privateschools
C.uniformityofeducation
D.diversityofeducation
4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedaboutprivateschools?
A.High-qualityprivateschoolsdeservetobesaved.
B.Ifthetuitionoftheprivateschoolsisraised,theenrollmentgoesdown.
C.Therearemanycasestoshowthatpublicschoolsarebetterthanprivateschools.
D.Privateschoolsaremoreprofitablethanpublicschools.
5.Whichofthefollowingwayscouldpossiblysaveprivateschools?
A.Raisingtuition.
B.Fullenrollment.
C.Nationalawarenessandsupport.
D.Reductionofrisingcosts.
1.[D]事实细节题。本题考查因果关系。第2段倒数第3句中的“notbecauseof...butbecauseof...”指出了nature就是原因所在，characteristics是nature的近义词，故D正确。
2.[A]词义理解题。通过gounder所在句子中的Evenwith......可知，该句与上一句形成对比，这两句中的enrollment是相对应的，所以gounder应该也与上文的problem相对应，由此可推断，gounder就是haveproblem/difficulty之义。本题最具干扰性的是C，但文中并无细节具体说明即使入学人数满额学校收人也很少的问题，因此C把problem定义得过细，不如A恰当。
3.[B]推理判断题，也是主旨大意题。文章一开头就指出“许多私立髙等学校都处于危险之中”，引起读者的关注，结尾句明确倡议支持公立髙等教育的人们应该同样支持私立髙等教育，由此可见,B是本文的目的。本题最具干扰性的是D，D的说法在最后一段中多次提到，但是作者提出办学多样性是为了说明私立教育的重要性，故D只是本文主题(私立教育)的支持性细节，并非本文的中心话题。
4.[D]事实细节题。可用排除法找出答案。A可从第1段推断得出;B可在第2段第3句中找到;C可从最后一段中间找到。
5.[C]推理判断题。可用排除法找出答案，根据原文，第2段第3句可证明A不可行;最后一段第3句证明B不可行;第2段第2句也指出D行不通。本文的目的是为了提高公众对私立教育的关注，由此可见，只有C是拯救私立高校的可行性方法。