2014年四川大學考博英語真題5

Passage Five

For this generation of young people,the future looks bleak.Only one in six is working full time.Three out of five live with their parents or other relatives.A large majority-73 percent-think they need more education to find a successful career,but only half of those say they will definitely enroll in the next few years.No,they are not the idle youth of Greece or Spain or Egypt.They are the youth of America,the world's richest country,who do not have college degrees and aren't getting them anytime soon.Whatever the sob stories about recent college graduates spinning their wheels as baristas or clerks,the situation for their less-educated peers is far worse.For this group,finding work that pays a living wage and offers some sense of security has been elusive.

Despite the continuing national conversation about whether college is worth it given the debt burden it entails,most high school graduates without college degrees said they believe they would be unable to get good jobs without more education.

Getting it is challenging,though,and not only because of formidable debt levels.Ms.McClour and her husband,Andy,have two daughters under 3 and another due next month.She said she tried enrolling in college classes,but the workload became too stressful with such young children.Mr.McClour works at a gas station.He hates his work and wants to study phlebotomy,but the nearest school is an hour and half away.

Many of these young people had been expecting to go to college since they started high school,perhaps anticipating that employers would demand skills high schools do not teach.Just one in ten high school graduates without college degrees said they were"extremely well prepared by their high school to succeed in their job after graduation."These young people worried about getting left behind and were pessimistic about reaching some of the milestones that make up the American dream.More than half-56 percent-of high school graduates without college diplomas said that their generation would have less financial success than their parents.About the same share believed they would find work that offered health insurance within that time frame.Slightly less than half of respondents said the next few years would bring work with good job security or a job with earnings that were high"enough to lead a comfortable life".They were similarly pessimistic about being able to start a family or buy a home.

The online survey was conducted between March 21 and April 2,and covered a nationally representative survey of 544 high school graduates from the classes of 2006-11 who did not have bachelor's degrees.The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 5 percentage points.

21．What does the underlined phrase"spinning their wheels"mean in Paragraph 1?

A．fastening the pace

B．confusing the situation

C．a(chǎn)sking for help

D．scooting out

22．What will the high school graduates probably do according to the article?

A．Find jobs right after graduation.

B．Receive further study in college.

C．Go to join the national conversation.

D．Pay for the debt.

23．What does the story of"Andy and Ms.McClour"try to inform us?

A．They both prefer making money to education.

B．Colleges do not accept students who are married and have children.

C．Although people are eager to join in the college,life burden may block in the way.

D．None of the above.

24．What is the financial outlook for this generation compared with their parents?

A．They have a prosperous outlook compared with the last generation.

B．Their financial situation is not as successful as their parents.

C．It depends on how hard they work and their educational background.

D．Not mentioned in the article.

25．What can we infer from the last sentence?

A．The online survey is done nationally.

B．The result of the survey is completely trustworthy.

C．There is more or less inaccuracy of the survey.

D．The survey will have a continuous part coming soon.

【參考譯文】

對于這一代年輕人來說，未來看起來很黯淡。只有六分之一的人是全職工作。五分之三的人與父母或其他親戚住在一起。絕大多數(shù)人(73%)認為，他們需要接受更多教育才能找到一份成功的職業(yè)，但其中只有一半的人表示，他們肯定會在未來幾年入學。不，他們不是希臘、西班牙或埃及那些無所事事的年輕人。他們是美國的年輕人，世界上最富有的，他們沒有大學文憑，也不會很快拿到。不管最近大學畢業(yè)生做咖啡師或店員的悲慘故事如何，那些受教育程度較低的同齡人的情況要糟糕得多。對于這群人來說，找到一份既能維持生計、又能給他們帶來安全感的工作并不容易。

盡管全國都在討論大學是否值得，因為它會帶來沉重的債務負擔，但大多數(shù)沒有大學學位的高中畢業(yè)生表示，他們相信，如果沒有更多的教育，他們就無法找到好工作。

然而，要做到這一點是很有挑戰(zhàn)性的，不僅因為債務水平高得可怕。麥克盧爾和她的丈夫安迪有兩個不到3歲的女兒，還有一個下個月就要生了。她說她曾試著報讀大學課程，但由于孩子太小，課業(yè)壓力太大。麥克盧爾在加油站工作。他討厭工作，想學習靜脈切開術，但離最近的學校有一個半小時的路程。

這些年輕人中有許多人從高中開始就期待著上大學，也許他們以為雇主會要求高中不教的技能。只有十分之一的沒有大學學位的高中畢業(yè)生說他們“為畢業(yè)后的工作做好了充分的準備”。這些年輕人擔心落后，對實現(xiàn)美國夢的一些里程碑感到悲觀。在沒有大學文憑的高中畢業(yè)生中，超過一半56%的人說他們這一代人的經(jīng)濟成就不如他們的父母。大約有同樣比例的人認為他們會在這段時間內(nèi)找到提供醫(yī)療保險的工作。略少于一半的受訪者表示，未來幾年將會有一份穩(wěn)定的工作，或者一份收入“足以過上舒適生活”的工作。他們同樣對能否組建家庭或買房感到悲觀。

這項在線調查是在3月21日至4月2日之間進行的，調查對象是544名未取得學士學位的2006-11年級高中畢業(yè)生。抽樣誤差范圍為正負5個百分點。

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