问题 问答题

Directions:

Study the following picture carefully and write an essay to

1) describe the picture briefly,

2) deduce the purpose of the drawer of the picture, and

3) suggest counter-measures.

You should write about 160--200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

答案

参考答案:

Now some of the students in colleges and universities in our country pay more attention to job-hunting than to their academic work. As is shown in the picture, they seem to treat the employment guide as their major subject. Generally speaking, most of the junior students work very hard. attending classes, doing their homework and consulting their teachers. However. some of the senior students, instead of pursuing their academic studies, focus their attention on looking for jobs.

As far as the purpose of the drawer of the picture is concerned. I think he intends to warn us that the fact that college graduates try ro pander to the labor market will lead to the decline in higher education quality. So the drawer calls on us to respond to the situation forcefully. One point is clear that college education needs to be improved. As a result, it is the main business for students to acquire knowledge and develop abilities, which will be useful in their future careers.

In my opinion, a few preventive measures should be adopted to deal with the problem. In the first place, students should realize the importance of their routine academic studies. without which there can be no knowledge necessary and no abilities needed. Secondly, students should see job-hunting in their right perspective. Only if they study in real earnest in college, can they meet the needs of their future employment.

解析:

Notes: pander to 迎合。in one’s right perspective 用下确的观点。in real earnest 认真地。

选择题
单项选择题

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot.
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. "Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly, " Mr. Johnson said. "I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in. "
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, "It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came. "
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. "It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up. "
His hands and arms cut and bruised, Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, "That thirty minutes seemed like hours. " Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

Which statement is true according to the passage

A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.
B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.
C. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.
D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.