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Ideas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.
Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones,
Secretaries, mechanics, and barbers can take classes to improve their work skills. Nurses can take classes to increase their knowledge of nursing. If they know more or learn more, then they can get a better job or earn more money.
Continuing education classes give some adults the chance to learn new skills. There is usually a large variety of classes to choose from, typing, foreign cooking, photography, auto repair, furniture repair, or swimming. These are only some of the classes available.
Some adults take classes for fun or because the class will be useful for them. For example, they can choose a class in almost any language, Chinese, Spanish or English as a second language. There are classes in first aid or classes in sewing. There are also many other type of classes to choose from.
Other adults take continuing education classes to improve their own lives because they want to feel better about themselves. Overweight people can find exercise classes. Others can learn how to be good parents, or how to get along with other people.
There are many opportunities for adults to continue their learning. Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education program. There are classes in schools, community buildings, or churches. Most classes are in the evening, so working people can attend. The classes are usually small, and they are inexpensive.
Thousands of people register for continuing education classes each year. They receive no diploma or certificate, and no grade for most of the classes they attend. For them, learning is something they do because they want to.
单选题 Some adults go to continuing education classes to ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题干continuing education classes定位到第四段第一句话，指出继续教育课程给许多成年人提供学习新技术的机会。[A]、[C]、[D]与文意不符，文章第一段就指出成人继续学习的目的并不是为了接受大学教育或者获得一纸文凭或是得到学分。
单选题 Lots of people attend continuing education classes because______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据文章第五段和第六段可知，成年人继续学习有两种原因：一些人去上课是觉得有乐趣和有用处，还有一些人是为了提高生活质量。be interested in是原文for fun的同义转述，故选 [D]。[A]、[D]、[C]都只是成人继续教育课程的特点，而不是吸引他们来上课的主要原因，故排除。
单选题 Attending continuing education classes ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查的是参加继续教育课程学习的学费问题，定位到第七段的最后一句，not cost much money是原文inexpensive同义转述，因而选[A]。
单选题 We can learn from paragraph 7 that______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据题干定位到文章第七段，该段主要讲述了成年人有很多继续学习的机会，因此选 [C]。[A]成年人能继续他们的学习并不是本段大意，而是文章的主题；[B]大多数继续教育班是晚上上课是该段的一个细节，无需推断；[D]成人教育课程主要是为工人开设的无法从本段推断出来。
单选题 We can infer from the passage that______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章最后一段第一句话谈到人们对继续教育的需求很旺盛(Thousands of people register)，据此可推断继续教育课程很受欢迎，因此选[B]。虽然继续教育课程很受欢迎，但不能就此推断出大学教育不重要，或正式的学校教育不重要，因此排除[A]、[C]；成人教育开设的课程与大学课程有很大程度的区别，它注重的是实用性，故排除[D]。