单选题
Almost daily, the gulf between education and
employment widens. Careers officers complain about a system that presents them
with school-leavers without ideas for employment. Employers deplore the fact
that teenagers are unable to spell and write and calculate. Graduates discover
that a knowledge of Ancient History or Zoology counts for nothing when they are
looking for a job. With all our magnificent new colleges of
further education, the super-polytechnical schools springing up like mushrooms,
and our much-praised increase of students in full-time education, one vital
point is being left out of educational thinking. What will it earn? Because--sad
as it may seem to those who believe in its mind-broadening, horizon-widening and
strength-testing qualities--you cannot eat education. There are thirty-nine
universities and colleges offering degree courses in Geography, but I have never
seen any good jobs for Geography graduates advertised. Or am I alone in
suspecting that they will return to teach Geography to another set of students,
who in turn will teach more Geography undergraduates? On the other hand,
hospital casualty departments throughout the country are having to close down
because of the lack of doctors. The reason? University medical schools can find
places for only half of those who apply. It seems to me that
the time is ripe for the Department of Education and Productivity and the
Department of Education and Science to get together with the universities and
produce a revised educational system which will make a more economic use of the
wealth of talent, application and industry currently being wasted on
certificates, diplomas and, degrees that no one wants to know about. They might
make a start by reintroducing a genuine "General" Certificate of Education. In
the days when it meant something, this was called the School Certificate.
Employers liked it, because it indicated proficiency in English, Arithmetic,
Science and Humanities--in other words, that you had an all-round education. You
could use it as a springboard to higher education, but it actually meant
something in itself, in every industry from chemicals to clothing.
From there on they might take a giant step forward by offering the
alternative of sandwich courses or full-time training for every career. I can
think of a good few medical students who would willingly "work their way through
college" by filling in as nursing auxiliaries at our understaffed hospitals. And
it would be interesting to see just how many would-be Geography graduates
pressed on with their courses when they discovered at an early stage the
scarcity of jobs available in their specialty. Given the
option, I think the majority of those now taking full-time college courses would
leap at the chance of combining theory and practice while earning their living.
This would leave the full-time courses for the minority of our student
population, who can afford to love learning for its own sake, and not as a meal
ticket.
单选题
Which of the following is NOT taken good care of by colleges?
A. Widening the students' horizon.
B. Broadening the students' mind.
C. Providing the students with practical skills for employment.
D. Providing the students with moral strength.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节判断题。从第一段和第二段可以看出，学生在校缺乏就业的实际训练。
单选题
Judging from the passage, which of the following students stand a
better chance of finding a job?