Question

　　College graduation brings both the satisfaction of academic achievement and the expectation of a well-paid job. But for 6 000 graduates at San Jose State this year, there's uncertainty as they enter one of the worst job markets in decades. Ryan Stewart has a freshly-minted (新興的) degree in religious studies, but no job prospects (前景).

　　 "You look at everybody's parents and neighbors, and they're getting laid off and don't have jobs," said Stewart, "then you look at the young people just coming into the workforce... it's just scary."

　　When the class of 2003 entered college, the future never looked brighter. But in the four years they've been here, the world outside has changed greatly.

　　 "Those were the exciting times, lots of dot-com opportunities, exploding offers, students getting top dollar with lots of benefits," said Chery Allmen Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center. "Times have changed. It's a new market."

　　Chery Allmen Vinnidge ought to know. She runs the San Jose State Career Center, sort of a crossroad between college and the real world. Allmen Vinnidge says students who do find jobs after college have done their homework.

　　 "The typical graduate who does have a job offer started working on it two years ago. They've postured (定位) themselves well during the summer. They've had several internships (實習(xí))," she said. And they've majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields have seen big declines in starting salaries.

　　Ryan Stewart may just end up going back to school. "I'd like to teach in college some day and that requires more schooling, which would be great in a bad economy," he said.

　　To some students, a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope its value will increase over time.

(1) The underlined expression "dot-com" in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

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A．a(chǎn) company making dots

B．the Internet

C．teaching on the Internet

D．a(chǎn) well-known website

(2) The purpose of a college career center is probably to ________.

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A．help students do their homework

B．find jobs for students while they are in school

C．prepare students to find jobs after they graduate

D．help high school students get accepted to college

(3) Ryan Stewart is probably going to ________.

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A．get a teaching job

B．become a religious leader

C．change his major

D．go back to school

(4) What does the underlined sentence "To some students, a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth" mean?

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A．Having a college degree does not provide travel discounts.

B．A college degree doesn't promise a person a highpaying job.

C．Most students with degrees will be able to find jobs.

D．The best way to get rich is to get a college degree.

Answer 1

答案：B;C;D;B
解析：

(1) 詞義猜測題。由常識可知，dot-com為來自于e-mail中的地址，由此不難推出其指代互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。 (2) 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段第二句"She runs the San Jose State Career Center, sort of a crossroad between college and the real world"可以推知，大學(xué)職業(yè)中心在大學(xué)和現(xiàn)實世界之間起橋梁作用，可見其目的是為學(xué)生畢業(yè)后就業(yè)做準(zhǔn)備。 (3) 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段首句"Ryan Stewart may just end up going back to school"可知答案。 (4) 推理判斷題。由最后一段可知，末句的only暗示一張大學(xué)文憑并不代表立即就能找到一份高收入的工作。