Text 3 When education fails to keep pace

资格题库2022-08-02 40

问题 Text 3 When education fails to keep pace with technology,the result is inequality.Without the skills to stay useful as innovations arrive,workers suffer-and if enough of them fall belund,society starts to fall apart.That fundamental insight seized reformers in the IndusLrial Revolution,promoting state-funded universal schooling.Later,automation in factories and offices called forth a surge in coUege graduates.The combination of education and innovation,spread over decades,led to a remarkable flowering of prosperity.Today robotics and artificial intelligence call for another education revolution.This time,how-ever,working lives are so lengthy and so fast-chanf;ing that simply cramming more schooling in at the start is not enough.People must also be able to acquire new skills throughout their careers.Unfortunately,as our special report in Lhis issue sets out,the lifelong learning that exists today mainly benefits high achievers and is therefore more likely to aggravate inequality than diminish it.If 21st-century economies are not to create a massive underclass,policymakers urgently need to work out how to help all their citizens leam while they earn.So far,their ambition has fallen pitifully short.The classic model of education-a burst aL the start and top-ups through company training-is breaking down.One reason is the need for new,and constantly updated,skdls.Manufacturing in~creasingly calls for brain work raLher than physical work.The share of the American workforce employed in routine office jobs declined from 25.5%t0 21%between 1996 and 2015.The single,stable career has gone the way of the Rolodex.Pushinf;people into ever-hit;her levels of formal education at the start of their lives is not the way to cope.Just 16qo of Americans think that a four-year college degree prepares students very well for a good job.Although a vocational education promises that vital first hire,those with specialtized training tend to withdraw from the labour force earlier than山ose with general educaUon-perhaps because they are less adaptable.At the same time on-the-job training is shrinking.In Amenca and Britain it has fallen by roughly half in the past two decades.Self-employment is spreading,leaving more people to take responsi-bility for their own skills.Taking time out later in life to pursue a formal qualirication is an option,but it costs money and most coUeges are geared towards youngsters.We can infer from Paragraph I that_____A.society will collapse without innov8tionB.education is the only way to social prosperityC.inequality may originate from poor educationD.most workers in factories are college graduates

选项 A.society will collapse without innov8tion
B.education is the only way to social prosperity
C.inequality may originate from poor education
D.most workers in factories are college graduates

答案 C

解析推理题。[A]society will collapse without innovation“如果没有创新，社会将会分崩离析”。该项对应首段第二句：if enough of them fall behind．society starts to fall apart“如果落后的工人太多，社会就开始分崩离析”显然，该项属于偷换概念。[B]education is the only way to social prosperiiy“教育是促进社会繁荣的唯一方式”。该项对应首段尾句：The combination of education and innovation,spread over decades,led to aremarkable flowering of prosperity.首先，该项的the only way过于绝对；其次，该项与原文不符，原文强调“教育和创新促进了繁荣”，而该项仅仅强调“教育”，故可以排除。[C]inequality may originaLe from poor education“落后的教育可能产生不平等”。该项来自首段首句：When education fails Io keep pace with technology．the resuIt is inequality.“当教育落后于科技，就会造成不平等。”选项与原文意思基本一致，为最佳答案。[D]most workersinfactories are college graduaLes“工厂大多数工人都是大学毕业生”。该项对应首段倒效第二句Later．automaLion in facto-ries and ofifices called forth a surge in college graduates.文章提到“工厂和办公室自动化导致大学生人数猛增”，但并没有说“大多数工人都是大学生”，故该项错误。综上，本题选择[C]。

转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/xueli/2700420.html

本试题收录于：英语二研究生题库研究生入学分类

英语二研究生

研究生入学

相关试题推荐

随机试题

最新回复(0)

Text 3 When education fails to keep pace

英语二研究生

研究生入学