试卷一II.GrammarandVocabularySectionAADDISABABA,EthiopiaAt19,YohannesGebregeorgisborrowedanovelentitledLoveKittenthatchangedhislifeforever.BorninruralEthiopia,hisfatherwasanilliteratecattlemerchantwhoinsistedthathisson(21)_(have)aneducation.SoGebregeorgishadseenafewbooksinschool.But(22)_(have)abookofhisownsparkedalifelongcommitment.Today,GebregeorgisisestablishinglibrariesandliteracyprogramstoconnectEthiopianchildrenwithbooks.“MostEthiopianchildrenonlyhaveaccesstotextbooksintheclassroom,”saysGebregeorgis.“Books(23)_childrenreadoutsideofschoolarethespicesofeducation.”Untilhebecameachildrenslibrarian,hedidntrealize(24)_thechildrenofhisnativehomeweremissing.ArrivingintheUnitedStatesin1981,Gebregeorgisultimatelyputhimselfthroughcollege,(25)_(obtain)agraduatedegreeinlibraryscience.HetookapositionattheSanFranciscoChildrensLibraryin1985.There,hemetTheLittleEngineThatCould,CaptainAhab,andPeterPan.Herealizedtheimpactchildrensbookscouldmake(26)_achildssenseofwonderandvision.“Childrencouldimagineeverythingfrombooksconnectionstoothercultures,tootherpeople,tootherchildren,andtotheuniverseatlarge.Readinggivesthemhope.Itgivesthempleasure.Itgivesthemeverythingthattheycannototherwisegetinregulartextbooks.”ButGebregeorgisfoundthattherewerenochildrensbooksinAmharic,theprimarylanguageofEthiopia,andnonerepresentingtheplacesandcharactersofEthiopianlore.(27)_thelibrarygranted$1,200forthepurchaseofEthiopianbooks,Gebregeorgiswasunabletofindany,sohewroteone.SillyMammawasthefirstbilingualAmharic-Englishchildrensbook,anditspublicationledGebregeorgis(28)_(establish)thenonprofitorganizationEthiopiaReadsin1988.Usingproceedsfrombooksales,thenonprofitorganization(29)_(finance)hiseffortstobringchildrenslibrariestoEthiopia.Gebregeorgisreadsstorybookstochildrenwho(30)_(deny)accesstotelevisionorcomputersandbelievesthatliteracyandeducationwillemancipatehisimpoverishedland.“Withliteratechildrenthereisnolimitastohowmuchwecando.”SectionBA.payoffB.routinelyC.decreaseD.overlookE.accommodateF.matchG.inevitableH.contrastI.inadequatelyJ.shortageK.stronglyOneofourexpectationsabouteducationisthatitwillpayoffintermsofupwardmobility.Historically,thecorrelationbetweeneducationandincomehasbeenstrong.Butintheearly1970sacontradictiondevelopedbetweeneducationandtheeconomy.Ourvalueofeducationandouraverageeducationalattainmentexceededthecapacityoftheeconomytoabsorbthegraduates.Sincethe1970s,high-schoolgraduateshaveexperiencedastriking(31)_inearnings,makingthemthefirstgenerationsinceWorldWarIItofacealowerstandardoflivingthantheirparentshad.Expertshavearguedthatthiscontradictionisattheheartoftheproblemofpubliceducationtoday.Itisnot,asbusinessleadersclaim,thattheschoolsarefailingtoproperlyeducatestudents,thattheyareturningoutyoungpeoplewhoare(32)_preparedtofunctionintheworkplace.Therealproblemisa(n)(33)_ofeconomicopportunitiesforstudentswhoarenotcontinuingontocollege.Collegegraduatesalsoarehavingdifficultyfindingjobs.Evenwhentheydo,thejobsmaynot(34)_theirtrainingandexpectations.PartoftheproblemisthattoomanyyoungAmericansaspire第1页/共8页tohaveprofessionaljobs,makingdisappointmentandfrustration(35)_forsome.Manystudentsassumedthatwhatwastrueofanindividualthatthehighertheeducation,thebetterthejobopportunitieswouldalsobetrueforanentiresociety.Butwhenthenumbersofbetter-educatedyoungpeoplebecametoogreat,theeconomycouldnolonger(36)_themAnotherpartoftheproblemistheassumptionthatgreatereducationalattainmentguaranteescareeradvancement.Infact,employersdonot(37)_rewardeducationalattainment;rather,theyrewarditonlywhentheybelieveitwillcontributetotheemployeesproductivity.Weshouldnot(38)_thefactthatthereisstillastrongcorrelationbetweeneducation,occupation,andincome.Collegegraduateshaveastrongadvantageoverthosewithlesseducation.Butthe(39)_isneitheraslargenorascertainasitoncewas.Unfortunately,Americanshavefocusedso(40)_ontheeconomicpayoffthatmanyconsidertheircollegeeducationuselessifitdoesnotyieldadesirable,well-payingjob.Onlyinthissense