軍考類(lèi)招生-大專(zhuān)生士兵-大學(xué)英語(yǔ)-第二章快速閱讀-快速閱讀

共享題干題

PassageoneEducationStudyFindsU.S.FallingBehind

TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincome

thantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyetthey

spendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoa

majornewinternationalstudy.

Thesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylow

publicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwith

othermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationand

Development,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.Total

governmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStates

slippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,falling

undertheinternationalaverage一一5percent-forthefirsttime.

“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”

AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports,authors,explained."The

economyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”

Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince

1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnow

coveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,Ausdivaliaand

NewZealand.

Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheother

coundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhigher

education:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsincel995

acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearning

degrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates,collegegraduation

rate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld,shighest.Finland,the

Netherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.

TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandscience

graduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysa

collegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelack

ofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty.，zThenumber

ofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand

一thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandfor

skill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfrom

schoolsandcolleges.

ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnited

Stateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternational

averageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60

percentofSwitzerland，s$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnites

Stateshaveaheavierclassroomload-teachingalmostathirdmore

hoursthantheircounterpartsabroad-theirsalaryperhourofactual

teachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,

SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In

1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timesthe

averagepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunder

thenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,Icelandand

Norwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKorea

teachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor

56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelow

the67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.

ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwo

millionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,

professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocaland

national.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationof

CollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersis

comparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyare

alldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasing

professionalism.

ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtests

inscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctionin

thosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-oldAmerican

spent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethan

the229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)

andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.

Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternational

counterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmore

hoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.Highschool

studentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-time

jobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,

comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaand

theNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwere

higher).

OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservices

forthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereare

inprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1

in10-andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedon

physicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinother

coundivies.

ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesis

losingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.The

UnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55

to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzech

RepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.Amongcollegegraduates

itleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapan

intheyoungercohort（一群）.WhiletheportionofAmericanswith

highschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,the

averageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58

percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44

and72percentofthoseages25to34.Ahigherpercentageofyoung

peopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland

havedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.

“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmaking

educationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,〃Mr.Schleichersaid.z，It，s

nowbecomingthenorm.”

［單選題］1.Comparedwiththeircounterpartsinmanyindusdivialized

coundiviestheU.S.teachers.

A.earnless

B.worklonger

C.areyounger

D.aresmarter

正確答案：B

參考解析:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的aTeachersintheUnited

Statesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterparts

inmanyindustrializedcountriesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthe

frontoftheclassroom”可知，美國(guó)的教師相較于其他工業(yè)國(guó)家的教師來(lái)

講，收入低于本國(guó)國(guó)民收入，但是在講臺(tái)上花費(fèi)的時(shí)間卻要多得多。因此選B

項(xiàng)。

TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincome

thantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyetthey

spendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoa

majornewinternationalstudy.

Thesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylow

publicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwith

othermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationand

Development,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.Total

governmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStates

slippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,falling

undertheinternationalaverage--5percent--forthefirsttime.

“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,“

AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereportsJauthors,explained."The

economyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”

Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince

1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnow

coveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,Ausdivaliaand

NewZealand.

Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheother

coundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhigher

education:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsincel995

acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearning

degrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStatesJcollegegraduation

rate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld?shighest.Finland,the

Netherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.

TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandscience

graduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysa

collegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelack

ofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumber

ofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand

一一thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandfor

skill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscoiningfrom

schoolsandcolleges.

ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnited

Stateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternational

averageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60

percentofSwitzerland's$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnites

Stateshaveaheavierclassroomload--teachingalmostathirdmore

hoursthantheircounterpartsabroad--theirsalaryperhourofactual

teachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,

SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In

1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timesthe

averagepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunder

thenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,Icelandand

Norwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKorea

teachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor

56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelow

the67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.

ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwo

millionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,

professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocaland

national.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationof

CollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersis

comparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyare

alldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasing

professionalism.

ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtests

inscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctionin

thosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-o1dAmerican

spent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethan

the229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)

andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.

Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternational

counterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmore

hoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.Highschool

studentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-time

jobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,

comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaand

theNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwere

higher).

OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservices

forthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereare

inprogramsbasedonincome-onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1

in10-andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedon

physicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinother

coundivies.

ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesis

losingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.The

UnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55

to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzech

RepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.Amongcollegegraduates

itleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapan

intheyoungercohort（一群）.WhiletheportionofAmericanswith

highschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,the

averageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58

percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44

and72percentofthoseages25to34.Ahigherpercentageofyoung

peopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland

havedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.

“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmaking

educationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,，zMr.Schleichersaid."It's

nowbecomingthenorm.”

［單選題］2?TheU.S.governmentspent______ofitsGDPoneducationin

1998.

A.4.8%

B.5%

C.lessthan4.8%

D.morethan5%

正確答案：A

參考解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“Totalgovernmentspending

oneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8

percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998”可知，1998年美國(guó)政府花在教

育機(jī)構(gòu)的資金只有GDP的4.8%。因此選A項(xiàng)。

TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincome

thantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyetthey

spendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoa

majornewinternationalstudy.

Thesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylow

publicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwith

othermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationand

Development,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.Total

governmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStates

slippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,falling

undertheinternationalaverage一一5percent--forthefirsttime.

“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,“

AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports'authors,explained."The

economyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”

Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince

1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnow

coveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,Ausdivaliaand

NewZealand.

Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheother

coundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhigher

education:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsincel995

acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearning

degrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates'collegegraduation

rate,nowat33percent,isnottheworldJshighest.Finland,the

Netherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.

TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandscience

graduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysa

collegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelack

ofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumber

ofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand

■thereisnoendinsight,〃Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandfor

skill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfrom

schoolsandcolleges.

ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnited

Stateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternational

averageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60

percentofSwitzerland，s$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnites

Stateshaveaheavierclassroomload-teachingalmostathirdmore

hoursthantheircounterpartsabroad-theirsalaryperhourofactual

teachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,

SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In

1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timesthe

averagepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunder

thenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,Icelandand

Norwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKorea

teachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor

56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelow

the67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.

ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwo

millionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,

professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocaland

national.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationof

CollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersis

comparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyare

alldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasing

professionalism.

ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtests

inscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctionin

thosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-oldAmerican

spent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethan

the229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)

andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.

Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternational

counterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmore

hoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.Highschool

studentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-time

jobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,

comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaand

theNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwere

higher).

OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservices

forthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereare

inprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1

in10-andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedon

physicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinother

coundivies.

ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesis

losingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.The

UnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55

to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzech

RepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.Amongcollegegraduates

itleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapan

intheyoungercohort(一群).WhiletheportionofAmericanswith

highschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,the

averageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58

percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44

and72percentofthoseages25to34.Ahigherpercentageofyoung

peopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland

havedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.

“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmaking

educationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,〃Mr.Schleichersaid.〃It's

nowbecomingthenorm.”

［單選題］3?WhatdowelearnaboutFinlandfromthepassage?_____.

A.Itenjoysthehighestcollegegraduationrate.

B.ItsurpassestheU.S.incollegegraduationrate.

C.Itenjoysa20-percentincreaseincollegeenrollment.

D.IthasmoreyoungpeopleearningdegreesthanBritish.

正確答案：B

參考解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段中的“Forthefirsttime,the

UnitedStates*collegegraduationrate…isnottheworld's

highest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhave

surpassedit”可知，美國(guó)大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的畢業(yè)率首次跌落世界第一的寶座，芬

蘭等國(guó)家超過(guò)了它。因此選B項(xiàng)。

TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincome

thantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyetthey

spendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoa

majornewinternationalstudy.

Thesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylow

publicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwith

othermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationand

Development,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.Total

governmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStates

slippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,falling

undertheinternationalaverage-5percent-forthefirsttime.

“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”

AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports,authors,explained."The

economyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”

Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince

1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnow

coveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,Ausdivaliaand

NewZealand.

Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheother

coundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhigher

education:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsincel995

acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearning

degrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates'collegegraduation

rate,nowat33percent,isnottheworldJshighest.Finland,the

Netherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.

TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandscience

graduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysa

collegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelack

ofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty.，zThenumber

ofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand

一thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandfor

skill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfrom

schoolsandcolleges.

ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnited

Stateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternational

averageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60

percentofSwitzerland，s$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnites

Stateshaveaheavierclassroomload--teachingalmostathirdmore

hoursthantheircounterpartsabroad-theirsalaryperhourofactual

teachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,

SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In

1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timesthe

averagepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunder

thenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,Icelandand

Norwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKorea

teachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor

56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelow

the67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.

ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwo

millionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,

professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocaland

national.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationof

CollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersis

comparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyare

alldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasing

professionalism.

ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtests

inscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctionin

thosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-o1dAmerican

spent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethan

the229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)

andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.

Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternational

counterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmore

hoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.Highschool

studentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-time

jobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,

comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaand

theNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwere

higher).

OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservices

forthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereare

inprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1

in10-andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedon

physicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinother

coundivies.

ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesis

losingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.The

UnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55

to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzech

RepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.Amongcollegegraduates

itleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapan

intheyoungercohort(一群).WhiletheportionofAmericanswith

highschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,the

averageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58

percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44

and72percentofthoseages25to34.Ahigherpercentageofyoung

peopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland

havedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.

“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmaking

educationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,"Mr.Schleichersaid."It's

nowbecomingthenorm.”

［單選題］4?WhenthenumberofgraduatesintheU.S.increases,.

A.theyhavenotenoughjobstodo

B.theysufferadropininitialsalaries

C.thedemandforthemisrising

D.morecollegestudentsdroptheirstudy

正確答案：C

參考解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中間第五段中的“Thenumberofgraduates

isincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademandv可知，畢業(yè)

生的數(shù)量在增加，但是這樣刺激了市場(chǎng)更多對(duì)畢業(yè)生的需求。因此選C項(xiàng)。

TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincome

thantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyetthey

spendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoa

majornewinternationalstudy.

Thesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylow

publicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwith

othermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationand

Development,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.Total

governmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStates

slippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,falling

undertheinternationalavera