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5 high standards
6 language proficiency
7 acquire knowledge
8 competent communication 9 overcome deficiencies 10 sketch thoughts
11 effective communication 12 advanced vocabulary
Unit 2 College-The ladder to success
Text A The humanities:Out of date?
Reading Comprehension
1. because English or history majors are considered less competitive when the job market is shrinking, and they have to study something that can help them more easily locate their future jobs.
2. because as the tuition is climbing higher and higher, many students have run away from studying the h umanities and toward “hard” skills that they think will lead to employment.
3. since more students are now taking job-oriented courses, libraries, where students of liberal arts used to study, are getting less popular than before; in contrast, labs are getting more eye-catching because students of science and engineering do experiments and research there.
4. because this inner drive that can be either constructive or destructive is so mysterious and powerful that it has attracted many people to speculate on it. From ancient times, these men and women developed artistic
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