room, and board at many colleges without some serious financial aid. That means that though they?re sacrificing time away from the classroom, many working students will still graduate with at least some debt. And working fulltime can reduce the chance that students will graduate at all, by cutting into the time available for studying and attending classes.
There is little reward for attending but not finishing college. Students who wind up leaving school because of difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselves stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadn?t gone at all. The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial or career benefits.
63. According to the passage, the reality of college students is that ______.
A. they throw parties a lot night
D.
they
work
besides
B. they stay up late every
C. they pay no attention to exams attending classes
64. What is the indirect cause of an increasing number of working students?
A.The need of developing social networks. B.The lack of summer jobs for young adults.
C.The chance of finding a job after graduation. D.The expenses of high tuition and living costs. 65. We can learn from the passage that ______. A. working students are more likely to finish college
B. students can cover their college expenses through working C. students receive a huge reward for managing work and class D. dropping out of college may not help students get career benefits 66. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Difficulties of Landing a Job B. The Struggle of Work-School Balance C. The Reward of Working While Studying D. The Images of Working College Students
D
Despite the anxiety that Jones? Host—said by
some to be the first digital novel—caused in 1993, publishers weren?t too concerned that e-books would one day replace printed books. However, that attitude
was changed suddenly in 2007 when Amazon?s Kindle came onto the market, which led to e-book sales jumping up to 1,260%. Since then, e-books? popularity has continued to steadily rise. The publishing industry seemed to have lost all possible ability to regain its position. Will printed books eventually become a thing of the past?
According to Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of the Idea Logical
Company, printed books just for plain old reading will, in 10 years from now, be unusual. “Not so unusual that a kid will say, ?Mommy, what?s that?? but unusual enough that on the train you?ll see one or two people reading something printed, while everyone else is reading off of a tablet.” And Shatzkin believes that the demise of print is sure to happen, though such a day won?t arrive for perhaps 50 to 100 or more years.
Robert Stein, founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book,
however, believes that books won?t disappear entirely, at least not anytime soon. “Print will exist, but it will be in a different field and will appeal to a very limited audience, as poetry does today. Like woodblock printing, hand-processed film and folk weaving (编织), printed pages may assume an artistic value,” he says. He imagines that future forms of books might be developed not by conventional publishers but by the gaming industry. He also predicts that the distinction between writer and reader will be made less obvious by a social reading experience in which authors and consumers can digitally interact with each other to discuss any passage, sentence or line.
Is there anything we risk sacrificing, should print really disappear
entirely? According to Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University, electronic reading can negatively affect the way the brain responds to text, including reading
comprehension, focus and the ability to maintain attention to details like plot and order of events. “My worry is that we?ll have a short-circuited reading brain, excellent for gathering information but not necessarily for forming critical, analytical deep reading skills,” Wolf says.
The field, however, is in an early stage, and findings about the
negative effects of e-reading are far from certain. In light of this, Wolf hopes that we continue to maintain a “bi-literate” society—one that values both the digital and printed word. “A full reading brain circuit is a huge contribution to the intellectual development of our species. Anything that threatens that deserves our attention.”
67. How did publishers feel about the rising e-book sales inspired by the Kindle? A. Worried.
B. Excited.
C. Curious.
D. Skeptical.
68. The underlined word “demise” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______. A. rise
B. death
C. growth
D. decline
69. According to Robert Stein, paper books will exist because of ______. A. the artistic value C. the growing popularity
B. the digital interaction
D.the conventional design
70. It can be concluded from the last two paragraphs that Wolf holds that _______.
A. e-reading will weaken the power of our brain B. digital books and paper books should not co-exist C. e-reading will make us more critical and thoughtful D. we should not risk losing a full reading brain circuit
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Third-Culture Kids
Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid!
The term “third-culture kid” (or TCK) was coined in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. 71 About 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.
72 In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an