Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

Zoo Lights

6pm---10pm Thursdays through Wednesdays, through Jan. 7. The Phoenix Zoo’s 15^th-annual holiday light festival features more than 2 million lights and light displays throughout the zoo, as well as a new arctic exhibit and jingo, the talking giraffe. Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway, $7 ahead of time. Phoenix. $8 at gate. (602)273-1341. www.phoenixzoo.org.

Cowboy Christmas

5pm---9pm Thursdays, 5pm---10pm Fridays and Saturdays, 5pm---9pm Sundays through Wednesdays, through Jan 1. Rawhide’s Main Street will be lit with 150,000 lights, including a 100-foot tall “tree of lights” and nightly lighting ceremony. Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass, 5700 W. North Loop Road, Gila River Reservation. FREE. (480) 502—5600. www.rawhide.com.

Arizona Celebration of Lights

6pm---9pm Thursdays, 6pm---l0pm Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm---10pm Sundays through Wednesdays, through Jan.1. A 2-mile drive featuring 300 light displays with more than 5 million lights. Community Church of Joy, 21000 N. 75th Ave., Glendale. $12 per car, $8 for adults, free for kids aged 4 and younger, $2 discount with canned food or toy donations. (623)561—0500. www.joyonline.org.

Glendale Glitters Quiet Nights

6pm---10pm Thursdays through Wednesdays, through Jan.6. A display featuring 1.4 million lights decorates downtown Glendale. It also features an animated musical light show in the north part of town. The center of the display is at Murphy Park. Murphy Park, 5850 W. Glendale Ave. Glendale. FREE. (623)930—2820.

Valley of Lights

6pm---12pm Thursdays through Wednesdays, through Dec. 30. A one-mile drive through exhibits featuring more than 100,000 lights and animated displays. Donations accepted. Fain Park, 2200 N. Fifth St., Prescott Valley. FREE. 1一(928)一759—3090. www.pvchamber.org.

These ads are all about__________.

A. night light displays in the Phoenix Zoo      B. celebrations of lights

C. Christmas activities all over the world      D. advertisements of some products

Which of the following websites can offer you further information about the 100-foot tall “tree of lights”?

A. www. pvchamber. org.                     B. www. joyonline. org.

C. www. rawhide.com.                   D. www. phoenixzoo.org.

If Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith drive to Arizona Celebration of Lights with their son aged 5, most probably how much will they pay for the visit at least?

A. $34.                     B. $36.          C. $28.                    D. $26.

According to the text, which of the following offer animated displays?

A. Zoo Lights & Cowboy Christmas.

B. Valley of Lights & Cowboy Christmas.

C. Zoo Lights & Arizona Celebration of Lights.

D. Valley of Lights & Glendale Glitters Quiet Nights.

What’s the purpose of the text?

A. To attract more visitors to these activities.

B. To collect more donations from the visitors.

C. To let kids have an interesting Christmas Day.

D. To earn more money.

When people advise your children to get an education, they tell you only half the truth.  What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally（职业上）dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary schoo1.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA（学士学位）, you should start to find a job. You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a master's degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first—class university. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing（报酬递减律）begins to work.

Do you know, for example, that long—distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors? Yes, each driver was paid ＄28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get ＄27,930.

A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you become a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or—worst of all-in philosophy, you take the risk of becoming over—educated for our national demands.

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, vomiting on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in high school or college with the pay much less than a door—keeper makes.

1．According to the writer, the society expects education to turn out people who will _______.

       A．raise their payment                       B．become specialized in some way

       C．have a bright future                      D．meet the demands as a source of manpower

2．If you don't want to be occupationally dead, you_____.

       A．should look for a job in a primary school

B．must at least get a high school diploma

C．have to change your name for Bernard Shaw or Edison

D．should go on learning and become a doctor on physics or chemistry

3．The underlined phrase "put on the brakes" （in Para 3） means "_______"

       A．stop learning for a high degree

       B．take up master's degree at once

C．go on studying in a first—class university

D．find any interesting job

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．Neither Bernard Shaw or Edison finished high school.

B．There are more PhDs than the society demands.

C．The higher education level is, the more money you will earn.

D．If you are overeducated, you can not easily get a good job.

When people advise your children to “get an education”, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally（职业上） dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully stop studying in primary school.

Get a college degree, if possible. with a BA（学士学位），you should start to find a job, You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first — class university, Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing（报酬递减律）begins to work..

Do you know, for example, that long — distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors（正教授）？Yes, each driver was paid ﹩28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get﹩27,930.

A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you become a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or —worst of all— in philosophy, you take the risk of becoming over-educated for our national demands.

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, vomiting（呕吐）on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in high school or college with the pay much less than a door – keeper makes.

1．According to the writer, the society expects education to turn out people who will     .

A．raise their payment                               B．become specialized in some way

C．have a bright future                              D．meet the demands as a source of manpower

2．If you don’t want to be occupationally dead, you      .

A．should look for a job in a primary school

B．must at least get a high school diploma

C．have to change your name for Bernard Shaw or Edison

D．should go on learning and become a doctor or physicist or chemist

3．The underlined phrase “put on the brakes “ in paragraph three means      .

A．stop learning for a higher degree           

B．take up a master’s degree at once

C．go on studying in a first — class university

D．find an interesting job

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Neither Bernard Shaw nor Edison finished high school

B．There are more PhDs than the society demands.

C．The higher education level is, the more money you will earn.

D．If you are overeducated, you can not easily get a good job.

When people ask your children to “get an education”, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Washington or Thomas Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary schools.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA, you should start to find a job. You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first class university. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing (报酬递减率) begins to work.

Do you know, for example, that long distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors? Yes, each driver was paid $28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $27,930.

A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or worst of all in philosophy（哲学）, you take the risk of becoming over educated for our national demands.

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, waiting on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in some high school or college with the pay much less than a doorkeeper makes.

46. According to the writer, society expects education to turn out people who will       .

       A. raise their payment                  

       B. get employed

       C. become specialized in some field

       D. meet the demands as a source of manpower

47. Longdistance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors because         .

       A. the famous law of diminishing functions

       B. long distance truck drivers only get a high school diploma

       C. full professors are PhDs in English or history

       D. long distance truck drivers work harder than full professors

48. If you don’t want to be occupationally dead, you       .

       A. should look for a job in a primary school

       B. must at least get a high school diploma

       C. have to get as high an education as possible

       D. should try to avoid being overeducated in philosophy

49. The underlined phrase “put on the brakes” in the 3 rd paragraph means “      ”.

       A. stop learning for a high degree

       B. take up a master’s degree at once

       C. go on studying in a first class university

       D. find any interesting job

50. What can we know from the passage?

       A. The higher education you get, the more money you will earn.

       B. There are more PhDs than the society demands.

       C. Neither George Washington nor Edison received formal education.

       D. If you are specialized in physics, you can’t get a good job easily.