大学英语 一课一练 第三册第七课.doc

复旦大学《21世纪大学英语》自主学习 第三册第七单元 《一课一练》测试题 Part Ⅰ Writing 　　Directions: For this part, you are expected to write a short essay on the topic of . You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1. 当今人们往往把财富的多少看成是衡量幸福的标准 2. 过于注重财富会带来很多问题 3. 应该如何正确看待财富　Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Quality of Life Is Much More Than a Job It has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young. A recent newspaper report on a survey (调查) conducted annually among college freshmen states that today’s students are “more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的)” than at any other time in the 17 years of the survey. Not surprisingly in these hard times, students’ major objective “is to be financially well-off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life.” As a result, the most popular college course today is not literature on history but accounting. Students’ interest in teaching, social service and other altruistic fields is at a low, while enrollment (入学人数) in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up. That’s no surprise either. A friend of mine (a salesperson for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of her college instructors her first year on the job --- even before she completed her two-year-associate degree. “What good does their music (or history or literature) do them?” she was fond of saying. And that was four years ago; I don’t think I want to know how much she’s earning now. Frankly, I’m proud of the young woman --- not of her attitude, but of her success. But why can’t we have it both ways? Can’t we educate people for life as well as for a career? In a time of inc