> That's especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor's degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.
But in the long run, too much specialization doesn't pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.
As further evidence of the erosion (销蚀) of corporate(公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices, Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isn’t constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,” says Scheetz.
This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems, David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior—plus a computer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.
36. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?
A) People with special training in engineering
B) Students with a bachelor's degree in humanities.
C) People with an MBA degree front top universities.
D) People with formal schooling plus work experience.
37. By saying “…but the impact of a degree washes out after five years” (Line 3, Para, 3), the author means ________.
A) in five people will forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got
B) MBA programs will not be as popular in five years' time as they are now
C) an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positions
D) most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation
38. According to Scheetz's statement (Lines 4-5. Para. 4), companies prefer ________.
A) people who have received training in mechanics
B) people who have a strategic mind
C) people who are talented in fine arts
D) people who are ambitious and aggressive
39. David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because ________.
A) they have attended special programs in management
B) they can stick to established ways of solving problems
C) they are more capable of handling changing situations
D) they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields
40. Which of the following statements does the author support?
A) Generalists will outdo specialists in management.
B) On-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly.
C) Formal schooling is less important than job training.
D) Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose cite ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. We know through painful experience that freedom is never by the oppressor; it must be ________by the oppressed.
A) required C) demanded
B) requested D) commanded
42. ________the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for many years not felt any population pressure.
A) With regard to C) In line with
B) Thanks to D) By means of
43. Three university departments have been ________ $600,000 to develop good practice in teaching and learning.
A) awarded C) promoted
B) included D) secured
44. Mr. Jones holds strong views against video games and ________the closing of all recreation facilities for such games.
A) acknowledges C) assists
B) advocates D) admits
45. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, ________ which only fourteen are recognized as official.
A) with C) in
B) within D) of
46.They were ________admission to the military exhibition because they were foreigners.
A) deprived C) rejected
B) declined D) denied
47.Many in the credit industry expect that credit cards will eventually ________paper money for almost every purchase.
A) trade C)replace
B) exchange D) reduce
48. The policeman declared that the blow on the victim's head ________from behind.
A) must have been made C) ought to have been made
B) would have been made D) should have been made
49.Any donation you can give will help us ________the suffering and isolation of the homeless this New Year.
A) ease C) patch
B) lift D) comfort
50. The beam that is ________by a laser differs in several ways from the light that comes out of a flashlight.
A) transported C) translated
B) emitted D) motivated
51.She had a tense expression on her face, ________she were expecting trouble.
A) even though C)even as
B) now that D) as though
52. This research has attracted wide coverage in the ________and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.
A) message C) media
B) source D) data
53. Modern forms of transportation and communication have done much to ________the isolation of life in Alaska.
A) break down C) break out
B) break into D) break through
54. Small as it is, the ant is as much a creature as ________all other animals on earth.
A) do C) is
B) have D) are
55. I had just posted the letter when I remembered that hadn’t ________the cheque.
A) imposed C)enclosed
B) contained D) involved
56.Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific hardware ________price.
A) not to mention C) On account of
B) in addition to D) regardless of
57. We booked rooms at the hotel ________we should find no vacancies on our arrival.
A) if C) since
B) lest D) whenever
58. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________in which people communicate across time and space.
A) manner C) mission
B) mood D) vision
59. Workers in the fine arts ________thoughts and feelings through their creative works.
A) transmit C) contribute
B) elaborate D) convey
60. Color and sex are not relevant ________whether a person is suitable for the job.
A) to C) for
B) on D) with
61. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in ________.
A) press C) print
B) process D) prospect
62. Finding a job can be ________and disappointing, and therefore it is important that you are prepared.
A) profiting C) misleading
B) exploiting D) frustrating
63.We can accept your order ________payment is made in advance.
A) in order that C) on the excuse that
B) on condition that D) in the belief that
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