Question

We’re so well educated – but we’re useless students who have lost the ability to do anything practical. The only thing we’ve mastered is consumption(消費).

Large numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that we’ve grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills.

Looking back on my first couple of weeks of living in student halls, I consider myself lucky to still be alive. Unfamiliar to fresher’s， there are many hidden dangers in the dirty corners of students accommodation.

I have survived a couple of serious boiling egg incidents and lots of cases of food – poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic (居家的) skills I missed out in my modem education.

In 2006 and 2010, the charming educationist Sir Ken Robinson gave two very amusing talks in which he discussed the importance of creativity in education. Robinson’s main viewpoint is that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents. I would like to go a step further and propose that besides our talents, the system takes away what used to be passed from generation to generation – a working knowledge of basic life skills.

Today’s graduates may have earned themselves honor in history, law or economies, but when it comes to simple things like putting up a shelf to hold all their academic books, or fixing a hole in their on – trend clothes, they have to call for help from a professional handyman or tailor.

Since the invention of the internet, it has never been easier for people to access information, but our highly specialized education has made us more one – sided than ever.

I suggest that we start with the immediate reintroduction of some of the most vital aspects of “domestic science” education, before the current lack leads to serious accidents in student halls.

1.People call us useless students for the reason that         .

A．what we’ve learned is beyond consumption

B．we are educated generation

C．we’ve entered higher education

D．our living skills are so poor

2.Which is NOT the incidents the writer had during the first few weeks in student halls?

A．He was seriously burnt by boiled eggs.

B．He was accidentally poisoned by food.

C．He damaged his clothes while ironing.

D．He was severely beaten by fresher.

3.According to Robinson’s opinion, our current education        .

A．focuses on the importance if creativity

B．dislocates people from their natural talents

C．has equipped students with basic life skills

D．has followed the convention properly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了現代教育應該加入一些生活技能的課程。

1.根據Large numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that we’ve grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills，故選D。

2.根據I have survived a couple of serious boiling egg incidents and lots of cases of food – poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic (居家的) skills I missed out in my modem education.故選D。

3.根據Robinson’s main viewpoint is that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents.所以答案為B。

考點：社會現象類短文閱讀理解

點評：要想答好題目，重在理解全文意思。這篇文章比較難，先看問題，再帶著問題讀短文，找出各段落的主旨句，理解全文內容，總結全文中心，然后再回到問題上來，很容易選出正確答案。多了解一些常識性知識有利于閱讀理解。如果對文章的相關背景有所了解，讀起文章一定既省時又省力。因此，在學習過程中，了解各方面的背景知識是十分重要的。