宁夏育才中学2016届第二次月考英语试题及答案(5)

However, education cannot promise all wishes, dreams, and desires．Society must reject the foolish idea that a college education's main purpose is to satisfy our desires and secure success．Like most challenging things, education is a gamble （赌博） in which results depend entirely on people's ability to look past their wants to see the realism and reason behind their wants．
For instance, my first year of college, I took a sociology class．In class, we were taught that Third World countries were poor．We learned that our quality of life would be almost impossible for an average person in those countries．I began to examine my own desire to be rich．To always go after money felt selfish when knowing others had none at all．Learning about other society's financial situations forced me to look beyond what I wanted．
Through the process of education, everything once desired is tested．Wanting something no longer is enough; it's more important to examine why we want it and whether we really want it．When my desire for money changed, everything changed．I stopped longing for money-driven careers and stopped valuing the people who had them．I began to examine the things I purchased and my reason for wanting them．
Education is a tool to be used to develop and advance our desires, so we can discover the things that are truly significant in life．Education is a source to expand our society to see beyond the superficial （表面的） appeals and the "quick fixes" , leaving the belief of an effortless life behind in order to desire a meaningful one．
32．The author's fourth-grade teacher probably agreed that ______．
A．the author was an ambitious student
B．the author should set more realistic goals
C．a college student would lead an easier life
D．a college degree was the key to the author's dreams
33．Why does the author mention her sociology class?
A．To share her learning experiences with readers．
B．To support her new understanding about education．
C．To express her sympathy for people in Third World．
D．To stress the importance of taking a sociology course．
34．With a college education, the author ______．
A．envied rich people
B．lost interest in career
C．desired more material things
D．stopped always seeking more wealthgkstkCom
35．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．College education promises an effortless life．
B．College education tests and guides our life desires．
C．College education offers solutions to social problems．
D．College education turns young people into gamblers．
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（请将答案涂在答题卡的71-75的位置）
There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. ____71_____
The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. ____72_____ Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.
The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding. _____73_____ Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information.