軍考類招生-大專生士兵-大學(xué)英語-第二章快速閱讀-快速閱讀

軍考類招生-大專生士兵-大學(xué)英語-第二章快速閱讀-快速閱讀共享題干題PassageoneEducationStudyFindsU.S.FallingBehindTeachers（江南博哥）intheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoamajornewinternationalstudy.ThesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylowpublicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwithothermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.TotalgovernmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,fallingundertheinternationalaverage--5percent--forthefirsttime.“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports’authors,explained.“Theeconomyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnowcoveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,AusdivaliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheothercoundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhighereducation:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsince1995acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearningdegrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates’collegegraduationrate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld’shighest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandsciencegraduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysacollegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelackofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumberofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand--thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandforskill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfromschoolsandcolleges."ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnitedStateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternationalaverageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60percentofSwitzerland's$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnitesStateshaveaheavierclassroomload--teachingalmostathirdmorehoursthantheircounterpartsabroad--theirsalaryperhourofactualteachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timestheaveragepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunderthenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,IcelandandNorwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKoreateachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelowthe67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwomillionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocalandnational.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationofCollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersiscomparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyarealldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasingprofessionalism.ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtestsinscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-oldAmericanspent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethanthe229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternationalcounterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmorehoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.HighschoolstudentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-timejobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaandtheNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwerehigher).OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservicesforthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereareinprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1in10—andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedonphysicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinothercoundivies.ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesislosingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.TheUnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.AmongcollegegraduatesitleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapanintheyoungercohort（一群）.WhiletheportionofAmericanswithhighschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,theaverageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44and72percentofthoseages25to34.AhigherpercentageofyoungpeopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerlandhavedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmakingeducationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,"Mr.Schleichersaid."It'snowbecomingthenorm.”[單選題]1.ComparedwiththeircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviestheU.S.teachers______.A.earnlessB.worklongerC.areyoungerD.aresmarter正確答案：B參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的“TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterpartsinmanyindustrializedcountriesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroom”可知，美國的教師相較于其他工業(yè)國家的教師來講，收入低于本國國民收入，但是在講臺上花費的時間卻要多得多。因此選B項。TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoamajornewinternationalstudy.ThesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylowpublicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwithothermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.TotalgovernmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,fallingundertheinternationalaverage--5percent--forthefirsttime.“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports’authors,explained.“Theeconomyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnowcoveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,AusdivaliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheothercoundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhighereducation:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsince1995acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearningdegrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates’collegegraduationrate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld’shighest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandsciencegraduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysacollegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelackofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumberofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand--thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandforskill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfromschoolsandcolleges."ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnitedStateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternationalaverageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60percentofSwitzerland's$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnitesStateshaveaheavierclassroomload--teachingalmostathirdmorehoursthantheircounterpartsabroad--theirsalaryperhourofactualteachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timestheaveragepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunderthenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,IcelandandNorwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKoreateachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelowthe67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwomillionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocalandnational.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationofCollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersiscomparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyarealldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasingprofessionalism.ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtestsinscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-oldAmericanspent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethanthe229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternationalcounterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmorehoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.HighschoolstudentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-timejobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaandtheNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwerehigher).OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservicesforthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereareinprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1in10—andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedonphysicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinothercoundivies.ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesislosingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.TheUnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.AmongcollegegraduatesitleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapanintheyoungercohort（一群）.WhiletheportionofAmericanswithhighschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,theaverageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44and72percentofthoseages25to34.AhigherpercentageofyoungpeopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerlandhavedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmakingeducationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,"Mr.Schleichersaid."It'snowbecomingthenorm.”[單選題]2.TheU.S.governmentspent______ofitsGDPoneducationin1998.A.4.8%B.5%C.lessthan4.8%D.morethan5%正確答案：A參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“TotalgovernmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998”可知，1998年美國政府花在教育機構(gòu)的資金只有GDP的4.8%。因此選A項。TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoamajornewinternationalstudy.ThesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylowpublicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwithothermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.TotalgovernmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,fallingundertheinternationalaverage--5percent--forthefirsttime.“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports’authors,explained.“Theeconomyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnowcoveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,AusdivaliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheothercoundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhighereducation:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsince1995acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearningdegrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates’collegegraduationrate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld’shighest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandsciencegraduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysacollegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelackofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumberofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand--thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandforskill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfromschoolsandcolleges."ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnitedStateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternationalaverageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60percentofSwitzerland's$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnitesStateshaveaheavierclassroomload--teachingalmostathirdmorehoursthantheircounterpartsabroad--theirsalaryperhourofactualteachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timestheaveragepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunderthenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,IcelandandNorwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKoreateachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelowthe67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwomillionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocalandnational.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationofCollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersiscomparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyarealldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasingprofessionalism.ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtestsinscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-oldAmericanspent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethanthe229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternationalcounterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmorehoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.HighschoolstudentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-timejobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaandtheNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwerehigher).OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservicesforthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereareinprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1in10—andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedonphysicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinothercoundivies.ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesislosingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.TheUnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.AmongcollegegraduatesitleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapanintheyoungercohort（一群）.WhiletheportionofAmericanswithhighschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,theaverageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44and72percentofthoseages25to34.AhigherpercentageofyoungpeopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerlandhavedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmakingeducationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,"Mr.Schleichersaid."It'snowbecomingthenorm.”[單選題]3.WhatdowelearnaboutFinlandfromthepassage?______.A.Itenjoysthehighestcollegegraduationrate.B.ItsurpassestheU.S.incollegegraduationrate.C.Itenjoysa20-percentincreaseincollegeenrollment.D.IthasmoreyoungpeopleearningdegreesthanBritish.正確答案：B參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段中的“Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates'collegegraduationrate…isnottheworld’shighest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit”可知，美國大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的畢業(yè)率首次跌落世界第一的寶座，芬蘭等國家超過了它。因此選B項。TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoamajornewinternationalstudy.ThesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylowpublicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwithothermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.TotalgovernmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,fallingundertheinternationalaverage--5percent--forthefirsttime.“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports’authors,explained.“Theeconomyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnowcoveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,AusdivaliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheothercoundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhighereducation:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsince1995acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearningdegrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates’collegegraduationrate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld’shighest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandsciencegraduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysacollegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelackofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumberofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand--thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandforskill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfromschoolsandcolleges."ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnitedStateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternationalaverageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60percentofSwitzerland's$62,052.BecauseteachersintheUnitesStateshaveaheavierclassroomload--teachingalmostathirdmorehoursthantheircounterpartsabroad--theirsalaryperhourofactualteachingis$35,lessthantheinternationalaverageof$41(Denmark,SpainandGermanypaymorethan$50perteachinghour,Korea$77).In1994suchaveteranteacherintheUnitedStatesearned1.2timestheaveragepercapitaincomewhereasin1999thesalarywasjustunderthenationalaverage.OnlytheCzechRepublic,Hungary,IcelandandNorwaypaytheirteacherslessrelativetonationalincome;inKoreateachersearn2.5timesthenationalaverage.Teacherpayaccountsfor56percentofwhattheUnitedStatesspendsoneducation,wellbelowthe67percentaverageamongthegroupofcoundivies.ThenewdatacomeastheUnitedStatesfacesashortageoftwomillionteachersoverthenextdecade,withquestionsofdivaining,professionalismandsalariesbeingdebatedbypoliticianslocalandnational.AninternationalexpertattheAmericanAssociationofCollegesofTeacherEducationsaiddivainingforteachersiscomparableamongmostofthenationsinthestudy,andthattheyarealldealingwithsimilarissuesofraisingstandardsandincreasingprofessionalism.ThoughtheUnitedStateslagsbehindinscoresonstandardizedtestsinscienceandmathematics,studentsheregetmoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects,thereportshows.Theaverage14-year-oldAmericanspent295hoursinmathandscienceclassesin1999,farmorethanthe229internationalaverage;onlyAusdivia(370hours),Mexico(367)andNewZealand(320)havemoreinsdivuctioninthosesubjects.Middle-schoolersherespendlesstimethantheirinternationalcounterpartsstudyingforeignlanguagesandtechnologybutfarmorehoursworkingonphysicaleducationandvocationalskills.HighschoolstudentsintheUnitedStatesarefarmorelikelytohavepart-timejobs:64percentofAmericansages15to19workedwhileinschool,comparedwithaninternationalaverageof31percent(onlyCanadaandtheNetherlands,with69percent,andDenmark,with75percentwerehigher).OneplacetheUnitedStatesspendsmoremoneyisonspecialservicesforthedisabledandthepoor.Morethanoneinfourchildrenhereareinprogramsbasedonincome—onlyfiveothercoundiviesserveeven1in10—andnearly6percentgetadditionalresourcesbasedonphysicalormentalhandicaps,twiceorthreetimestherateinothercoundivies.ThereportshowsacontinuingshiftinwhichtheUnitedStatesislosingitsstatusasthemosthighlyeducatedamongthenations.TheUnitedStateshasthehighestlevelofhighschoolgraduatesages55to64,butfallstofifth,behindNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerland,amongages25to34.AmongcollegegraduatesitleadsintheoldergenerationbutisthirdbehindCanadaandJapanintheyoungercohort（一群）.WhiletheportionofAmericanswithhighschooldiplomasremainsat88percentacrossagegroups,theaverageageamongmembercoundiviesisrising.Ithasgonefrom58percentofthoseages45to54,to66percentofthoseages35to44and72percentofthoseages25to34.AhigherpercentageofyoungpeopleinNorway,Japan,Korea,theCzechRepublicandSwitzerlandhavedegreesthanintheUnitedStates.“TheU.S.hasledthedevelopmentincollegeeducationandmakingeducationsortofaccessibleforeveryone,"Mr.Schleichersaid."It'snowbecomingthenorm.”[單選題]4.WhenthenumberofgraduatesintheU.S.increases,______.A.theyhavenotenoughjobstodoB.theysufferadropininitialsalariesC.thedemandforthemisrisingD.morecollegestudentsdroptheirstudy正確答案：C參考解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中間第五段中的“Thenumberofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand”可知，畢業(yè)生的數(shù)量在增加，但是這樣刺激了市場更多對畢業(yè)生的需求。因此選C項。TeachersintheUnitedStatesearnlessrelativetonationalincomethantheircounterpartsinmanyindusdivializedcoundiviesyettheyspendfarmorehoursinthefrontoftheclassroomaccordingtoamajornewinternationalstudy.ThesalarydifferentialsarepartofapatternofrelativelylowpublicinvestmentineducationintheUnitedStatescomparedwithothermembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,agroupinParisthatcompiledthereport.TotalgovernmentspendingoneducationalinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesslippedto4.8percentofgrossdomesticproductin1998,fallingundertheinternationalaverage--5percent--forthefirsttime.“Thewholeeconomyhasgrownfasterthantheeducationsystem,”AndreasSchleicher,oneofthereports’authors,explained.“Theeconomyhasdoneverywell,butteachershavenotfullybenefit.”Thereport,dueouttoday,isthesixthoneducationpublishedsince1991bytheorganizationof30nations,foundedin1960andnowcoveringmuchofEurope,NorthAmerica,Japan,Korea,AusdivaliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontotheteacherpaygap,thereportshowstheothercoundivieshavebeguntocatchupwiththeUnitedStatesinhighereducation:collegeenrollmenthasgrownby20percentsince1995acrossthegroup,withoneinfouryoungpeoplenowearningdegrees.Forthefirsttime,theUnitedStates’collegegraduationrate,nowat33percent,isnottheworld’shighest.Finland,theNetherlands,NewZealandandBritainhavesurpassedit.TheUnitedStatesisalsoproducingfewermathematicsandsciencegraduatesthanmastoftheothermemberstates.Andthereportsaysacollegedegreeproducesagreaterboostinincomeherewhilethelackofahighschooldiplomaimposesabiggerincomepenalty."Thenumberofgraduatesisincreasing,butthatstimulatesevenmoreofademand--thereisnoendinsight,"Mr.Schleichersaid."Thedemandforskill,clearly,isgrowingfasterthanthesupplythatiscomingfromschoolsandcolleges."ThereportliststhesalaryforahighschoolteacherintheUnitedStateswith15years,experienceas$36,219,abovetheinternationalaverageof$31,887butbehindsevenothercoundiviesandlessthan60percen