Question

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to （歸因于）the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.
Professor john Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.
University applications rose 7% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector（部門）, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.
A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”
【小題1】 Professor John Beath’s lectures are          .

A．given in a traditional way

B．connected with the present situation

C．open to both students and their parents

D．warmly received by economics

【小題2】Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their         .

A．better reputation

B．higher pay

C．fewer applications

D．greater stability

【小題3】In the opinion of most parents,         .

A．economics should be the focus of school teaching

B．more students should be admitted to universities

C．the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened

D．children should solve financial problems themselves

【小題4】According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters         .

A．get jobs in Child Trust Funds	B．have access to better equipment
C．confident about their future careers	D．wiser in money management

【小題5】What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Universities have received more applications.

B．Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.

C．College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty

D．Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】D
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：本文主要講述了金融危機下學生們開始更多地選擇與經濟有關的專業(yè)這一現(xiàn)象。申請到大學中學習經濟專業(yè)的學生的增加歸因于全球性的經濟危機激起了民眾對于金融系統(tǒng)運作知識的渴望。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據從第四段第二句話可知他把教學與當前的一些重大事件緊密相連，即貼近現(xiàn)實生活，故B(與當前的形勢相聯(lián)系)為正確答案。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據從第五段最后可知在當前金融危機下這些公共部門的工作以其安全性和穩(wěn)定性吸引了求職者，故D(極大的穩(wěn)定性)為正確答案。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據由倒數(shù)第二段的內容可知應該“加強關于經濟問題方面的教學”，答案為C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據Hocking認為經濟下滑帶來的一個好處就是讓年輕人學會了更明智地處理金錢方面的問題，在經濟不穩(wěn)定時期更好地理財。故選D。
【小題5】主旨大意題。根據第一段提到全球性的金融危機使公眾想更多地了解有關經濟體系方面的一些問題，所以更多的學生申請經濟學專業(yè)，本文正是對此展開的論述，故答案為B。
考點：教育類短文閱讀。
點評：主旨大意題要識別和理解主題句，可迅速準確地抓住短文的中心思想，從而把握住全篇的主要內容。在確定文章的主旨思想時，選項的內容既不能太具體也不能太籠統(tǒng)。在選擇和確定主旨思想時，題中給出的四個選擇項往往都是事實，要求考生從中選出最能概括文章主旨思想的一項作為正確答案。在這方面考生容易犯以下兩種錯誤：一種是把主題的一部分看成是文章的“主旨思想”，這樣選擇的“主旨思想”太具體，不能準確地概括出整個文章或段落的主旨思想。另一種是在表達作者的主旨思想時，詞語概括的范圍太大，太籠統(tǒng)，超出了作者的本意。