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2021年1月22日发(作者：雷瀛)

Information Matching:

Directions:
You
are
going
to
read
a
passage
with
10
statements
attached
to
it.
Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the
paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph
more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
Passage

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Hard times

A

Money
worries
are
part
and
parcel
of
university
life,
but
recent
events
in
the
world of finance, not to mention rising food prices, are making it tougher for students-
from
living
costs
as
undergraduates
to
employment
prospects
once
they
have
graduated. But are they bothered?

B

Raymond Sawyer, a graphic design undergraduate at New College Durham, says
he is concerned by the naivety of some of his fellow students when dealing with their
finances.
―I’m surprised by the lack of maturity some of them have when it comes to
money,‖
he
says.
―We
had
been
at
college
for
just
over
a
week
when
some
of
my
fellow students got their grants through-and their first thought was spending money
on
clothes
and
planning
nights
out,
which
I
couldn’t
believer.
Many
students
seem
unaware of the state of the economy right now.‖ Sawyer says the prevailing economic
conditions have influenced his choice of where to study. He lives at home, just a few
miles
from
his
college,
which
means
he
is
able
to
run
a
Web
design
business
that
helps ease his money worries. ―Rent and mortgages are costly these days and I guess
that’s what swayed me toward studying locally,‖ he says. ―I only have to spend t
hree
days a week at college and I can travel easily by car, devoting the rest of my time to
developing my business.‖


C

Sawyer
counts
himself
fortunate
that
he
is
self-employed.
A
recent
survey
commissioned
by
recruitment
agency
Reed
reckons
that
over
half
of
graduates
are
―concerned‖ with finding a job in the current climate. Job security is also becoming a
major concern; one in four graduates say they would be willing to sacrifice up to five
percent
of
their
income
in
exchange
for
job
security
for
three
years.
A
significant
number
of
graduates
are
moving
toward
creative
marketing
and
media
sectors,
shunning City jobs,
and
watching banks
and other financial
services firms
fall over
has
been
particularly
disheartening
for
students
who
had
planned
to
work
in
the
Square
Mile(
伦敦金融城
).
Reports
suggest
that
many
are
now
also
considering
teaching as an option.

D ―With many recent graduates still looking for jobs in a difficult economic climate,
undergraduates
need
to
remember
there
is
a
serious
side
to
university,
‖
cautions
Reed’s
marketing
head,
Mark
Rhodes.
―It’s
important
that
incoming
university
students
have
an
eye
on
their
future.‖
Rhodes
warns
students
not
to
leave

their
job-
hunting too late. ―If you are trying to get on to a graduate program for the year
you graduate, you

may have to start preparing at the start of your third year to avoid
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missing
the
deadlines,‖
he
says.
Rhodes
also
advises
speaking
with
a
university
careers adviser at the earliest opportunity to get the latest news on jobs available.

E Nick Wasson-Jones, who has recently graduated in engineering from the University
of Sh
effield, says the next few months will be tough. ―My advice to students is to get
some
relevant
work
experience,‖
he
says.
―I
haven’t
been
able
to
get
past
the
CV
stage an
d I think that’s because I can’t demonstrate that I have worked in the field I
am looking to enter. It I could go back to my university days, I would definitely do
some
work
experience
in
my
first
or
second
year
before
I
got
stuck
into
my
dissertation and exams in my final year
.‖


F


Third-year
student
Danielle
Maughan
has
worked
a
part-time
job
since
she
started her criminology and psychology course at Liverpool John Moores University,
but she says she’s finding it tougher to make ends meet. ―I’ve worked
in a local pub
since starting university,: she says, ―but things are getting harder now. my student loan
just covers my rent for the year , so having a job is essential.‖ Yet Maughan admits to
being
poor
at
managing
her
finances.
―I’m
not
great
with
money

to
start
with,
so
things can get a little tough.‖


G Unfortunately many students are responding to the financial crisis by burying their
head in the sand, allowing money problems to snowball as graduation draws nearer. A
survey conducted by the National Union of Students concludes that many students are
unaware
of
even
the
basic
costs
of
living,
and
don’t
have
the
information
and
guidance
they
need
to
manage
their
own
finances.
The
survey
suggests
that
the
average cost of university life is nearly $$450 a year higher than students expect.

H

In
addition,
some
students
are
overly
optimistic
about
being
able
to
receive
financial support in the form of bursaries(
奖学金
). The survey show that 42 percent
believe
they
will
be
eligible,
whereas
only
28
percent
receive
one.
The
issue
of
bursaries is further complicated by confusion over what students are actually entitled
to
–
leading to thousands of eligible students failing to claim last year, says the Office
for Fair Access.

I ―It’s clear that students have no idea

of the costs of living when going to university,‖
says Lucy Payne, HSBC’s youth and student manager, ―but let’s face it, how many of
us
did?‖
HSBC
has
developed
a
website
to
offer
advice
in
addition
to
the
student
advisers in its branches.

J ― We are getting a steady stream of enquiries, especially from mature students,‖ says
Jemma Samuels, manager of student charity Uniaid. ―Our aim is to help students plan
for the costs of living before they get to university. There is plenty of support around,
but
stud
ents
don’t
always
know
where
to
get
it.
Most
tend
to
rely
on
friends
and
parents
for
advice,
which
may
be
inaccurate
or
simply
out
of
date.
The
problem
is
particularly bad for international students, who can run into hardship very quickly.‖
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Uniaid runs training events for students
and has a series of online tools that can be
used
to
calculate
costs
and
keep
undergraduates
abreast
of
what
support
they
can
access.


______1. University students
’ life is hard due to the increase of living costs and their
uncertain employment prospects.
______tics show that 42 percent of the students believe they are qualified to
get bursaries but some fail to receive one at last.
______3. Twenty-five percent of graduates are willing to sacrifice up to five percent
of their income for three-year employment stability.

______4. Undergraduates can calculate their living costs and know what support they
can get through training events and some online tools.
______5.
An
undergraduate
with
the
plan
for
graduate
study
should
start
the
preparation work as early as the beginning of his third year.
______6. It is helpful to get some relevant work experience n the first or second year
at university to get a job in the field one wants to enter.
______7. With banks and financial services firms collapsing one after another, many
students
who
planned
to
work
in
the
field
of
finance
fell
disheartened
and
turn
to
other jobs like teaching.
______8.
Many
students
neglect
the
financial
crisis,
and
thus
face
more
and
more
serious money problems with graduation coming nearer and nearer.
______9. Some students are unaware of the present economic state and immediately
think of spending the money on clothes and entertainment once they get their grants.
______10. Friends and parents may offer unreliable or outdated advice on financial
issues.
Passage 2 Degrees Are Great, but Internships Make a Difference
A Traditionally, earning a college degree has been cause for celebration. For most, the
achievement signaled the onset of adulthood and offered the promise of a career that
would start in mere months, if not weeks. But in today's job market, undergraduates
who leave school armed only with a degree may not be so fortunate.

B

In 2000, more than 1.2 million people received bachelor's degrees in the United
States. This year, that number is expected to rise 30 percent to more than 1.6 million,
according to estimates by the National Center for Education Statistics. That hike has
far
outpaced
the
country's
increase
in
population
over
the
past
decade,
tripling
the
Census Bureau's projected rate of population growth over the same period.
increased
number
of
students,
if
I'm
an
employer
or
a
medical
school
or
business
school, finding a student who has a good GPA isn't particularly tough anymore,
Dan
Gomez-Palacio,
assistant
director
of
career
services
at Westminster
College in
Missouri.

C
The
answer:
internships.
University
officials
and
employers
almost
universally
maintain that partaking in an internship
—
or several, which sets a student apart from
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his
or
her
peers
even
more
—
before
graduation
is
integral
to
finding
meaningful
employment in today's seemingly impenetrable job market. More than ever, schools
across the country are pushing students of all majors toward internships, and several
have even added them to their graduation requirements.
students an edge that they would not have otherwise,
of Longwood University in Virginia, which requires an internship of all graduates.
always
amazes
me
that
higher
education
didn't
think
of
this
sooner.
For
me
it's
a
no-brainer. If you're going to position your students well, you've got to give them this
exposure before they graduate.

D
Longwood,
with
an
enrollment
of
roughly
4,800,
saw
74
percent
of
their
2008
graduating
class
attain
jobs
within
six
months
of
graduation,
despite
the
fact
that
students
were
thrust
into
one
of
the
worst
job
markets
on
record.
Two
years
ago,
officials at Eastern Connecticut State University decided to institute a pre- professional
experience requirement for students. Rhona Free, vice president of academic affairs at
Eastern Connecticut, says the school wants not only to educate students but to prepare
them
for
their
working
lives
after
school
through
experience-based
learning.

worry,
'If
I'm
an
English
major,
can
I
get
a
job?'

she
says.

want
them to know that before they leave here, they will have been in a setting that's like
one they'll go to work in.

E

While
smaller
schools
are
able
to
ensure
that
their
students
can
meet
the
internship
requirement
by
forming
partnerships
with
local
companies
and
working
one-on-one
with
students
to
facilitate
their
hunt
for
an
internship,
the
task
is
more
daunting for larger schools. Finding an employer base near a large university that can
support the influx of thousands of interns is a daunting, if not impossible, task. For
that reason, many large schools have shied away from requiring internships but still
take pains to impart the importance of work experience to their students. Plus, some
programs within larger institutions do require internships.
It's a common practice in
fields where prior work experience is integral to the hiring process, like business and
journalism/communications.

FThe
College
of
Liberal
Arts
and
Sciences
at Villanova
University in
Pennsylvania
does
not
require
internships,
but
students
are
E-mailed
a
weekly
list
of
internship
openings and are constantly reminded of their importance. The college's website even
proclaims:
efforts
have
paid
off.
The
school
has
seen
a
30
percent
jump
in
enrollment
in
internships
in
the
past
three
years
alone.
Such
efforts
are
lauded
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by
large
employers that hire a bulk of their interns. Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers,
for instance, draws more than 70 percent of its new hires from its internship program.

that
focus
in
on
accommodating
internships
as
part
of
their
course
curriculum position their students very well for future employment,
national recruiting leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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