Question

Chinese college students have graduated to find the job market vary from when they entered school and those so-called “hot courses” might fail to land them good jobs.

Graduates with different majors have very different experiences in the job market. But degrees in finance, economics and a few other fields often guarantee good jobs.

“I have applied to 15 companies online, and most of them show interest in hiring me,” said WangLi, a postgraduate of labor Economics at Southwest University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. He said that all the students of economics, finance and accounting in his university had received at least two job offers.

Students of mining and materials science that were not popular before, however, have observed more employment opportunities than before. The employment rate of graduates from the courses was 100 percent at Guizhou University.

On the contrary, some so-called “hot courses” including law, journalism and computer science that have received large groups of students, failed them in the job market. Experts said high tuition fee of those courses led to blind enrollment expansion.

Another problem which makes it difficult for graduates to find jobs is the gap between school- learned- knowledge and requirements of real career.

In 2007, merely 60percent of computer science graduates were employed. Meanwhile, job vacancies in IT industry exceeded one million. IT companies complained about the large amount of money they spend on pre-career training of new employees. They hope universities adjust their courses to better prepare students for their future work.

In addition to academic background, employers are looking for college graduates with a good sense of responsibility. This merit is followed by a sense of team work, ambition, flexibility, eloquence, independence, confidence, pressure-bearing ability, communication skills and so on.

1.The graduates with degrees in “hot courses” may have difficulty in finding satisfactory jobs probably because ______________.

A. the graduates with such degrees are of poor quality

B. those fields have developed slowly in recent years

C. there are too many graduates with such degrees

D. enterprises will not employ the graduates with such degrees

2.The words “hot courses” in the first paragraph of this passage refers to “________”.

A. law, journalism and computer science

B. economics, finance and accounting

C. mining and materials science

D. economics, journalism and materials science

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Economics, finance and accounting are no longer “hot” now.

B. Quite a number of college students don’t work hard at their lessons.

C. The quality of some of the college graduates can not meet the demands of companies.

D. Universities have already adjusted their courses to prepare students for their future work.

4.The author seems to agree that __________.

A. middle school graduates should choose good universities as well as good majors

B. besides academic background, sense of responsibility is also very important

C. university students shouldn’t work hard at their lessons

D. middle school graduates should not choose these “hot courses”

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:为什么“热门专业”的毕业生很难找到满意的工作呢？在本文中作者分析了一些原因。比如，报考“热门专业”的人数过多，毕业后供大于求。再有，有的学生素质达不到用人单位的要求，因而也造成了“热门专业”学生难以就业的现象。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第五、六段内容可知由于报考热门专业的人数增多，而需求放缓，所以热门专业的学生不容易找到满意的工作，选C。

2.词意猜测题。根据第五段内容On the contrary, some so-called “hot courses” including law, journalism and computer science可知第一段中提到的热门专业包括法律，新闻和计算机专业，选A。

3.Another problem which makes it difficult for graduates to find jobs is the gap between school- learned- knowledge and requirements of real career.可知选C。

4.推理判断题。根据文章末段内容可知作者认为除了学术背景外，责任感等也是很重要的，选B。

考点：考查社会现象类短文阅读