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Today, when there are many top graduates looking for top jobs, graduates can differentiate(区别) themselves by obtaining a double major or even a double degree. Increasingly, employers are looking for individuals who are not only competent and intelligent, but who have different skill sets and who are knowledgeable in many areas. Part of the appeal to employers is that your extra work demonstrates a willingness to take on difficult tasks. Additionally, if your majors overlap (重叠), you are able to show potential employers that you have both breadth and depth of knowledge.
By studying for a double major, although you will be studying for only one degree, you will be focusing on two related and integrated subjects that complement (补充) each other. Classes overlap between the majors, meaning fewer classes are required than with a double degree, so it is easier to finish within four years.
In contrast, with the more rigorous (严格的) double degree, you will be studying for two different degrees in two completely different areas of study. Although pursuing such a course of study allows students to complete two wholly separate degrees in less time than if they were to earn them separately, many strong students still find it incredibly difficult to complete in four or five years.
If you are committed to a double major/degree, it is wise to do a little bit of planning. Some students try to find two courses of studies that are related, while others seek to round out their academic studies by choosing two completely unrelated fields.
For double majors, common pairings include: (i) economics and a foreign language; (ii) political science or government and journalism; (iii) economics and psychology.
For double degrees, common pairings include: (i) engineering and a business program such as finance or accounting; (ii) engineering and economics.
What do employers think of the graduates with different skill sets and knowledge in many areas?

A．They should be given top jobs.

B．They are willing to take difficult tasks.

C．They are bette

r than those who are competent and intelligent.

D．They must have attained a double major or even a double degree.

According to the passage, the underlined word “breadth” most probably means_________.

A．width

B．amount

C．quantity

D．quality

To obtain a double major, you _________.

A．should complete two wholly separate degrees

B．need to focus on two related and integrated subjects

C．need to spend more time than obtaining a double degree

D．have to take courses in two completely different areas of study

If you are devoted to a double major or degree, you should _________.

A．find two subjects with overlapping classes

B．learn about what your potential employers want

C．decide what to learn with your intentions considered

D．try to decide on some common pairings as soon as possible

Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?
A. Economics is a major while engineering is a degree.
B. Every college student should take a double major or degree.
C. Earning a double degree is more difficult than obtaining a double major.
D Some students choose two completely unrelated fields to show their ability in academic study.

David Beckham was born on 2nd May, 1975, in the suburbs of London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led to him going for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy at secondary school he played for tile schools of Essex and also for his country team.
On 8th July, 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. On 2nd April, 1995, he played his first major football league game against Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both seasons, with David scoring many goals.
His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996 — 1997 season, he scored an amazing goal from beyond the halfway line. Seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, David sent the ball over the goalkeeper’s head and into the goal. It was a Wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157kph. He also had the ability to make the ball curl from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. He could made it glide high through the air, or dive down steeply. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.
When David Beckham was young ______.

A．he played football all the time

B．his main interest was football

C．one of his interests was football

D．he watched football whenever he had the chance

During the 1995 and 1996 seasons, Beckham ______.

A．was normally a member of the Manchester United team

B．played all the time

C．won most of the matches for Manchester United

D．was the winner in both years

Beckham became famous because he showed that he had the ability ______.

A．to move the ball in any direction in the air

B．to trick the goalkeepers and score goals

C．to swing the ball through the air and score goals

D．to kick the ball very hard and score goals

“His goals made him a household name” probably means ______.

A．he became very famous because of his goals

B．his family became very popular

C．many people started to come to see the house where he lived

D．his name became popular in England

Picasso, the famous Spanish painter, was born in 1881. His father was an art teacher. Picasso began to paint very early. He was admitted to the Royal Academy at the age of 15. After 1900, he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved to the south of France.
Throughout his career, Picasso moved from style to style with ease. He practiced sculpture, illustrated books and also showed great interest in pottery design and other fields of art.
Picasso produced a great number of drawings during his lifetime. No later artist of the School of Paris has replaced him in international influence.
Picasso is generally considered to be the foremost figure in 20th century French art. His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries.
The main idea of the passage is ______.

A．Picasso is considered to be the foremost figure in the French art

B．Picasso is a famous Spanish painter

C．Picasso spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947

D．Picasso’s life and art

According to the writer, Picasso was ______.

A．more important than any other French artist in international influence

B．more important than any other Spanish artist in international influence

C．the most important figure in Spain

D．the most important figure in France

How long did he stay in Spain and France?

A．Over 19 years in Spain and the rest life in France.

B．15 years in Spain and 43 years in Paris.

C．15 years in Spain and the rest life in Paris.

D．He did not stay so long in Pads than in Spain.

Picasso moved from style to style with ease. It means ______.

A．he did not like only one style

B．he changed his style without difficulty

C．he liked not only sculpture, but also pottery design

D．he showed great interest in other fields of art

This is news on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
Reports from Chinese want close ties between China and the US and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start in ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the Teachers’ Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.
In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal (杂志), the five-year study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win of their last five matches. That’s the news of the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
To improve the ties between China and the US and Western Europe, China ______.

A．will send a group of Chinese scientists to visit the US and. Western Europe

B．has expressed its strong wishes

C．will send some scientists to visit the US only

D．has given many reports to improve the ties

From the news in Miami we know ______.

A．a peaceful way will soon be found

B．students can’t go into the school because the classrooms are locked

C．students haven’t been to school for two weeks

D．the teachers’ strike will last long

The news about health tells us that ______.

A．no heart disease will be found if people don’t drink coffee

B．no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day

C．the more coffee people drink, the more chance they’ll get to have heart disease

D．women’s heart disease has something to do with their drinking coffee

From the last news we do not know ______.

A．the results of the two matches

B．the number of the teams which played last night

C．how many wins the BBS has had altogether

D．the Wingers played against the Rifles

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it.
Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.
Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.
Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A．in our eyes	B．only when we think very hard about something
C．only under the direction of a psychologist	D．in every person’s mind

People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A．they see different things	B．they can not agree about things
C．some have better eyesight	D．none of these

Psychologists study perception by ______.

A．setting up many experiments	B．asking each other what they see
C．looking out of windows	D．studying people’s eyes

The best title for this article is ______.

A．How We See	B．Learning About Our Minds Through Science
C．What Psychologists Perceive	D．How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

A．florist	B．artist
C．preschool teacher	D．dental nurse