Economics,several courses of which I have taken thus far,___

An increase in students applying to study economics (经济学) at university is being attributed to （归因于）the global economic crisis (危机) 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 70% 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（部门）, 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 (使…有能力) to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”
小题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

小题2: Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their .

A．greater stability	B．higher pay
C．fewer applications	D．better reputation

小题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

小题4:According to Hocking , the global economic crisis might make the youngsters _____ .

A．wiser in money management

B．have access to better equipment

C．confident about their future careers

D．get jobs in Child Trust Funds

小题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.

with the development of economics (经济), the problem of left-behind children (留守儿童) has become a serious social problem. more and more people have realized we should do something to help them.
one of the biggest problems is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years, which makes some children lost their parents’ faces . when they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. nobody gives them enough care.
because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. from a survey (调查) about their study, only two per cent of the children get good results, while ten per cent of them are common and eighty-eight per cent of them are poor. what a pity!
there are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and being crazy about internet and so on.
in a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the ***, families and schools to try their best together.
小题1:how many problems are mentioned (提及) in the passage?

a．two.

b．three.

c．four.

d．more than four.

小题2:which problem is not mentioned in the passage?

a．having no place to live.

b．being crazy about the internet.

c．unhealthy lifestyles.

d．not study well.

小题3:what’s the meaning of “ some children lost their parents’ faces ”?

a．some children lost their parents.

b．some children couldn’t find their parents.

c．some children can’t remember what their parents look like.

d．some children can’t get any information about their parents.

小题4:which of the following sentences is right?

a．all of the left-behind children aren’t good at study.

b．the left-behind children can see their parents often.

c．the left-behind children have much money.

d．the left-behind children problem is a social problem.

小题5:what is the best title of the article?

a．the left-behind children

b．what is left-behind children

c．the problems of the left-behind children

d．how to help left-behind children

(B)
An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to (归因于) 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 lecturer 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 public sector(部门)，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.”
50.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 economists
51.Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their_____.
A. greater stability B.higher pay C.fewer applications D.better reputation
52.According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters_____
A. wiser in money management B.have access to better equipment
C.confident about their future careers D.get jobs in Child Trust Funds
53.What’s the main idea of the text?
A.Universities have received more applications.
B . Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.
College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.
Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.