【題目】 What do the CEOs of famous companies such as Starbucks, Delta Airlines, Disney and YouTube all have in common, besides leading hugely successful global companies? They are all products of a liberal arts education(人文教育), graduating with degrees in literature, history, and communications. Likewise, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, Harold Varmus, was an English major, and former United States president Barack Obama studied political science.

A liberal arts education is so much more than many students realize. It is a kind of education with broad knowledge learning as well as in-depth study in a major. A liberal arts course challenges students to think creatively, develop strong detailed and logical thinking skills, and solve problems. You may understand a physics problem from an angle learned in an art class, or other liberal arts subjects. Commonly, students need to spend not less than 30 hours on the basic liberal arts courses, before they focus on a certain area of interest.

Today’s tech companies are not simply looking for a graduate who knows how to code computer programs. They are hiring the graduates who took courses in economics, markets, literature and art, along with computer science. And the education experience has made it easier for them to find out The Next Great Thing in the tech industry and how to design and market it. For example, an international company will choose the graduate who can understand a financial(財(cái)務(wù)的) report and has solutions for attracting new customers, along with the language skills to do business in different countries around the world. As a result, increasingly, more and more companies need more graduates with different kinds of skills that are taught in liberal arts courses.

Liberal arts majors exist in most private and public colleges and universities in the US. However, the US also has some colleges that teach a comprehensive liberal arts courses. These colleges tend to be highly strict about students’ academic performance. And they often offer off-campus learning opportunities. Students can then develop skills for a fast changing society.

Learn more about the value of a liberal arts education, and you may find that studying philosophy and computer science, French or biology could lead you on the path to a great career and The Next Big Thing.

【1】What is a liberal arts education?

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【2】How many hours do students have to spend on the basic liberal arts courses?

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【3】What kind of graduates do the tech companies need?

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【4】Why do some US colleges offer students off-campus learning opportunities?

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【5】What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?

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【答案】

【1】It is a kind of education with broad knowledge learning as well as in-depth study in a major.

【2】Not less than 30 hours.

【3】The graduates who took courses in economics, markets, literature and art, along with computer science. /The graduates with different kinds of skills that are taught in liberal arts courses.

【4】Because students can develop skills for a fast changing society.

【5】To tell us the importance of liberal arts/liberal arts education.

【解析】

文章大意：文科教育比許多學(xué)生意識到的要多得多。它是一種既有廣泛的知識學(xué)習(xí)又有深入的專業(yè)學(xué)習(xí)的教育。文科課程要求學(xué)生創(chuàng)造性地思考，培養(yǎng)較強(qiáng)的細(xì)致入微和邏輯思維能力，并解決問題。你可以從藝術(shù)課或其他文科的角度來理解物理問題。如今的科技公司不僅僅是在尋找一個(gè)懂得如何編寫計(jì)算機(jī)程序的畢業(yè)生。他們正在招聘那些選修了經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、市場學(xué)、文學(xué)和藝術(shù)以及計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)課程的畢業(yè)生。不過，美國也有一些大學(xué)開設(shè)綜合文科課程。這些大學(xué)對學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)成績往往要求很高。他們經(jīng)常提供校外學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會。學(xué)生們可以為快速變化的社會發(fā)展技能。進(jìn)一步了解文科教育的價(jià)值，你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)習(xí)哲學(xué)和計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)、法語或生物學(xué)可以引導(dǎo)你走向一個(gè)偉大的職業(yè)和下一個(gè)偉大的事業(yè)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“A liberal arts education is so much more than many students realize. It is a kind of education with broad knowledge learning as well as in-depth study in a major.” 文科教育比許多學(xué)生意識到的要多得多。它是一種既有廣泛的知識學(xué)習(xí)又有深入的專業(yè)學(xué)習(xí)的教育�？芍�，故答案為It is a kind of education with broad knowledge learning as well as in-depth study in a major.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“Commonly, students need to spend not less than 30 hours on the basic liberal arts courses, before they focus on a certain area of interest. ” 一般來說，學(xué)生在專注于某個(gè)感興趣的領(lǐng)域之前，需要花不少于30個(gè)小時(shí)學(xué)習(xí)文科基礎(chǔ)課程�？芍�，故答案為Not less than 30 hours.

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“Today’s tech companies are not simply looking for a graduate who knows how to code computer programs. They are hiring the graduates who took courses in economics, markets, literature and art, along with computer science.” 如今的科技公司不僅僅是在尋找一個(gè)懂得如何編寫計(jì)算機(jī)程序的畢業(yè)生。他們正在招聘那些選修了經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、市場學(xué)、文學(xué)和藝術(shù)以及計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)課程的畢業(yè)生�？芍�，故答案為The graduates who took courses in economics, markets, literature and art, along with computer science. /The graduates with different kinds of skills that are taught in liberal arts courses.

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“These colleges tend to be highly strict about students’ academic performance. And they often offer off-campus learning opportunities. Students can then develop skills for a fast changing society.” 這些大學(xué)對學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)成績往往要求很高。他們經(jīng)常提供校外學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會。學(xué)生們可以為快速變化的社會發(fā)展技能。可知，故答案為Because students can develop skills for a fast changing society.

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，文科教育是一種既有廣泛的知識學(xué)習(xí)又有深入的專業(yè)學(xué)習(xí)的教育。作者寫這篇文章的目的是告訴我們文科教育的重要性。故答案為To tell us the importance of liberal arts/liberal arts education.

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