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(D) “By 2020, the United States will once again have the highest proportion ofcollege graduates in the world.” This is U.S. President Barack Obama’s attainmentgoal that he committed 48 during his 2009 State of the Union address. As acollege education is becoming more and more essential in order to find a job andachieve financial success, President Obama 49 to make college more accessible,affordable, and attainable for all American students, 50 ensuring they stayeconomically competitive. As for the students, a great percentage of them 51entering one or another college so as to get a high paying job to support theirsupposed family and be comfortable.   It is clear that both the government and most students base their 52 ofcollege education primarily on economic benefits. However, does a college degreemean 53 a ticket to a first job and can the true value of college education simplybe judged by the graduates’ paycheck? For Derek Curtis Bok, the former president ofHarvard University, the answer is definitely negative. In his 1971 speech to thefreshmen of Harvard University, he plainly defies the perception 54 a collegeeducation is something to be endured in order to become certified to obtain certainkinds of jobs. 55 putting out some aims of a liberal education, he presents hisprivate thoughts about college careers and enlightens students as to what their collegelife can be. In the first place, he reminds students to look beyond the employment56 of a college graduate and think broadly about what they want to achieve atHarvard. He thinks that it would be tragic for students to focus on some limited goal,such as getting good grades and be equipped with a college diploma, just as it wouldbe unfortunate for him to 57 simply preparing students to find decent,prosperous jobs. Moreover, he hopes students will 58 what they can do forothers during their stay at Harvard. In his opinion, nothing can take the place of thecontributions to be 59 by working directly with individuals whose problems areimmediate and elemental. His final piece of advice for students is that avoid beingself-important and self- 60 so that they can enjoy the opportunities around them,appreciate the needs of others, and meet their responsibilities freely and creatively.Then, a college education will not simply be a ticket to a first job, but “a passport to alifetime of citizenship, opportunity, growth and change,” echoes Drew Gilpin Faust,the incumbent president of Harvard University.
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答案：D
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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