A. 初二英語閱讀題答案及翻譯
（一）
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (僕人). He and the servant(僕人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, 「Here are two bottles of poison (毒葯) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.」 With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn』t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.
( )1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.
A. the rich man B. the servant C. both A and B D. neither A and B
( )2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
A. the cat B. himself C. nobody D. the servant
( )3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.
A. there was in fact poison in the bottles
B. did not want the servant to drink his wine
C. he wanted to kill the cat
D. he wanted to kill the servant
( )4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
A. the servant B. cat C. the rich man D. nobody
( )5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.
A. lazy B. bad C. clever D. kind
譯文：
從前，有一個富翁。他有一個僕人（僕人） 。他和僕人（僕人）喜愛葡萄酒和良好的食物非常。每次富人離開家鄉，僕人將喝葡萄酒，吃的所有食物中的好房子。財主知道他的僕人一樣，但他從來沒有被他的僕人這樣做。
一天早晨，當他離家出走，他的僕人說， 「這里有兩瓶毒葯（毒葯）和一些不錯的食品在家裡。你必須採取什麼樣的。 「隨著這些話，他走了出去。
但僕人知道，富人說是不真實的。在富人是遠離家鄉，他喜歡聚餐的空間。因為他喝太多，他是喝醉了倒在地上。當富人回來了，他無法找到自己的糧食和他的葡萄酒。他非常生氣。他醒來的僕人了。但是，僕人告訴他的故事非常好。他說，貓吃了一切。他害怕受到懲罰，所以他喝毒葯自殺。
（二）
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents』 home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.
Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.
( )6.The size of most American families is ________ that of other countries.
A. larger than B. smaller than C. as big as D. as small as
( )7.When children grow up, they leave their parents』 home to _________.
A. get married B. be free C. find good jobs D. study
( )8.They visit their parents ________.
A. on weekdays B. on weekends C. at any time D. on holiday
( )9.Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. Children have the freedom to choose their own job.
B. Parents don』t ask their children to do the housework.
C. Parents think it important for children to make their own decision.
D. When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.
( )10.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because ___________.
A. children can learn how to make money for themselves
B. their children required them to do so
C. they are rich
D. it is required by law
譯文：
大多數美國家庭都小於家庭在其他國家。大多數美國家庭有一個或兩個家長和一個或兩個孩子。
孩子在美國將離開自己的父母家中長大後。他們通常遠離他們的父母，因為他們想找到好工作。他們經常寫信給他們的父母或電話他們。他們往往去訪問他們的父母在度假。
父母通常讓孩子選擇自己的就業機會。美國人認為，重要的青年人來決定他們的生活本身。
兒童被要求做一些工作，他們的房子周圍。而且在許多家庭，兒童是支付做一些家務勞動，使他們了解如何賺錢供自己使用。
（三）
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can』t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a 「school」. They don』t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say 「welcome」when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族館）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don』t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤獨的）.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody』s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don』t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .
A. pictures B. words
C. water D. sounds
2. People can』t hear the dolphin』s sounds because ________ .
A. they are above the water
B. they are under the water
C. they are very high
D. they are very low
3. Which one is true according to the passage?
A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study
B. They don』t study, but they travel in a group
C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island.
D. Dolphins like to kill people
譯文：
海豚可以談話？也許他們不能談論的話，但他們交談的聲音。他們表明自己的感情的聲音。
海豚旅行的一組。我們呼籲一群魚「學校」 。他們沒有研究，但他們一起旅行。
海豚跟其他海豚在學校。他們提供資料。他們告訴當他們感到高興的或悲傷或害怕的傾向。他們說， 「歡迎」時，海豚又回到學校。他們談到當他們發揮。
他們提出一些聽起來水面。他們有更多的聲音在水中。人們無法聽到這些聲音，因為它們是非常，非常高。科學家使磁帶的聲音和研究。
有時人們捕捉海豚的一個大型水族館（水族館） 。人們可以觀看海豚表演。海豚不喜歡離開自己的學校，一座水族館。它們是令人傷心和孤獨（孤獨的） 。
有許多故事海豚。它們幫助人們。有時候，他們拯救別人的生命。海豚肉是好的，但人們不喜歡要殺死他們。他們說，海豚帶來好運。許多人相信這一點。
（四）
All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn』t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn』t stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn』t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn』t easy, but now I』ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things.
If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age.
What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke.
So if you want to rece your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy –– not to smoke. Don』t your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn』t easy, but you』ll be healthier, and ....
1. Who is more likely to have heart disease?
A. A smoker
B. A non-smoker
C. A 50-year-old person
2. What does the writer think of smoking?
A. It is good for his health
B. Smoking is bad for him
C. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath
3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking?
A. He becomes rich
B. He has more friends
C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.
譯文：
我的所有朋友在學校吸煙。我爸爸抽煙，他不希望我抽煙，但我的朋友不停地說我是愚蠢的。他們問我要長大。所以我就開始當我還是16和一個月後，我不能停止。但兩年後，我能感覺到什麼吸煙正在給我。我不能遠，我每天早上咳嗽。我病得很重，並決定停止。這是不容易的，但現在我已經做到了，我感覺更好。現在，我有足夠資金用於其它事上。
如果你吸煙，你的兩倍，可能死於心臟病發作。和你越是煙霧，越早心臟病發作可能。例如，一個50歲誰吸煙超過20支，每天的4倍更可能有心臟病比不吸煙的年齡相同。
吸煙是什麼做的心？首先，它使心跳速度和增加血壓。在香煙煙霧中也減少了血液中的氧氣。因此，心臟必須加倍努力，以較少的氧。最後，您將動脈狹窄更快如果你吸煙。
因此如果您想降低您的機會越來越心臟病，答案是很簡單-不要吸煙。請勿復制您的朋友和其他人誰煙霧。如果你吸煙，了解如何停止。停車是不容易的，但你會更健康，並....
（五）
In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald』s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you』d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There』s no need to leave a tip.
In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don』t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you』d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage.
In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don』t need to tell her yours. If you don』t eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip.
In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don』t like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter.
1. There are ______ types of restaurants here.
A. three B. four C. five D. six
2. We should sit ______ in a coffee shop.
A. near the door B. in the corner
C. at a counter D. on the floor
3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name?
A. In a top class restaurant B. In a fast food restaurant
C. In a coffee shop D. In a family restaurant
4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant?
A. Ten percent B. Fifteen percent
C. Thirty percent D. Forty percent
譯文：
在美國，有許多類型的餐館。快餐店是非常有名的。你可以找到麥當勞和肯德基在世界各地許多國家。你看看上面的菜單櫃台，並說要吃飯。你付出的人誰為您服務。你和你的食物坐下或是否可以離開。沒有必要留下小費。
在咖啡店你坐在櫃台或在桌子上。你不要等到服務員向您顯示在坐。她通常會帶給您咖啡當你坐下來。你告訴她你想要吃飯，她把它給你。您支付本票作為你離開。飯店就像一個咖啡館，但通常看起來像車廂。
在一個家庭餐館的氣氛是輕松，但服務員告訴您在哪裡坐。往往是服務員告訴你她的名字，但你不必告訴她你的。如果你沒有吃的一切，您的服務員為您提供了一種狗袋採取的糧食回家。您添加額外的百分之十五的法案作為小費。
在一流的餐廳，你需要保留的，但您必須按時到達。服務員告訴您在哪裡坐。如果您有酒，他可能會要求您品嘗它。您只可以拒絕它，如果口味不好，而不是如果你不喜歡它。當您收到您的帳單，檢查，然後放入15至百分之二十，以它作為一種提示侍者。
答案：（一）CDBAC
（二 BCDBA
（三）DCB
（四）ABC
（五）BCDB
1。Today and friends of foreign travel, outside air is very good, people feel very comfortable. We all appreciate the fine girls bicycles. We enjoyed the beautiful nature brought. We happily spent a happy day. 今天和朋友一起出外交遊，外面的空氣很好，人感覺很舒服。我們騎著自行車一路欣賞鳥語花香。享受著大自然帶給我們的無限美好。大家開開心心地度過了愉快的一天。
2。Today Mailehaoo clothes, and parents take to the streets is happy, the parents have to pay to buy things. Unlike in their street to buy things they like to take a long time but saw the price, Ha-ha, is really very happy. I love my parents, I too thank them for the care and love. `` 今天買了好多衣服，和父母上街就是愉快，買東西有父母幫付錢。不像平時自己上街買東西碰到喜歡的但看了價錢都要考慮好久，呵呵，真的是很開心。我愛我的父母，太感謝他們對我的關心和愛戴了。
3.Flute " Robinson Crusoe " of good fortune, novelist of British, describe protagonist drift about on the island, overcome the difficulty, the legend story of pioneering an enterprise with painstaking efforts. Novel write true naturally, legendary. The protagonist plants the crops on the detached island, puts up the log cabin, has eaten the innumerable trials and tribulations, survive. Want, go back human world anxious, want to go how about go out of these damnable place only like make him to be fascinated, result fail, get back to, long separated for Britain for 28 year give me enlightenment by " Robinson's records of adventure " on 1868 year finally, tanacity of him let me wait for a chance to cause trouble, want, march toward another goal for life, look like Robinson like that spend one's own strength,reach ideal realm one's own. We need possess Robinson so spirit of struggle diligently.
英國小說家笛福的《魯濱遜漂流記》描述了主人公漂流海島,戰勝困難,艱苦創業的傳奇故事. 小說寫得真實自然,富有傳奇色彩.主人公在孤島上種莊稼,搭木屋,吃了千辛萬苦,生存下來.但想回人間的心切,使他著迷般地只想到如何走出這個鬼地方,結果還是失敗了,最後於1868年回到闊別28年的英國
《魯濱孫漂流記》給我以啟示，他的頑強讓我蠢蠢欲動，想要邁向人生的另一目標，像魯濱孫那樣用自己的力量，到達自己理想的境界。
我們需要具備魯濱遜那樣的刻苦奮斗的精神.
B. 英語閱讀理解練習題及答案 越短越好
一、
Betty and KittyBetty and Kitty are twins. They』re 12 years old. They look the same. But they have different hobbies. Betty likes collecting stamps. She has many beautiful stamps. They』re from different cities and countries. But Kitty likes growing flowers. The flowers are all very beautiful.Betty and Kitty both like reading books. Betty likes reading storybooks. But Kitty likes reading science books.On Sunday, they usually ride bikes to the park. They can play with their friends there. Sometimes their parents go there, too.
根據短文內容，判斷下列句子的正誤，正確的寫「T」，錯誤的寫「F」。
( ) 1. Betty is Kitty』s sister.
( ) 2. Betty likes growing flowers.
( ) 3. Kitty likes reading storybooks.
( ) 4. They』re twelve years old.
( ) 5. They usually take a bus to the park on Saturday.
二、
Lovely pandasPandas』 faces look like cats』, but their fat bodies and short tails are like bears』. Pandas are very lovely and they are friendly to people. People likes them very much.Most Pandas live in China. The northwestern part of Sichuan Province(省) and southern part of Gansu Province are their hometowns. Pandas like to climb trees. They usually live in the forests of high mountains, eat bamboo and drink spring water.
根據短文的意思，選出正確的答案。
( )1. The panda mainly lives in . A. America B. Shanghai C. London D. China
( )2. is like a cat』s. A. The panda B. The panda』s face C. The panda』s body D. The panda』s tail
( )3. Where are the pandas』 hometowns? A. Guangdong and Gansu. B. Sichuan and Suzhou.C. Gansu and Sichuan D. Hubei and Sichuan
( )4. What』s the panda』s main food? A. Rice. B. Meat. C. Bamboo. D. Grass.
三、
Four Good FriendsMary, Nancy, Ron and Kate are good friends. Mary』s favorite number is 3 and her favorite country is France. 16 is Nancy』s number, and America is her favorite country. Ron likes Japan very much. 30 is his favorite number. Whose favorite number is 60? Oh, it is Kate. Kate』s father works in Chinese food very much and they also like Chinese people. Kate』s lucky number is 6. All of them hope that one day they can travel the world together.
閱讀短文，回答問題。
1. What』s Mary』s favorite number?
2. What』s Nancy』s favorite country?
3. What』s Kate』s father』s job?
4. Does Kate like Chinese food?
「God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland.」 True to this saying, the people of the Netherlands are again 「making」 their land.
About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920』s: transforming the Zyuder Zee, an inlet (小港) of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake. By stages, 550,000 acres of land will serve several purposes: instrial, recreational, military, and agricultural. Fed by the river Yssel, the remaining water basin Lake Yssel, about 300,000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination (鹽化作用). Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea.
As the first stop a nineteen-mile-long barrier dam, rising twenty-five feet above sea level, closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee. Then the experimental polder of a hundred acres preceded the first and smallest of the main polders fifty thousand acres that became dry land in 1930. The fifth and largest polder 150,000 acres will be the last of the Zuider Zee works.
Farmers for the new polder (開拓地) come from every province. The Eastern Flevoland polder, completed in 1957, became farmland for many from the province of Zealand which was badly hit by the disastrous floods of 1953.
31. This article gives a present-day example of how__________.
A. salty soils are desalinated B. the Netherlands has increased its land area
C. irrigation systems are built D. dams are constructed
32. The period taken for the Zuider Zee project is__________.
A. from 1900 up to 1960 B. from the 1920 till about 1980
C. from 1930 to 1957 D. less than fifty years
33. The Zuider Zee will be replaced by____________.
A. 550,000 acres of land B. 300,000 acres of fresh water
C. both A and B D. Neither A nor B
34. The article gives a measurement for the__________.
A. height of the barrier dam B. width of the barrier dam
C. width of the road along the dam D. height above sea level of the area on the land side of dam
35. Implied but not stated:
A. The first step in the project was a barrier dam.
B. The polder recipe was first used in this century.
C. Half of the Netherlands is below sea level.
D. There is more than one method of fighting salination.
D B C D A
During the Christmas shopping rush in London, the intriguing story was reported of a tramp(流浪漢) who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper Security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last minute Christmas presents
However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor and philosophic temperament---as indeed vagrants(流浪漢) very commonly arc. Everyone also was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. Perhaps he had bad a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for Seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. Perhaps the judge had had a good Christmas too.
1. The tramp was locked in the store____
A. for his mistakes. B. e to a misunderstanding. C. by accident. D. through an error of judgment.
2. The staff were 'dead beat' means they were _____
A. half asleep. B. exhausted. C. irritable. D. forgetful.
3. What action did the tramp take? He_____
A. looted the store. B. made himself at home.
C. went to sleep for 2 days. D. had a Christmas party.
4. When the tramp was arrested, he _____
A. laughed at the police. B. looked forward to going to pr)son.
C. rook his bottles with him. D. didn't make any fuss.
5. Why didn't the judge award compensation to the chain store?
A. The tramp had stolen nothing of value.
B. The store had profited by the incident.
C. The tramp deserved a happy Christmas.
D. The store was responsible for what happened.
1.C(apparently through no fault of his own)第一段中找答案
2.B（No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home.）
3.B
4.D（He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. ）
5.B（They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. ）
C. 英文閱讀題目，求原文和答案。！！
1.True
2.?
3.True
4.Not given
5.an alt's working life
6.$1.6 million
7.bachelor's degree holder
8.8,655
9.tuition
10-14.B C D E F
原文:
ERIC Identifier: ED470038
Publication Date: 2002-00-00
Author: Porter, Kathleen
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Ecation Washington DC.
The Value of a College Degree. ERIC Digest.
The escalating cost of higher ecation is causing many to question the value of continuing ecation beyond high school. Many wonder whether the high cost of tuition, the opportunity cost of choosing college over full-time employment, and the accumulation of thousands of dollars of debt is, in the long run, worth the investment. The risk is especially large for low-income families who have a difficult time making ends meet without the additional burden of college tuition and fees.
In order to determine whether higher ecation is worth the investment, it is useful to examine what is known about the value of higher ecation and the rates of return on investment to both the indivial and to society.
THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
There is considerable support for the notion that the rate of return on investment in higher ecation is high enough to warrant the financial burden associated with pursuing a college degree. Though the earnings differential between college and high school graates varies over time, college graates, on average, earn more than high school graates. According to the Census Bureau, over an alt's working life, high school graates earn an average of $1.2 million; associate's degree holders earn about $1.6 million; and bachelor's degree holders earn about $2.1 million (Day and Newburger, 2002).
These sizeable differences in lifetime earnings put the costs of college study in realistic perspective. Most students today-- about 80 percent of all students--enroll either in public 4-year colleges or in public 2-year colleges. According to the U.S. Department of Ecation report, Think College Early, a full-time student at a public 4-year college pays an average of $8,655 for in-state tuition, room and board (U.S. Dept. of Ecation, 2002). A full-time student in a public 2-year college pays an average of $1,359 per year in tuition (U.S. Dept. of Ecation, 2002).
These statistics support the contention that, though the cost of higher ecation is significant, given the earnings disparity that exists between those who earn a bachelor's degree and those who do not, the indivial rate of return on investment in higher ecation is sufficiently high to warrant the cost.
OTHER BENEFITS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
College graates also enjoy benefits beyond increased income. A 1998 report published by the Institute for Higher Ecation Policy reviews the indivial benefits that college graates enjoy, including higher levels of saving, increased personal/professional mobility, improved quality of life for their offspring, better consumer decision making, and more hobbies and leisure activities (Institute for Higher Ecation Policy, 1998). According to a report published by the Carnegie Foundation, non-monetary indivial benefits of higher ecation include the tendency for postsecondary students to become more open-minded, more cultured, more rational, more consistent and less authoritarian; these benefits are also passed along to succeeding generations (Rowley and Hurtado, 2002). Additionally, college attendance has been shown to "decrease prejudice, enhance knowledge of world affairs and enhance social status" while increasing economic and job security for those who earn bachelor's degrees (Ibid.)
Research has also consistently shown a positive correlation between completion of higher ecation and good health, not only for oneself, but also for one's children. In fact, "parental schooling levels (after controlling for differences in earnings) are positively correlated with the health status of their children" and "increased schooling (and higher relative income) are correlated with lower mortality rates for given age brackets" (Cohn and Geske, 1992).
THE SOCIAL VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCA5ION
A number of studies have shown a high correlation between higher ecation and cultural and family values, and economic growth. According to Elchanan Cohn and Terry Geske (1992), there is the tendency for more highly ecated women to spend more time with their children; these women tend to use this time to better prepare their children for the future. Cohn and Geske (1992) report that "college graates appear to have a more optimistic view of their past and future personal progress."
Public benefits of attending college include increased tax revenues, greater workplace proctivity, increased consumption, increased workforce flexibility, and decreased reliance on government financial support (Institute for Higher Ecation Policy, 1998).
COLLEGE ATTENDANCE VERSUS COLLEGE COMPLETION
In their report, College for All? Is There Too Much Emphasis on Getting a 4-Year College Degree? Boesel and Fredland estimate that around 600,000 students leave 4-year colleges annually without graating. These noncompleters earn less than college graates because they get fewer years of ecation. More surprising, they tend to earn less than or the same amount as 2-year college students who have as much ecation. Furthermore, 2-year college students show about the same gains in tested cognitive skills for each year of attendance as 4-year college students. Students at 4-year colleges also pay more in tuition and are more likely to have student loan debts than 2-year students (Boesel and Fredland, 1999, p. viii). The authors conclude that high school graates of modest ability or uncertain motivation-factors that increase their chances of leaving college before graation-would be well-advised to consider attending 2-year, instead of 4-year, colleges. If they did, they would probably realize the same earnings and cognitive skill gains at lower cost and with less debt. In order to maximize the return on their time and monetary investment, students who do choose to enroll in 4-year colleges should do everything in their power to graate. (Boesel and Fredland, 1999, p.ix).
CONCLUSION
While it is clear that investment in a college degree, especially for those students in the lowest income brackets, is a financial burden, the long-term benefits to indivials as well as to society at large, appear to far outweigh the costs.
REFERENCES
Boesel, D., & Fredland, E. (1999). College for all? Is there too much emphasis on getting a 4-year college degree? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Ecation, Office of Ecational Research and Improvement, National Library of Ecation.
Cohn, E., & Geske, T.G. (1992). Private Nonmonetary Returns to Investment in Higher Ecation. In Becker, W. & Lewis, D. The Economics of American Higher Ecation. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Day, J.C., & Newburger, E.C. (2002). The Big Payoff: Ecational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings. (Current Population Reports, Special Studies, P23-210). Washington, DC: Commerce Dept., Economics and Statistics Administration, Census Bureau. [On-Line]. Available: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
The College Board. (2001). Trends in Student Aid 2001. New York: The College Board.
Institute for Higher Ecation Policy (1998). Reaping the Benefits: Defining the Public and Private Value of Going to College. The New Millennium Project on Higher Ecation Costs, Pricing, and Proctivity. Washington, DC: Author.
Rowley, L.L., & Hurtado, S. (2002). The Non-Monetary Benefits of an Undergraate Ecation. University of Michigan: Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Ecation.
Schultz, T.W. (1961). Investment in Human Capital. American Economic Review, 51: 1-17.
U.S. Department of Ecation (2001). Digest of Ecation Statistics 2001. [On-Line]. Available: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/tables/PDF/table170.pdf
U.S. Department of Ecation (2000). Think College Early: Average College Costs. [On-Line]. Available: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/thinkcollege/early/parents/college_cos ts.htm
Wolfe, B.L. (1994). External Benefits of Ecation. International Encyclopedia of Ecation. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press.
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Scratching the surface
Itching sensations often have psychosomatic, not physical causes, writes David Hambling
They are insidious skin parasites, infesting the occupants of factories and offices. They cause itching, prickling and crawling sensations in the skin that are almost untreatable. These creatures may only exist in the mind, but their effects are real and infectious.
The classic case occurred in a US laboratory in 1966. After new equipment was installed, workers started to suffer from itching and sensations of insects crawling over them. Complaints multiplied and the problem, attributed to "cable mites", started to affect families. A concerted effort was made to exterminate the mites using everything from DDT and mothballs to insecticide and rat poison.
Nothing worked. Thorough examination by scientific investigators could not locate any pests, or even signs of actual parasite attacks. However, they did find small particles of rockwool insulation in the air, which could cause skin irritation. A cleaning programme was introced and staff were assured the problem had been solved. The cable mite infestation disappeared.
Another 1960s case occurred in a textile factory, where workers complained of being bitten by insects brought into the factory in imported cloth. Dermatitis swept through the workforce, but it followed a curious pattern. Instead of affecting people in one particular part of the factory, the bugs seemed to be transmitted through social groups. No parasites could be found.
A third infestation spread through clerical staff working with sty records. They attributed their skin problems to "paper mites", but the cause was traced to irritation from paper splinters.
These are all cases of illusions of parasitosis, where something in the environment is misinterpreted as an insect or other pest. Everyone has heard of delirium tremens, when alcoholics or amphetamine users experience the feeling of insects crawling over their skin, but other factors can cause the same illusion. Static electricity, st, fibres and chemical solvents can all give rise to imaginary insects; the interesting thing is that they spread. The infectious nature of this illusion seems to be a type of reflex contagion. Yawn, and others start yawning; if everyone around you laughs, you laugh. Start scratching and colleagues will scratch, too.
Dr Paul Marsden is managing editor of the Journal of Memetics, the study of infectious ideas. He suggests that this type of group behaviour may have had an evolutionary purpose. In our distant past, one indivial scratching would have alerted others that there were biting insects or parasites present. This would prime them to scratch itches of their own. Anyone who has been bitten several times by mosquitoes before they realised it will recognise the evolutionary value of this kind of advance warning. It may also promote mutual grooming, which is important in the bonding of primate groups.
The problem comes when the reflex contagion is not related to a real threat. Normally, everyone would soon stop scratching, but people may unconsciously exaggerate symptoms to gain attention, or because it gets them a break from unappealing work. The lab workers were scanners, who spent the day laboriously examining the results of bubble-chamber tests; textile workers and clerical staff poring over records may also find their jobs tedious. Add the factor that skin conditions are notoriously susceptible to psychological influence, and it is easy to see how a group dynamic can keep the illusory parasites going.
Treatment of the condition is difficult, since few will accept that their symptoms are the result of what psychologists call a hysterical condition. In the past, the combination of removal of irritants and expert reassurance was enough. However, these days, there is a mistrust of conventional medicine and easier access to support groups.
Sufferers can reinforce each other's illusions over the internet, swapping tales of elusive mites that baffle science. This could give rise to an epidemic of mystery parasites, spreading from mind to mind like a kind of super virus. Only an awareness of the power of the illusion can stop it.
You can stop scratching now...
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3.Yes
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6.personal time?
Stars without the stripes
A US-style project-led model means long hours and burn-out. Why we can't be more like Europe, asks Richard Scase
Managing cultural diversity is a core component of most MBA programmes these days. The growth of Japanese corporations in the Sixties and Seventies reminded us that there were other models of business than those taught by Harvard professors and US-based management consultants. And the cultural limits to the American model have more recently been underlined by developments in Russia and central Europe over the past decade.
Yet in Britain, we are still more ready to accept the American model of management than most other European countries. As a result, UK managers often fail to understand how business practices are fundamentally different on the Continent. One outcome is that many mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures between British and European companies do not achieve their objectives and end in tears. The tribulations of Marks & Spencer in France are a case in point.
Alternatively, managers may avoid a merger or joint venture which makes sense from a hard-nosed strategic point of view because they fear that different working practices will prevent their goals from being achieved.
Essentially, Anglo-Saxon companies are structured on the principles of project management. In the Eighties, companies were downsized, with tiers of management eliminated. In the Nineties, management fashion embraced the ideas of business process re-engineering, so organisations were broken down into customer-focused trading units. Sometimes these were established as subsidiary companies, at other times as profit-and-loss or cost centres.
Over the past 10 years, these principles have been applied as vigorously to the UK public sector as to private-sector corporations. Hospitals, schools, universities, social services departments, as well as large areas of national government, now operate on project management principles - all with built-in operational targets, key success factors and performance-related reward systems.
The underlying objectives for this widespread process of organisational restructuring have been to increase the transparency of operations, encourage personal accountability, become more efficient at delivering service to customer and directly relate rewards to performance.
The result is a management culture which is entrepreneurially oriented and focused almost entirely on the short term, and highly segmented organisational structures - since employee incentives and rewards are geared to the activities of their own particular unit.
This business model has also required development of new personal skills. We are now encouraged to lead, rather than to manage by setting goals and incentive systems for staff. We have to be co-operative team members rather than work on our own. We have to accept that, in flattened and decentralised organisations, there are very limited career prospects. We are to be motivated by target-related rewards rather than a longer-term commitment to our employing organisation.
This is in sharp contrast to the model of management that applies elsewhere in Europe. The principles of business process re-engineering have never been fully accepted in France, Germany and the other major economies; while in Russia, the attempt to apply them in the Nineties brought the economy virtually to its knees, and created huge opportunities for corrupt middle managers and Mafia-led ventures.
Instead, continental European companies have stuck to the bureaucratic model which delivered economic growth for them throughout the twentieth century. European corporations continue to be structured hierarchically, with clearly defined job descriptions and explicit channels of reporting. Decision making, although incorporating consultative processes, remains essentially top-down.
Which of these two models is preferable? Certainly, the downside of the Anglo-American model is now becoming evident, not least in the long-hours working culture that the application of the decentralised project management model inevitably generates.
Whether in a hospital, a software start-up or a factory, the breakdown of work processes into project-driven targets leads to overoptimistic goals and underestimates of the resources needed. The result is that the success of projects often demands excessively long working hours if the targets are to be achieved.
Further, the success criteria, as calibrated in performance targets, are inevitably arbitrary, and the source of ongoing dispute. Witness the objections of teachers and medics to the performance measures applied to them by successive governments. This is not surprising: in a factory procing cars the output of indivials is directly measurable. But what criteria can be used to measure output and performance in knowledge-based activities such as R&D labs, government offices and even the marketing departments of large corporations?
The demands and stresses of operating according to the Anglo-American model seem to be leading to increasing rates of personnel burn-out. It is not surprising that managers queue for early retirement (in a recent survey, just a fifth said they would work to 65). This could be why labour market participation rates have declined so dramatically for British 50-year-olds in the past 20 years.
By contrast, the European management model allows for family-friendly employment policies and working hours directives to be implemented. It encourages staff to have a long-term psychological commitment to their employing organisations.
Of course, companies operating on target-focused project management principles may be committed to family-friendly employment policies in theory. But, if the business plan has to be finished by the end of the month, the advertising campaign completed by the end of next week, and patients pushed through the system to achieve measurable targets, are we really going to let down our 'team' by clocking out at 5pm and taking our full entitlement of annual leave?
Perhaps this is why we admire the French for their quality of life.
Richard Scase is professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of Kent and author of Britain in 2010: the changing business landscape (Capstone, £9.99).
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