Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose academic institutions, fields of study and careers in the basisof __1__ earning potential. In an extensive 1989 survey ofcollege students nationwide, 72 percent of students reportedthat their primary objective to attending college was to makemore money upon graduation. __2__ This state of mind camewith the present generation. Studies show that the majority ofbaby boomers attended college to develop themselves, their critically thinking skills and theirpersonal __3__ philosophies of life.
Nationaly, the number of students going into business-related fields has sharply increased, andthis rise has attributed primarily to __4__ the shift in educational and career priorities. At Duke,economy is __5__ now the most popular major, attracting nearly 15 percent of the under-graduates, and history majors comprise only 5 percent of undergraduate __6__population. Thirtyyears ago the situation was reversed, with economic and business administration majors togetherconsisting 8.7 percent of __7__ undergraduates and almost 12 percent of undergraduatesdeclared __8__ themselves history majors. The number of English majors has also decreased,from9 percent in 1969 to 5.5 percent today.Degrees in economics are marketed and likely to garnertheir holders __9__ of high salaries without the added effort of medical or law school. __10__ Andgiven the objectives of current college students, such options are attractive.
參考答案及解析:
1.in--on。詞組on the basis of 中須用介詞on而不是in。
2.to(attending)--in/of。不要將objective和objective相混淆，object后需加介詞to，但這里應(yīng)用in或者of表示“上大學的目標是……”。
3.critically--critical。thinking在這里已變成名詞，因此前面應(yīng)該用形容詞critical來修飾，表示“批判性思維”。
4.^attributed--been。attribute作動詞時是及物動詞，通常的搭配是 to attribute sth to sth，因此這里應(yīng)使用被動語態(tài)，加上been。
5.economy--economics。economy表示一個國家的“經(jīng)濟”，而economics才表示“經(jīng)濟學”，因此這里應(yīng)使用economics。
6.and--while/but。and表示順接，而這里缺少的是一個表示對比的連詞，因為歷史系學生和經(jīng)濟系學生在人數(shù)上形成很大對比，所以應(yīng)改and 為while或者but。
7.consisting--comprising/constituting或者 consisting^--of。consist的意思是“包括，由……組成”，一般要與介詞of連用，而comprise或者constitute則表示“組成……”，而且不需要與of連用。
8.declared--declaring。“almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared themselves historymajors”和“economic and business administration majors together consisting 8.7 percent ofundergraduates"應(yīng)是并列結(jié)構(gòu)跟隨介詞with，所以這里應(yīng)將declared變?yōu)閐eclaring，與前面的分句保持形式上的一致。
9.marketed--marketable。原句的意思是“經(jīng)濟學的文憑是有市場的，有銷路的”，所以應(yīng)該是marketable。
10.of(high salaries)--/。garner后面不需加介詞of，直接說garner sth即可。