Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose academic institutions, fields of study and careers in the basis of __1__ earning potential. In an extensive 1989 survey of college students nationwide, 72 percent of students reported that their primary objective to attending college was to make more money upon graduation. __2__ This state of mind came with the present generation. Studies show that the majority of baby boomers attended college to develop themselves, their critically thinking skills and their personal __3__ philosophies of life.
Nationaly, the number of students going into business-related fields has sharply increased, and this 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. Thirty years ago the situation was reversed, with economic and business administration majors together consisting 8.7 percent of __7__ undergraduates and almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared __8__ themselves history majors. The number of English majors has also decreased,from 9 percent in 1969 to 5.5 percent today.Degrees in economics are marketed and likely to garner their holders __9__ of high salaries without the added effort of medical or law school. __10__ And given the objectives of current college students, such options are attractive.
【答案】
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(xué)的目標(biāo)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(xué)”，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(xué)生和經(jīng)濟系學(xué)生在人數(shù)上形成很大對比，所以應(yīng)改and 為while或者but.考試.大
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?？荚?大
8.declared——declaring.“almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared themselves history majors”和“economic and business administration majors together consisting 8.7 percent of undergraduates"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?？荚?大
9.marketed——marketable.原句的意思是“經(jīng)濟學(xué)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。
Nationaly, the number of students going into business-related fields has sharply increased, and this 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. Thirty years ago the situation was reversed, with economic and business administration majors together consisting 8.7 percent of __7__ undergraduates and almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared __8__ themselves history majors. The number of English majors has also decreased,from 9 percent in 1969 to 5.5 percent today.Degrees in economics are marketed and likely to garner their holders __9__ of high salaries without the added effort of medical or law school. __10__ And given the objectives of current college students, such options are attractive.
【答案】
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(xué)的目標(biāo)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(xué)”，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(xué)生和經(jīng)濟系學(xué)生在人數(shù)上形成很大對比，所以應(yīng)改and 為while或者but.考試.大
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?？荚?大
8.declared——declaring.“almost 12 percent of undergraduates declared themselves history majors”和“economic and business administration majors together consisting 8.7 percent of undergraduates"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?？荚?大
9.marketed——marketable.原句的意思是“經(jīng)濟學(xué)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。