71. with which aspect of british columbia is the passage primarily concerned?
a) its climate. b) its culture.
c) its geography. d) its history.
72. in which part of british columbia can a mild climate be found?
a) in the southwest. b) inland from the coast.
c) in the north. d) on the entire west coast.
73. in paragraph 5, the word"heavily"could best be replaced by which of the
following?
a) widely. b) densely.
c) chiefly. d) largely.
74. which of the following is not mentioned as a tree found in british
columbia?
a) hemlock. b) cedar. c) fir. d) pine.
75. what effect do the mountains have on winds?
a) make them dry. b) make them wet.
c) make them cool. d) make them weak.
questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage:
when they advise your kids to"get an education"if you want to raise yourincome, they tell you only half the truth. what they really mean is to getjust enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not too muchthat you prove an embarrassment to your society. get a high school diploma,at least. without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happensto be george bernard shaw or thomas alva edison and you can successfully drop
out in grade school.
get a college degree, if possible. with a b.a., you are on the launchingpad (??è?¨|?§|??§???ì). but now you have to start to put on the brakes. if you go for amaster's degree, make sure it is an m. b. a., and only from a first-rateuniversity. beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (?¨¤??ì3?§o|¨?y????§|)begins to take effect.
do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more a yearthan full professors? yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was??24,000, while the full professors managed to average just ??23,930.
a ph.d. is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specializedfields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned toindustrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dim future. there are moreph.d.s unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other partof the world by far.
if you become a doctor of philosophy in english or history or anthropologyor political science or languages or - worst of all - in philosophy, you runthe risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. not for our needs,mind you, but for our demands.
thousands of ph.d.s are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables andfilling out fruitless applications month after month. and then maybe taking ajob in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than thejanitor (??????§?§?) earns.
you can equate the level of income with the level of education only sofar. far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product,but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
a) its climate. b) its culture.
c) its geography. d) its history.
72. in which part of british columbia can a mild climate be found?
a) in the southwest. b) inland from the coast.
c) in the north. d) on the entire west coast.
73. in paragraph 5, the word"heavily"could best be replaced by which of the
following?
a) widely. b) densely.
c) chiefly. d) largely.
74. which of the following is not mentioned as a tree found in british
columbia?
a) hemlock. b) cedar. c) fir. d) pine.
75. what effect do the mountains have on winds?
a) make them dry. b) make them wet.
c) make them cool. d) make them weak.
questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage:
when they advise your kids to"get an education"if you want to raise yourincome, they tell you only half the truth. what they really mean is to getjust enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not too muchthat you prove an embarrassment to your society. get a high school diploma,at least. without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happensto be george bernard shaw or thomas alva edison and you can successfully drop
out in grade school.
get a college degree, if possible. with a b.a., you are on the launchingpad (??è?¨|?§|??§???ì). but now you have to start to put on the brakes. if you go for amaster's degree, make sure it is an m. b. a., and only from a first-rateuniversity. beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (?¨¤??ì3?§o|¨?y????§|)begins to take effect.
do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more a yearthan full professors? yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was??24,000, while the full professors managed to average just ??23,930.
a ph.d. is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specializedfields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned toindustrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dim future. there are moreph.d.s unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other partof the world by far.
if you become a doctor of philosophy in english or history or anthropologyor political science or languages or - worst of all - in philosophy, you runthe risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. not for our needs,mind you, but for our demands.
thousands of ph.d.s are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables andfilling out fruitless applications month after month. and then maybe taking ajob in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than thejanitor (??????§?§?) earns.
you can equate the level of income with the level of education only sofar. far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product,but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.