大学英语四级考试试题真题（附参考答案） (二).pdf

大学英语四级考试试题真题（附参考答案）

PassageFour

Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Ifyouknowexactlywhatyouwant,thebestroutetoaobistoget

specializedtraining.Arecentsurveyshowsthatcompanieslikegraduates

insuchfieldsasbusinessandhealthcarewhocangotowork

immediatelywithverylittleon-the-obtraining.

Thatsespeciallytrueofboomingfieldsthatarechallengingfor

workers.AtCornellsSchoolofHotelAdministration,forexample,

bachelorsdegreegraduatesgetanaverageoffourorfiveobofferswith

salariesrangingfromthehighteenstothelow20sandplentyofchances

forrapidadvancement.Largecompanies,especially,likeabackgroundof

formaleducationcoupledwithworkexperience.

Butinthelongrun,toomuchspecializationdoesntpayoff.

Business,whichhasbeenfloodedwithMBAs,nolongerconsidersthe

degreeanautomaticstampofapproval.TheMBAmayopendoorsand

commandahighersalaryinitially,buttheimpactofadegreewashesout

afterfiveyears.

Asfurtherevidenceoftheerosion销（蚀）ofcorporate公（司的）faith

inspecializeddegrees,MichiganStatesScheetzcitesapatternin

corporatehiringpractices,Althoughcompaniestendtotakeon

specialistsasnewhires,theyoftenseekoutgeneralistsformiddleand

upper-levelmanagement,Theywantsomeonewhoisnt

constrained限（制）bynutsandboltstolookatthebigpicture,“says

Scheetz.

Thissoundssuspiciouslylikeaformalstatementthatyouapproveof

theliberal-artsgraduate.Timeandagainlabor-marketanalystsmention

aneedfortalentsthatliberal-artsmaorsare