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If you had told me back in 1971 -- the year I graduated high school -- that I’d be going off to college soon, I would have assur

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问题     If you had told me back in 1971 -- the year I graduated high school -- that I’d be going off to college soon, I would have assured you that you were sorely mistaken. I was the son of a plumber living in western Massachusetts, and we had all assumed that in the end I’d be a plumber, too.
    I spent the year after high school working in construction. Then one day I went to visit some friends at Dean College, a two-year residential college 45 minutes outside of Boston, and my mind-set began to change. As I walked around campus and listened to my friends talk about their experiences, I realized this was an opportunity to change my path that might not come again. So I enrolled at Dean, and I can honestly say it was a life-altering experience.
    The school’s philosophy is to educate, energize and inspire. In fact, it was a Dean professor, Charlie Kramer, who ignited my passion for economics and taught me how to think analytically. After all these years, I still have my notes from his economics classes, and I’ve referred back to them from time to time -- even as I went on to Babson College, where I earned my bachelor of science degree in economics and then an M.B.A.. I’m proud to say that today I’m a member of Dean College’s board of trustees.
    Would I be running a global consulting company with $17 billion in revenue and 130,000 employees today if I’d followed a different path? Who knows? But there is no doubt that my two years at Dean College not only prepared me for advancing my education and gearing up for a career, but also transformed me as a person. And that’s not a bad start no matter where life takes you.
    But while Americans are waking up to the idea that we need to sharpen our competitive edge in the world -- President George W. Bush threw down the gauntlet in his State of the Union address earlier this year -- many still overlook our ’system of community and junior colleges.
    Whenever I get the chance to talk to young people, I urge them to consider options other than four-year  schools. Junior and community colleges can help them become better equipped to continue their education and to face real-world challenges. These colleges can smooth their transition from high school to work life, provide them with core decision-making skills and teach them how to think and learn.
    Community colleges excel at working with local businesses to identify specific needs. Chances are, if there’s a large manufacturing plant in your town, your community college offers technical training in conjunction with the plant. Better skills and better pay lead to happier, more productive employees. That boosts the economy, which gives us all a better standard of living.  
According to the author, the following are the function of a junior and community college except ______.
选项 A、it can help you become better equipped to continue education
B、it can help you to learn to face the challenges in life
C、you will learn how to think and learn
D、you will have decision-making classes
答案C
解析 细节推理题。作者认为junior and community college在美国的教育制度中作用十分重要。它不是那些可以授予学位的四年制大学，但是它同样可以教给你如何学习，如何思考，如何面对生活中的挑战以及为你今后的进一步深造学习打下基础，做好准备。本题中的选项D 错误，因为大学里可以学到如何决策，但并不一定就有专门教你决策的课。
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