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Almost daily, the gulf between education and employment widens. Careers officers complain (31) a system that presents them with
Almost daily, the gulf between education and employment widens. Careers officers complain (31) a system that presents them with
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2009-06-24
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Almost daily, the gulf between education and employment widens. Careers officers complain (31) a system that presents them with school-leavers devoid of ideas for employment. Employers deplore the fact (32) teenagers are unable to spell and write and calculate. Graduates discover that a knowledge of Ancient History or Zoology counts for nothing when they are (33) for a job.
With all our magnificent new colleges of further education, the super-polytechnics are (34) up like mushrooms, and our much-vaunted increase of students in fulltime education, one vital point is being left out of educational thinking. What will it earn? Because—sad (35) it may seem to those who believe in its mind- broadening, horizon-widening and stamina testing qualities—you can not eat education. (36) are 39 universities and colleges offering degree courses in Geography, but I have never (37) any good jobs advertised for Geography graduates. Or am I alone in suspecting that they will all return to (38) Geography to another set of students, who in (39) will teach more undergraduates Geography?
Only 10 universities currently offer degree courses in Aeronautical Engineering, which perhaps is just as well, in view of the speed with (40) the aircraft industry has been dispensing with excess personnel. On the other hand, hospital casualty departments throughout the country are having to close (41) because of the lack of doctors. The reason? University medical schools can only find places for half of those who (42).
It seems to me that the time is ripe for the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department of Education and Science to get (43) with the universities and produce a revised educational system that will make more economic (44) of the wealth of talent, application and industry currently being frittered away on certificates, diplomas and degrees that no one wants to know (45). They might make a start by reintroducing a genuine "General" Certificate of Education. In the days (46) it meant something, this was called the School Certificate. Employers liked it, because it indicated proficiency (47) English, Arithmetic, Science and Humanities—in (48) words, that you had an all-round education You could use it as a springboard to higher education, (49) it actually meant something in itself in every (50) from chemical to clothing.
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but
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考查上下文联系。由空格前的句意"可以将它作为接受高等教育的一块跳板"与空格后的句意"它实际上在每个行业都很有用处"可以看出它们之间是转折关系,故选but。
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