Accordingtoasurveywhichwasbasedontheresponsesofover188000studentstoday’straditionalagecollegefreshmenare“morematerialisticandlessaltruistic(利他主义的)”thanatanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll.

Itisquitecommonthatinthesehardtimesthestudents’majoraimistobefinancially(经济地)welloff.Developingameaningfulideaoflifehasbecomelessimportant.Itfollowsthenthattodaythemostpopularcourseisnotliteratureorhistorybutaccounting.

That’snosurprise.Afriendofmine(asalesrepresentativeforachemicalcompany)wasmakingtwicethesalaryofhercollegeteachersherfirstyearonthejob.

Thoughit’struethatweallneedacareeritisequallytruethatourcivilizationhasaccumulated(积累)anincredibleamountofknowledgeinfieldsbeyondourownandthatit’sbetterforustounderstandothercontributions---whethertheyarescientificorartistic.Itisequallytruethatinstudyingthediversewisdomofotherswelearnhowtothink.Moreimportantperhapseducationteachesustoseetheconnectionsbetweenthingsaswellastoseebeyondourimmediateneeds.

Butthemostimportantargumentforabroadeducationisthatinstudyingtheaccumulatedwisdomoftheagesweimproveourmoralsense.Isawacartoonrecentlywhichshowsagroupofbusinessmenlookingpuzzledastheysitaroundaconferencetable;oneofthemistalkingontheintercom(对讲机)“MissBaxter”hesays“couldyoupleasesendinsomeonewhocantellrightfromwrong?”

Fromthelong-termpointofviesthat’swhateducationreallyoughttobeabout.

72.Accordingtotheauthor’sobservationcollegestudents_______.

A.haveneverbeensomaterialisticastoday. B.haveneverbeensointerestedinthearts.

C.haveneverbeensofinanciallywelloffastoday.

D.haveneverattachedsomuchimportancetomoral(道德)sense.

73.Thestudents’criteria(标准)forchoosingmajorstodayhavemuchtodowith_______.

A.theinfluencesoftheirteachers B.thefinancialgoalstheyseekinlife.

C.theirowninterpretationsofthecourses D.theirunderstandingofthecontributionsofothers

74.Bysaying“Thoughit’struethat…whethertheyarescientificorartistic”(theunderlinedwordsi