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??One of the bitterest and most time-worm debates in student union bars upand down the country is resolved as academic research confirms that in financialterms at least, arts degrees are a complete waste of time.Getting throughuniversity boosts students’earnings by 25%, on a weighted average, or $220,000over theirlifetime, according to Professor Ian Walker of Warwick University-butif they study Shakespeare or the peasants’revolt instead of anatomy of contractlaw, those gains are likely to be completely wiped out.
The government is about to allow universities to charge students up to$3,000 a year for their degrees, arguing that it’s a small price to pay comparedwith the financial rewards graduates reap later in life. But Prof. Walker’sresearch shows there are sharp variations in returns according to which subjecta student takes.
Law, medicine and economics or business are the most lucrative 
choices,making their average earnings 25% higher, according to the article, published inthe office for national statistics’monthly journal. Scientists get 10-15% extra.At the bottom of the list are arts subjects, which make only a “small”differenceto earnings- a small negative one, in fact. Just ahead are degrees ineducation-which leave hard pressed teachers anaverage of 5% better off a yearthan if they had left school at 18.
“it’s hard to resist the conclusion that what students learn does matter alot; and some subject areas givemore modest financial returns than others,”Prof. Walker said. As an economist, he was quick to point outthat students mightgain non-financial returns from arts degrees:”Studying economics might be verydull, forexample, and studying post-modernism might be a lot of fun.”
操练题：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.What is the best title for the 
passage?
A.Professor Walker’s Research
B.How to Make Big Money.
C.Differences Between Science and Arts Degrees.
D.Studying Arts Has Negative Financial Outcome.
2.Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainlybecause_____
A.they provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learn
B.they assume that their graduates can earn much more than they hadpaid
C.they don’t get financial support from the government
D.they need much revenue to support the educational expenses
3.The word “lucrative”(Line 1, Para. 4) most probably means _____
A.sensible
B.creative
C.profitable
D.reliable
4.Law, medical and business graduates could earn 25% more than ______
A.education graduates
B.arts graduates
C.those who had not studied at the university
D.the average income
5.We can safely conclude that the author ______
A.regards arts degrees as meaningless
B.finds this result disappointing and unfair
C.wants the students to think twice before they decide what to learn incollege
D.holds that arts degrees are still rewarding despite its scarce financialreturns
1.[D]主旨粗心题。这篇文章为Walker教授的研讨作用，旨在阐明不一样专业的结业生有不一样的经济酬谢，并非要教授发财心得或许比照文理科的异同。文章首句即为本题解题要害，故D正确。
2.[B]实际细节题。定位至第3段第1句。这篇文章只需这一句与收取学费有关，后一个分句即前一个分句的理由，捉住其间隐含的因果联络就不难找到正确答案。
3.[C] 词义了解题。经过下文数据earnings 25% higher和get 10-15%extra可以估测lucrative粗心应为“给人带来丰富收入的”,故选C。
4.[C] 实际细节题。第4段中呈现了几个比照数字，考题需求找到此段首句说到的收人添加25%的参照点。第2段第1句中的Getting throughuniversity 标明这类学生收人添加25%的参照目标是没读大学的人，且从第4段第3句中的thelist和第4句即可以断定这一段是在比照大学结业与18岁结业(即没读大学)收入的不一样，因而C正确。
5.[D]推理判别题。结论一般呈如今文章结束,要想答对此题,必定要细心领会这篇文章末句。这篇文章尽管要点谈论文科没有经济效益，可是作者并没有做出片面判别，故A、B、C都不正确，而作者在文章最终讲到了人文学科尽管经济效益欠安但学习进程更风趣，故D契协作者意思。
