【阅读理解On21st-centurycampusesisthereroomstillfortraditionalliteraturesuchasShake-speare?AdecliningnumberofstudentsthinkSOintheUS－atrendthatworriesleaders】

　　阅读理解

　　On21st-centurycampusesisthereroomstillfortraditionalliteraturesuchasShake-speare?

　　AdecliningnumberofstudentsthinkSOintheUS－atrendthatworriesleadersatmanytopuniversitieswhereengineersoftenoutnumberhumanity(人文学科)students．

　　Seekingtostimulateinterestintheliberalarts．StanfordUniversitylastmonthheldanactivitywhichwasdesignedtoinspirefreshmendreamsbeyondcooljobssuchasworkingatGoogle．

　　The1718incomingstudents-nearlyhalfofwhomarriveintendingtomajorinthesciencesorengineering－listenedtoalectureorganizedbytheCollegeofHumanitiesandArts．

　　“We'retryingtobreaktheideathatcollegeisjustsomethingtogetthroughonyourwaytoacareer”saidDebraSatzassociatedeanforHumanitiesandArts．

　　Inthemid-60smorethan1in3Stanfordstudentsmajoredinlanguagesliteraturetheartshistoryandculturalstudies．By1995onlyaboutlin10did-afigurethathash'tchangedmuchinadecade．Meanwhileinterestinengineeringmathandcomputersciencehasclimbed．

　　GeoffreyHarphamdirectoroftheNationalHumanitiesCentersaidthehumanitiesmustbereinvigorated(复兴)andayevitaltotheUS'future．

　　ButforstudentsintheGreatRecession(经济大萧条)thesirensong(诱惑)ofsciencecanbetoughtoresist．Economicanxietyiswell-groundedaccordingtoanarialysisshowingthattheearningsofworkerswhomajoredinengineeringwereupto50．percenthigherthantheearningsofthosewhomajoredinthehumanities．

　　“Shakespearewasn'tinthehumanitiesforthemoney．Ifyou'reallaboutthemoney．youwouldn'tgothere”Satzsaid．Butsheadded“humanitiesstudentswholahdjobsintech－intensivefieldsdo．justfine．”

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　　TheactivityheldbyStanfordUniversitywasmeantto________．

　　[]A．

　　inspirefreshmen'sdreamsbeyondgoodjobs

　　B．

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