Myoldestchild,Emma,justreturnedtocampusafteralongholidaybreaktofinishupherlastperiodofcollege.Thesedays,friendsandfamilyhavebegunfloodingmewithonequestion:Whatisshegoingtodoaftergraduation?Thejobmarketi

　　Myoldestchild,Emma,justreturnedtocampusafteralongholidaybreaktofinishupherlastperiodofcollege.Thesedays,friendsandfamilyhavebegunfloodingmewithonequestion:Whatisshegoingtodoaftergraduation?

　　Thejobmarketis,afterall,awfullytough.JustthismonththeFederalReserveBankpublishedastudyshowingthat“recentgraduatesareincreasinglyworkinginlow-paidjobsorworkingpart-time.”Thebrightspot,accordingtothestudy,isforstudentswhomajored(主修)inSTEM—science,technology,engineeringandmathematics—areasinwhichrecentgraduates“havetendedtodorelativelywell”.

　　ButEmmaisastudentofthehumanities(人文)atasmallcollege.She’sanAmericanStudiesmajorwithafocusonthepoliticsandcultureoffood.Forquiteawhile,IthinkherfieldofstudyissofashionablerightnowthatI’mnottheleastbitworriedshewillfindagoodjob. YetthemoreI’vethoughtaboutit,themoreI’vedecidedtobehonest.“I’mnotsurewhatEmmaisgoingtodo,”Inowsay.“Butshe’sgottenagreateducationandhasreallyfoundherinterest.—andIknowthosethingswillserveherwelloverthecourseofherlife.”

　　Nowadays,moreandmore universitiesandcolleges arebeingmeasuredbythesalariesoftheirrecentgraduates.Inthisclimate,encouragingyourkidtostudythehumanities,seems,atbest,unwiseor,atworst,unconcernedwithearningaliving.Butacollegeisnotavocational(职业)school.AndpromotingSTEMsubjectsshouldnotbesociety’sonlyanswertohelpingthenextgenerationgrowinacompetitiveworld.

　　Fromthebeginning,weneverurgedEmmatopickacollegeoramajorwithaneyeonitsexpected returnonmoney,asmoreandmorefamiliesaredoing. ToEmma,whatreallymatterswillbesomethingthatwemaynotbeabletomeasureforquitealongtime:Emma’scontributiontotheworldandhowhappysheisinit.

　　小题1:Theauthor’sfriendsandfamily_________.A．areworriedaboutEmma’ssafetyB．havebeenworryingaboutthefloodC．areconcernedaboutEmma’sfutureD．areworriedaboutthejobmarket小题2:WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2?A．Thenumberofthegraduatesisincreasing.