事命题阅读理解：文科专业又如何,特长和兴趣才是选择大学专业的关键PursuingaUselessDegree

PursuingaUselessDegreeLITERATUREl5T。RV文科专业又如何，特长和兴趣才是选择大学专业的关键。ATUNIVERSITY,whenItoldpeopleIwasstudyingforahistorydegree,theresponsewasalmostalwaysthesame:"Youvanttobeateacher?No,ajournalist."Oh.Butyou'renotmajoringincommunications?therewasnInthedayswhenauniversityeducationwasaprivilege（特权），perhapstherewasn'ttheassumptionthatadegreehadtobeaspringboarddirectlyintoacareer.Thosedaysarelonggone.Today,adegreeisallbutanecessityforthejobmarket,onethatmorethanhalvesyourchancesofbeingunemployed.Still,thataloneisnoguaranteeofajob-andyetwe'repayingmoreandmoGiventhosecosts,mostofuswanttomaximiz（e®最大化）thatinvestment一andthatcanleadtoaplug-and-playtypeofapproachtohighereducation.Wanttobeajournalist?Studyjournalism,we'retold.Alawyer?Pursuepre-law.ftotallysure?GointoSTEM-youcanbecomeanengineeroranITexpert.Andnomatterwhatyoudo,forgetthehumanities（人文学科）,suchashistory,philosophyandlanguages.It'struethatthehumanitiescomewithahigherriskofunemployment,buttheriskisslighterthanyouwouldimagine.ForyoungpeopleintheU.S.,theunemploymentrateofthosewithhumanitiesdegreesisfourpercent,justalittlemorethanthatofengineeringdegreeholders.Lowersalariesmaynotbecausedbythedegreeitselfeither.Thegenderpaygappersistsinthehumanities,whosegraduatesaremorelikelytobefemale.IsitanywonderthenthatEnglishteacherstendtomakelessthanengineers?AccordingtoLinkedIn'researchonthemostsought-afterjobskillsbyemployersfor2019,theabilitytocommunicateandgetalongwithpeople,tounderstandwhat'sonotherpeople'sminds,andtodofull-strengthcriticalanal：wereallvaluedandappreciated.Itgoeswithoutsayingthatyoucanbeanexcellentcommunicatorandcriticalthinkerwithoutahumanitiesdegree.Andanygooduniversityeducation,notjustoneinEnglishorpsychology,shouldsharpentheseabilitiesfurther.Butfewcoursesofstudyarequiteasheavyonreading,writing,speakingandcriticalthinkingasthehumanities—whetherthat'bysdebatingotherstudentsinaseminar研讨会）,writingathesispaper（论文）oranalyzingpoetry.ThewholequestionofwhetherastudentshouldchooseSTEMversusthehumanitiesmightbemisguidedtobeginwith.Theheadlinesmostofusseedonhelp.Whateverastudentpursuesinuniversity,itmustbesomethingthattheyarenotonlygoodat,butinterestedin.Evenifitmeanspursuinga”us——likeoneinhumanities.（选自SciencemagTheauthor'sexperiencewascitedinParagraph1toshowthatahistorymajorcanworkasajournalistauniversityeducationisnolongerenjoyedbyasmallgroupofpeoplemostpeoplehaveamisunderstandingofthehumanitiesmoststudentsaremoremoney-orientedthaneverbeforeAccordingtothearticle,thehumanitiesare“uselessbecausegraduatesaremorelikelyto.A.①②B.②③C.③④D.①④followanarrowcareerpathfacearelativelyhighriskofunemploymentreceivelowaveragesalariesseeawideninggenderpaygapItCANNOTbeinferredfromthearticlethathumanitiesmajorstendtodowellin.exchangingtheirideaswithotherpeoplefightingoffcompetitioninthejobmarketsharingotherpeople'sfeelingsthinkingoutsidetheboxTheauthor'spurposeinwritingthearticlewasto.presentreaderswiththefactthatuniversityeducationhasgreatlychangedinthepastcenturyhelpreadersproperlyunderstandtherelationshipbetweenuniversitydegreesandoccupationsremindreaderstochooseamajortheyreallyenjoywithoutcaringtoomuchaboutfinancialsuccessofferreadersadviceonhowtostandoutfromtherestwhilelookingforjobsinthefuture译文：在大学里，当我告诉别人我正在学习历史学位时，回答几乎总是一样：“你想当老师吗？”不，记者“哦。但是您不是主修通信吗？”在大学教育是特权的时代，也许没有一种假设认为学位必须是直接进入职业的跳板。那些日子已经一去不回。如今，学位几乎是就业市场所必需的，这一学位将失业的机会减半。不过，仅此一项并不能保证能找到一份工作，但我们为此付出了越来越多的钱。鉴于这些费用，我们大多数人都希望最大程度地投资，而这可能导致即插即用的高等教育方式。想成为一名记者吗？我们被告知要学习新闻学。律师？遵守法律。不太确定？进入STEM可以成为工程师或IT专家。而且，无论做什么，都忘记了人文学科，例如历史，哲学和语言。的确，人文学科面临着更高的失业风险，但这种风险要比您想象的要小。对于美国的年轻人来说，人文学位的失业率是4%,仅比工程学学位持有者的失业率高一点。较低的工资也可能不是学位本身造成的。在人文学科中，性别薪资差距仍然存在，其毕业生更有可能是女性。难道英语老师的收入往往低于工程师吗？根据LinkedIn对2019年雇主最抢手的工作技能的研究，与人沟通和相处的能力，了解别人的想法以及进行全面的批判性分析的能力都受到重视和赞赏。不用说，如果没有人文学位，你可以成为一名出色的沟通者和批判性思想家。任何良好的大学教育，而不仅仅是英语或心理学方面的教育，都应进一步提高这些能力。但是，很少有学习课程像人文学科那样，在阅读,写作，口语和批判性思维方面如此繁重-无论是通过在研讨会上讨论其他学生，撰写论文还是分析诗歌。一个学生是否应该选择STE而非人文学科的整个问题可能一开始就被误导了。我们大多数人看到的头条新闻没有帮助。无论学生在大学追求什么,都必须不仅是他们擅长，而且是对他们感兴趣。即使这意味着要追求“无用的”学位，就像人文科学一样。单词：persist^v.ifsth.badpersists,itcontinuestoexistorhappenB续存在或发生e.g.Youmustseeadoctorifthepainpersists.sharpen^v.toimprovesth.sothatitisuptothenecessarystandard,quality,etC.1高,使改进e.g.Thecoursewillhelpstudentssharpentheircomputerskills.analyzev.toexamineorthinkaboutsth.carefully,inordertounderstan