17．An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to （歸因于）the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works．
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January，according to UCAS，the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service．A．spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up．
Professor john Beath，the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University，said his first-year lectures-which are open to students from all departments-were drawing crowds of 400，rather than the usual 250．
"There are a large number of students who are not economics majors，who would like to learn something about it．One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn't traditionally done．"He added．
University applications rose 7% last year．But there were rises above average in several subjects．Nursing saw a 15% jump，with people's renewed interest in caters in the pubic sector（部門），which are seen as more secure in economic crisis．
A．recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters，and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on，although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain．
Zack Hocking，the head of Child Trust Funds，said："It's possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that's financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty．"
71．Professor John Beath's lectures areB．
A．given in a traditional way
B．connected with the present situation
C．open to both students and their parents
D．warmly received by economics
72．Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of theirA．
A．greater stability
B．higher pay
C．fewer applications
D．better reputation
73．in the opinion of most parentsC．
A．eccentrics should be the focus of school teaching
B．more students should be admitted to universities
C．the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened．
D．children should solve financial problems themselves
74．According to Hocking，the global economic crisis might make the youngstersA．
A．wiser in money management
B．have access to better equipment
C．confide about their future careers
D．get jobs in Child Trust Funds
75．What's the main idea of the text？B
A．Universities have received more applications．
B．Economics is attracting an increasing numbers students
C．college students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty
D．parents are concerned with children's subject selection．
分析 文章講述的是隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的出現(xiàn)，很多學(xué)生都開始注重經(jīng)濟(jì)方面課程的選擇和知識(shí)的學(xué)習(xí)，大學(xué)里的與當(dāng)今經(jīng)濟(jì)有關(guān)的課程非常的火爆
解答 71．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題． 根據(jù)第四段One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn't traditionally done．可知Professor John Beath的報(bào)告與目前的形勢(shì)是有聯(lián)系的，因此答案選B．
72．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段with people's renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector（部門），which are seen as more secure in economic crisis可知，這些部門的工作在經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的時(shí)候更加穩(wěn)定，安全，因此答案選A．
73．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters可知在大多數(shù)父母看來(lái)，學(xué)校應(yīng)該去教學(xué)生更多關(guān)于金融方面的東西，因此答案選C．
74．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段It's possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that's financially wiser and better equipped （使…有能力） to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty可知全球經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)可以使年輕人在對(duì)錢的管理方面變得更加明智，因此答案選A．
75．B 主旨大意題．文章講述的是隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的出現(xiàn)，很多學(xué)生都開始注重經(jīng)濟(jì)方面課程的選擇和知識(shí)的學(xué)習(xí)，因此答案選B．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是新聞報(bào)道類閱讀理解，這類題材是高考常考內(nèi)容，它注重考查考生對(duì)整體文章的把握能力，做題時(shí)考生應(yīng)該在把握大意的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合題目要求以及語(yǔ)境做出正確的選擇．
