I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority（头等重要）in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.

　　I know one example doesn‘t make a case，but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better，they eventually quit school，concluding they were too dumb to finish.“I should have been held back，”is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class.“I don’t know how I ever got a high-school diploma.”

　　Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can‘t learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don’t put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They‘d rather be sailing.

　　Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they‘ve got，They have a healthy fear of failure.

　　People of all ages can rise above their problems，but they need to have a reason to do so. Yong people generally don‘t have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.

　　46.What is the subject of this essay？

　　A. view point on learning

　　B. a qualified teacher

　　C.  the importance of examination

　　D.   the generation gap

　　47.How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of one of the author‘s children？

　　A. flunking him

　　B. moving his seat

　　C.  blaming him

　　D.   playing card with him

　　48.The author believes that the most effective way for a teacher is to

　　A. purify the teaching environments .

　　B. set up cooperation between teachers and parents.

　　C.  hold back student.

　　D.   motivate student.

　　49. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors‘attitude toward flunking is

　　A. negative 　　B. positive 　　C.  biased 　　D.   indifferent

　　50. Judging from the content，this passage is probably written for

　　A. administrators 　　B. students 　　C.  teachers 　　D.   parents

　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage：

　　Names have gained increasing importance in the competitive world of higher education. As colleges strive for market share，they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. Trenton.State College，for example，became the College of New Jersey nine years ago when it began raising admissions standards and appealing to students from throughout the state.

　　“All I hear in higher education is，”Brand，brand，brand，“said Tim Westerbeck，who specializes in branding and is managing director of Lipman Hearne，a marketing firm based in Chicago that works with universities and other nonprofit organizations.”There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.“