For many years in the United States, most undergraduate students were 18 to 22 years old. They attended college full-time, lived in a dormitory on campus, and expected many “extras” from their colleges, not just classes. But things began to change in the 1970s and are very different now. Today, these “traditional” students are less than one-quarter of all college students. These days the nontraditional students are the majority; they are different from traditional undergraduates in several ways. They are older. Many attend college part-time because they have families and jobs. Most live off campus, not in dorms. These nontraditional students don’t want the extras that colleges usually offer. They aren’t interested in the sports, entertainment, religious groups, and museums that are part of most US colleges. They want mainly good-quality classes, day or night, at a low cost. They also hope for easy parking, access to information technology, and polite service. Both time and money are important to them.
Psychological tests reflect different learning styles in this new student population, too. Each person has a certain learning style, and about 60 percent of the new students these days prefer the sensing style. This means that they are very practical. They prefer a practice-to-theory method of learning, which is experience first and ideas after that. They often have difficulty with reading and writing and are unsure of themselves. Most of these students are attending college because they want to have a good job and make a lot of money. 【題組】43 What is the nontraditional students’ attitude towards college life?
(A)They are indifferent to class activities. (B)They care about time and money spent in college.
(C)They are more optimistic than traditional students. (D)They prefer to learn theories first.
15 A common _____ many people make about Puerto Rican food is that it is very spicy; however, it is not
necessarily true. (A) divination (B) rumination (C) assumption (D) vindication
33 New satellite images of Antarctica just revealed a number of Emperor penguin colonies that scientists were
not ______ of in their early research. (A) anxious (B) aware (C) afraid (D) acquired
23 Since the war broke out, the whole world has been suffering from ____; hence, the prices for goods and
services have been continuously rising. (A) inflation (B) expansion (C) concession (D) reflection
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