八年級(jí)英語閱讀練習(xí)
Five years ago,Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree（學(xué)位）in history.Today,she works for a large company.Now twenty-seven,Rachel takes classes twice a week after work.She is learning to use the computer program.“I enjoyed college,but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,”Rachel says.“This course is helping me to do my job better.In the future,I might go back to school and get an MBA.”
In the past,when students graduated from college and got a job,they usually stopped studying.Today,lifelong learning is becoming more common.In the United States,people can return to school in their late twenties,thirties or even older.They get a higher degree.Like Rachel,many more are taking training courses to improve their skills.With many classes now available（現(xiàn)成的）through the Internet,it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning （遠(yuǎn)程學(xué)習(xí)）.
Mayumi Hosoya,who is forty,teaches Japanese at a college in New York.“Next semester,I’ll be teaching some of my classes using the Internet.This is new for me,”says Mayumi.“At the moment,I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way.”At the same time,Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History.“We love the subject,”says Mayumi’s father,“and now we can study with people from all over the world.I never thought learning could be this much fun!”
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（）1.Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in software 5years ago.
（）2.Rachel Lopez is learning how to use the computer programmme powerpoint after work
（）3.Today,it is unusual for students to go on studying after they graduate from college
（）4.With the development of the lnternet,people are easy to get degrees by distance learning
（）5.Mayumi Hosoya will teach some of his class how to use the lnternet to learn Japanese
（）6.From the passage,we can know that lifelong learning becomes possible and popular