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1、InformationMatching:Directions:Youaregoingtoreadapassagewith10statementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Pass

2、age1HardtimesAMoneyworriesarepartandparcelofuniversitylife,butrecenteventsintheworldoffinance,nottomentionrisingfoodprices,aremakingittougherforstudents-fromlivingcostsasundergraduatestoemploymentprospectsoncetheyhavegraduated.Butaretheybothered?BRaymondSawyer,agraphi

3、cdesignundergraduateatNewCollegeDurham,saysheisconcernedbythenaivetyofsomeofhisfellowstudentswhendealingwiththeirfinances.“I’msurprisedbythelackofmaturitysomeofthemhavewhenitcomestomoney,”hesays.“Wehadbeenatcollegeforjustoveraweekwhensomeofmyfellowstudentsgottheirgran

4、tsthrough-andtheirfirstthoughtwasspendingmoneyonclothesandplanningnightsout,whichIcouldn’tbeliever.Manystudentsseemunawareofthestateoftheeconomyrightnow.”Sawyersaystheprevailingeconomicconditionshaveinfluencedhischoiceofwheretostudy.Helivesathome,justafewmilesfromhisc

5、ollege,whichmeansheisabletorunaWebdesignbusinessthathelpseasehismoneyworries.“RentandmortgagesarecostlythesedaysandIguessthat’swhatswayedmetowardstudyinglocally,”hesays.“IonlyhavetospendthreedaysaweekatcollegeandIcantraveleasilybycar,devotingtherestofmytimetodevelopin

6、gmybusiness.”CSawyercountshimselffortunatethatheisself-employed.ArecentsurveycommissionedbyrecruitmentagencyReedreckonsthatoverhalfofgraduatesare“concerned”withfindingajobinthecurrentclimate.Jobsecurityisalsobecomingamajorconcern;oneinfourgraduatessaytheywouldbewillin

7、gtosacrificeuptofivepercentoftheirincomeinexchangeforjobsecurityforthreeyears.Asignificantnumberofgraduatesaremovingtowardcreativemarketingandmediasectors,shunningCityjobs,andwatchingbanksandotherfinancialservicesfirmsfalloverhasbeenparticularlydishearteningforstudent

8、swhohadplannedtoworkintheSquareMile(伦敦金融城).Reportssuggestthatmanyarenowalsoconsideringteachingasanoption.D“Withmanyrecentgra