A total of 3.41 million people were expected to take part in China’s 2020 national entrance exam for postgraduate(研究生) studies, 510,000 more than last year, the Department of Education said.
That’s a rise of 17.5 percent, and with a record 8.74 million university students expected to graduate next year, a survey by education website found that growing competition in the job market was the primary reason for the increase. When asked whether postgraduate study would help them find a job, 57 percent of exam applicants said they believed it could make them more competitive in the job market, 42 percent said it would be somewhat helpful, and only 1 percent did not expect it to improve their chances. When asked why they wanted to get a master’s degree, 61 percent of respondents said it would improve their competitiveness in the job market, 53 percent said they wanted to get a higher degree, 25 percent said they did not like their undergraduate majors(本科专业), and 25 percent said they wanted to wait for a few years before entering the job market.
Zhang Sijia, 22, a senior majoring in accounting at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, says she wants to study finance at Central University of Finance and Economics, also in Beijing. “It’s impossible that I cannot find a job if I enter the job market now, yet I think a master’s degree in finance will give me better opportunities to find a high-paying job,” she said. Many jobs have higher academic requirements nowadays. “Almost half my classmates have signed up for the exam, as getting higher degrees has become necessary if you want to find a better job,” Zhang said.
However, the report said students would find it harder to enter for postgraduate studies.
54. How many students took part in China’s 2019 national entrance exam for postgraduate studies?
A.2.9 million | B.3.41million | C.0.51million | D.3.92 million |
55. The reasons why more people want to be postgraduates may be the following _______.
① Postgraduate studies may help them find a well-paid job.
② Some of them don’t want to enter the job market immediately.
③ More than half of them don’t like their undergraduate majors.
④ Nowadays many jobs require higher academic studies.
56. From
Paragraph 3, we know that Zhang Sijia wants to study finance because _______.
A.she wants to take part in the exam with her classmates |
B.she wants to study at the University of Science and Technology |
C.she can’t find a job without a master’s degree |
D.she can find better work opportunities with a master’s degree |
57. From the passage,we can infer(推断)that ________.
A.more and more students will become postgraduates |
B.more and more students will not find jobs |
C.it’s harder to pass the entrance exam for postgraduate studies |
D.it’s easier to pass the entrance exam for postgraduate studies |