The study’s conclusion that students’ workload now is not greater than before is based on_________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions below.

ACADEMICS AREN’T THE PROBLEM

     Studies about how students use their time might shed light on whether they face increased academic and financial pressures compared with earlier eras.
     Based on data about how students are spending time, academic or financial pressures don’t seem to be greater now than a generation ago.
    The data show that full-time students in all types of colleges study much less now than they did a generation ago - a full 10 hours a week less. Students are also receiving significantly higher grades. So it appears that academic pressures are, in fact, considerably lower than they used to be.
    The time-use data don’t suggest that students feel greater financial pressures, either. When the time savings and lower opportunity costs are factored in, college appears less expensive for most students than it was in the 1960s. And though there are now full-time students working to pay while in college, they study less even when paid work choices are held constantly.
    In other words, full-time students do not appear to be studying less in order to work more. They appear to be studying less and spending the extra time on leisure activities or fun. It seems hard to imagine that students feeling increased financial pressures would respond by taking more leisure.
    Based on how students are spending their time then, it doesn’t look as though academic or financial pressures are greater now than a generation ago. The time-use data don’t speak directly to social pressures, and it may well be that these have become more intense lately.
     In one recent set of data, students reported spending more than 23 hours per week either socializing with friends or playing on the computer for fun. Social activities, in person or on computer, would seem to have become the major focus of campus life. It is hard to tell what kinds of pressures would be associated with this change.

The study’s conclusion that students’ workload now is not greater than before is based on_________.

• A. what students achieve with greater load
• B. how students spend their time
• C. how students work through college
• D. what college demands from students

• Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 6899

  Research studies have shown that pressures put on students nowadays are __________.

• Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 6901

  Students get higher grades as__________.

• Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 6913

  According to the author, the fact that students have more time for leisure is a proof that_____. 

  • A. financial pressure on students is not a problem 
  • B. academic work disinterests them
  • C. they are active with extra-curricular activities
  • D. they cannot find extra jobs

• Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 6921

  All factors considered, college now seems___________ .

  • A. more costly
  • B. ever more expensive 
  • C. much more expensive
  • D. less expensive

• Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 6931

  According to the author, the fact that more full-time students are working for pay________.

• Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 6944

  Students nowadays seem to be studying less and__________.

  • A. spending more time on leisure
  • B. spending more time doing odd jobs
  • C. giving more time to sports
  • D. taking more extracurricular activities

• Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 6949

  The word "focus" in the last paragraph can be replaced with__________.

• Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 6954

  The author finds it hard to point out___________. 

  • A. how students’ campus life becomes subject to academic pressure
  • B. what is associated with the change in students’ campus life
  • C. the cause to students’ financial pressure
  • D. how the background of students’ campus life is built

• Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 6958

  The word "Academics" in the title mostly means___________

  • A. students’ workload in college
  • B. college students and tutors
  • C. professors and research students
  • D. graduate students’ workload