1.When today's high-school seniors are asked what they plan to do after graduation, most say that they intend to get bachelor's degree. They have been told that their generation has only\getting at least a bachelor's degree, in the hope that it will eventuallv lead to a professional job.
In a recent survey of high-school seniors conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, 85per cent of the respondents said they planned to get bachelor's degree. And，although 20years ago only 45 per cent of high-school graduates went on to college, today 68 per cent actually matriculate (注册)， with the majority enrolling in four-γear or two-year programs designed to allow them to transfer to four-year institutions.
According to conventional wisdom, the rapid rise in the number of students attending college is cause for national celebration. But our research suggests that，instead it may be cause for national concern. Why? because for many young people, the \（例子)is not realistic ,given their academic talents and the labor-market projections. Students ranking below the top third of their high-school graduating class too often fail to earn a bachelor's degree if they enroll in college. The cost of such failure--in both dollars and unmet expections-is rising and beginníng to erode public confidence in our system of higher eduation.
2. A small family-owned company, Eisai, was one of the original manufacturers of vitamin E, and it maintained a strong research commitment to natural pharmaceuticals. Over the years, it developed drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological diseases. The company experienced steady. Modest growth, and in 1992 sales reached 197 billion yen and profits approached 13 billion yen. Although it was the sixth-largest Japanese pharmaceutical company . Eisai was a relatively small player in an industry in which global competition was increasing while growth in the domestic market was slowing down.
In 1993, Haruo Naito took over as president from his father. Before that, he had chaired Eisai's five-year strategic planning committee. During that time, he had become convinced that the company's focus on the discovery and manufacture of pharmaceuticals was not sustainable for long-term growth against large, global competitors. Two years after becoming president, Naito formulated a radical new vision for Eisai that he called Human Health Care. It extended the company's focus from manufacturing drug treatments or specific illness to improving the overall quality of life. To accomplish that mission. Eisai developed a wide array of new products. And that, In turn, would require broad involvement and commitment. He encouraged innovative activity and created an environment in which employees' efforts would
be accepted and rewarded. Soon there were proposals for 130 additional HHC projects and by the end of 1996. 73 projects were under way. Now, the company has moved from sixth to fifth place in the Japanese domestic pharmaceutical industry, and Eisai's customers and competitors view the company as a leader in health care.
3. Today it can be said that wheels run America. The four rubber tires of the automobile (move) America through work and pay. Wheels spin, and people (drive) off to their jobs. Tires turn, and people shop for the week's food at the big supermarket (down) the highway. Hubcaps whirl, and the whole family spends a day at the lake .Each year more (wheels) crowd the highways a 10million new cars roll out of the factories. One (out) of every six Americans works at assembling cars. Driving trucks, building roads, or pumping gas, America (without) cars? It 's unthinkable.
But even though the (majority) of Americans would find it hard to (imagine) what life would be like without a car , some have begun to (realize) that the automobile is a mixed blessing. Traffic accidents are increasing steadily, and large cities are (plagued) by traffic congestion, Worst of all, perhaps, is the air pollution caused by the internal-combustion engine. Every car engine (burns) hundreds of gallons of fuel each year and pumps hundreds of pounds of carbon monoxide and other gases into the air. These gases are one source of
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