Nearly600000Americanslosttheirjobsthispastmonthpushingthenation’sunemploymentrate(失业率)to7.6percent.Butnotallofthosefiredworkersaresittingathomereadingthejobadvertisementsandwaitingforthephonetoring.ThousandsofpeoplearereturningtoschoolmakingpubliccollegesanduniversitiesamongthefewbrightplacesinthedisappointingUSeconomy.

AtatimewhenmanyAmericanshavehadtheirworkhourscutorhaveevenlosttheirjobsSherianHuddlestonisworkingovertime.SheworksatMiddleTennesseeStateUniversity(MTSU)wheresheoversees(监督)theenrollment(注册)ofnewstudents.Theuniversity’spopulationgrewby800studentsthisterm—anincreaseof4percentoverlastspring’senrollment.Huddlestonsaysseeingtheenrollmentriseinafailingeconomyisnotunexpected."Whenpeopleareoutofwork"shepointsout"theywillask'WhatelsecanIdo?’or'WhatothercareerscanIfollow?’Theywilloftenreturntoschooliftheyhavenotcompletedadegreebefore."

Olderreturningstudentsaren’ttheonlyonesincreasingtheenrollmentatMTSU.Huddlestonsaysshe’salsoseeinganincreaseinstudenttransfers(转移)."Studentswhowentoutofstateorevenwithinthestatetomoreexpensiveschoolsaretransferringtopublicschoolstomakeuseofthelowercostofgoingtoschoolhere"sheexplains

1.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.TheFallingAmericanEconomy

B.CollegeEnrollmentupinaDownEconomy

C.CollegesHaveMoreStudentsThanBefore

D.GoingtoCollegeIsNoLongerDifficult

2.Accordingtothepassagemanystudentsreturntoschool______

A.tomakemoremoney

B.toreadjobadvertisements

C.tocompleteadegree

D.toasktheirschoolmatesforhelp

3.Manystudentsaretransferringtopublicschoolsmainlybecause______

A.publicschoolsprovidebettereducation

B.publicschoolsofferbetterjobstotheirstudents

C.theydon’twanttobeinfluencedbythefallingeconomy

D.thecostofpublicschoolsislowerandtheycansavemoney

4.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutSherianHuddleston?

A.Sheisworkingmorehoursthanbeforebecauseoftheworseningeconomy