雅思考试试题及答案听力部分：Section 1: 旅游咨询1. 旅游目的地是_________。
A. 埃及B. 法国C. 澳大利亚2. 旅游的日期是_________。
A. 7月15日B. 8月1日C. 9月10日3. 旅游期间需要预订的酒店类型是_________。
A. 经济型酒店B. 豪华型酒店C. 家庭旅馆答案：1. B2. C3. ASection 2: 校园导览4. 图书馆的开放时间是_________。
A. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMB. 9:00 AM - 6:00 PMC. 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM5. 学生中心提供哪些服务？A. 学术咨询B. 职业规划C. 法律援助6. 健身房的会员费是_________。
A. £20每月B. £30每月C. £40每月答案：4. B5. A, B6. CSection 3: 学术讲座7. 讲座的主题是关于_________。
A. 环境保护B. 人工智能C. 历史研究8. 讲座的主讲人是_________。
A. 教授B. 学生C. 行业专家9. 讲座结束后，参与者可以_________。
A. 提问B. 参加研讨会C. 获得证书答案：7. B8. A9. ASection 4: 环境问题讨论10. 讨论的主要环境问题是_________。
A. 空气污染B. 水污染C. 土壤退化11. 讨论中提到的解决方案包括_________。
A. 植树造林B. 减少工业排放C. 使用可再生能源12. 讨论的结论是_________。
A. 需要政府干预B. 需要公众参与C. 需要国际合作答案：10. C11. B, C12. C阅读部分：Passage 1: 健康饮食13. 根据文章，健康饮食的首要原则是_________。
A. 多样化B. 低脂肪C. 高蛋白质14. 文章提到，过量摄入哪种物质对健康有害？A. 糖B. 盐C. 脂肪15. 为了保持健康，文章建议_________。
2020年12月12日雅思考试试题含答案2020年12月12日雅思考试试题含答案雅思听力部分Part 1 暑期兼职场景：暑期兼职咨询题型：填空1. come from Omerama需要的技能2. can use a ladder3. can work under hot condition4. must have good concentration摘果子的工作5. salary: 4.5 per bucket6. cannot work if it is raining关于打包的工作7. salary: 13.75 per hour8. 最忙的时候：January9. 住宿的地方会提供laundry10. transport: 即使没有car，也要有bikePart 2 趣味铁人三项题型：填空+匹配11-15 填空11. expected number of people: 340 this year12. park in field13. contact college14. cycling 25 laps15. old airport16-18 匹配16. section 1: through the town/farmland17. section 2: uphill18. section 3: through the woodland19-20 填空19. prize cup20. chairmanPart 3 新西兰古老工艺品题型：选择+匹配21-25 选择题21. Why does the shape of Hei-tiki look unusual?B. difficulty in carving stones22. Very few Hei-tiki are found in the archaeological site becauseC. the villagers look after them carefully23. What was Hei-tiki regarded by Moris people asB. a communicating way to their ancestors24. What are the distinctions between two types of Hei-tiki?C. the position of hands to leg25. What are the characteristics of a new type of Hei-tiki?A. it has a metal setting26-30 匹配题各种物品的用途26. sand: E. form the shape27. stitch and string: A. used for cave details28. bark: C. end29. wax: B polish stone eyes30. stone: G bond it togetherPart 4 轮船公司题型：选择+填空31-36 选择31. where did he get ship experience?C. first job32. the company experiencedA. immediately profitable33. why did he want to use mail contact to buy steam ship?C. more reliable34. what did he do when he won the bid?B. opened a new company35. why did he choose Boston?A. once he worked there36. what could be revealed about the 1844 eventB. Boston was not a good port location37-40 填空37. radio技术的出现使得航行中的communication更为方便38. Newspapers were provided on board, so the passengers would not feel uneasy during the journey.39. before 1912, people paid more attention to the speed of the ships40. afterwards, poured more in the decoration, compared to hotels雅思阅读部分第一篇：信息传播的发展第二篇：能减轻室内污染的植物第三篇：人会从运动比赛中得到满足雅思写作部分小作文：柱状图大作文：同意与否Nowadays celebrities are more famous for their glamour and wealth than for their achievements, and this sets a bad example to young people. T o what extent do you agree or disagree?。
2019-2020-1中雅培粹初三上入学考试英语英语注意事项：1、答题前，请考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，并认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号、考室和座位号；2、必须在答题卡上答题，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效；3、答题时，请考生注意各大题题号后面的答题提示；4、请勿折叠答题卡，保持字体工整、笔迹清晰、卡面清洁;5、答题卡上不得使用涂改液、涂改胶和贴纸；6、本学科试卷中听力材料以中速朗读两遍。
试卷分四个部分，共8页，75小题，时量120分钟，满分120分。
I．听力技能（两部分，共20小题，计20分）第一节对话理解根据所听到的对话，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案回答问题。
听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
（共5小题，计5分）听下面五段对话，每听完一段对话后，回答1个小题。
1．What did Tony do in the mountains?A．He went fishing.B．He went swimming.C．He went boating. 2．What does Roger like the best?A．News.B．Ball games.C．Cartoons.3．How often does the boy play basketball?A．Three times a week.B．Twice a week.C．Three times a month. 4．Where is the boy’s T-shirt?A．On the bag.B．On the bed.C．On the bike.5．What does Tina’s father do?A．An engineer.B．An agent.C．An assistant.第二节听下面6段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有2-3个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题。
Questions 1–60Multiple Choice1. The machine looked like a large, ________ , old-fashioned typewriter.A) forceful B) clumsy C) intense D) tricky2. Though she began her ______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star.A) employment B) career C) occupation D) profession3. Within two weeks of arrival, all foreigners had to _______ with the local police.A) inquire B) consult C) register D) profession4. Considering your salary, you should be able to _____ at least twenty dollars a week.A) put forward B) put up C) put out D) put aside5. As he has _______ our patience, we’ll not wait for him any longer.A) torn B) wasted C) exhausted D) consumed6. These teachers try to be objective when they _______ the integrated ability of their students.A) justify B) evaluate C) indicate D) reckon7. Mrs. Morris's daughter is pretty and _______, and many girls envy her.A) slender B) light C) faint D) minor8. Tomorrow the mayor is to _____ a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.A) coordinate B) cooperate C) accompany D) associate9. I'm ______ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.A) realistic B) conscious C) register D) resolve10. Can you give me even the _______ clue as to where her son might be?A) simplest B) slightest C) least D) utmost11. Norman Davis will be remembered by many _____ with not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend.A) kindness B) friendliness C) warmth D) affection12. Salaries for ______ positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.A) legal B) optional C) voluntary D) temporary13. Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society. _______, it has affected the traditional role of men.A) Above all B) In all C) At most D) At last14. Science and technology have _____ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.A) attached B) assisted C) contributed D) witnessed15. As an actor he could communicate a whole _____ of emotions.A) frame B) range C) number D) scale16. This is what you should bear in mind: Don't _____ a salary increase before you actually get it.A) hang on B) draw on C) wait on D) count on17. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated _____ instead of mechanically.A) artificially B) automatically C) manually D) synthetically18. The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn't ______ her grip on my arm.A) loosen B) remove C) relieve D) dismiss19. He never arrives on time and my ______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.A) preference B) conference C) inference D) reference20. Mrs. Smith was so ______ about everything that no servants could please her.A) specific B) special C) precise D) particular21. Last night he saw two dark ______ enter the building, and then there was the explosion.A) features B) figures C) sketches D) images22. It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone without _______.A) exception B) exclusion C) modification D) substitution23. His temper and personality show that he can become a soldier of the top _____.A) circle B) rank C) category D) grade24. During the lecture, the speaker occasionally _____ his point by relating his own experiences.A) illustrated B) hinted C) cited D) displayed25. Only those who can _____ to lose their money should make high-risk investments.A) maintain B) sustain C) endure D) afford26. He found the ______ media attention intolerable and decided to go abroad.A) sufficient B) constant C) steady D) plenty27. There has been a collision _______ a number of cars on the main road to town.A) composing B) consisting C) involving D) engaging28. _______ elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers.A) Cultivated B) Regulated C) Civil D) Tame29. Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to _______.A) resign B) reject C) retreat D) replace30. As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face_____ for five million dollarsA) deposited B) assured C) measured D) insured31. I went along thinking of nothing ______, only looking at things around me.A) in particular B) in harmony C) in doubt D) in brief32. Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has ______ the quality of the programs.A) lessened B) declined C) affected D) effected33. I must congratulate you ______ the excellent design of the new bridge.A) with B) of C) at D) on34. There is a fully ______ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.A) installed B) equipped C) provided D) projected35. For more than 20 years, we've been supporting educational programs that _____ from kindergartens to colleges.A) move B) shift C) range D) spread36. The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.A) convention B) confinement C) principle D) discipline37. The test results are beyond______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.A) negotiation B) conflict C) bargain D) dispute38. I was so ______in today's history lesson. I didn’t understand a thing.A) amazed B) neglected C) confused D) amused39. It ______ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.A) presents B) entitles C) credits D) tips40. Deserts and high mountains have always been a ______ to the movement of people from place to place.A) barrier B) fence C) prevention D) jam41. In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______ shops in the residential area.A) flowing B) drifting C) mobile D) unstable42. Mr. Smith says: "The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it."A) overtaking B) enlarging C) widening D) exaggerating43. This is not an economical way to get more water; ______, it is very expensive.A) on the other hand B) on the contrary C) in short D) or else44. It was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.A) presentation B) precaution C) preparation D) prediction45. ______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.A) Perceiving B) Penetrating C) Puzzling D) Preserving46. The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.A) multiply B) lengthen C) expand D) stretch47. His business was very successful, but it was at the ______ of his family life.A) consumption B) credit C) exhaustion D) expense48. First published in 1927, the charts remain an ______ source for researchers.A) identical B) indispensable C) intelligent D) inevitable49. Joe is not good at sports, but when it ______mathematics, he is the best in the class.A) comes to B) comes up to C) comes on to D) comes around to50. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ______ for smoking.A) relief B) revival C) substitute D) succession51. When carbon is added to iron in proper ______the result is steel.A) rates B) thicknesses C) proportions D) densities52. You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.A) reserve B) restrain C) retain D) replace53. Nancy is only a sort of ______ of her husband's opinion and has no ideas of her own.A) sample B) reproduction C) shadow D) echo54. Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.A) put over B) put away C) put off D) put down55. There is a _____ of impatience in the tone of his voice.A) hint B) notion C) dot D) phrase56. Please ______dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.A) seek B) inquire C) search D) consult57. At yesterday's party, Elizabeth's boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.A) copying B) following C) imitating D) modeling58. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power ______.A) failure B) lack C) absence D) drop59. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______ all aspects of urban planning.A) inserts B) grips C) performs D) embraces60. The lecture which lasted about three hours was so ______ that the audience couldn't help yawning.A) tedious B) bored C) clumsy D) tiredQuestions 61–80Reading ComprehensionReading Passage 1Introducing dung1 beetles into a pasture is a simple process: approximately 1,500 beetles are released, a handful at a time, into fresh cow pats2 in the cow pasture. The beetles immediately disappear beneath the pats digging and tunnelling and, if they successfully adapt to their new environment, soon become a permanent,self-sustaining part of the local ecology. In time they multiply and within three or four years the benefits to the pasture are obvious.Dung beetles work from the inside of the pat so they are sheltered from predators such as birds and foxes. Most species burrow into the soil and bury dung in tunnels directly underneath the pats, which are hollowed out from within. Some large species originating from France excavate tunnels to a depth of approximately 30 cm below the dung pat. These beetles make sausage-shaped brood chambers along the tunnels. The shallowest tunnels belong to a much smaller Spanish species that buries dung in chambers that hang like fruit from the branches of a pear tree. South African beetles dig narrow tunnels of approximately 20 cm below the surface of the pat.Some surface- dwelling beetles, including a South African species, cutperfectly-shaped balls from the pat, which are rolled away and attached to the bases of plants.For maximum dung burial in spring, summer and autumn, farmers require a variety of species with overlapping periods of activity. In the cooler environments of the state of Victoria, the large French species (2.5 cms long), is matched with smaller (half this size), temperate-climate Spanish species. The former are slow to recover from the winter cold and produce only one or two generations of offspring from late spring until autumn. The latter, which multiply rapidly in early spring, produce two to fiveQuestions 66 –70Choose the correct heading for sections A - D and F from the list of headings below.Section BNo activity affects more of the earth's surface than farming. It shapes a third of the planet's land area, not counting Antarctica, and the proportion is rising. World food output per head has risen by 4 per cent between the 1970s and 1980s mainly as a result of increases in yields from land already in cultivation, but also because more land has been brought under the plough. Higher yields have been achieved by increased irrigation, better crop breeding, and a doubling in the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers in the 1970s and 1980s.Section CAll these activities may have damaging environmental impacts. For example, land clearing for agriculture is the largest single cause of deforestation; chemical fertilisers and pesticides may contaminate water supplies; more intensive farming and the abandonment of fallow periods tend to exacerbate soil erosion; and the spread of monoculture and use of high-yielding varieties of crops have been accompanied by the disappearance of old varieties of food plants which might have provided some insurance against pests or diseases in future. Soil erosion threatens the productivity of land in both rich and poor countries. The United States, where the most careful measurements have been done, discovered in 1982 that about one-fifth of its farmland was losing topsoil at a rate likely to diminish the soil's productivity. The country subsequently embarked upon a program to convert 11 per cent of its cropped land to meadow or forest. Topsoil in India and China is vanishing much faster than in America.Section DGovernment policies have frequently compounded the environmental damage that farming can cause. In the rich countries, subsidies for growing crops and price supports for farm output drive up the price of land. The annual value of these subsidies is immense: about $250 billion, or more than all World Bank lending in the 1980s. To increase the output of crops per acre, a farmer's easiest option is to use more of the most readily available inputs: fertilisers and pesticides. Fertiliser use doubled in Denmark in the period 1960-1985 and increased in The Netherlands by 150 per cent. The quantity of pesticides applied has risen too: by 69 per cent in 1975-1984 in Denmark, for example, with a rise of 115 per cent in the frequency of application in the three years from 1981.In the late 1980s and early 1990s some efforts were made to reduce farm subsidies. The most dramatic example was that of New Zealand, which scrapped most farm support in 1984.A study of the environmental effects, conducted in 1993, found that the end of fertiliser subsidies had been followed by a fall in fertiliser use (a fall compounded by the decline in world commodity prices, which cut farm incomes). The removal of subsidies also stopped land-clearing and over-stocking, which in the past had been the principal causes of erosion. Farms began to diversify. The one kind of subsidy whose removal appeared to have been bad for the environment was the subsidy to manage soil erosion.In less enlightened countries, and in the European Union, the trend has been to reduce rather than eliminate subsidies, and to introduce new payments to encourage farmers to treat their land in environmentally friendlier ways, or to leave it fallow. It may sound strange but such payments need to be higher than the existing incentives for farmers to grow food crops. Farmers, however, dislike being paid to do nothing. In several countries they have become interested in the possibility of using fuel produced from crop residues either as a replacement for petrol (as ethanol) or as fuel for power stations (as biomass).Such fuels produce far less carbon dioxide than coal or oil, and absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. They are therefore less likely to contribute to the greenhouse effect. But they are rarely competitive with fossil fuels unless subsidised and growing them does no less environmental harm than other crops.Section EIn poor countries, governments aggravate other sorts of damage. Subsidies for pesticides and artificial fertilisers encourage farmers to use greater quantities than are needed to get the highest economic crop yield. A study by the International Rice Research Institute of pesticide use by farmers in South East Asia found that, with pest-resistant varieties of rice, even moderate applications of pesticide frequently cost farmers more than they saved. Such waste puts farmers on a chemical treadmill: bugs and weeds become resistant to poisons, so next year's poisons must be more lethal. One cost is to human health. Every year some 10,000 people die from pesticide poisoning, almost all of them in the developing countries, and another 400,000 become seriously ill. As for artificial fertilisers, their use worldwide increased by 40 per cent per unit of farmed land between the mid 1970s and late 1980s, mostly in the developing countries. Overuse of fertilisers may cause farmers to stop rotating crops or leaving their land fallow. That, in turn, may make soil erosion worse.Section FA result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations is likely to be a reduction of 36 per cent in the average levels of farm subsidies paid by the rich countries in 19861990. Some of the world's food production will move from Western Europe to regions where subsidies are lower or nonexistent, such as the former communist countries and parts of the developing world. Some environmentalists worry about this outcome. It will undoubtedly mean more pressure to convert natural habitat into farmland. But it will also have many desirable environmental effects. The intensity of farming in the rich world should decline, and the use of chemical inputs will diminish. Crops are more likely to be grown in the environments to which they are naturally suited. And more farmers in poor countries will have the money and the incentive to manage their land in ways that are sustainable in the long run. That is important. To feed an increasingly hungry world, farmers need every incentive to use their soil and water effectively and efficiently.Reading Passage 3The Risks of Cigarette SmokeDiscovered in the early 1800s and named ‘nicotianine’, the oily essence now called nicotine is the main active ingredient of tobacco. Nicotine, however, is only a small component of cigarette smoke, which contains more than 4,700 chemical compounds, including 43 cancercausing substances. In recent times, scientific research has been providing evidence that years of cigarette smoking vastly increases the risk ofdeveloping fatal medical conditions.In addition to being responsible for more than 85 per cent of lung cancers, smoking is associated with cancers of, amongst others, the mouth, stomach and kidneys, and is thought to cause about 14 per cent of leukaemia and cervical cancers. In 1990, smoking caused more than 84,000 deaths, mainly resulting from such problems as pneumonia, bronchitis and influenza. Smoking, it is believed, is responsible for 30 per cent of all deaths from cancer and clearly represents the most important preventable cause of cancer in countries like the United States today.Passive smoking, the breathing in of the side-stream smoke from the burning of tobacco between puffs or of the smoke exhaled by a smoker, also causes a serious health risk. A report published in 1992 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emphasized the health dangers, especially from side-stream smoke. This type of smoke contains more, smaller particles and is therefore more likely to be deposited deep in the lungs. On the basis of this report, the EPA has classified environmental tobacco smoke in the highest risk category for causing cancer.As an illustration of the health risks, in the case of a married couple where one partner is a smoker and one a nonsmoker, the latter is believed to have a 30 per cent higher risk of death from heart disease because of passive smoking. The risk of lung cancer also increases over the years of exposure and the figure jumps to 80 per cent if the spouse has been smoking four packs a day for 20 years. It has been calculated that 17 per cent of cases of lung cancer can be attributed to high levels of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke during childhood and adolescence.A more recent study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that secondhand cigarette smoke does more harm to nonsmokers than to smokers. Leaving aside the philosophical question of whether anyone should have to breathe someone else’s cigarette smoke, the report suggests that the smoke experienced by many people in their daily lives is enough to produce substantial adverse effects on a person’s heart and lungs.The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA), was based on the researchers’ own earlier research but also includes a review of studies over the past few years. The American Medical Association represents about half of all US doctors and is a strong opponent of smoking. The study suggests that people who smoke cigarettes are continually damaging their cardiovascular system, which adapts in order to compensate for the effects of smoking. It further states that people who do not smoke do not have the benefit of their system adapting to the smoke inhalation. Consequently, the effects of passive smoking are far greater onnon-smokers than on smokers.This report emphasizes that cancer is not caused by a single element in cigarettesmoke; harmful effects to health are caused by many components. Carbon monoxide, for example, competes with oxygen in red blood cells and interferes with the blood’s ability to deliver life-giving oxygen to the heart. Nicotine and other toxins in cigarette smoke activate small blood cells called platelets, which increases the likelihood of blood clots, thereby affecting blood circulation throughout the body.The researchers criticize the practice of some scientific consultants who work with the tobacco industry for assuming that cigarette smoke has the same impact on smokers as it does on non-smokers. They argue that those scientists are underestimating the damage done by passive smoking and, in support of their recent findings, cite some previous research which points to passive smoking as the cause for between 30,000 and 60,000 deaths from heart attacks each year in the United States. This means that passive smoking is the third most preventable cause of death after active smoking and alcohol-related diseases.The study argues that the type of action needed against passive smoking should be similar to that being taken against illegal drugs and AIDS (SIDA). The UCSF researchers maintain that the simplest and most cost-effective action is to establish smoke-free work places, schools and public places.Questions 71–73Choose the appropriate letters A – D..71According to information in the text, leukaemia and pneumoniaA are responsible for 84,000 deaths each year.B are strongly linked to cigarette smoking.C are strongly linked to lung cancer.D result in 30 per cent of deaths per year.72According to information in the text, intake of carbon monoxideA inhibits the flow of oxygen to the heart.B increase absorption of other smoke particles.C inhibits red blood cell formation.D promotes nicotine absorption.73According to information in the text, intake of nicotine encouragesA blood circulation through the bodyB activity of other toxins in the blood.C formation of blood clots.D an increase of platelets in the blood.Questions 74–77Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the reading passage?YES if the statement agrees with the writer’s claimsNO if the statement contradicts the writer’s claimsNOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this74 Thirty per cent of deaths in the United States are caused by smoking-relatedWriting TaskThe charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.Write at least 150 words.参考答案：1 B) clumsy 2.B) career 3.C) register 4.D) put aside 5.C) exhausted6.B) evaluate7.A) slender8.C) accompany9.A) realistic10.B) slightest11.D) affection12.D) temporary13.A) Above all14.C) contributed15.B) range 16.D) count on17.C) manually18.A) loosen19.C) inference20.D) particular21.B) figures22.A) exception23.B) rank24.A) illustrated25.D) afford26.B) constant27.C) involving28.D) Tame29.A) resign30.D) insured31. A) in particular 32. C) affected 33. D) on 34. B) equipped 35. C) range 36. D) discipline 37. D) dispute 38.C) confused 39. B) entitles 40. A) barrier 41.C) mobile 42.D) exaggerating 43.B) on the contrary 44.B) precaution 45.A) Perceiving46.C) expand 47. D) expense 48.B) indispensable 49.A) comes to 50.C) substitute51.C) proportions 52.B) restrain 53.D) echo 54.B) put away 55.A) hint56 D) consult 57. C) imitating 58.A) failure 59.D) embraces 60.A) tedious61. temperate 62. early spring63. two to five // 2 - 5 64. subtropical65. South African tunnelling // tunneling 66. v67. vii 68. ii69. iv 70. i71. B 72. A73. C 74. NO75. NOT GIVEN 76. YES77. NOT GIVEN 78. E79. G 80. HSample AnswerThe first graph shows that there is a gradual decrease in study for career reasons with age. Nearly 80% of students under 26 years, study for their career. This percentage gradually declines by 10-20% every decade. Only 40% of 40-49yr olds and 18% of over 49yr olds are studying for career reasons in late adulthood.Conversely, the first graph also shows that study stemming from interest increases with age. There are only 10% of under 26yr olds studying out of interest. The percentage increases slowly till the beginning of the fourth decade, and increases dramatically in late adulthood. Nearly same number of 40-49yr olds study for career and interest. However 70% of over 49yr olds study for interest in comparison to 18% studying for career reasons in that age group.The second graph shows that employer support is maximum (approximately 60%) for theunder 26yr students. It drops rapidly to 32% up to the third decade of life, and then increases in late adulthood up to about 44%. It is unclear whether employer support is only for career-focused study, but the highest level is for those students who mainly study for career purposes.。
