单项选择题

The second paragraph is meant to demonstrate that ______.
A. students of other disciplines than journalism are preferred employees of newspapers
B. young people should learn other subjects than journalism after leaving school.
C. veterans of the author’s trade would give the same advice to puzzled youngsters
D. young people should diversify their learning subjects to be better employed
That many subjects taught at British colleges are useless is mainly owing to ______.

A. their falling short of the demands of economy
B. their validity as a discipline being untestified
C. their failure to meet the standards of university instruction
D. their inability to arouse the interest of students