阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Why should you go to college? One important answer to this question is more __16___. As opposed to generations of the past, high school graduates today are _17___ to get the number of high-paid jobs that were __18__ available. The U.S. has been changed from a manufacturing-based economy into an economy based on ___19_, and the importance of a college education today can be _20___ to that of a high school education forty years ago. It __21__ as the gateway to better choices and more opportunity.
There are __22_ reasons as to why it is important to go to college. When students _23__ a post-secondary education, they have the opportunity to read books and listen to the __24__ of top experts in their fields. It __25__ students to think, ask questions, and __26_ new ideas, which allows for additional growth and ___27_ and provides college graduates with an edge in the job market __28__ those who have not experienced a higher education.
The importance of a college education is also because of the opportunity to __29__ valuable resources. The more connections which are __30___ during your college career, the more _31___ you will have when you begin your job search. Once you have ended your job search and have started your career, ___32__, the importance of a college education has not been exhausted. Having a college degree often __33_ greater promotion opportunity.
So, why should you go to college? The reasoning does not begin and end with the _34___ aspect. A good education is __35__ from many different viewpoints, and while the importance of a college education is quite evident for many high school students, what is often not as clear is how they will pay for that education.
A．time B．freedom C．respect D．opportunity
A．likely B．unable C．afraid D．unwilling
A．once B．just C．never D．also
A．nature B．culture C．knowledge D．agriculture
A．referred B．added C．devoted D．compared
A．follows B．serves C．unites D．disappears
A．additional B．secret C．interesting D．financial
A．discuss B．ignore C．experience D．imagine
A．stories B．requests C．suggestion D．lecture
A．helps B．encourages C．forbids D．advises
A．design B．explore C．change D．refuse
A．development B．payment C．agreement D．experiment
A．for B．over C．in D．with
A．admire B．satisfy C．gain D．notice
A．removed B．collected C．explained D．controlled
A．inventions B．choices C．worries D．salaries
A．besides B．therefore C．however D．otherwise
A．saves B．includes C．ensures D．means
A．life B．character C．communication D．job
A．free B．rare C．beneficial D．absent
It was black in the evening. Jason, a 12-year-old boy didn’t want to go outside. But his mother, Branda, was worried about his father and36 he go.
That evening the man had to 37 his car, a Buick outside their house in the driveway.
38 enough, the wife hadn’t heard a single 39 for at least one hour. “Go and find him,” she told Jason.
The kid stepped outside in the darkness and called into the shadows “Dad?”
“Jason?” 40 was his father, but his voice sounded41 . He spoke slowly, in a strange way.
That evening, when the man had to get42 the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car. 43 , the man didn’t place the blocks in front of the car’ s front tires to keep it from44 forward off the forks, which was exactly 45 it did afterwards.
Little Jason saw his dad’s feet 46 out from beneath the car.47 to take a full breath, Old Jason sank into a sleepy, half-alive 48 .
“Calm down. It will be OK.” The boy 49 his mother. Now he couldn’t afford to be scared.
He climbed on and started up, the Buick started to come off the ground and 50 in the air.
Minutes later, 911 policemen arrived. Old Jason 51 beneath the car, still breathing.
It wasn’t52 his dad was loaded into an ambulance that the little boy 53 and sobbed.
Little Jason says one happy change has come out of the 54 : he gets to spend more time with his dad. Old Jason, who hasn’t touched a car 55 the Buick fell on him often spends evenings with his son playing.
A．claimed B．demanded C．declared D．announced
A．clean B．buy C．fix D．sell
A．Strangely B．Interestingly C．Fortunately D．Dangerously
A．word B．sentence C．noise D．sound
A．He B．This C．There D．It
A．usual B．different C．calm D．unhappy
A．into B．onto C．beneath D．above
A．Somehow B．Anyhow C．Somewhat D．Anyway
A．sinking B．rolling C．driving D．running
A．what B．how C．why D．when
A．bringing B．moving C．sticking D．taking
A．Unable B．Unlikely C．Likely D．Able
A．environment B．circumstance C．state D．position
A．inspired B．comforted C．required D．persuaded
A．moved B．drove C．bent D．suspended
A．slept B．sat C．stood D．lay
A．until B．unless C．when D．while
A．broke out B．broke down C．broke up D．broke off
A．matter B．affair C．accident D．event
A．after B．till C．when D．since
Dad loved children. And he always wanted a ____1______ family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.
Once, Dad _____2_____ presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, "And this is our _____3_____ model, complete with all the improvements. And don't think that this is all; we are _____4_____ the 1953 model some time next month."
But what he _____5_____ most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted _____6_____ that he had seen eleven people in our car, not _____7_____ Mum and Dad. _____8_____, Dad called out over his shoulder, "You _____9_____ the second baby up from the front here, Mister."
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the ____10_____. Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the _____11_____. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine _____12_____ one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been _____13_____. When he pointed at the child that had been _____14_____, Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That's not one of ours, dear. He _____15_____ next door."
A．rich B．lovely C．close D．large
A．surprisingly B．nervously C．kindly D．proudly
A．dearest B．smallest C．latest D．youngest
A．ordering B．selling C．expecting D．improving
A．hated B．enjoyed C．cared D．hoped
A．crazily B．excitedly C．curiously D．directly
A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reaching
A．Immediately B．Carefully C．Angrily D．Easily
A．saw B．missed C．forget D．left
A．truth B．story C．adventure D．accident
A．lecture B．house C．office D．activity
A．even if B．apart from C．so that D．except that
A．troublesome B．careless C．active D．quiet
A．found B．caught C．punished D．wounded
A．goes to B．belongs to C．works D．plays
Mike had been delivering (送) newspaper for a week, but he was still not quite sure36 he was going to like his first job. Today he was to37 the month’s money from his customers (顾客). At the first house, Mike walked past the Pierces’ barking dog,38 was tied up in the front yard. When he 39 the door he got up enough40 to ring the bell. He told the man what he41 . Mr Pierce didn’t smile or say anything , but he handed Mike a bill. Mike42 counted out the man’s change.
43 the time he got to the44 house, Mike felt a little more at ease. Mr Simon was repairing his45 . He, too, gave Mike a46 . but he smiled and talked 47 Mike gave him his48 .
As Mike walked to the third house, he49a bit uneasy, Mr Swenson was just 50 home from the store, and he stopped51 he saw Mike. Mr Swenson paid Mike the exact amount in change. They stood52in front of the house53 . This wasn’t54 to be such a difficult job55 , thought Mike as he continued on his way.
A．what B．why C．whether D．which
A．fetch B．seize C．collect D．select
A．it B．he C．which D．who
A．arrived B．reached C．went D．got
A．courage B．money C．newspaper D．demand
A．liked B．believed C．wanted D．had
A．hardly B．lately C．carefully D．nearly
A．For B．In C．By D．On
A．third B．first C．second D．fourth
A．garden B．dog C．car D．job
A．money B．pay C．bill D．change
A．so B．for C．as D．because
A．newspaper B．help C．change D．smile
A．hadn’t B．continue C．wasn’t D．went
A．at B．in C．coming D．going
A．when B．thus C．where D．so
A．to talk B．talking C．back D．by
A．in no time B．at once C．for a while D．by and by
A．true B．happening C．going D．that
A．by far B．any longer C．after all D．at once
Mike had been delivering (送) newspaper for a week, but he was still not quite sure36 he was going to like his first job. Today he was to37 the month's money from his customers (顾客). At the first house, Mike walked past the Pierces' barking dog,38 was tied up in the front yard. When he 39 the door he got up enough40 to ring the bell. He told the man what he41 . Mr Pierce didn't smile or say anything , but he handed Mike a bill. Mike42 counted out the man's change.
43 the time he got to the44 house, Mike felt a little more at ease. Mr Simon was repairing his45 . He, too, gave Mike a46 . but he smiled and talked 47 Mike gave him his48 .
As Mike walked to the third house, he49a bit uneasy, Mr Swenson was just 50 home from the store, and he stopped51 he saw Mike. Mr Swenson paid Mike the exact amount in change. They stood52in front of the house53 . This wasn't54 to be such a difficult job55 , thought Mike as he continued on his way.
A．what B．why C．whether D．which
A．fetch B．seize C．collect D．select
A．it B．he C．which D．who
A．arrived B．reached C．went D．got
A．courage B．money C．newspaper D．demand
A．liked B．believed C．wanted D．had
A．hardly B．lately C．carefully D．nearly
A．For B．In C．By D．On
A．third B．first C．second D．fourth
A．garden B．dog C．car D．job
A．money B．pay C．bill D．change
A．so B．for C．as D．because
A．newspaper B．help C．change D．smile
A．hadn't B．continue C．wasn't D．went
A．at B．in C．coming D．going
A．when B．thus C．where D．so
A．to talk B．talking C．back D．by
A．in no time B．at once C．for a while D．by and by
A．true B．happening C．going D．that
A．by far B．any longer C．after all D．at once
A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the __36__ was that he found himself unable to ask for help---his mobile phone went out of __37__ as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but to _38__ in cold wilderness. It was eight hours later that day broke, and then _39_ of the rescue.
It is almost __40__ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his __41__: “First of all, I checked up my __42__, checked up my conditions and found myself not in mortal danger. As there was no __43__ to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from __44__. In this way I dozed off.”
His story put an end to my regret for the __45__ of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men __46___ to explore a mountain cave and got lost. __47__to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of __48__. Finally they feel dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the __49__ people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the __50__ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to __51__ themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering not far away.
Don’t you think you can compare it with __52__ itself? When you meet with difficulty in life and work, you are lost in darkness. __53__ you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle __54__. It seems to be a negative（消极） attitude, __55__ a person who can afford to do so must have foresight(远见) as well as a great courage in the first place.
A．hopeless B．worst C．more D．best
A．service B．way C．control D．work
A．cry B．lie C．wait D．sleep
A．delay B．success C．team D．arrival
A．untrue B．unimaginable C．true D．useless
A．plan B．decision C．explanation D．excuse
A．physical B．mental C．working D．medical
A．energy B．way C．tools D．strength
A．rotting B．spreading C．hurting D．bleeding
A．loss B．failure C．disappointment D．sadness
A．had B．managed C．tried D．meant
A．Willing B．Unable C．Determined D．Deciding
A．hearing B．sight C．feeling D．direction
A．rescue B．village C．local D．brave
A．end B．top C．opening D．side
A．save B．help C．stop D．calm
A．adventure B．work C．life D．mankind
A．Mind B．Watch C．Imagine D．Warn
A．really B．immediately C．carefully D．hopefully
A．and B．so C．but D．while