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     In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be
flying to France to    1   a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Daniel's life. I wanted to   2   
him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the   3   time I had let such
moments pass.
     When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it
going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked   4   the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus
drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar   5   played itself out.
     I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him   6   and
confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words   7   me.
     Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those   8   opportunities. How many times have I let such
moments   9  ? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has  10  to me. Or what he might  11  to face
in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
     What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?  12  
as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always  13  never
hearing him put his  14   into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so  15  
to tell a son somethin from the heart?
     My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. "Daniel," I said, "if
I could have picked, I would have picked you." That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world
  16 , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't
understand what he was saying. All I was  17  of was the stubble (短须) on his chin as his face pressed  18  
mine. What I had said to Daniel was  19 . It was nothing. And yet, it was  20 .
( )1.A.experience   
( )2.A.show         
( )3.A.last         
( )4.A.upward        
( )5.A.sign          
( )6.A.interest     
( )7.A.failed       
( )8.A.future       
( )9.A.last      
( )10.A.counted     
( )11.A.think       
( )12.A.But         
( )13.A.wondered    
( )14.A.views       
( )15.A.important   
( )16.A.disappeared 
( )17.A.sensitive   
( )18.A.by           
( )19.A.clumsy       
( )20.A.none         
B.spend    
B.give           
B.first      
B.into         
B.scene           
B.instruction  
B.discouraged  
B.embarrassing    
B.pass       
B.meant          
B.want       
B.And          
B.regretted    
B.actions        
B.essential  
 B.changed       
B.convinced  
B.against      
B.gentle       
B.all          
C.enjoy           
C.make           
C.very            
C.down           
C.scenery       
C.courage         
C.struck         
C.obvious        
C.fly            
C.valued          
C.expect          
C.Instead         
C.minded          
C.feelings        
C.hard            
C.progressed     
C.aware            
C.on              
C.absurd          
C.anything    
D.shape           
D.instruct         
D.next          
D.up               
D.sight         
D.direction                    
D.troubled       
D.lost           
D.remain         
D.cared          
D.wish          
D.So              
D.tried            
D.attitudes      
D.complex         
D.advanced      
D.tired            
D.with           
D.moving         
D.everything  
答案

1-5: ABBDB   6-10: CADBB   11-15: CABCC   16-20: ACBAD

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(D)

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

"I have two kids in college, and I want to say ’come home,’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education," says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.

"If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education," says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt."

Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

Financial aid administrators believe that ().

A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses

B. the government will receive more letters of complaint

C. college tuition fees will double soon

D. America’s unemployment will fall