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   [l]Before applying to colleges, many students wonder, what's the point of it all? This is an important

question to ask yourself. College is a huge investment, no only of money, but also of 2-4 years of your

life. No one should attend college without a very good reason.

     [2] Some people go to college to earn more money. On average, people who obtain a Bachelor's

degree will earn more than l million dollars more over the course of their lifetimes than people who don't

attend college. Those who go for Master's, Doctor's, and professional degrees do even better. Holders

of these degrees are suited to many high paying jobs while               .

     [3] Some go for the experiences. College is an amazing life experience. Students not only receive a

traditional classroom education, but also learn a large amount about the ways of the world. For many

students, college is the first time they live away from home. This creates a great opportunity to meet

different types of people and have many brand new experiences that can make you a much wiser and

worldly person.

    [4]Some others seek after a dream. For many people college is great way to start the next step

towards achieving a dream. It can help you break into a new career path or achieve expert status in your

chosen field.

     [5] However, there're also some people going to college because "my parents and family expect me

to" or "I don't know what I want to do with my life". If your main reason for going to college is one of

these, you should reconsider your motivations seriously. If you go without a true purpose, you can end

up finding what you spend on it might never be worth it.

1. How does the author further explain his point of view? (no more than l0 words)

                                                                                    

2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

                                                                                    

3. How could experiences mentioned in Paragraph 3 change people? (no more than 8 words)

                                                                                    

4. Why could going to college help the students seek after their dreams? (no more than 20 words)

                                                                                    

5. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5? (no more than l0 words)

                                                                                

答案

1. By comparing some good reasons with some bad ones

2. Non-degree holders/those without degrees are not/seldom

3. By making people much wiser and worldly

4. Because that could help them head for a new career or make great achievements in

    your chosen field.

5. People should go to college with a true reason.

阅读理解

While parents, particularly mothers, have always been attached to their infants (婴儿), societal conditions frequently made this attachment difficult to maintain (保持). First of all, the high infant death rate in the premodern times meant that such attachments often ended in hopelessness. Perhaps to prevent the sadness that infant death caused, a number of societal practices developed which worked against early attachment of mother and child.

One of these premodern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year. Another practice that discouraged maternal (母亲的) attachment was tightly wrapping (包裹) infants. Wrapping effectively prevented the close physical interactions like stroking (抚摸) and kissing that are so much a part of modern mothers' and fathers' affection for their infants.

A third practice which had the same distancing effect was wet-nursing. Breast-feeding (母乳哺育) was not popular among the well-to-do in the early modern times; infants were often fed by wet nurses hired for the purpose. In some places, such as nineteenth-century France, city infants were sent to wet nurses in the country. Often a wet nurse would feed her own child first, leaving little milk for the city infant—who, in many cases, died. In Rouen, the death rate for children sent to a wet nurse was 35 percent.

68. Babies were unnamed until they were two so that _______.

A. an old social custom could be kept up        B. maternal attachment could be maintained

C. they could have better chances to survive   D. their parents would not be too sad if they died

69. Why were babies wrapped?

A. To protect them from the cold.          B. To distance their mothers from them.

C. To make them feel more comfortable. D. To make it easy for their mothers to hold them.

70. Wet nurses were women who________.

A. babysat city infants                           B. fed babies of other families

C. sent their babies to the country           D. failed to look after their babies

71. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Societal Conditions in Premodern Times

B. Practices of Reducing Maternal Attachment

C. Poor Health Service and High Infant Death Rate

D. Differences between Modem and Premodern Parents

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