My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of ______. These days, friends and family have begun _____ me with one question: What is she going to do after _____? The job market is, after all, awfully ______. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The ______ spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM— science, technology, engineering and ______— areas in which recent graduates “have______ to do relatively well”. But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a（an） ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.” Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world. From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:A
题目分析：文章介绍如何在大学选专业的事情，现在热门的专业是STEM，意味着毕业后有更好的工作和更高的报酬，但是作者的女儿却凭兴趣选择了人文专业，作者认为选择专业重要的是应该带来成就和快乐。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A.work工作，B.college大学，C.training训练，D.project项目，根据下文的But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college.可知艾玛要完成大学的最后一个阶段，选B。
小题2:考查动词辨析：A.filling填满，B.covering覆盖，C.flooding淹没；充满；溢出，D.meeting遇到，这里指亲戚朋友用：What is she going to do after _____?这个问题把我淹没了，选C。
小题3:考查名词辨析：A.class班级，B.school学校，C.lunch午饭，D.graduation毕业，下文谈的大学生毕业后的就业前景，选D。
小题4:考查形容词辨析：A.tough艰苦的，困难的，难办的，B.fair公平的，C.exciting令人兴奋的，D.mild温和的，从下文的：Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.”可知大学生毕业后的职业市场很艰难。选A。
小题5:考查动词辨析：A.wrote写，B.published出版，C.came out出版（不及物），D.printed印刷，the Federal Reserve Bank出版了一项调查表明最近的毕业生做的是低收入的工作或兼职工作。选B。
小题6:考查副词辨析：A.amusingly令人发笑地，B.doubtfully怀疑地，C.jokingly开玩笑的，D.increasingly日益增加地，现在的大学毕业生越来越多的做的是低收入的工作或兼职工作。选D。
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A.dark黑暗的，B.useful有用的，C.bright光明的，D.weak虚弱的，从下文的：“have__ ____ to do relatively well”.可知对学习STEM专业的学生是光明的，选C。
小题8:考查名词辨析：A.mathematics数学，B.literature文学，C. philosophy哲学，D. humanities(人文)，因为STEM是science, technology, engineering and ___ ___几个单词的开头字母，所以应该是M开头的单词，所以选A。
小题9:考查动词辨析：A.intended to打算，B.tended to往往会，C.decided to决定，D.pretended to假装，STEM的学生往往会做的相对的好。选B。
小题10:考查名词辨析：A.interest兴趣，B.attitude态度，C.focus重点，专注，D.point观点，她是专注于政治和饮食文化专业的学生。选C。
小题11:考查形容词辨析：A.worried担心的，B.astonished惊讶的，C.pleased高兴的，D.touched感动的，从上文的：I think her field of study is so fashionable right now可知作者认为她的学习领域是时尚的，所以不担心她找到好工作，选A。
小题12:考查名词辨析：A.skill技能，B.potential潜力，C.wish希望，D.interest兴趣，她得到了一个很好的教育，找到自己感兴趣的事情，选D。
小题13:考查名词辨析：A.program课程，B.chance机会，C.course过程，D.way道路，这些东西在她人生过程中会对她很有用。Way和on搭配，选C。
小题14:考查动词辨析：A.decided决定，B.measured衡量，C.depended决定，D.attracted吸引，现在越来越多的大学是通过毕业生的工资来衡量的。选B。
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A.discouraging劝阻，B.forcing强迫，C.reminded提醒，D.encouraging鼓励，在这样的氛围中鼓励孩子学习人文好像不明智。选D。
小题16:考查动词辨析：A.earning挣钱，B.raising提高，筹集，养活，C.providing 提供，D.achieving达到，这里使用了词组“earn a living”谋生。选A。
小题17:考查动词辨析：A.search搜寻，B.think认为，C.get得到，D.pick挑选，从一开始我们没有强烈要求艾玛挑选一个大学或专业是着眼于未来的经济回报，选D。
小题18:考查连词辨析：A.while当…时候，B.though虽然，C.as正如，因为，D.when当…时候，as引导非限制性定语从句，“正如大部分家庭做的”，选C。
小题19:考查动词辨析：A.works工作，奏效，B.matters重要，C.attaches附上，D.fixes固定，修理，重要的东西可能是我们很长时间不能衡量的。选B。
小题20:考查名词辨析：A.contribution贡献，B. enthusiasm热情， C.desperation渴望，D.creativity创造力，艾玛对世界的贡献和在其中她的快乐。enthusiasm 和about/for 搭配，对……的热情，选A。