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2.Wrong Reasons for Going to College
A college education can be priceless.(16)GIf any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision,you're probably right to second-guess yourself.
◆Because someone else expects it from you.
Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college.Or maybe,you're the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there.(17)E.It's become so much a part of the air you breathe that you've never stopped to consider whether you want to go or whether you're ready to go.
◆Because all your friends are going.
In only a few weeks'time,the whole friend group will be scattered to a half dozen different colleges in a half dozen different places.(18)BFriends would wonder what's wrong with you.Some would take it as a betrayal of the dreams you've dreamed together and the plans you've made.
◆(19)C
It's been tough to find even a summer job.You don't have an alternative plan.Everyone else is doing it (see above).You think you might as well go to school.That is the lamest of reasons to spend $20,000or more in the next year.
◆Because you are afraid you'll regret it if you don't go.
Your uncle tells you that his one regret in life is that he didn't go to college.Others tell you that they could have gone so much farther in their career if only they had a college education.(20)F So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college.

A That's much too fine.
B Not to go would be set yourself apart.
C Because you don't know what else to do.
D Everyone seems more excited than you are.
E It seems that for years everyone has just assumed that of course you'll go.
F Whatever the story is,there are always people who regret decisions they've made.
G But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons.

分析 本文讲述了四个错误的上大学的原因,如:别别人期待、周围的朋友都去了、因为没有其他事情做、如果不去会后悔等.

解答 GEBCF
16.G 细节题.本处用"也许你是因为某种错误的原因才上的大学"引出本文话题"四个错误的上大学的原因",符合语境.故选G.
17.E 细节题.根据上句you're the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there可知,"人人都期待你是家中的第一个大学生",本处"人人都认为你会上大学"承接上文,符合语境.故选E.
18.B 细节题.根据上文的表述,朋友们都上了大学,本处"不上大学会把你(与他们)隔离开"承接上文,符合语境.故选B.
19.C 细节题.本段讲述了"别人都上大学了,你也别无选择",可知"不知道还能干什么"统领本段,符合语境.故选C.
20.F 细节题.本段讲述了"不上大学怕日后后悔".前面讲述了人们后悔的不同原因,本处"无论是什么原因,总有后悔的人"承接上文,符合语境.故选F.

点评 考察学生的推理判断能力和联系上下文的能力,在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.此类的填空题一定要联系上下文,根据上下文的内容加上自己的理解,再作出正确的判断.

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