As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious(反叛的) on the outside, ___36___ on the inside I wanted people to ___37____ me.
  Once I left home to hitchhike(搭便车) to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn’t ____38___, and there were many times I didn’t feel safe. One situation in particular left me __ 39___ to still be alive. When I returned home, I was different ― not so outwardly sure of myself.
  I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was ____40___with us, was wearing my clothes. And my ___41___ seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be ____42___ if I weren’t there. I told my mom, and she explained that ____43____ Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could ____44___ me. I pointed out, “She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful ___45____ but I was the only person who could fill my ___46___. She made me realize that even with my ___47___, ― and they were many ― I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.
  I became a searcher, ___48___ who I was and what made me unique. My ___49___of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to ___50 ___in ways that I didn't like any more, and I___51___who I really was. I came to feel much more___52___ that no one can ever take my place.

Each of us ___53___ a unique place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So __54___about being replaced. You ___55___ be

36. A. and

B. but  

C. so

D. for

37. A. hate

B. replace

C. receive  

D. like

38. A. easy 

B. hard  

C. fun  

D. long

39. A. unwilling

B. regretful  

C. grateful

D. willing

40. A. playing

B. eating

C. staying  

D. traveling

41. A. family

B. friends

C. relatives

D. neighbors 

42. A. loved

B. mentioned  

C. cared  

D. missed

43. A. since 

B. as

C. while

D. unless

44. A. scold

B. compare  

C. replace  

D. match

45. A. qualities  

B. aspects  

C. matters

D. times

46. A. character  

B. role

C. task  

D. form

47. A. faults 

B. advantages  

C. manners 

D. pities

48. A. looking for

B. looking back 

C. seeking out  

D. giving up

49. A. picture  

B. view  

C. sense  

D. image

50. A. think

B. learn

C. change  

D. act

51. A. hated 

B. celebrated  

C. wished  

D. expected

52. A. sure

B. doubtful

C. happy

D. lonely

53. A. takes 

B. catches  

C. seizes

D. holds

54. A. talk

B. forget

C. care

D. argue

55. A. mustn’t  

B. shouldn’t  

C. can’t  

D. needn’t

 

    The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.

    But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no interest in their studies, and drop out often encouraged by college administrators. Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves―they are spoiled and they are expecting too much.

    But that is a condemnation(谴责)of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained 18 year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained 22-year-olds, either.

    Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys upside down, it seems, and thinking of the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent(clever), ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things―maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But opposite evidence is beginning to mount up.

56. According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT_______.

A. about half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school

B. college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money

C. administrators often encourage college students to drop out

D. more and more young people are found unfit for college.

57. Which of the following is one of some observers’ opinions?

A. The students expect so much that they are not satisfied with the hard college life.

B. The economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college.

C. College should improve because of so much campus unhappiness.

D. Colleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else.

58. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Our college experience proves that those surveys are incorrect.

B. The surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences.

C. The surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences.

D. Our college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys.

59. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people.

B. To put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice.

C. To value young people’s further education in colleges.

D. To persuade young people into working after the completion of high school.

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