Directions: Section A: Banked ClozeDirections: Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.A) specialize E) earning I) indispensable M) contradictionB) vacation F) diverse J) consequence N) ambitionC) accumulate G) various K) conclusion O) scheduleD) store H) confined L) denialI finished my two-year associate degree last year. It might surprise you that this year my salary is twice the national average for four-year institution graduates. I think this is the _______ 26 _______ for many of them studying useless subjects. A lot of university students are wasting their time learning about music, history, and literature while I'm _______ 27 _______ a living. Some of my friends have argued that a _______ 28 _______ education is essential. They say that it will allow them to develop a philosophy for life that will be _______ 29 _______ when they graduate from a university. I think they are in _______ 30 _______ of what life is really about—making money. I have real _______ 31 _______ and want to get ahead. I don't want to be _______ 32 _______ by school while trying to attain a four-year degree. I figure that I can _______ 33 _______ enough wealth over the next twenty years to retire early. I'll have plenty of time to develop my life's philosophy when my friends are 40 and working a miserable _______ 34 _______ for some corporation they hate. I will be sitting on a beach somewhere, enjoying the life and collecting all the wisdom I need. If I could give some advice to kids who are graduating from high school, it would be to _______ 35 _______ in something and then get to work. All that other stuff can take care of itself after you are prosperous.
Directions: Section A: Banked Cloze
Directions: Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
A) specialize E) earning I) indispensable M) contradiction
B) vacation F) diverse J) consequence N) ambition
C) accumulate G) various K) conclusion O) schedule
D) store H) confined L) denial
I finished my two-year associate degree last year. It might surprise you that this year my salary is twice the national average for four-year institution graduates. I think this is the _______ 26 _______ for many of them studying useless subjects. A lot of university students are wasting their time learning about music, history, and literature while I'm _______ 27 _______ a living. Some of my friends have argued that a _______ 28 _______ education is essential. They say that it will allow them to develop a philosophy for life that will be _______ 29 _______ when they graduate from a university. I think they are in _______ 30 _______ of what life is really about—making money. I have real _______ 31 _______ and want to get ahead. I don't want to be _______ 32 _______ by school while trying to attain a four-year degree. I figure that I can _______ 33 _______ enough wealth over the next twenty years to retire early. I'll have plenty of time to develop my life's philosophy when my friends are 40 and working a miserable _______ 34 _______ for some corporation they hate. I will be sitting on a beach somewhere, enjoying the life and collecting all the wisdom I need. If I could give some advice to kids who are graduating from high school, it would be to _______ 35 _______ in something and then get to work. All that other stuff can take care of itself after you are prosperous.
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本题考查词汇在语境中的运用，解题思路是根据上下文的语义来选择合适的单词。
- 对于第26题，前文提到“今年我的工资是四年制大学毕业生全国平均工资的两倍”，后文说“很多人学习无用的科目”，这里表示学习无用科目带来的“后果”，所以应填“consequence”。
- 第27题，结合前文“很多人学习无用的科目”，这里说“我在谋生”，“earn a living”表示“谋生”，所以应填“earning”。
- 第28题，根据后文“他们说这将让他们在毕业后发展一种生活哲学”，这里表示“通识教育”，“diverse education”表示“通识教育”，所以应填“diverse”。
- 第29题，根据前文“他们说这将让他们在毕业后发展一种生活哲学”，这里表示这种哲学“必不可少”，“indispensable”表示“必不可少”，所以应填“indispensable”。
- 第30题，根据前文“我认为他们在否认生活的真正意义——赚钱”，“in denial of”表示“否认”，所以应填“denial”。
- 第31题，根据后文“我想取得进步”，这里表示“野心”，“ambition”表示“野心”，所以应填“ambition”。
- 第32题，根据前文“我不想在试图获得四年制学位时被学校限制”，“be confined by”表示“被限制”，所以应填“confined”。
- 第33题，根据后文“我可以在接下来的二十年里积累足够的财富提前退休”，“accumulate wealth”表示“积累财富”，所以应填“accumulate”。
- 第34题，根据前文“我的朋友们40岁时在为他们讨厌的公司工作”，这里表示“工作日程”，“schedule”表示“工作日程”，所以应填“schedule”。
- 第35题，根据后文“然后开始工作”，“specialize in”表示“专攻”，所以应填“specialize”。