选词填空（15选10） College is seen as the door to opportunity, the key to the future and the ___57___ of success. College is the staircase to the maturity and responsibility of becoming an adult and entering into the real world. But before one can find success through hard work and ___58___ in college, before the rules of real life are ___59___ and the young exuberance (亢奋) and admirations of becoming ___60___ are realized upon weaning (放弃) off of daddy’s dollars, one must first be admitted. But is it really that easy? With the objective of accommodating a large population that differs in any way, shape or size, questions of fairness and equality are ___61___. Issues such as, high school achievement, family make up, racial differences, gender distinction, mental capability and many ___62___ of daily life, all factors into the question, “who really gets into college?” In regards to accommodating our increasingly diverse culture, author of the book “Shameful Admissions,” Angela Miller, states that, “society senses that it needs an increasingly well-educated population to ___63___ with an increasingly complex society. Perhaps we are ___64___ driven to answer the question, who gets into college? With a resounding (响亮的): everyone.” Why not? It only seems logical that with a ___65___ growing population, standards change to accommodate the ___60___ world in which we live in.A. instinctivelyB. facetsC. susceptibleD. copeE. cornerstoneF. menaceG. applicable H. multicultural I. independent J. venerable K. decidedly L. preparation M. diversely N. safeguard O. inevitable
- A. instinctively
- B. facets
- C. susceptible
- D. cope
- E. cornerstone
- F. menace
- G. applicable H. multicultural I. independent J. venerable K. decidedly L. preparation M. diversely N. safeguard O. inevitable
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本题是一篇关于大学录取公平性的议论文，要求从15个选项中选出10个填入空白处，主要主要考察词汇含义、上下文逻辑及固定搭配。
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57. E. cornerstone（基石）
前文提到“大学被视为机会之门、未来之钥”，空格需与“door”“key”并列，表“成功的基础”。选项E“cornerstone（基石）”符合语义，喻指成功的基础，与上下文逻辑一致。
58. L. preparation（准备）
空格与“hard work（努力）”并列，作“through”的宾语，需名词。选项L“preparation（准备）”符合，指通过努力和准备获得成功，与“success in college”逻辑匹配。
59. G. applicable（适用的）
前文“before the rules of real life are”，结合“entering into the real world（进入现实世界）”，需表达“规则适用”。选项G“applicable（适用的）”符合，“rules are applicable”指规则开始生效，逻辑通顺。
60. I. independent（独立的）
“becoming”后接形容词，结合“weaning off of daddy’s dollars（摆脱依赖）”，需表“独立”。选项I“independent（独立的）”符合，指实现独立，与上下文一致。
61. O. inevitable（不可避免的）
二、61. O. inevitable（不可避免的）
前文“questions of fairness and equality are”，结合“accommodating a large population（容纳多样化人群），需表“问题必然出现”。选项O“inevitable（不可避免的）”符合，指公平性问题”不可避免，逻辑合理。
62. B. facets（方面）
“many of daily life”，需名词表“日常生活的“多个方面”。选项B“facets（方面）”符合，指日常生活的诸多方面，与“high school achievement（学业成绩）”等并列，语义完整。
63. D. cope（应对）
“needs an increasingly well-educated population to with an increasingly complex society”，需动词表“应对复杂社会”。选项D“cope（应对）”符合，“cope with”为固定固定固定搭配，指应对复杂社会，逻辑通顺。
64. A. instinctively（本能地）
“Perhaps we are driven to answer the question”，需副词修饰“driven”，表“内在驱动”。选项A“instinctively（本能地）”符合，指社会本能驱使回答问题，符合语境。
65. M. diversely（多样地）
“with a growing population”，需副词修饰“growing”的副词，表“多样化增长”。选项M“diversely（多样地）”符合，指人口多样化增长，与“multicultural world（多元世界）”呼应，逻辑一致。
66. H. multicultural（多元文化的）
“accommodate the world，结合“increasingly diverse culture（日益多样化文化）”，需表“多元文化世界”。选项H“multicultural（多元文化的）”符合，指适应我们生活的多元文化世界，语义完整。