colleges in a half dozen different places. 2.________ Friends will wonder what's wrong with you.

　　Because someone else expects it from you.

　　3．________ Or maybe, you're the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there. It seems that for years everyone has just assumed that of course you'll go.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 you don't know what else to do.

　　It's been tough to find even a summer job. You don't have an alternative plan. Everyone else is doing it. (see above) 4.________ That is the lamest (无说服力的) of reasons to spend $20,000 or more in the next year.

　　5．________

　　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. Whatever the story is, there are always people who regret decisions they've made. So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college.

　　A．But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons.

　　B．Because you don't want to work.

　　C．Not to go will set yourself apart.

　　D．Because you are afraid you'll regret it if you don't go.

　　E．Everyone seems more excited than you are.

　　F．Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college.

　　G．You think you might as well go to school.

　　Ⅲ.完形填空

　　Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final __1__. All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their __2__. If they didn't pass the exams, they would have to __3__ them in September. There were usually a few who __4__， but Jane didn't want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother __5__ her health. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother __6__ that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to __7__ her up in the morning.

　　Jane was too __8__ to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the __9__ did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn't answer __10__ of the questions. Everyone __11__ her was writing paper pages and pages. __12__ she thought hard, she couldn't find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her __13__.

　　Time was running __14__. There was only an hour to __15__. She started one question, wrote two sentences, __16__ and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote __17__ two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started __18__. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible __19__. A minute later, __20__ called her name.

　　1．A.harvests　　　　　　B．exams

　　C．reports D．papers

　　2．A.exercises B．jobs

　　C．books D．lessons

　　3．A.take B．write

　　C．attend D．do

　　4．A.cheated B．succeeded

　　C．passed D．failed

　　5．A.cared for B．felt proud of

　　C．worried about D．thought highly of

6．A.insisted B．agreed