【正文】 hat you have a better chance of being enrolled. And if you do, you39。re done with the whole painful process by December. But most students and parents don39。t realize that schools have hidden 2 for offering early decision. Early decision, since it39。s binding, allows schools to fill their classes with qualified students。 it allows 3 mittees to select the students that are in particular demand for their college and know those students will e. It also gives schools a higher yield rate (優(yōu)秀學(xué)生率), which is often used as one of the ways to 4 college selectivity and popularity. The problem is that this process effectively 5 the window of time students have to make one of the most important decisions of their lives up to that point. Under 6 admissions, seniors have to choose which school to attend until May 1。 early decision effectively steals six months from them, months that could be used to visit more schools, do more research, speak to current students and alumni (校友) and make a more 7 decision. For any given student in America, whatever their levels are, there are a number of schools that are a great 8 . When students bee too fixed on a particular school early in the admissions process, that fixation can lead to 9 severe disappointment if they don39。t get in or, if they do, it is likely that they are now bound to go to a school that, given time for further 10 , may not actually be right for them. Early decision offers a genuine admissions edge. That advantage goes largely to students who already have 11 advantages. The students who use early decision tend to be those who have received higherquality college guidance, usually a result of ing from a more advantaged background. 12 , there39。s an argument against early decision, as students from lowerine families are far less likely to have the admissions knowhow (招生訣竅) to 13 figure out the often confusing early deadlines. Students who have done their research and are confident that there39。s one school they would be thrilled to get into should, under the current system, probably 14 under early decision. For students who haven39。t yet done enough research, or who are still constantly changing their minds on favorite schools, the earlydecision system needlessly and prematurely 15 the field of possibility just at a time when students should be opening themselves to a whole range of thrilling options.1. A. let inB. turn downC. make upD. give away2. A. dangersB. costsC. assumptionsD. purposes3. A. admissionsB. jointC. inquiryD. investigative4. A. detailB. measureC. achieveD. represent5. A. neglectsB. providesC. shortensD. marks6. A. futureB. regularC. randomD. pulsory7. A. informedB. honouredC. imposedD. plicated8. A. fitB. aidC. hitD. net9. A. thereforeB. otherwiseC. howeverD. furthermore10. A. mentB. enhancementC. implicationD. reflection11. A. mutualB. favouriteC. numerousD. temporary12. A. In other wordsB. In this regardC. In particularD. In brief13. A. hesitantlyB. relativelyC. deliberatelyD. efficiently14. A. consultB. volunteerC. adjustD. apply15. A. occupiesB. enclosesC. narrowsD. explores【答案】 （1）A；（2）D；（3）A；（4）B；（5）C；（6）B；（7）A；（8）A；（9）B；（10）D；（11）C；（12）B；（13）D；（14）D；（15）C； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，討論了大學(xué)提前申請政策的目的以及存在的弊端。 （1）考查動詞短語。句意：學(xué)校讓提前申請的學(xué)生入學(xué)，這意味著你更有可能被錄取。大學(xué)通過提前錄取的方式，提前讓學(xué)生進(jìn)入大學(xué)。A. let in“讓……進(jìn)入”；B. turn down“拒絕”；C. make up“組成”；D. give away“泄露”。故選A。 （2）考查名詞。句意：但是大多數(shù)學(xué)生和家長沒有意識到學(xué)校提供提前申請所隱含的目的。A. dangers“危險”；B. costs“花費”；C. assumptions“假定”；D. purposes“目的、”。根據(jù)第三段可知，短文解釋了大學(xué)提前申請政策的目的，所以判斷出作者通過but轉(zhuǎn)折句來說明大多數(shù)學(xué)生和家長沒有意識到學(xué)校提供提前申請所隱含的目的。故選D。 （3）考查名詞。句意：它允許招生委員會挑選對他們的大學(xué)有特殊需求的學(xué)生，他們知道這些學(xué)生會來報到的。A. admissions“許可，錄用”；B. joint“聯(lián)合”；C. inquiry“詢問”；D. investigative“調(diào)查”。admission mittee固定短語，“招生委員會”，這是大學(xué)招生的機構(gòu)。故選A。 （4）考查動詞。句意：這會提高學(xué)校的優(yōu)秀學(xué)生率，這通常被用作衡量大學(xué)被選擇性和受歡迎程度的方法之一。優(yōu)秀學(xué)生率高低是衡量大學(xué)被選擇性和受歡迎程度的方法之一。A. detail“詳細(xì)說明”；B. measure“衡量，測量”；C. achieve“實現(xiàn)”；D. represent“代表”。故選B。 （5）考查動詞。句意：問題是，這一過程有效地縮短了學(xué)生做出人生最重要決定的時間。A. neglects“忽略”；B. provides“提供”；C. shortens“縮短”；D. marks“做標(biāo)記”。根據(jù)下文“decision effectively steals six months from them”可知，提前申請的決定實際上從他們那里偷走了六個月的時間，所以縮短了學(xué)生做出人生最重要決定的時間。故選C。 （6）考查形容詞。句意：在正常的招生情況下，高年級學(xué)生必須在5月1日之前選擇就讀哪所學(xué)校。A. future“未來的”；B. regular“定期的，有規(guī)律的”；C. random“隨意的”；D. pulsory“義務(wù)的”。提前申請縮短了學(xué)生做出決定的時間，所以作者將正常招生情況下的時間與提前申請的時間進(jìn)行了對比。故選B。 （7）考查形容詞。句意：提前申請的決定實際上從他們那里偷走了六個月的時間，這些時間可以用來參觀更多的學(xué)校，做更多的研究，和現(xiàn)在的學(xué)生和校友交談，并做出更明智的決定。A. informed“有依據(jù)的”；B. honoured“深感榮幸的”；C. imposed“施加的”；D. plicated“復(fù)雜的”。根據(jù)“visit more schools, do more research, speak to current students and alumni (校友) ”可知，參觀更多的學(xué)校，做更多的研究，和現(xiàn)在的學(xué)生和校友交談。所以這些渠道的信息有利于做出有依據(jù)的決定。故選A。 （8）考查名詞。句意：對于美國的任何一個學(xué)生來說，無論他們的水平如何，都有很多學(xué)校非常適合他們。A. fit“適合，合身”；B. aid“幫助”；C. hit“打擊”；D. net“網(wǎng)”。whatever引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，所以根據(jù)主從句的關(guān)系，可以判斷出fit符合語境。故選A。 （9）考查副詞。句意：當(dāng)學(xué)生在入學(xué)的早期階段對某所學(xué)校過于執(zhí)著時，如果他們不能入學(xué)，這種執(zhí)著會在其他方面導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的失望，或者，如果他們能入學(xué)，他們現(xiàn)在很可能會進(jìn)入某所學(xué)校，如果給他們時間作進(jìn)一步的思考，他們會認(rèn)為所選擇的學(xué)?？赡軐嶋H上并不適合他們。A. therefore“因此”；B. otherwise“在其他方面”；C. however“然而”；D. furthermore“此外”。otherwise“用來表示如果不能入學(xué)，在很多方面會導(dǎo)致孩子的失望，意在說不能入學(xué)所帶來后果的嚴(yán)重性。故選B。 （10）考查名詞。句意：學(xué)生在入學(xué)的早期階段對某所學(xué)校過于執(zhí)著時，如果他們不能入學(xué)，這種執(zhí)著會導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的失望，或者，如果他們能入學(xué)，他們現(xiàn)在很可能會去那種，如果給他們時間作進(jìn)一步的思考，所選擇的學(xué)?？赡軐嶋H上并不適合他們。A. ment“評論”；B. enhancement“增強”；C. implication“暗示”；D. reflection“思考”。根據(jù)“may not actually be right for them”可知，所選擇的學(xué)?？赡軐嶋H上并不適合他們。所以判斷出一定是經(jīng)過思考，才認(rèn)為所選擇的學(xué)?？赡軐嶋H上并不適合他們。故選D。 （11）考查形容詞。句意：這一優(yōu)勢在很大程度上屬于那些已經(jīng)擁有眾多優(yōu)勢的學(xué)生。A. mutual“相互的”；B. favourite“最喜愛的”；C. numerous“許多的”；D. temporary“臨時的”。根據(jù)下文“have received higherquality college guidance, usually a result of ing from a more advantaged background.”可知，使用提前申請決策的學(xué)生往往是那些接受了更高質(zhì)量大學(xué)的指導(dǎo)，這通常是來自更有優(yōu)勢的背景。所以判斷出這樣的學(xué)生有許多的優(yōu)勢。故選C。 （12）考查介詞短語。句意：在這方面，有人反對提前申請政策，因為來自低收入家庭的學(xué)生不太可能擁有有效解決經(jīng)常令人困惑的提前申請截止日期的招生知識。A. In other words“換句話說”；B. In this regard“在這方面”；C. In particular“特別”；D. In brief“總之”。In this regard來表明有人就這個