【正文】 that gives them the most fort and satisfaction in line with their budgets. This accounts for the willingness of people to pay more for different types of experiences (such as attending a private liberalarts college or going to an outofstage public school that has a great marinebiology program). And just as two auto purchasers might spend an equal amount of money on very different cars, college students (or, more accurately, their parents) often show a willingness to pay essentially the same price for vastly different products. So which is it? Is college an investment product like a stock or a consumer product like a car? In keeping with the automotive world’ s hottest consumer trends, maybe it’ s best to characterize it as a hybrid (混合動力汽車 )： an expensive consumer product that, over time, will pay rich dividends. 57. What’s the opinion of economists about going to college? A) Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializing. B) It doesn’t pay to run into debt to receive a college education. C) College education is rewarding in spite of the startling costs. D) Going to college doesn’t necessarily bring the expected returms. 58. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, ____________. A) enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universities B) the labor market preferred highschool graduates to college graduates C) Competition for university admissions was far more fierce than today D) the gap between the earnings of college and highschool graduates narrowed 59. Students who attend an instate college or university can___________. A) save more on tuition B) receive a better education C) take more liberalarts courses D) avoid traveling long distances 60. In this consumerist age, most parents______________. A) regard college education as a wise investment B) place a premium on the prestige of the college C) think it crucial to send their children to college D) consider college education a consumer product 61. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today? A) Their employment prospects after graduation. B) A satisfying experience within their budgets. C) Its facilities and learning environment D) Its ranking among similar institutions. Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Some historians say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower’ s presidency (總統(tǒng)任期 ) in the 1950s was the . interstate highway system. It was a 62 project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human 63 as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower’s interstate highways 64 the nation together in new ways and 65 major economic growth by making merce less 66 . Today, an information superhighway has been built—an electronic work that 67 libraries, corporations, government agencies and 68 . This electronic superhighway is called the Inter, 69 it is the backbone (主干 ) of the World Wide Web. The Inter had its 70 in a 1969 . Defense Department puter work called ARPA , which 71 Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the work for military contractors and universities doing military research to 72 information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), 73 mission is to promote science, took over. This new NSF work 74 more and more institutional users, many of 75 had their own internal works. For example, most universities that 76 the NSF work had intracampus puter works. The NSF work 77 became a connector for thousands of other works. 78 a backbone system that interconnects works, inter was a name that fit. So we can see that the Inter is the wired infrastructure(基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施 ) on which web 79 move. It began as a military munication system, which expanded into a governmentfunded 80 research work. Today, the Inter is a userfinanced system tying institutions of many sorts together 81 an “information 62. A) concise B) radial C) massive D) trivial 63. A) behaviors B) endeavors C) inventions D) elements 64. A) packed B) stuck C) suppressed D) bound 65. A) facilitated B) modified C) mobilized D) terminated 66. A) petitive B) parative C) exclusive D) expensive 67. A) merges B) connects C) relays D) unifies 68. A) figures B) personalities C) individuals D) humans 69. A) and B) yet C) or D) while 70. A) samples B) sources C) origins D) precedents 71. A) stood by B) stood for C) stood against D) stood over 72. A) exchange B) bypass C) switch D) interact 73. A) their B) that C) when D) whose 74. A) expanded B) contracted C) attracted D) extended 75. A) what B) these C) which D) them 76. A) joined B) attached C) participated D) involved 77. A) moreover B) likewise C) however D) then 78. A)With B) By C) In D)As 79. A) contexts B) signs C) messages D) leaflets 80. A) citizen B) civilian C) amateur D) resident 81. A) into B) amid C) over D) toward Part VI Translation (5 minutes) 82. With the oil prices ever rising, she tried to talk________________(說服他不買車 ). 83. __________(保持幽默感有助于 ) reduce stress and promote creative thinking in today’ s petitive society. 84. When confronted with the evidence,________________(他不得不坦白自己的罪行 ). 85. When people say, “ I can feel my ears burning,” it means they think_____________________(一定有人在說他們的壞話 ). 86. She has decided to go on a diet, but finds ____________________(很難抵制冰淇淋的誘惑 ). 答案： 快速閱讀： 1. B) enjoyed having the independence 2. A) hinders their healthy growth 3. D) somewhat mixed responses 4. A) promote sensible promoting 5. B) is much safer than before 6. C) their fear is amplified by media exposure of crime 7. D) their maturity and personal qualities 8. unsafe situation 9. anxiety 10. every moment 聽力： Section A短對話 11. D) Fred may have borrowed a sleeping bag from someone else. 12. B) It will