Question

You've just finished you’re a-levels and you've got a place at university, but you'd really like a break from the academic world. Why not think about taking a year out? While most students go__61from school to university, more and more young people today are choosing to spend a year at“the university? of life” __62 . There are lots of things to choose from. You could work in a bank or do community work. You might even do something challenging ,such as__63 an expedition(探險) to the Amazon rainforest. The experience will__64  your horizons and teach you new skills. It may also give you the chance to earn some money ,which will be very helpful when you__65 start your studies. If you're interested in taking a year out, you must make sure that the university will__66 your place for you till next year. Most are quite happy to do this,__67they find that year?out students are__68 experienced, confident and independent. But don't forget: it's a year out not a year__69 . Your university will want to know what you're going to do. They won't be very pleased if you just
want to do__70 for a year. So what would you do with a year out?
61.  A. easily          B. simply        C. fast        D. straight 
62.  A. last            B. first         C. at last     D. at first
63.  A. participating     B. joining       C. attending   D. expecting
64.  A. broaden         B. spread        C. improve     D. raise 
65.  A. hopefully      B. willingly     C. eventually  D. happily 
66.  A. hold            B. leave         C. occupy      D. remain 
67.  A. however         B. though        C. as          D. when 
68.  A. less            B. much         C. even        D. more 
69.  A. in              B. off           C. away        D. through
70.  A. nothing         B. something     C. anything         D. everything 

Answer 1

61---70   DBBAC   ACDBA  

61.從短文的內容可知，現在學生考上大學后有兩種選擇：一是直接上大學；一是先上一年的“人生大學”。所以要選straight(直接地)。A表示“容易地”；B表示“簡單地，僅僅”；C表示“快的”。答案為D。 
62.現在越來越多的學生首先上“人生大學”。注意first和at first的區別：first的意思是“首先”；at first的意思是“在開始時”。last是最后；at last表示“最后，終于”。答案為B。 
63. join="take" part in(參加)，例如參加亞馬孫熱帶雨林的探險。participating常與介詞in連用，意思是“參與，參加”；attending的意思是“參加(會議)”；expecting的意思是“期望”。答案為B。 
64.broaden的意思是“使擴大”。參加工作的經歷可以開闊一個人的視野(horizons)。spread的意思是“散布”；improve的意思是“改善”；raise的意思是“舉起”。答案為A。 
65.eventually的意思是“最后的”。先參加工作可以得到掙錢的機會，這對以后上大學會有幫助。hopefully的意思是“有希望地”；willingly的意思是“心甘情愿地”；happily的意思是“高興地”。答案為C。 
66. hold your place的意思是“為你留著位置”。如果你對休學一年去參加社會實踐活動有興趣，你必須確保學校為你留著位置。leave your place的意思是“離開你的位置”；occupy your place的意思是“占據你的位置”；remain的意思是“剩余”。答案為A。 
67.C表“因為”，這是一個原因狀語從句。大多數大學愿意讓學生休學一年從事社會活動，因為他們發現這樣的學生比較有經驗、有信心和有獨立性。而however表轉折；though表“雖然”，when表時間。答案為C。
68.因為是休學一年的學生與直接上大學的學生進行比較，所以要用形容詞的比較級。注意這四個詞的用法：less和more放在多音節形容詞的前面構成比較級；much和even后接形容詞的比較級，可排除。再結合語意可知答案為D。
69.a year off的意思是“脫離大學一年”。“in”表示在里面，與文章意思不符。“through”表示“從空間”。答案為B。
70.do nothing表示“無事可作”，如果一個學生休學一年的目的是什么事也不做，大學是不會滿意的。其它三個不定代詞與文章意思不符。答案為A。