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15．If You Get In，Make College CountAs tuition costs rise，with post-undergraduate （本科毕业后） jobs difficult to find，is higher education worth the cost？
Here is an unfortunate truth：For far too many incoming freshmen，college-any college-is not worth it．Year after year，students fail to get the full value of their tuition．
Many critics blame this cost/value problem on the universities，though each critic might point to a different reason：teachers always think of difficult research，the high costs of athletics，or the popularity of majors that are supposedly not suited to the new job market，to name some of their favorites．
But these are symptoms and not the illness itself．In our experience，the source of the wasted university experience begins with the student．Too often，students make bad choices or，frankly，just not enough great choices．
Too often we meet students who are so exhausted by the business of getting into college that they don't work hard once they arrive-one of the most common wastes of time and tuition．A poorly constructed transcript （成绩单） can be destructive to a student's education．Failure to engage and build professional working relationships with professors in office hours （which may lead to continued study，internships and more） also hurts the student's experience．
Another mistake is failing to make use of the many support networks on today's college campuses．It's almost embarrassing how many good offerings are rolled into each tuition dollar，but most students don't know they exist．
Another common point of failure is filling the schedule with too many extracurricular activities as students once did in high school，rather than getting intensely involved in one or two at most．The same can be said of overburdened course loads．
The final great failure we frequently see is the approach students （and their parents） take to selecting a major and accurately seeing its impact on a future career．University systems are not vocational schools．While critics nowadays complain about the attraction of useless majors-and some do exist-more frequently we see too many students pursue a course of study that is not their strength，simply because it seems to have obvious connections to a potential job after graduation．
Rather than perform poorly in a"practical"major and be of little interest as a future job candidate，we say it is better to major in a subject where a student would do well and master the tools of communication and analysis．Students who choose a unique major should complement （使更具有吸引力） that with some well-chosen skill courses，internships and other co-curricular activities that help with career opportunities after college．
So，is college worth it？It can be．Studies show that college graduates have many advantages-material，social and emotional-that can lead to greater success later in life．
To get the full value out of college，students must be as diligent and creative about getting out of college as they were about getting in．After all，the most beautiful，Olympic saltwater pool does you no good if you don't know how to swim．

Introduction	Students in college are （71）unable/unlikely to get the full value of the constantly rising tuition．Critics hold that the universities are responsible for the problem，but actually it is students themselves that are to （72）blame．
Students' Mistakes	●Students tend to stop working hard after （73）admission/going to college．
	●Students fail to take advantage of （74）resources/support that colleges provide．
	●Students spread themselves too thin by （75）participating/joiningin too many extracurricular activities．
	●Students can't adopt a correct （76）method/way to select a major and accurately see its future potential．
Author's Advice	●Take personal interest and （77）strength（s）/advantage（s）/merit（s）into account．
	●Learn the skills of communication and analysis．
	●Choose some skill courses，internships and other co-curricular activities to  （78）increase/boost future career chances．
	●Most importantly，（79）diligent and creativity count．
（80）Conclusion	Students，and only students themselves，can get the best out of college，as long as they learn the skills to swim in the beautiful pool of college．

Answer 1

分析 本文为科普文，文章主要介绍了大学生应该如何最优化大学的价值，努力提升自己．

解答 答案：
71．unable/unlikely
72．blame
73．admission/going
74．resources/support
75．participating/joining
76．method/way
77．strength（s）/advantage（s）/merit（s）
78．increase/boost
79．diligent
80．Conclusion
解析：
71．答案unable/unlikely．上下文衔接．根据短文第一段及第二段"students fail to get the full value of their tuition．"可知大学生并不能获取他们所付学费的全部价值．应填unable/unlikely．
72．答案blame．上下文衔接．根据短文第三段"In our experience，the source of the wasted university experience begins with the student．"可知实际上学生才是应该被谴责的对象，blame责备．
73．答案admission/going．上下文衔接．根据第五段"Too often we meet students who are so exhausted by the business of getting into college that they don't work hard once they arrive-one of the most common wastes of time and tuition．"可知，大部分学生在进入大学后就不再努力学习了．admission/going进入．
74．答案resources/support．上下文衔接．根据第五段"they don't work hard once they arrive-one of the most common wastes of time and tuition．"可知一些大学生没能很好地利用学校提供的资源．resources/support资源/支持．
75．答案participating/joining．上下文衔接．根据第七段"Another common point of failure is filling the schedule with too many extracurricular activities"可知一些学生参加各种课外活动，把战线拉得太长．participating/joining参加．
76．答案method/way．上下文衔接．根据第八段"The final great failure we frequently see is the approach students （and their parents） take to selecting a major and accurately seeing its impact on a future career．"可知学生不能采取正确的方法选择一门主修课程，准确地看到将来的潜能．method/way方法．
77．答案strength（s）/advantage（s）/merit（s）．上下文衔接．根据第八段"more frequently we see too many students pursue a course of study that is not their strength，…Rather than perform poorly in a"practical"major and be of little interest as a future job candidate，"可知此处指的是要考虑自己的兴趣和优势．strength（s）/advantage（s）/merit（s）优势，优点．
78．答案increase/boost．上下文衔接．根据倒数第二段"Students who choose a unique major should complement （使更具有吸引力） that with some well-chosen skill courses，internships and other co-curricular activities that help with career opportunities after college．"可知此处指的是选择一些技能课程来增加自己在职业上的机会．应填increase/boost增加/推动．
79．答案diligent．上下文衔接．根据短文最后一段"students must be as diligent and creative about getting out of college as they were about getting in．"可知此处指的是，最重要的是要勤奋，有创造力．diligence勤奋．
80．答案Conclusion．上下文衔接．根据右栏内容可知此处指的是这篇短文得出的结论．Conclusion结论．

点评 任务型阅读不仅要求学生有良好的阅读理解能力，还要求学生对词汇语法有全面的把握，所以在这道题型上要拿到高分是不轻易的，而且还要在基本工扎实的基础上具备一定的解题技巧．
1．看清要求：所填单词的词数及词的来源（是否可用文中单词）
2．浏览表格：通过表格展示的信息了解文章结构和所填空格的相关信息．
3．阅读全文：概括文章大意，注重名称、数字和年代，有利于快速定位信息源，同时划出与所填内容相关的信息，圈出要害词（组），便于复查时节省时间．
4．变化词形：这一步很要害，多数学生轻易在这里因考虑不全面而出错．变化时要注重以下几点：
名词：留意可不可数及单复数
动词：留意是谓语动词还是非谓语的用法，谓语动词要注意时态和语态以及第三人称，非谓语要注意在句中所做成分和动作发生的先后以及和逻辑主语的关系（主动还是被动）
形容词和副词：注意比较级和最高级的变化
连词：注意文间的逻辑关系
5．另外，今年的任务型阅读已经不仅仅是在词形上进行变化，更多的是句与句的转换甚至是对整段的总结，所以学生要从句子和段落的意思上去分析，切不可只盯着个别词的转换．
6．复查：通读表格，确保表格的语意和语法都准确，句首单词首字母要大写，检查拼写和语法错误，确保书写清楚准确．阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，按照事件发生的先后顺序排序（开始句和结尾句序号已给出）．