Question

【题目】There’s no one reason why women return to school. Going back to school provides private and public benefits. College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries,【1】(employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions. College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely【2】(little) on government support.

Making the switch from【3】(support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge,【4】often a necessary one. “Financial【5】(dependent) for women is key,” says Nancy Schlossberg, a professor at University of Maryland. “I think【6】important for women to make some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced【7】never married.”

To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run. She says, “You are going to do much better than before【8】you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have【9】education that enables you to do what you have to do in life. The question is【10】you are ready at this time to go for it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】are employed

【2】less

【3】being supported

【4】but

【5】indepentence

【6】it

【7】or

【8】if

【9】the

【10】whether

【解析】试题分析：

【1】因为这句话的主语College graduates和employ之间是动宾关系，所以此处应填employ的被动语态；再根据上下文的语境可知，此处应用一般现在时，且主语是复数。故此处应填are employed。

【2】根据上文中的“more”可知，此处应填little的比较级形式，即less。

【3】因为前面有介词“from”，所以此处应用动名词结构作宾语。句意：由被人养转变成自己养自己可能是一个挑战，但这是必要的。根据语境可知，此处应填being supported。

【4】根据语境可知，空格前后之间是转折关系，因此此处应填but。

【5】根据下文中的“is”可知，此处应填其名词形式作主语， (in)dependence为不可数名词。故应填independence。

【6】此处用it作形式宾语，后面的动词不定式结构作真正的宾语。所有代词中，只有it有此用法。故填it。

【7】either ... or ...是固定结构，意为“或者……或者……”。

【8】句意：如果你受过良好的教育，那你就能比以前做得好许多。根据语境可知，此处应用if引导条件状语从句。

【9】根据“education”后面的内容可知，此处的“教育”应是特指，故此处应填the。

【10】句意：问题在于你此时是否准备好去追求这样的教育。根据语境可知，此处应用whether引导表语从句。