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Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 _ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.
Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals.
One of the most important things is __5__ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__ fit into society.
名师点评
本文主要围绕“我为什么要上大学？”这一话题展开讨论，首先介绍了教育对人发展的重要性，然后说明大学在教育中的地位，从而层次分明地解释了上大学的原因。
1. A. quite
B. so
C. such
D. another
【解析】C。such常用在不定冠词或名词前修饰可数名词或不可数名词，表示“此类的”、“这种的”，故such为正确选项。2. A. come up with B. agreed with C. been fed up with
D. got on well with
【解析】 A。come up with意为“提出、找出”；agree with意为“同意”；be fed up with意为“对……厌倦”；get on well with意为“和……相处得好”。根据文意A为正确选项。3. A. Most
B. The most
C. More
D. Much
【解析】B。上文讲到我曾找到过各种各样的原因，其中最重要的原因应当是……，因此这里应用important的最高级，故选the most。4. A. to
B. around
C. between
D. from【解析】D。固定结构be different from 表示“不同于……”。5. A. education
B. weather
C. temperature
D. science
【解析】A。本段着重说明了教育在人的发展中的作用，以及大学在教育中的地位。作为总括句，本空应填education。6. A. finished
B. don’t finish C. will not finish
D. has finished
【解析】C。这是一个含有条件状语从句的复合句，意为“如果我不能受到更高等的教育，我就无法完成我的学业”，故选will not finish为正确选择。7. A. develop
B. developed C. developing
D. experience
【解析】B。这里只能选可作定语的选项。过去分词developed表示“成熟的”，为正确选项。8. A. improve
B. graduate
C. hear
D. provide
【解析】D。大学应是提供高等教育的地方, provide符合文意为正确选项。9. A. between
B. among
C. inside
D. outside
【解析】B。介词among可表示”包括……在内”为正确选项。10. A. can good
B. may better
C. be able to better
D. be able to best
【解析】 C。与前半句相对应，这里仍应用比较级，而may better意思不对，因此be able to better为正确选项。
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Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was __1__ to learn more about wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou（北美驯鹿）? Do they kill people?
They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to __2__. The plane put him down and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.
People tell terrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Farley remembered these stories, and he was __3__. He had his gun with him__4_.
Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.
Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very __5__ mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to __6__ food. The father wolf got food for the mother. The young wolf __7__ the children. They were a nice, happy family—wolf family! Farley did not need his __8__ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were __9__. Wolves do not eat people, and they do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.
Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to __10__ them and not to kill them.
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狼历来被世人视为凶残的动物,事实是否的确如此呢？带着这一疑问，Farley进行了实地考察，在和狼进行了零距离的接触后, 改变了自己的观点。本文告诉我们要学会根据事实说话。1. A. seen
B. told
C. heard
D. found
【解析】B。Farley是政府工作人员。从上下文得知, 他是被派去进行调查和研究狼的习性的，故选told。
2. A. a small town B. a big city
C. a far place
D. a lonely village
【解析】C。根据下文飞机把Farley送到了一个没有房屋和人的地方, 说明了这个地方不可能是城市,小镇和村庄故a far place为正确答案。
3. A. afraid
B. happy
C. angry
D. tired
【解析】A。狼吃人的恐怖故事给孤身一人的Farley带来的应是afraid。
4. A. at times
B. all the time
C. once a week
D. every afternoon
【解析】B。因为Farley害怕, 所以枪应始终不能离身。all the time意为“一直、始终”。
5. A. bad
B. good
C. hungry
D. thirsty
【解析】B。根据下文的描述，狼妈妈给孩子们喂奶，对孩子们进行训练，可见是一位好妈妈，故选good。
6. A. cook
B. make
C. get
D. pick
【解析】C。狼只能猎取食物, 而不能烧食物, 生产食物。get合乎文意，为正确答案。
7. A. shouted at
B. looked into
C. laughed at
D. played with
【解析】D。shout at意为“朝……大声叫喊”；look into意为“调查、观察”；laugh at意为“嘲笑……”。这三个词组都不符文意。play with意为“和……一起玩耍”，合文意为正确答案。
8. A. food
B. clothes
C. gun
D. plane
【解析】 C。the nice happy wolf family让Farley不再害怕，因此也就不再需要枪了，故选择gun。
()9. A. not good
B. not true
C. not easy
D. not clear
【解析】B。因为他的亲身体验与他所听到的相违背，说明以前关于狼的说法是不对的, 故选not true。
10. A. grow
B. have
C. teach
D. understand
【解析】D。understand意为“了解”合乎文意，为正确答案。