Question

“At last, no more exams.” It’s a common feeling among high school graduates who have just completed the college entrance examination. What a relief! However, rather than fill the next three months with sleep, eating, and    1.    (watch) TV, some students have started working on finding a good choice of foreign college.

Different from those who begin their    2.   (apply) for foreign colleges in Senior 2, Li made a late decision on a US education. She began to think about it in Senior 3, but decided not    3.   ( give ) up the college entrance exam.    

Li’s classmate Mao Bingxin    4.   (consider) studying in Canada after the top exam. She began a TOEFL course on June 11.

He Wei,    5.   18-year-old who studies at Shenzhen Bao’ an High School, isn’t allowing    6.   much freedom this summer vacation either, devoting her time to looking for a language school    7.   she can study French and some overseas study consulting agencies. 

He Wei considers    8.   worthwhile spending the summer preparing for college rather than hanging out with friends. “    9.   we don’t really know what the future holds for us, we are sure that the better preparations we make    10.   it, the more choices we will be given.” she said.

Answer

1. watching   

2.applications   

3. to give   

4.is considering  

5.an 

6.herself   

7.where  

8.it   

9. Though/Although/While   

10.for

【解析】

试题分析：

1. watching   这里的watching与前面的eating是并列关系，都使用doing的形式。

2.applications  本句中的application（申请）作为动词begin的宾语，指他们开始申请国外的大学了。

3.to give   固定搭配decide to do sth决定做某事。

4.is considering  本句指Mao Bingxin正考虑到加拿大去学习，所以使用现在进行时的时态。

5.an 形容词18-year-old第一个单词是以元音开始的，所以使用an修饰。

6.herself   这里是指在这个暑假里她没有给自己很多的自由。Herself作为动词allow的宾语。

7. where  本句是一个定语从句，where指代先行词在句中作状语。

8.it   本句中的it是一个形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动名词短语spending the summer preparing for college rather than hanging out with friends.

9. Though/Although/While   上下文之间存在着转折的关系，尽管我们不知道未来怎么样。

10.for 固定搭配make preparations for…为…做准备。

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