Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the best answer for each of the question from 43- 50
American movies create myths about college life in the United States. These stories are entertaining, but they are not true. You have to look beyond Hollywood movies to understand what college is really like.
Thanks to the movies, many people believe that college students party and socialize more than they study. Movies almost never show students working hard in class or in the library. Instead, movies show them eating, talking, hanging out, or dancing to loud music at wild parties. While it is true that American students have the freedom to participate in activities, they also have academic responsibilities. In order to succeed, they have to attend classes and study hard.
Another movie myth is that athletics is the only important extracurricular activity. In fact, there is a wide variety of nonacademic activities on campus such as special clubs, service organizations, art, and theater programs. This variety allows students to choose what interests them. Even more important, after graduation, students’ résumés look better to employers if they list a few extracurricular activities.
Most students in the movies can easily afford higher education. If only this were true! While it is true that some American college students are wealthy, most are from families with moderate incomes. Up to 80% of them get some type of financial aid. Students from middle and lower-income families often work part-time throughout their college years. There is one thing that many college students have in common, but it is not something you will see in the movies. They have parents who think higher education is a priority, a necessary and important part of their children's lives.
Movies about college life usually have characters that are extreme in some way: super athletic, super intelligent, super wealthy, super glamorous, etc. Movies use these stereotypes, along with other myths of romance and adventure because audiences like going to movies that include these elements. Of course, real college students are not like movie characters at all.
So the next time you want a taste of the college experience, do not go to the movies. Look at some college websites or brochures instead. Take a walk around your local college campus. Visit a few classes. True, you may not be able to see the same people or exciting action you will see in the movies, but you can be sure that there are plenty of academic adventures going on all around you!
American parents believe in ______.
A. the necessity of higher education in their children's lives
B. the quality of their children's college lives
C. the extracurricular activities that help ensure their children’s jobs
D. how movie-makers describe American college life
I couldn’t possibly afford (eat) _____to eat_______ in that restaurant.
42. The college principal promised (look) _____to look_______ into the matter.
43. They built a wall to avoid soil (be) ____was________ washed away.
44. He flatly refused (discuss) _____to discuss_______ the matter.
45. Would you mind (explain) _____explaining_______ that again?
46. I was beginning (think) _____to think_______ you’d never come.
47. I enjoy (play) ______playing______ tennis and squash.
48. We’ve decided (not go) _____to not go_______ away after all.
49. I didn’t fancy ( swim) _____swimming_______ in that water.
50. We’re considering (buy) ____buying________ a new car.
. I couldn’t possibly afford (eat) __to eat____ in that restaurant.
42. The college principal promised (look) to look__ into the matter.
43. They built a wall to avoid soil (be) ___being___ washed away.
44. He flatly refused (discuss) ___to discuss__ the matter.
45. Would you mind (explain) ___explaining__ that again?
46. I was beginning (think) __to think__ you’d never come.
47. I enjoy (play) _playing___ tennis and squash.
48. We’ve decided (not go) __not to go___ away after all.
49. I didn’t fancy ( swim) ___swimming___ in that water.
50. We’re considering (buy) ___buying___ a new car.