III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It’s December again. In addition to the excitement about   50   down to the holidays and parties. This month is also about long study hours for thousands of senior college students in China.
According to the Ministry of Education, the number of postgraduate   51   has risen again this year. The ministry has even   52   the enrollment dates to allow for the   53  applicants. However. I do not see the point of enrolling in postgraduate study  54  after college.
Postgraduate programs are  55 on specific fields and on advanced research and study. They also require   56   knowledge you can only gain from the workplace. If your goal is to gain more skills, you should try harder to find a job. Employers want   57  . not more qualifications. Otherwise, postgraduate study straight is a   58   of time and money.
Job applicants with a master’s degree often find that their competitors hold   59  qualifications.
Ten years ago, graduates with bachelor degrees had no problem finding employment, but authorities   60   the number of university places in 1999 and now where are millions of graduates without work.
It appears that postgraduate education will   61 this history of undergraduate education.
62  , the human resources staff faced with the choice between two applicants with masters degrees will usually choose the graduate from the more 63  undergraduate school. A bachelor’s degree from a key university is more helpful than a master’s degree sometimes.
If you don’t have working experience when you graduate, you will have the same problem even though you go on to   64  a master’s degree immediately.
50．A．taking                    B．counting                 C．casting             D．tracking
51．A．achievements          B．admissions              C．accusations       D．applications
52．A．expanded                B．expected                 C．stretched          D．shortened
53．A．national                  B．additional               C．visible             D．desperate
54．A．suddenly                 B．curly                      C．straight            D．far
55．A．focused                  B．depended                C．fed                  D．impressed
56．A．book                      B．abstract                   C．rich                 D．practical
57．A．elegance                 B．excitement              C．experiment       D．experience
58．A．memory                 B．waste                      C．cement            D．symbol
59．A．different                 B．various                   C．similar             D．adequate
60．A．increased                B．eliminated               C．abandoned              D．enlarged
61．A．shape                     B．polish                     C．promote           D．shadow
62．A．However                B．Subsequently           C．Meanwhile       D．Originally
63．A．well-built               B．prepared                 C．well-known      D．newly-opened
64．A．hold                       B．earn                       C．evaluate           D．Deposit