My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of ______. These days, friends and family have begun _____ me with one question: What is she going to do after _____?
The job market is, after all, awfully ______. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The ______ spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM— science, technology, engineering and ______— areas in which recent graduates “have______ to do relatively well”.
But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a（an） ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.”
Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.

A．work B．college C．training D．project

A．filling B．covering C．flooding D．meeting

A．class B．school C．lunch D．graduation

A．tough B．fair C．exciting D．mild

A．wrote B．published C．came out D．printed

A．surprisingly B．doubtfully C．jokingly D．increasingly

A．dark B．useful C．bright D．weak

A．mathematics B．literature C．philosophy D．humanities

A．intended B．tended C．decided D．pretended

A．interest B．attitude C．focus D．point

A．worried B．astonished C．pleased D．touched

A．skill B．potential C．wish D．interest

A．program B．chance C．course D．way

A．decided B．measured C．depended D．attracted

A．discouraging B．forcing C．reminded D．encouraging

A．earning B．raising C．providing D．achieving

A．search B．consider C．get D．pick

A．while B．though C．as D．when

A．works B．matters C．attaches D．fixes

A．contribution B．enthusiasm C．desperation D．creativity