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Not everyone goes to university after high school graduation. Some work, others join the army and an increasing number worldwide are taking a “gap year” to travel or do community service in their own countries or abroad. They are studying sharks off the Australian coast, building schools in Mexico and learning Spanish or Italian.
The concept of a gap year may not be new, but the recent surge (涌现) of interest certainly is. Some students are putting off admissions. Others, who don’t get into the college of their choice, are taking a year to explore new frontiers before reapplying.
Students are choosing to take a breather; they are thinking. They are not sure what they are going to do. They are going and exploring some of their interests. They are getting experience they can take to the school they finally go to.
It is an idea actively encouraged by colleges. Princeton University has just launched a “bridge year” program that will send 10 percent of its incoming class to do volunteer work abroad, starting in . And the Harvard has spent the last 30 years urging incoming students to take a gap year.
“Many speak of their year away as a ‘life-changing’ experience or a ‘turning point’” says Harvard admissions director Marlin Lewis. “Many come to college with new opinions about their academic plans, their extracurricular interests and the career possibilities they observed in their year away.”
【小题1】The reasons why some take a gap year are the following EXCEPT that .A．they hate studyingB．they don’t know what to doC．they want to get experienceD．they want to know their real interests【小题2】A student won’t in a gap year.A．travelB．join the armyC．do community serviceD．learn a foreign language【小题3】After a gap year, one would probably .A．take another year offB．earn a lot of moneyC．be refused by his collegeD．have new ideas about their future career【小题4】From the passage we know that .A．more and more students will take a gap yearB．fewer and fewer colleges will encourage his students to take a gap yearC．the gap year can only give one some experience about society D．nobody will change his own interests after the gap yearA
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(答案→)A
解析：文章介绍了学生在上大学之前的gap year的情况。
【小题1】细节题。根据第三段They are not sure what they are going to do. They are going and exploring some of their interests. They are getting experience they can take to the school they finally go to.可知BCD正确，A没有提及。
【小题2】细节题。根据第一段后2行to travel or do community service in their own countries or abroad. They are studying sharks off the Australian coast, building schools in Mexico and learning Spanish or Italian.可知在这一年中他们不要上学。
【小题3】细节题。根据文章最后一段第一行Many speak of their year away as a ‘life-changing’ experience or a ‘turning point’”和第二行Many come to college with new opinions about their academic plans, their extracurricular interests and the career possibilities they observed in their year away.”
【小题4】推理题。根据文章可知gap year有如此大的影响，很多学校也在鼓励学生主这样做，那么A应该是正确的。
