Parents and students are now relying Jess on taking out loans and more on grants, scholarships and their own income and savings, according to a new report from Sallie Mae. "Over the last few years they"re considering cost more.【C1】______applying for bank loans, they"re making【C2】______decisions to save on their college【C3】______," says Sarah Ducich, an author of the report The large private lender, in conjunction with Ipsos Public Affairs,【C4】______ in its seventh annual report that more than half of the cost of college is【C5】______ by grants and scholarships, as well as parent income and savings. The average family also【C6】______ less on parent and student loans, which【C7】______ for 7 percent and 15 percent of the cost, 【C8】______ . "But one of the most【C9】______ findings of the report," Ducich says, "is that【C10】______soaring tuition and fees, families"【C11】______ in the value of college has remained strong." Nearly all of the 1,600 parents and students【C12】______said they believed that college is an【C13】______in the future, nearly 90 percent said it"s needed for a(n)【C14】______occupation and about 86 percent said they would be【C15】______to stretch financially to pay for college. And although more than two-thirds of families said they planned on borrowing, at least as a last【C16】______, many are increasingly looking for【C17】______to cut costs. Nearly all families reported taking at least one step to make college more【C18】______, and on average families took five steps. Seven in 10 said they chose a(n)【C19】______college to pay in-state tuition and more than half said they lived at home or with【C20】______.
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【C1】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：本空格后提到的applying for bank loans(申请贷款)与后半句的save on their college(节约读大学)明显地形成转折，故选B项Instead of“代替，而不用”。
【答案解析】解析：空格前的The large private lender是一个借贷机构，指的是第1句提到的Sallie Mae，本句后面的grants and scholarships等词不但与第一句重合，而且下一句还有具体数据，由此判断这里是在介绍Sallie Mae的具体报告内容，故选与第l段according to近义的词，C项found“发现”符合要求。