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Directions: In this section, you are to read a passage with 15 blanks and fill in the blanks with words or phrases given. Choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C and D for each blank.

The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing can 【A1】______ the joy of discovering for yourself something that is important to you. It may be an idea or a bit of information you 【A2】______across accidentally—or a sudden insight, fitting together pieces of information or working through a problem. Such personal 【A3】______ are the “pay off” in education. A teacher may 【A4】______ you to learning and even encourage you in it—but no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen. That’ s up to you.

A research paper, 【A5】______in a course and perhaps checked at various stages by an instructor, 【A6】______you beyond classrooms, beyond the texts for classes and into a 【A7】______ where the joy of discover and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the research paper is an active and individual process, and ideal learning process. It provides a structure 【A8】______ which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, that are basic to education. But the research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to suit a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others 【A9】______ you can do. Waiting a research paper is more than just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in 【A10】______ out, understanding and synthesizing, which forms the basis of many skills 【A11】______ to both academic and nonacademic tasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering education. So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and a thoroughly 【A12】______ experience.

To some, the thought of having to write an assigned number of pages often more than ever produced【A13】______, is disconcerting. To others, the very idea of having to work independently is threatening. But there is no need to approach the research paper assignment with anxiety, and nobody should view the research paper as an obstacle to 【A14】______. Instead, consider it a goal to【A15】______, a goal within reach if you use the help this book can give you. 

单选题 【A1】______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】第一句说到， 最令人兴奋的教育也是最私人的。 由此可知应该是没有事情能够“超过” 发现对你来说重要的东西的快乐。exceed超过； 胜过。 exterminate消灭； 根除。 impulse推动。intervene干涉； 调停。
单选题 【A2】______
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】句意： 那可能是你无意中发现的一个想法或一点信息。come across偶遇； 无意中发现。 conform to遵守。 confront with面对。 console安慰。
单选题 【A3】______
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据上文的“accidentally” 可知， 空白处所填单词应该有偶然发现的意思。 encounter遭遇， 偶然碰见。 serial连载小说等； 电视连续剧。 segregation隔离， 分离。
单选题 【A4】______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】句意： 老师可能会指导你的学习。 direct. . . to给(某人) 指路。 salute行礼致敬。 scrub用力擦洗； 使净化。
单选题 【A5】______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】空白处应该填一个非谓语动词， assign与paper之间是被动关系， 因此填assigned。 assign分配； 指派。 lounge闲逛； 虚度光阴。
单选题 【A6】______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】“research paper” 与“you” 之间应该是“带领” 的关系。 litter乱丢。 intervene干涉； 调停。 jot略记。
单选题 【A7】______
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】空白处所填单词应该是“the joy of discover and learning can come to you many times” 所出现的地方， 因此选process。 interface界面。 prosecution起诉， 检举。
单选题 【A8】______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】句意： 它提供了一种结构， 在那里你可以对知识和自我都有振奋人心的发现。 which指的是structure， 因此应该选within。
单选题 【A9】______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】“what you can do” 是一个宾语从句， 作show的宾语。
单选题 【A10】______
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】由空白处后的“out” 可知， 此题应该选“search” 。supplement补充。 polarize（使） 极化。
单选题 【A11】______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】由空白处后的“to” 可知， 选项中“applicable” 符合题意。 applicable to适用于。 arrogant自大的。 concise简明的。chronic慢性的。
单选题 【A12】______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由前文的“and” 可知， 空白处应该填一个与“useful” 一样有积极意思的词， 因此B项正确。
单选题 【A13】______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】由前文的“ever” 可知， 该处应该填“before” 。 ever before以前。
单选题 【A14】______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由前文的“obstacle” 可知， 该空应该填“overcome” 。overcome obstacle克服障碍。
单选题 【A15】______
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由前文的“goal” 可知， 此题应该选与之相搭配的“accomplish” 。 boycott联合抵制。