Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one
word in three ways :according to the context; using the correct form of the
given words; according to the given letters of the words. Remember to write the
answers on the answer sheet.
The American definition of success is largely one of acquiring
wealth and a higher material standard of living. It is not surprising,
(66) , that Americans have valued education for its monetary
value. The belief is wide spread in the United States that the more
(67) (school) people have, the more money they will earn
when they leave school. The belief is strongest regarding the desirability of an
undergraduate university degree, or a professional degree such as medicine or
law following the undergraduate degree. The money value of graduate
degrees in "non (68) " fields such as art, history, or
philosophy is not as great. This belief in the monetary value
of education is supported by st (69) on income. Ben
Wattenberg, a social scientist, estimated that in the course of a li
(70) a man with a college degree in 1972 would earn about
￥380,000 more than a man with just a high school di (71)
Perhaps this helps to explain survey findings which showed that Americans who
wished they had led their lives (72) (differ) in some way
regretted most of all that they did not get more education. The
regret is s (73) by those who have made it to the top and by
those who have not. Journalist Richard Reeves quotes a black worker in a Ford
au (74) factory. When I was in the ninth
grade, I was getting bad grades and messing (75) . My father
came home in the kitchen one night with a pair of Ford work pants and he threw
them in my face. "Put these on," he said, "because you’ re going to be wearing
them the rest of your life if you don’t get an education. "
Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, regretted
not finishing high school so much that he oct (76) lied
about it. He told Richard Reeves about his pride in (77)
(graduate) from high school, but then a few minutes later he said:
I wasn’t telling the truth about high school. I never finished. I q
(78) in the twelfth grade to take a job. It’s funny after all
these years, I still lie about it. Because the fact is, I still think it was a
stupid thing to do. I (79) have finished my education.
Even a man like Fraser, a nationally known and successful l
(80) , was troubled by regrets that he did not climb higher on
the educational ladder.