题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Why should you go to college? One important answer to this question is more __16___. As opposed to generations of the past, high school graduates today are _17___ to get the number of high-paid jobs that were __18__ available. The U.S. has been changed from a manufacturing-based economy into an economy based on ___19_, and the importance of a college education today can be _20___ to that of a high school education forty years ago. It __21__ as the gateway to better choices and more opportunity.

   There are __22_ reasons as to why it is important to go to college. When students _23__ a post-secondary education, they have the opportunity to read books and listen to the __24__ of top experts in their fields. It __25__ students to think, ask questions, and __26_ new ideas, which allows for additional growth and ___27_ and provides college graduates with an edge in the job market __28__ those who have not experienced a higher education.

The importance of a college education is also because of the opportunity to __29__ valuable resources. The more connections which are __30___ during your college career, the more _31___ you will have when you begin your job search. Once you have ended your job search and have started your career, ___32__, the importance of a college education has not been exhausted. Having a college degree often __33_ greater promotion opportunity.

So, why should you go to college? The reasoning does not begin and end with the _34___ aspect. A good education is __35__ from many different viewpoints, and while the importance of a college education is quite evident for many high school students, what is often not as clear is how they will pay for that education.

1.A. time        B. freedom               C. respect         D. opportunity

2.A. likely      B. unable         C. afraid           D. unwilling

3.A. once        B. just                  C. never                     D. also

4.A. nature       B. culture                         C. knowledge                D. agriculture

5.A. referred      B. added             C. devoted                  D. compared

6.A. follows      B. serves                C. unites                    D. disappears

7.A. additional    B. secret               C. interesting                D. financial

8.A. discuss       B. ignore              C. experience               D. imagine

9.A. stories        B. requests           C. suggestion                D. lecture

10.A. helps                  B. encourages     C. forbids                D. advises

11.A. design                 B. explore        C. change         D. refuse

12.A. development         B. payment       C. agreement      D. experiment

13.A. for                    B. over               C. in             D. with

14.A. admire                B. satisfy              C. gain           D. notice

15.A. removed              B. collected       C. explained       D. controlled

16.A. inventions              B. choices        C. worries        D. salaries

17.A. besides                B. therefore       C. however        D. otherwise

18.A. saves        B. includes        C. ensures         D. means

19.A. life          B. character       C. communication   D. job

20.A. free                   B. rare           C. beneficial        D. absent