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完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Experts agree that there is no easy solution to the problem of education. Education is very important, of course. A child’s early education is especially important. This is ______ the British government would like to increase the availability(实用性) of nursery education and to improve teaching ______ in nursery schools. Education ______ the age of 16 is also important. When young people leave school at 16 without _____, it is very hard for them to find interesting and well-paid work.

One ______ to improve education is to pay good teachers more money. But this idea is not popular ______ teachers because they do not like the idea that people who do the same job should get different ______ of pay. Another suggestion is to improve careers ______ to young people in school. In this way, they will ______ understand the opportunities that exist and the qualifications that are needed.

Family _____ remains important in influencing a young person’s _____ of improvement. Families that ______ learning and help their children at school give their children a better chance of success. But the ______ is that too many families do not _____ the importance of education. Children in these families miss big opportunities to develop and grow as _____.

It is not easy to find ways of helping families encourage their children to learn and to have ______ for success. Some people have suggested that parents should ______ lessons on how to be good parents. But a lot of people don’t agree with this idea. They say that the government should not ______ in private family life.

Certainly, it is good to live in a society that allows people to______ their position, but it is not so easy to put ______ practice.

1.A. because         B. why            C. that              D. what

2.A. requirements    B. standards     C. expectations       D. concepts

3.A. before         B. at             C. after              D. in

4.A. qualifications  B. abilities      C. certificates       D. degrees

5.A. proportion    B. position       C. approval          D. suggestion

6.A. to             B. with          C. of                D. from

7.A. rates          B. systems        C. access            D. standards

8.A. opinion        B. advice        C. recommendation    D. idea

9.A. closely       B. more           C. better             D. fully

10.A. background   B. condition     C. education          D. economy

11.A. success        B. process        C. chances           D. importances

12.A. encourage      B. improve       C. facilitate         D. stimulate

13.A. question       B. fact          C. problem          D. issue

14.A. indicate       B. interpret      C. understand       D. overlook

15.A. individuals    B. adults         C. people             D. adolescents

16.A. dreams        B. ideals        C. ambitions          D. hopes

17.A. learn        B. teach         C. give               D. attend

18.A. trouble       B. interfere      C. interrupt          D. disturb

19.A. improve       B. enhance        C. develop          D. raise

20.A. into           B. in            C. out               D. off