Question

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Nowadays, people are talking about the expansion of college enrollment. This new policy___16___(adopt) by the government benefits a lot of high school graduates and therefore the country as well. There ___17___ (use) to be such a fierce competition among high school graduates to enter college___18__many of them studied too hard only to spoil their health. Even some of them killed___19___only because they failed in the entrance exams. Now they will have more chances to attend college and the country is also going to benefit   20   it. There will be more well-educated and highly qualified citizens and professionals, ___21___ is essential to the development of the country.
  22  , now some students who otherwise can’t enter a college are not studying hard enough. They think now since colleges enroll more students, they are more  23  (like) to be admitted into one of them even without a high score.
24  (doubt), although there is still room for improvement to this policy, I think it is still a good one which brings more good   25  harm to the students and the nation. It should be still carried out.

Answer 1

小题16:adopted
小题17:used
小题18:that
小题19:themselves
小题20:from 
小题21:which
小题22:However
小题23:likely
小题24:Undoubtedly
小题25:than

小题16:adopted 句意为“被政府采用的这一政策既有利于许多高中毕业生， 也利于国家”后置定语， 表被动。 用adopted
小题17:used   there used to be “过去常常是。。。”
小题18:that  用的是such...that  句意为“过去在高中毕业生中， 竞争如此激烈以至于很多人只能以健康为代价努力学习”
小题19:themselves  kill oneself “自杀”句意为“甚至一些人由于考试失败而自杀”
小题20:from   benefit from “受益于。。。”句意为 “国家也将受益”
小题21:which   which 引导非限制性定语从句， 在从句中做主语， 指前面的句子。
小题22:However 转折， “然而”
小题23:likely  be likely to “可能”句意为 “他们更有可能被其中之一录取而没有高分。”
小题24:Undoubtedly 副词做状语， 用Undoubtedly “毋庸置疑地”
小题25:than   more good than harm 句意为 “我认为，对学生来说，带来更多的是好处而不是坏处。”