A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a【S1】______one. The College Board【S2】______that the costs at a

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问题     A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a【S1】______one. The College Board【S2】______that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10% this past school year. That was less than the 13% increase the year before, but still much higher than the inflation【S3】______Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones.
    Financial aid often helps. But financial experts【S4】______parents to start college savings plans when their child is still very young,
    All fifty states and the District of Columbia【S5】______what are called 5-29 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996.  States use private investment companies to operate the【S6】______of the programs.
    Every state has it, s own rules【S7】______5-29 plans. Some of the plans are【S8】______of state taxes. And all are not required to pay federal taxes.  However, the government could start to tax withdrawals(取钱)in 2011 if Congress does not change the law.
     5-29 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain, Families must decide how【S9】______they want to put money into stocks, or other investments.
    Another kind of 5-29 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’ s education in【S10】______and long before their child starts college. This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan. The money goes into an account to pay for an education at a public college or university in the family’ s home state.

A)aggressively                                          I)advise
B)estimates                                             J)capable
C)offer                                                 K)free
D)automatically                                         L)majority
E)rate                                                  M)advance
F)consumes                                              N)governing
G)costly                                                O)general
H)decline
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答案E

解析 根据句子结构分析,可判断此处可填人一个名词或动名词,也可填入一个副词作整个句子的状语,可选范围为A、C、D、E、L、M和N,但是根据前半句That was less than the 13% increase the year before对教育费用增长率的介绍可推断后半句应该是与物价上涨(inflation)的增长率(rate)的对比,故正确答案为E。
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