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Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-movi

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问题     Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year, doesn’ t it? And after going to school for 12 years, it doesn’ t feel natural to spend a year doing something that isn’ t academic.
    But while this may be true, it’ s not a good enough reason to condemn gap years. There’ s always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated " race to the finish line," whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or lucrative career. But despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits—in fact, it probably enhances it.
    Studies from the United States and Australia show that students who take a gap year are generally better prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not. Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes—all things that first-year students often struggle with the most. Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities rather than acclimation blunders.
    If you’ re not convinced of the inherent value in taking a year off to explore interests, then consider its financial impact on future academic choices. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once. This isn’ t surprising, considering the basic mandatory high school curriculum leaves students with a poor understanding of themselves listing one major on their college applications, but switching to another after taking college classes. It’ s not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game. At Boston College, for example, you would have to complete an extra year were you to switch to the nursing school from another department. Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stress and save money later on.
Studies from the US and Australia imply that taking a gap year helps______.
选项 A、keep students from being unrealistic
B、lower risks in choosing careers
C、ease freshmen’ s financial burdens
D、relieve freshmen of pressures
答案D
解析 根据题目中的study from the Australia and US可以定位到第三段第一句话Studies from the United States and Australia show that students who take a gap year are generally bet—ter prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not。这句话明确说了有间隔年的学生比没有的要好，好在准备和表现上。所以A：unrealistic和B：choosing career错误。第二句在表现好的、更细致的方面进行了描述：preparing them for independence(独立性)，new responsi—bilities(责任感)and environmental changes(环境变化)。紧随的破折号后总结这是first—yearstudents(一年级学生)often struggle with the most(常常有苦恼的)。说明最受益的是大学一年级学生，而整段都没提过financial burdens，所以C项错误。而D中的pressure是对前面内容的概括性描述，因此答案是D。
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