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Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree (学位) in history. Today,
she __21 for a large company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week22 work.
She is learning to use the computer program. "I enjoyed college,23 my job doesn't use information
I learned when I was doing my degree," Rachel says. "This course is helping me to do my job better.
In the future, I might go24 to school and get an MBA.
In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually25 studying.
Today, lifelong learning is becoming more26 . In the United States, people can27 to school in
their late twenties, thirties or even older. They get a28 degree. Like Rachel, many more are taking
training courses to29 their skills. With many classes now available (现成的) through the Internet,
it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning (远程学习). Mayumi Hosoya,
who is forty, teaches Japanese at a college in New York. "Next semester, I'll be teaching some of
my30 using the Internet. This is31 for me," says Mayumi. "At the moment, I am taking a course to
learn how to teach this way." At the same time, Mayumi's seventy-year-old mother and father are
taking a distance learning32 in Art History. "We love the subject," says Mayumi's father, "and now
we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun!"

(     )1.   A. teaches (     )2.   A. before (     )3.   A. and (     )4.   A. down (     )5.   A. enjoyed (     )6.   A. common (     )7.   A. come (     )8.   A. higher (     )9.   A. receive (     )10. A. classes (     )11. A. unusual (     )12. A. subject

B. works B. after B. or   B. away B. stopped B. helpful B. get B. better B. review B. grades B. new B. school

C. lives      C. at      C. but      C. straight C. finished    C. interesting C. go       C. more useful C. improve    C. people    C. hard    C. course

D. studies             D. during             D. so                 D. back               D. continued           D. attractive         D. return             D. more important     D. change             D. classmates         D. strange             D. degree

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