Does going to college really pay off？Certainly!
I remember taking 【小题1】 English class in college on the short story. Our first assignment was to read 【小题2】 short stories and then discuss which one was better. After 【小题3】 (read)both，I wasn’t sure. Over the 【小题4】 several months, my professor taught me 【小题5】_ one story was so much better than the other. 【小题6】 was rich in metaphor(隐喻)and character development, _【小题7】 the other was humorous 【小题8】_ too shallow. I couldn’t see this at first. Yet,
in a few months, my brain got reeducated and 【小题9】 could see the difference between good and bad writing and could appreciate literature at a whole new level.
Going to college helps build a strong mind, which leads 【小题10】 greater success in one’s life.an
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(答案→)an
解析：
【小题1】an 考查冠词。class此处为可数名词单数形式，其前须用冠词。再根据此处表泛指，而English是以元音音素开头，故填an。
【小题2】two 考查数词。根据本句中“which one was better”以及下文“After … both”中both的提示可推断此处表示“两个短篇故事”，故填two。
【小题3】reading 考查动名词。after 是介词，括号中所给词是动词，故只能填动名词reading。
【小题4】next 考查形容词。根据该空修饰名词months，应填形容词，再由语境可知，此处表示“在接下来的几个月”，故填next。
【小题5】why 考查名词性从句引导词。根据上文“discuss which one was better”可推断，教授是给我们讲解为什么其中一个故事要比另一个故事好，故填why。
【小题6】One 考查不定代词。由语境可知，故事有两个，再根据习惯搭配“one...the other...”可推断填One。
【小题7】while 考查并列连词，while表示前后对比的意思。
【小题8】but 考查连词。根据“humorous”和“too shallow”在逻辑上的转折关系可推断，此处填连词but连接两个形容词。
【小题9】I 考查人称代词。根据该空在句中作主语可判断应填名词或代词。结合语境可知该空应指作者本人，故填I。
【小题10】to 考查介词。lead to为固定搭配，意为“导致”。