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Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Tony Tang, a resident of Shanghai, wanders among the stalls (摊位) of foreign universities and middle schools at the Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Hall, looking for an ideal 1) _____ for his 13-year-old son to study abroad. "My son is a student of the 2) _____ Shanghai Foreign Language School. He spends all of his time on his studies and the school puts great 3) _____ on its students. Our family hopes to send him to a school where he does not need to worry so much about his 4) _____ scores,?" the man said. Nowadays, 5) _____ of an education system that focuses on academic scores but not pupils' overall development, a growing number of Chinese families are making 6) _____ to send their children abroad, even at a young age, for the sake of a broader education. Many have already seen the benefit. Andy Wang from Guangdong said her 16-year-old daughter was happy 7) _____ high school in Montreal and the family was planning to send her to university in Canada or the US in the future. "At first, my daughter was 8) _____ to go,?" she said. "She thought it would be too hard for her. As the only child of our family, she had never lived on her own. But we 9) _____ to our decision and told her that studying abroad would be good for her future. She felt 10) _____ to obey our instructions for her future. Now she is so happy that she followed our arrangement." A) academic B) attending C) destination D) distinguished E) grip F) hesitate G) interpretation H) linger I) mysterious J) obligated K) preparations L) pressure M) reluctant N) stuck O) tired