新闻类语法填空专项能力训练提升篇22 -2023届高考英语一轮复习

新闻类语法填空专项能力训练提升篇22 语法填空1 Stress of postgraduate exam changes outlooks A record 4.74 million students signed up for the 2023 national postgraduate entrance exam 1._(hold) from Saturday 2._ Monday, 170,000 more than last year, the Ministry of Education said on Saturday. The annual increase of 3.7 percent was 3._(considerable) lower than the 21 percent recorded previously. According to a report by the online education portal EOL, while well-known universities have seen slight 4._(increase) or even drops in applicants this year, less famous ones have witnessed big jumps in test-takers, 5._(show) that more students are willing 6._(settle) for less famous universities to avoid fierce exam competition. Applicants to Yunnan Minzu University jumped by 55 percent to 9,486 this year and Jiangxi Agricultural University also witnessed 7._ increase of around 40 percent. Meanwhile, Nankai University in Tianjin and Beijing Forestry University 8._(see) slight decreases in test-takers. More attention should 9._(pay) to the increasingly intense competition in postgraduate exams, so that it does not become as 10._(stress) as the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, the report said. 语法填空 2 Stress of postgraduate exam changes outlooks Chen Zhiwen, editor-in-chief of EOL, said the slower increase may be 1._ result of some students being intimidated by the intense competition. Moreover, reports of the 2._(rise) numbers of graduates only able to land jobs at the grassroots level or at primary and middle schools despite 3._(have) a master's degree have made postgraduate studies less 4._(appeal) as they do not guarantee a decent job. Many of the applicants are born after 2000 and prefer a more stable and 5._(easy) lifestyle, Chen added. The report also found that around 55 percent of those 6._(survey) chose to pursue postgraduate studies due 7._ the difficulty in finding employment and more than 40 percent said they are interested 8._ their major. There will be an 9._(expect) 11.58 mil