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2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习：13（含解析）

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　　As graduation day approached, excitement increased.Being out of high school meant I was finally coming of age.Soon I would be on my own，making my own decisions, doing what I wanted without someone looking over my shoulder and it meant going to school with boys—a welcome change coming from an allgirl high school.

　　There was never any question in my mind that I would go to a college away from home.My mother's idea, on the other hand, was just the opposite.Trying her best not to force her preferences on me, she would subtly ask whether I had considered particular schools, all of which happened to be located in or near my hometown of Chicago.Once it was established that, as long as it was financially affordable, I would be going away anyway, my family's perspective changed.Their concern shifted from whether I was going away to how far.The schools I was considering on the East Coast suddenly looked much more attractive than those in California.

　　But which college I would attend was just one of what seemed like a neverending list of unknowns：What would college be like？Would I be unbearably lonely not knowing anyone else who was going to the same school？Would the other students like me？Would I make friends easily？Would I miss my family so much that I wouldn't be able to stand it？And what about the work—would I be able to keep up？(Being an A student in high school seemed to offer little assurance that I would be able to survive college.) What if the college I selected turned out to be a horrible mistake？Would I be able to transfer to another school?