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上海市重点中学高三期中考试英语试卷 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (A) Balance the scales? A high school principal from Henan province and a delegate of the National Peoples Congress proposed a controversial reform measure at the annual session of the NPC in Beijing? Li Guangyu, the principal of the Peking University Affiliated High School in Henan, complained that the nation^ top universities don^t recruit enough students in Henan, 25 of China^s most populous provinces? Instcad of allowing universities to decide how many students they admit from each province, Li proposed that admission quotas (配额) 26 be given to provinces in proportion to their population size? Such a system is fair to 27 (developed) regions with large populations, he said. This was not an entirely new idea? The China University of Political Science and Law was the only university to adopt this admission policy in 2006? By far, however, opponents 28 (point) out that such a method ignores the difference in educational effectiveness 29 different provinces, and 30 such a quota system could lead to education migration5^ — students moving from provinces with higher education quality to other regions in hopes of facing weaker competition and better chances of getting into top universities. Others have proposed a different system, 31 no admission quotas were given lo each province but all students nationwide compete in one pool for admission to a university based on their academic records and exam results? Proponents of this system insist it is the fairest, with nothing 32 academic merit deciding if a university should accept a prospective studen匚 (B) Faced with old age, lack for safety nets The hard lives of 33 (age) migrant workers have c