Unit 1 School life

he's been  18  a place to study geography at manchester university — if he gets an a and two bs. if he doesn't get the grades , he will go to his second   19  in london, which has _20_  asked for a b and two cs.
about five months before, he visited lots of universities and  21  six to apply to. his teachers sent these universities his grades  22  on his mock exams (模擬考試), and a report of his _23_ . he wrote a 500-word  _24  statement saying why he should be  25  to each place. two universities called him in for an  26 . three others offered him a place straight away. and two refused him. he  27  chose his two top places.
a few months after his exams, henry's  28  arrive. he hasn't  29  well. he got three cs and neither of his two choices  30_ him.
all is not lost,  31  . he gets on the phone and calls every  32  he can think of. _33_ they have any spare places, he  34  them to give him a place. finally, he is offered a place to study computing in wales. it wasn't what he planned to study,  _35_  where he had wanted to go. but he doesn't care. he has achieved his goal — he is going to university.
16. a. february b. march     c. may     d. april
17. a. longest b. shortest c. easiest     d. hardest
18. a. ordered b. offered c. taken     d. longing for
19. a. school    b. club     c. department d. choice
20. a. only     b. hardly     c. nearly     d. almost
21. a. chose     b. made     c. attended d. prepared
22. a. based     b. depended c. fixed     d. checked
23. a. grades   b. school     c. manners d. character
24. a. secret     b. important c. personal d. immediate
25. a. applied b. accepted c. admitted d. received
26. a. exam     b. agreement c. education d. interview
27. a. strangely b. curiously c. finally     d. regretfully
28. a. letters     b. answers c. invitations d. results
29. a. studied b. got     c. done     d. taken