全国I卷高三英语专项练习5 (有答案)(3)

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3.阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Although many high school dropouts leave school permanently, some dropouts later reenter school. 1 (approximate) 10 percent of the sophomores 2 dropped out between 1980 and 1982 returned to school by 3 fall of 1982. Generally, high school reentrants differ 4 typical dropouts in several school and student characteristics. Background attributes and test score performance 5 (associate) with low dropout rates tend to be related to higher-than-average reentry rates. For example, reentry rates among 1980 sophomore dropouts were about one-fifth 6 (high) in the Northeast and North Central regions than in the South or West. Among whites, reentry rates in the West were one-third lower than in other regions. 7 blacks, reentry rates in the Northeast (14 percent) 8 (be) substantially higher than those in the South (6 percent). Hispanic dropouts in the North Central region were three times 9 likely to return to school as those in the Northeast or West. Hispanics in the South were twice as likely to reenter as 10 in the Northwest or West.

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