Parents and students are now relying less on taking out loans and more on grants, scholarships and their own income and savings,

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问题     Parents and students are now relying less on taking out loans and more on grants, scholarships and their own income and savings, according to a new report from Sallie Mae. "Over the last few years they’re considering cost more.【C1】______applying for bank loans, they’re making【C2】______decisions to save on their college【C3】______," says Sarah Ducich, an author of the report. The large private lender, in conjunction with Ipsos Public Affairs,【C4】______in its seventh annual report that more than half of the cost of college is【C5】______by grants and scholarships, as well as parent income and savings. The average family also【C6】______less on parent and student loans, which【C7】______for 7 percent and 15 percent of the cost,【C8】______.
    "But one of the most【C9】______findings of the report," Ducich says, "is that【C10】______soaring tuition and fees, families’【C11】______in the value of college has remained strong." Nearly all of the 1,600 parents and students【C12】______said they believed that college is an【C13】______in the future, nearly 90 percent said it’s needed for a(n) 【C14】______occupation and about 86 percent said they would be【C15】______to stretch financially to pay for college.
    And although more than two-thirds of families said they planned on borrowing, at least as a last【C16】______. many are increasingly looking for【C17】______to cut costs. Nearly all families reported taking at least one step to make college more【C18】______and on average families took five steps. Seven in 10 said they chose a(n) 【C19】______college to pay in-state tuition and more than half said they lived at home or with【C20】______.
【C9】

选项 A、flexible
B、imaginative
C、striking
D、stable

答案C

解析 本句开头的But说明与上一段形成转折,上一段只提到了这份报告中的一个发现“家长和学生少贷款并多申请奖学金”,而本段是另一发现,要跟上一段形成转折,只能是更令人惊讶的发现了,故选C项striking“显著的”。
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