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Nowadays, people are talking about the expansion of college enrollment. This new policy___16___(adopt) by the government benefits a lot of high school graduates and therefore the country as well. There ___17___ (use) to be such a fierce competition among high school graduates to enter college___18__many of them studied too hard only to spoil their health. Even some of them killed___19___only because they failed in the entrance exams. Now they will have more chances to attend college and the country is also going to benefit   20   it. There will be more well-educated and highly qualified citizens and professionals, ___21___ is essential to the development of the country.
  22  , now some students who otherwise can’t enter a college are not studying hard enough. They think now since colleges enroll more students, they are more  23  (like) to be admitted into one of them even without a high score.
24  (doubt), although there is still room for improvement to this policy, I think it is still a good one which brings more good   25  harm to the students and the nation. It should be still carried out.