What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent 36 Ant Tribes about the life of some young people 37 flock （群集）to Beijing after 38 university, describes the graduates as ants, smart but 39 as individuals, living together in communities.

The book, which 40 two years of interviews with about 600 low-income college graduates in Beijing, 41 in mid-September, about a month ahead of an announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates from universities and colleges had been 42 by Sept.1.

The book’s chief editor, Lian Sir, says that the piece of statistic says 43 about the real situation for many of these graduates. “I am always 44 how many of these employed college graduates are leading a happy life,” Lian said. “I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates, whose stories are 45 known.”

The setting of the book is several so-called “settlement villages for college students” in the outskirts （市郊） of Beijing, where 46 college graduates 47 . Most of these graduates work for 48 or medium-sized（中型的） businesses, 49 less than 2,000 Yuan a month. They live together because it’s 50 : The rent in these communities is only around 350 Yuan a month. Many of them travel several hours a day for short-term jobs or job interviews.

Tangjialing, a small 51 20 kilometers from Tian’anmen Square, has around 3,000 52 villagers, but has become a 53 for more than 50,000 migrants （移民）, most of whom 54 from universities or colleges all over the country. The students live in the five or six-storey buildings built by local farmers with 12 rooms on each floor and two or three people crammed （挤）together in each room of about 10 square meters．Up to 70 or 80 people 55 the same toilet and kitchen.

36. A. film B. story C. book D. magazine

37. A. what B. who C. which D. why

38. A. leaving B. entering C. visiting D. enjoying

39. A. necessary B. meaningless C. important D. strong

40. A. is determined by B. is set in C. is based on D. is taken from

41. A. came up B. came on C. came along D. came out

42. A. fired B. interviewed C. employed D. trained

43. A. much B. little C. some D. more

44. A. wondering B. researching C. searching D. telling

45. A. seldom B. well C. always D. often

46. A. few B. a small number of C. a few D. a large number of

47. A. work B. go C. relax D. live

48. A. small B. big C. famous D. unknown

49. A. thinking B. earning C. shopping D. paying

50. A. expensive B. comfortable C. cheap D. convenient

51. A. city B. town C. community D. village

52. A. original B. young C. rich D. poor

53. A. school B. home C. hotel D. company

54. A. come B. differ C. graduate D. suffer

55. A. clean B. build C. live D. share

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