Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.  (1m)

In the professional or career world, a gap year is a year before going to college or university and after finishing high school or (1) ____ a year off before going into graduate school after completing a bachelor as an undergraduate. (2) ____ this time, students may engage in advanced academic courses, extra-academic courses and non-academic courses, such as yearlong pre-college math courses, language studies, learning a trade, art studies, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports and more. Gap years are sometimes considered a way(3) ……students to become independent and learn a great deal of (4) ____ prior to engaging in university life.

1. A. calling                  B. going                        C. taking                       D. turning

2. A. During                 B. When                       C. While                       D. By

3. A. for                       B. in                             C. about                       D. of

4. A. responsible           B. responsibility           C. irresponsible            D. irresponsibility