Now that you are planning to go to college, how can you select an ideal college for yourself? 21 its reputation or the test scores it requires for admission?
答案：(B) By
語意「透過學校名聲或錄取分數（來選大學）？」，By（透過/憑藉）符合這種「依據什麼方式來選擇」的語意；In／With／At 都不符合「憑藉……來判斷/選擇」這個語境。
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四個都是最基本的介系詞，中文都能翻成「在、用、以」，這一句又是一個沒有主詞動詞的短問句，一時抓不到重心。先確認這一句在問什麼。
四個選項都是介系詞，可見這一格考的是語意與搭配。前一句問 how can you select an ideal college for yourself?（你要怎麼替自己挑一所理想的大學？）空格所在的這一句是接著提出的一個猜想：___ its reputation or the test scores it requires for admission?（憑學校的名聲，還是憑它的錄取分數？）——問的是「依據什麼來挑」，表示憑藉、依據的手段用 By。掛鉤是一句你一定聽過的話：Don’t judge a book by its cover.（別以貌取人。）那個 by 就是「憑藉」。再往後讀一句驗算：In fact, it is not quite as simple as that.（事實上，事情沒那麼單純。）——作者先提出一個大家常用的判準，再說沒那麼簡單，所以空格那一句確實是在講「判斷的依據」。
With（用、帶著）：講的是使用的工具或伴隨的東西，不用來表示判斷或選擇的依據。In、At：兩個都是標地點或時間的介系詞，接不出「依據」的意思。
judge sb／sth by（依……判斷）、by chance（偶然）、by mistake（不小心）、select a college（挑選大學）、test scores（考試分數）、admission（入學許可）。
Now that you are planning to go to college, how can you select an ideal college for yourself? 21 its reputation or the test scores it requires for admission? In fact, it is not 22 simple as that. College education is far more complicated than 23 the reputation of a college or the test scores it requires. In addition to these two factors, you should also have 24 important information. Finding out which college suits you involves time and energy, but 25 more than those you might spend on buying a motorcycle or a computer.
Here are some tips 26 choosing an ideal one from a number of colleges.
Visit the websites of these colleges and find out which college has departments 27 courses that interest you or will help you prepare for your future career.
Are the professors in the departments you plan to 28 into experts in their own fields?
Do the colleges allow you to participate in activities 29 will help you develop yourself intellectually and emotionally?
I hope the 30 advice is helpful to you in selecting the right college.