【It'sGraduationDay—adaythat'sgettingquitefamiliartoMarcandBeverlyOstrofskyofHouston.Todaythey'llattendtwograduationceremoniesonefortheirdaughterShelly22fromWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louisandanotherfortheirda】

　　It'sGraduationDay—adaythat'sgettingquitefamiliartoMarcandBeverlyOstrofskyofHouston.Todaythey'llattendtwograduationceremoniesonefortheirdaughterShelly22fromWashingtonUniversityinSt.LouisandanotherfortheirdaughterMaryGrace18fromKincaidHighSchool.MaryGracewillheadtoBostonUniversity.Kelly22graduatedlastSundayfromDukeUniversity.Tracy20isasophomore(二年级学生)attheUniversityofDenver.TheoldestMaddy23graduatedfromBerkleeCollegeofMusiclastyear.

　　Sowhat'sthecostofputtingfivedaughtersthroughcollege？BeverlytoldABCNews$60，000to$70，000ayear.Intotalthefamilywillspendabout$1.5milliononcollegeaftertaxesandthat'snotincludinggraduateschool.OnedaughterinformedMarcthatshenowwantstoseekherPhD.Marcisthebest­sellingauthorofGetRichClickandamulti­millionairefromInternetbusinesses.“We'refortunatethatwecantakecareofit，”Beverlysaid.“Wedecidedalongtimeagowedidn'twantthegirlstotakeoutcollegeloanssothatwasourcommitmenttothem.”

　　MarcandBeverlymarriedfiveyearsagoblending(融合)theirowndaughtersintoonebigfamilyofcollege­readygirls.BeverlysaidtheywantedtheirdaughterstohaveachoiceofwheretheywantedtogotocollegebuthavingtheirchildrenspreadthroughouttheUScreatedanotherexpense—flyingallofthemhomeforholidaysandvisits.JustthisweekMarcflewtoNorthCarolinaforKelly'sgraduationthentoSt.LouisforShelly'sgraduationandhopestomakeitbackjustintimetoHoustonforMaryGrace'sgraduationtonight.

　　WiththelastchildleavinghomeforcollegeMarcsaysheandBeverlyaregoingtotakeabreather．“It'slikewipingthesweatofftheforeheadnow.It'stimetothinkaboutwhatwecando.Perhapswe'lltakeavacationabroad，”hesaid.

　　TheOstrofskyfamilysaidtheiradvicetoparentswhohavemanychildrenistostartplanningandsavingfromthedaythechildrenareborn.

　　1．GraduationDayisfamiliartoMarcandBeverlyOstrofskybecause________．

　　A．theylikegoingtoschoolonGraduationDay

　　B．theyneedtoattendtheirdaughters'graduationceremonyseveraltimes

　　C．theyhaveexperienceditontheirownGraduationDay

　　D．theyareofteninvitedtosch