【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