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1、福州市2014高考英语(2013暑假)阅读理解训练(22)及答案解析(二)Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21yearold twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart. “I have two kids in colle
2、ge, and I want to say come home, but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) prog
3、ram. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses.More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College a
4、dministrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around. At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family incom
5、e rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade. “If we go on this way for another 25 years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will
6、 send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.” Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for
7、about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.()11.According to Paragraph 1,why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?AThe twins wasted too much money. BThe father was out of work.CTheir savings ran out. DThe family fell apart.()12.How did the
8、 Jacobses manage to solve their problem? A. They asked their kids to come home. B. They borrowed $20,000 from the schools. CThey encouraged their twin sons to do parttime jobs.DThey got help from the schools and the federal government.()13.Financial aid administrators believe that _. A. more familie
9、s will face the same problem as the Jacobses B. the government will receive more letters of complaint Ccollege tuition fees will double soon D. Americas unemployment will fall ()14.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text? A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase
10、.B. Their income remained steady in the last decade. CThey will try their best to send kids to college.D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years. ()15.According to the last paragraph, the government will _. A. provide most students with scholarships B. dismiss some financial aid administrators
11、Cstop the companies from making student loansD. go on providing financial support for college students (二)随着Diana Jacobs丈夫的失业,她供养两个双胞胎儿子上大学的计划泡汤了。他们不得不向学校申请更多的援助,把助学贷款提高到最大额度。宁愿背负巨额的债务,他们也要提供给孩子们良好的教育。很多家庭也处于同样的困境,政府正在努力保证贷款资金以帮助那些困难的家庭。11. B细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话可知答案为B。12. D细节理解题。根据第三段中They asked and rec
12、eived more aid form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program.可以判断正确答案为D。13. A细节理解题。根据第四段第一句话以及后面更详细的说明可知,将有更多的家庭面临像Jacobs一家同样的问题,因此选A。14. C细节理解题。由倒数第二段的The middle class familiesThey will send kids to college whatever it takes, even
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