问题 单项选择题

Weak dollar or no, $ 46,000-the price for a single year of undergraduate instruction amid the red brick of Harvard Yard-is (1) But nowadays cost is (2) barrier to entry at many of America’s best universities. Formidable financial-assistance policies have (3) fees or slashed them deeply for needy students. And last month Harvard announced a new plan designed to (4) the sticker-shock for undergraduates from middle and even upper-income families too.

Since then, other rich American universities have unveiled (5) initiatives. Yale, Harvard’s bitterest (6) , revealed its plans on January 14th. Students whose families make (7) than $60,000 a year will pay nothing at all. Families earning up to $ 200,000 a year will have to pay an average of 10% of their incomes. The university will (8) its financial- assistance budget by 43%, to over $ 80m.

Harvard will have a similar arrangement for families making up to $180,000. That makes the price of going to Harvard or Yale (9) to attending a state-run university for middle-and upper-income students. The universities will also not require any student to take out (10) to pay for their (11) , a policy introduced by Princeton in 2001 and by the University of Pennsylvania just after Harvard’s (12) . No applicant who gains admission, officials say, should feel (13) to go elsewhere because he or she can’t afford the fees.

None of that is quite as altruistic as it sounds. Harvard and Yale are, after all, now likely to lure more students away from previously (14) options, particularly state-run universities, (15) their already impressive admissions figures and reputations.

The schemes also provide a (16) for structuring university fees in which high prices for rich students help offset modest prices for poorer ones and families are less (17) on federal grants and government-backed loans.

Less wealthy private colleges whose fees are high will not be able to (18) Harvard or Yale easily. But America’s state-run universities, which have traditionally kept their fees low and stable, might well try a differentiated (19) scheme as they raise cash to compete academically with their private (20) . Indeed, the University of California system has already started to implement a sliding-fee scale.

7()

A.less

B.more

C.richer

D.poorer

答案

参考答案:A

解析:

结合文章主题是减免学费的高校财政支持政策,那么能够享受这些政策的应该是低收入家庭,所以是less than…。poorer than后面的所比较对象不符合语法规范,故不选。

选择题

New Schedules of Cathy Pacific Airways
                           Shanghai ----------- Hong Kong
CX301
Tue. , Thur. , Sat. , Sun. 
Dep    Shanghai      20:30
Arr    Hong Kong    21:45  
 
                            Hong Kong -----------  Shanghai
CX300
Tue. , Thur. , Sat. , Sun,
Dep     Hong Kong  15:15
Arr     Shanghai    19:15  
 
                              Beijing   -----------   Hong Kong
CX311
Tue. , Thur. , Fri. 
Dep     Beijing          17:45
Arr     Hong Kong       19:45  
 
                             Hong Kong  -----------    Beijing
CX310
Tue. , Thur. , Fri. 
Dep      Hong Kong   12:50
Arr      Beijing       16:40  
小题1:The above is a  __________.
A.pictureB.piece of newsC.formD.timetable
小题2:It supplies information to people who are going between Shanghai and Hong Kong or Beijing and Hong Kong ____________.
A.by bikeB.by carC.by shipD.by plane
小题3:There are _________ flights from Shanghai to Hong Kong every week.
A.3B.5C.4D.6
小题4:How long does it take you if you want to go to Hong Kong from Beijing by air ?
A.2 hoursB.4 hoursC.3 hoursD.five hours and a half
小题5:Suppose on arriving in Shanghai by Cathy Pacific flight on Thursday, you are told to return to Hong Kong by Cathy Pacific Airways at once. Now the most probable way is _________.
A.to wait until Saturday
B.to stay in Shanghai and take the Friday’s flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong
C.to go to Beijing and take the Friday’s flight
D.to take the same day’s flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong.
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