A new report says the number of foreign
students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by three
percent last year. This has been the first obvious increase since 2001.
American schools last fall had 583,000
foreign students. The record is 586,000. That was set in 2002 after many years
of gains. But after that the numbers fell. The terrorist attacks on September
11th, 2001 led to more visa (??) requirements. Now stronger efforts are being made to get more
foreign students to study in the United States.
China remained in second place in front of
South Korea but behind India, which sent almost 84,000 students last fall. The
number of Japanese fell sharply by nine percent, although it remained in fourth
place.
There were three percent drops from
Indonesia and Kenya, the only African country in the top twenty last year. But
there were obvious increases from Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Vietnam. The number
of Saudi students more than doubled, rising to nearly eight thousand.
For a sixth year, the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles had the most foreign students. Columbia
University in New York was second. Other schools in the top five were New York
University, the University of Illinois and Purdue University.
Unlike American students in other
countries, who often choose history and language study, the leading area of
study in the USA was business and management. Second was engineering.
The new report also says more than 220,000
Americans studied in other countries. That was during the 2005-2006 school
year. It was a record number, and an increase of eight and a half percent from
the year before. But only five percent of them stayed for a full year.
1 After 2002, the number of foreign
students in the USA fell mainly because ____ .
A. Americans were worried that foreign
students might attack them
B. few American universities welcomed
students from abroad
C. their own countries could offer them a
better education
D. it was harder for foreign students to
get permission to study in the USA
2 Which of the following Asian countries
has the largest number of students studying in the USA?
A.
China. B.
Japan. C. South
Korea. D. India.
3 Which subject is the most attractive to
foreign students in the USA?
A. Business and
management. B. History.
C.
Engineering.
D. Language.
4We can learn from the passage that ____ .
A. Kenya is the only African country that
has students in the USA
B. now foreign students are encouraged to
study in the USA
C. the number of students studying in
America always increases
D. the number of foreign students in the
USA will keep increasing in the future
5 In which section of a newspaper could you
most probably read this passage?
A.
Culture. B. Science.
C. Education. D. Business.