More than seven hundred students will serve for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games not as volunteers but as interns(实习生), working for months before the event and during the Games to help ensure its success.

A co-operation agreement was signed between the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (GOCOG) and 16 Beijing-based universities and colleges. The schools will prepare the students to be interns.

Although the interns will work without pay, they are considered different to volunteers, who will also provide services for the Games.

Well-known schools such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University and Beijing Jiaotong University are included on the list.

The interns will work much longer than the Games’ volunteers, since they have to begin their work at BOCOG as early as one year before the Games start, while most of the volunteers work only during the 16 days of the Games. They have to finish the required lessons of their universities first and then learn more in their specialities to qualify to work for the BOCOG. They will take some special classes on Olympic knowledge and certain professional lessons outside the university to meet the needs of serving in the Olympics.

The 706 interns will be made up of 446 postgraduates, 118 undergraduates and 142 higher vocational students. They will come from such majors as foreign languages, media and communications, logistics and legal affairs.

According to university officials, the undergraduates will be students who have been admitted to college this year (2005) while the postgraduates will be those who enter next year.

The interns will be chosen from __________.

A．students whose homes are in Beijing          B．students studying in Beijing

C．only 6 famous schools                      D．schools all over China

What’s the difference between the interns and the volunteers?

A．The volunteers receive no pay.             B．The interns work during the Games.

C．The volunteers come mainly from universities. D．The interns provide longer, more specialized services.

The chosen students will be busy because they have to __________.

A．learn both in and outside the university     B．graduate ahead of time

C．look for part-time jobs                  D．learn many extra subjects at college

A chosen undergraduate will begin to work for BOCOG __________.

A．in his or her first college year            B．in his or her second college year

C．in his or her third college year                  D．in his or her fourth college year

How I wish I ________ in medicine instead of history when I was at college!

A．had majored       B．should major       C．majored          D．would major

“The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher and，combined with the rising cost of tuition，it’s killing these students，”said Peter Jason，a college professor．“Remember，students are one of the poorest groups of people in America．Almost half of them have at least one part-time job．In fact，one of my students has three jobs．And she still manages to have high scores and go to school full-time.”
Textbook prices are traditionally high．Adding to that problem，many college teachers change textbooks year after year；they either upgrade to a new edition or switch to an entirely different textbook．This further hurts students because if an instructor no longer uses a particular textbook，that book has no resale value．
Dr．Jason decided to make lire a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing his own book on public speaking．“Many books have an increased price because of CD-ROMs，lots of color photographs and pictures．I talked to my students，and many of them，like me，prefer to keep things simple! So，a few years ago，I wrote my own textbook．Compared to most other public speaking books，mine is half the number of pages，and one-third the price．That is，$30 instead of $90．When I wrote a second edition last year，students only had to buy the 35 new pages, For only $7．00，they had almost a new book. Now my loose-leaf textbook enjoys great popularity among the students．Maybe in the future more writers and publishers will try it．”   
【小题1】What did Dr. Jason say about students at college?

“The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher and，combined with the rising cost of tuition，it’s killing these students，”said Peter Jason，a college professor．“Remember，students are one of the poorest groups of people in America．Almost half of them have at least one part-time job．In fact，one of my students has three jobs．And she still manages to have high scores and go to school full-time.”

Textbook prices are traditionally high．Adding to that problem，many college teachers change textbooks year after year；they either upgrade to a new edition or switch to an entirely different textbook．This further hurts students because if an instructor no longer uses a particular textbook，that book has no resale value．

Dr．Jason decided to make lire a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing his own book on public speaking．“Many books have an increased price because of CD-ROMs，lots of color photographs and pictures．I talked to my students，and many of them，like me，prefer to keep things simple! So，a few years ago，I wrote my own textbook．Compared to most other public speaking books，mine is half the number of pages，and one-third the price．That is，$30 instead of $90．When I wrote a second edition last year，students only had to buy the 35 new pages, For only $7．00，they had almost a new book. Now my loose-leaf textbook enjoys great popularity among the students．Maybe in the future more writers and publishers will try it．”   

1.What did Dr. Jason say about students at college?

A．They are short of money．                B．They need better textbooks

C．They should do part-time jobs．            D．They are trying to get high scores．

2.What did Dr．Jason decide to do to help the students?

A．To choose cheaper textbooks．            B．To write a textbook himself．

C．To speak to his students.                  D．To use old textbooks．

3.How much does a public speaking textbook usually cost?

A．About 7 dollars.                        B．About 30 dollars.

C．About 37 dollars．                      D．About 90 dollars．

4.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A．Dr Jason's textbook has CD-ROMs and nice pictures.

B．More writers and publishers will write simpler textbooks．

C．Dr．Jason teaches public speaking at a college．

D．Dr-Jason’s textbook is not well received．

Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years．What makes Mrs．Hanson different from her classmates is her age-----73 years．She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years．

       When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education．The banker gave her no encouragement．He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college．He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm．So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college．Mrs．Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education．When her children were grown, she tried again．

       She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time．Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs．Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff（不灵活）．At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were．

Mrs．Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because ____

       A．she hadn’t got enough money

       B．she was a country girl

       C．the banker ordered her not to borrow any money

       D．the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children

The computer students welcomed Mrs．Hanson warmly because ______．

       A．she had got an excellent result in the exam

       B．she was good at telling funny stories

      C．they wanted to get her help in their studies          

       D．they were deeply moved by her spirit

Mrs．Hanson is the sort of person who ________．

       A．cares for study very much                   

       B．likes to borrow money from the bank

       C．never misses a chance to talk                

       D．tries to save any money for her family

In which order did Mrs．Hanson do the following things?

       a．she began her studies at college．  

       b．She finished high school．

       c．She got married and gave birth of nine children．

       d．She had her 73 rd birthday．

       e．She went to the bank to borrow money．

       A．a c b e d B．b e c a d   C．b c e d a   D．e d a c b