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health, Eric Wheeler is hoping to get a job in international reproductive(生殖) health. The
26-year-old post-graduate has always wanted to work in public service. But public service
doesn't pay much, and her two-year program at Columbia costs about $50,000 a year with
living expenses. She has a scholarship from Columbia that covers just $4,000 a year and has
taken out loans to pay for the rest. She worries that she will spend years paying back her student
loans and not have money left over to put away in an IRA. Wheeler is wondering what she can
do to ease the pain of being in debt. Is there anything she can do to handle the debt?
The good news is that in 2007, Congress recognized that there were so many students in
Wheeler's position that it passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. There were two
programs established by this act that Wheeler should look into.
The first is the income-based repayment plan, which allows lower-income graduates with a
lot of debt to reduce their monthly payments. Depending on a graduate's income and level of
debt, the program, which goes into effect July 1, could limit his or her annual educational loan
debt repayment to 15 percent of discretionary income(可随意支配的收入),said Peter Mazareas,
vice charman of the College Saving Foundation.
The second is the public service loan forgiveness plan, in which the federal government will
forgive the remaining debt of borrowers who make 10-year loan payment while working full time
in public-service jobs. But the graduate must have a certain loan which is listed in the plan.
Depending on the level of debt Wheeler ends up with and how much she repays over 10 years,
Mazareas said she could end up with about $75,000 of her debt forgiven. " Tipically, it is projected
that a borrower who performs public service under this program will repay only about one-fourth
to one-half as much money as a borrower who does not", he said. He also pointed out that public
service is broadly defined and includes any government and nonprofit organization job.
B.$ 50,000
C. $75,000
D. $92,000
B.The act aims to help college students who are in debt.
C.There are two helpful programs in the act.
D. The graduates who work in public service benefit the most.
B. The total amount of debt could be reduced.
C. The income tax will be cut down.
D.People will have more time to pay back the debt.
B.Because she will have a master degree.
C. Because she plans to work in public service.
D. Because she has borrowed money from the federal government.
B. There are a lot of different programs to help students pay their tution.
C. The US government encourages students to choose public service jobs.
D.The federal government is trying to relieve graduates from heavy debt.
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The shopping malls are designed for only one thing: encouraging people to buy，buy, buy. How do they do this? Well, it is something of an art, an art that has been brought to perfection in the 50 years since malls first started appearing in America.
Every aspect(方面) of mall design is carefully considered to appeal to(吸引) the customer's psychological(心理的) needs. This starts with the overall environment. Tests have shown that people feel most relaxed and comfortable at a temperature of 24-26 degrees. So, this is the air temperature of most malls. If it is any hotter, people may become too lazy to walk. Any cooler, they may rush around and leave before they've spent enough money.
The choice of colors is also very important. Dark colors like orange or purple can make people feel irritable or unhappy. With such feelings, they are not likely to do much shopping. Therefore, very dark colors are almost never used in malls. Instead, walls are usually painted in light colors, which make customers feel relaxed and give the mail a spacious feeling.
The arrangement of space in the mall is also done with great care. Research shows that most people are unwilling to walk more than two hundred meters to shop. In one of the new giant malls this could be a problem. The walkways in malls can be made curved(弯曲的) or angled to hide their true length. Or they can be broken up by fountains(喷泉), art displays or any of those other things that you thought were just there to entertain you.
1．From this passage we know that malls _____.
[ ]
A．are where people go for entertainment
B．came into being in the early 1950s in America
C．are places for art displays and social activities
D．have been perfect places for shopping since they were born
2．According to this passage, a mall with dark-coloured walls _____.
A．is likely to enjoy good business
B．looks peaceful and pleasant
C．costs more to be lighted
D．is likely to have poor business
3．What are the fountains and art displays for in a mall?
[ ]
A．To make the walkways seem shorter as well as entertain the customers.
B．Just to make the customers feel happy when they are taking a rest.
C．To cool the mall so that the customers will buy more.
D．To beautify the mall to attract more customers and children.
4．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A．Malls are the best places to do shopping in.
B．The choice of colors is very important in designing malls.
C．Malls are carefully designed to encourage people to buy more and more.
D．Without good service there will be no good business.
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The shopping malls are designed for only one thing: encouraging people to buy，buy, buy. How do they do this? Well, it is something of an art, an art that has been brought to perfection in the 50 years since malls first started appearing in America.
Every aspect(方面) of mall design is carefully considered to appeal to(吸引) the customer's psychological(心理的) needs. This starts with the overall environment. Tests have shown that people feel most relaxed and comfortable at a temperature of 24-26 degrees. So, this is the air temperature of most malls. If it is any hotter, people may become too lazy to walk. Any cooler, they may rush around and leave before they've spent enough money.
The choice of colors is also very important. Dark colors like orange or purple can make people feel irritable or unhappy. With such feelings, they are not likely to do much shopping. Therefore, very dark colors are almost never used in malls. Instead, walls are usually painted in light colors, which make customers feel relaxed and give the mail a spacious feeling.
The arrangement of space in the mall is also done with great care. Research shows that most people are unwilling to walk more than two hundred meters to shop. In one of the new giant malls this could be a problem. The walkways in malls can be made curved(弯曲的) or angled to hide their true length. Or they can be broken up by fountains(喷泉), art displays or any of those other things that you thought were just there to entertain you.
1．From this passage we know that malls _____.
[ ]
A．are where people go for entertainment
B．came into being in the early 1950s in America
C．are places for art displays and social activities
D．have been perfect places for shopping since they were born
2．According to this passage, a mall with dark-coloured walls _____.
A．is likely to enjoy good business
B．looks peaceful and pleasant
C．costs more to be lighted
D．is likely to have poor business
3．What are the fountains and art displays for in a mall?
[ ]
A．To make the walkways seem shorter as well as entertain the customers.
B．Just to make the customers feel happy when they are taking a rest.
C．To cool the mall so that the customers will buy more.
D．To beautify the mall to attract more customers and children.
4．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A．Malls are the best places to do shopping in.
B．The choice of colors is very important in designing malls.
C．Malls are carefully designed to encourage people to buy more and more.
D．Without good service there will be no good business.
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Climate change has caused the disappearance of ice in Antarctic. It will not only do harm to wildlife in the area but also cause levels of oceans and seas around the world to rise. The old city of Venice, Italy has long been threatened by rising sea levels. Its old buildings, built on a body of water called a lagoon, are slowly “sinking”. When the city was founded about one thousand six hundred yours ago, the water level was almost two meters lower than it is today.
Mount Kilimanjaro in northeastern Tanzania is the highest point in Africa, with five vegetation zones and many kinds of animals. The ice glaciers on the mountain are disappearing very quickly. This will have a bad effect on the mountain’s plants and animals and on Tanzania’s travel industry. Also, a valuable record of thousands of years of weather history will also be lost if the ice melts. Scientists study pieces of the glacier to know the weather thousands of years ago.
In the United States, the ice in the Glacier National Park in Montana may soon completely disappear because of climate change. In 1950, there were about 150 glaciers in the park. However there are only 26 glaciers remaining today. Scientists say that the glaciers will be gone by 2030. Many kinds of plants and animals in this mountain park are also disappearing.
Rising sea temperatures are greatly harming the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In some areas, healthy yellow, brown and green reefs have turned white. The coral whitens when it becomes breathless because of high temperatures. Its food also becomes less and less because the water is deepening.
These places are included in the book called “Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them.” It aims to call on the world to protect these places of interest in danger.
56.Which of the following can show us the climate many centuries ago?
A.Old buildings in Venice
B.Mount Kilimanjaro
C.The Glacier National park in Montana
D.The Great Barrier Reef
57.From the third paragraph we can infer______.
A.there will be no life in the Glacier National Park in Montana in 2030
B.the present plants in the glacier National Park like warm weather
C.the weather in America half a century ago was colder than it is today
D.there is no ice existing in the Glacier National Park in Montana now
58.What makes the coral of the Great Barrier Reef turn white?
A.That the water around gets dirty
B.that it attacked by other animals
C.That it cannot get enough food
D.that the high temperature doesn’t suit it
59.The book “Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them” is mainly about______.
A.the disappearing of wild plants and animals
B.the effects of disappearing ice in Antarctic
C.the travel places that are in danger now
D.the harm tourists do to the places of interest
60.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The old city of Venice is disappearing.
B.The glaciers in the Glacier National Park in Montana is becoming less and less.
C.Why does the coral of the Great Barrier Reef turn white
D. Climate change has caused many environmental problems.
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