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     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 college,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)program.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
administrators 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 income rose just 147%.Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
    "If we go on this way for another 25 years,we won't 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 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 about three quarters of student borrowing,and the government says that money will flow
uninterrupted.

1．According to Paragraph 1,why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?

A．The twins wasted too much money.
B．The father was out of work.
C．Their savings ran out.
D．The family fell apart.

2．How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?

A．They asked their kids to come home.
B．They borrowed $20,000 from the schools.
C．They encouraged their twin sons to do parttime jobs.
D．They got help from the schools and the federal government.

3．Financial aid administrators believe that________.

A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses
B．the government will receive more letters of complaint
C．college tuition fees will double soon
D．America's unemployment will fall

4．What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?

A．They blamed the government for the tuition increase.
B．Their income remained steady in the last decade.
C．They will try their best to send kids to college.
D．Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

5．According to the last paragraph,the government will________.

A．provide most students with scholarships
B．dismiss some financial aid administrators
C．stop the companies from making student loans
D．go on providing financial support for college students

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　　The dyed bun scandal(染色馒头丑闻)deals another blow to shoppers' confidence in buying food products, as well as the reputation of local sellers．Li Zhen reports on shoppers' reactions in Shanghai．

　　An investigation by the municipal government revealed(揭露)that Shanghai Shenglu Food Company produced more than 3,000 steamed buns daily．These were then sold across the city, including large supermarkets such as Hualian, Lianhua and Dia．

　　Fewer steamed buns were for sale at this Lianhua Supermarket．More than 32,000 buns were taken off store shelves when the scandal emerged．(暴露)

　　Mr．Wang, Sales Manager of Lianhua Supermarket, said, "We removed the dyed steamed buns produced by Shenglu as soon as we learned of the incident．We gave customers who had bought the steamed buns from our outlets refunds with their receipts．Despite the scandal, our sales volume has been fine so far．

　　However, most customers we met remained concerned about food safety．Steamed buns are a regular breakfast food for Ms．Gao．She used to buy them mostly from supermarkets because she felt it was in a clean and safe environment．

　　But now, she has second thoughts about buying the popular snack．

　　Ms．Gao, Shanghai shopper, said, "I can't believe that even steamed buns from the supermarkets are no longer safe．The only places I trusted to shop at were major supermarkets and specialist shops．But now even there, product quality cannot be guaranteed．I really don't know where to buy my goods from in the future．

　　Shoppers at supermarkets who still bought steamed buns said they had few options．"I feel like giving up supermarkets．But I really don't know where to do my food shopping．I can't make these things myself．" said Ms．Tang, Shanghai shopper．

(1)

The colored buns were sold in some large supermarkets EXCEPT _________．
[　　]
A．	Hualian
B．	Lianhua
C．	Shenglu
D．	Dia

(2)

What Ms．Gao and Ms; Tang said suggests that _________．
[　　]
A．	they still trust major supermarkets when shopping
B．	they will make food by themselves
C．	they will never go to supermarkets
D．	they feel confused about where to buy safe food

(3)

The underlined word in the last paragraph can be replaced by _________．
[　　]
A．	choices
B．	ideas
C．	hints
D．	marks

(4)

What is the main idea of this passage?
[　　]
A．	Major supermarkets removed the dyed steamed buns．
B．	Dyed steamed buns brought great loss to major supermarkets．
C．	Famous supermarkets are involved in the bun scandal．
D．	Dyed bun scandal hurts consumers' confidence．

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Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard
about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very
expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from
Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They
thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt.
They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give
them to their children as sandwiches. Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of
the East In-dia Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next
few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could af-ford to buy it. At the
same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk
without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted
like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because
she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea
with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Brit-ons (British
people) drink tea without milk. At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought
of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three
or four o'clock stopped her getting" a sinking feeling" as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new
meal with her and so, tea-time was born.

1. Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?

A. The Britons got expensive tea from India.
B. Tea reached Britain from Holland.
C. The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.
D. It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.

2. This passage mainly discusses _______.

A. the history of tea drinking in Britain
B. how tea became a popular drink in Britain
C. how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D. how tea-time was born

3. Tea became a popular drink in Britain ______.

A. in eighteenth century
B. in sixteenth century
C. in seventeenth century
D. in the late seventeenth century

4. We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the
influence of _________.

A. a famous French lady
B. the ancient Chinese
C. the upper social class
D. people in Holland

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