题目内容
B. had had; would gain
C. had ; would have gained
D. had ; would gain
阳光考场单元测试卷系列答案
名校联盟冲刺卷系列答案
名校提分一卷通系列答案Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old 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(管理者) expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. 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 25years, 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.How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?
|
A．They asked their kids to come home. |
|
B．They borrowed $20,000 from the school. |
|
C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs. |
|
D．They got help from the school and the federal government. |
2. Financial aid administrators believe that ______________.
|
A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs |
|
B．the government will receive more letters of complaint |
|
C．college tuition fees will double soon |
|
D．America’s unemployment will fall |
3.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. |
4.According to the last paragraph, the government will ____.
|
A．provide most students will scholarships |
|
B．dismiss some financial aid administrators |
|
C．stop the companies from making student loans |
|
D．go on providing financial support for college students |
In most situations, light helps us see. But when it comes to looking at the night sky, light is actually a kind of pollution. It prevents our view of some of life’s most striking sights: stars, planets, and even galaxies.
“When I was a little boy, I loved the night sky. I remember looking up and the sky was filled with stars. I became an astronomer because I was amazed by their beauty,” says Robert gent, “Now in most big cities kids can’t see the stars like I did.”
Normally, about 2,500 individual stars are visible to the naked eye without using any special equipment. But because of light pollution, you actually see just 200 to 300 and fewer than a dozen from some cities. Only one in three Americans can see our own galaxy (星系) with the naked eye. Those people live far away from the lights of big cities, office building, and shopping malls.
Fortunately, there’s an inexpensive and useful way. If we shine lights down at the ground instead of up into the sky, and use lower brightness levels, we can save big amounts of energy and keep the beauty of the night skies. Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night, making sure enough shine for safety without creating much light pollution.
Light pollution affects more than our view of the heavens and can harm wildlife. Migrating (迁移) birds sometimes fly over cities and become confused by the brightness, flying in circles until they drop from exhaustion. Sea turtles need dark beaches for nesting and won’t approach bright lights. Too much light at night may even affect human health. For all these reasons, researchers are working on ways to use light only when and where they are truly needed. Everyone deserves to look up at the sky.
1.According to the text, using our naked eyes, ______________.
|
A．people in remote areas can see more stars than those in big cities |
|
B．over one third Americans can see our own galaxy |
|
C．about one in three Americans in big cities can see our own galaxy |
|
D．Americans can only see 200 to 300 stars |
2.Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night mainly to _________.
|
A．save the electricity |
B．make sure of cities’ safety |
|
C．let you count the number of stars |
D．avoid much light pollution |
3.In how many ways will the light pollution do harm?
|
A．One |
B．Two |
C．Three |
D．Four |
4.The underlined word “exhaustion” in the last paragraph means “_________”.
|
A．air pollution |
B．tiredness |
C．breath |
D．brightness |