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 (貸款) 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 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(學(xué)費(fèi))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.
小題1:According to Paragraph 1，why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?
A．The twins wasted too much money.
B．The father was out of work.
C．Their saving ran out
D．The family fell apart.
小題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 school.
C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part­time jobs.
D．They got help from the school and the federal government.
小題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
小題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

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:答案　B　[推理判斷題。第一段提到Diana Jacobs的家庭本來(lái)有一個(gè)可行的計(jì)劃可以支付兩個(gè)雙胞胎兒子的大學(xué)費(fèi)用，可由于丈夫的失業(yè)計(jì)劃瓦解了。]
小題2:答案　D　[推理判斷題。第三段指出解決方案(solution)是向?qū)W校索求更多的援助，每個(gè)兒子增加貸款到最大額度。如原文“They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (貸款) program.”，也即是選項(xiàng)D。]
小題3:答案　A　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段“expect to hear more families like the Jacobs”可以得知財(cái)政援助的管理員們預(yù)期會(huì)看到更多像Jacobs一家的情況，同義轉(zhuǎn)換即選項(xiàng)A。而B(niǎo)、D原文沒(méi)有提到，C 從第五段“Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade”，可知在過(guò)去10年里已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)了一倍還多，因此是錯(cuò)的。]
小題4:答案　C　[推理判斷題。從第六段最后一句話(huà)“They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”可知，無(wú)論需要什么他們都會(huì)送孩子去上大學(xué)，即使那意味著大筆的債務(wù)。]
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Like most Oregonians, Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although rain still beat the window of her car, the worst of the day’s storm seemed to have passed as she drove her 11-year-old daughter, Maggie, home from a church at 8:30 p.m. Two little children sat into their car seats in back.
When crossing over Fawcett Creek (小河), McRae found the road just ahead had been washed away. The storm had turned Fawcett Creek into a 100-feet-wide river. Water began to go into the car and the four of them had to climb onto the car’s roof. The car was floating about and was being swept toward the Tillamook River only a few miles ahead. Suddenly it stopped when hitting a logjam (浮木阻塞).The water swept over them, rising higher and higher. Stephanie screamed into the rainy night, almost crying.
“Mom, I have to go and get help,” her 11-year-old daughter Maggie cried.
Stephanie realized if she went by herself, Maggie couldn’t hold on to the other two babies. But Maggie was still recovering from foot surgery. How could she manage? Finally she shouted, “I’m proud of you. Be careful!”
As Maggie McRae struggled to reach the shore, she was all wet. The sixth grader started running to the nearest house. Inside, the neighbors immediately called 911 and were told that firefighters were making their way toward another trapped car. Maggie joined the neighbors, and helped the rescue team point out where her mother was. The firefighters saved McRae and her children by using a 35-foot-long ladder.
When Stephanie reached land in safety, Maggie raced into her mother’s arms. “She hugged me for five minutes,” Maggie remembers. Maggie accepted an award for her heroism, but she’s happier to get back to her sports team and her family. 
小題1:What can we infer from the passage?
A．Without the logjam, McRae’s car would have been swept into the Tillamook River.
B．The rain became heavier when McRae drove home.
C．McRae’s car was the only vehicle that was blocked in the Fawcett Creek that night.
D．Most of the time the weather in Oregon is quite good.
小題2:Stephanie McRae’s screaming on the car’s roof suggested that she felt ______.
A．surprisedB．helplessC．disappointedD．careless
小題3:According to the passage, we can infer that Maggie ______.
A．was strong enough to hold the two children in the water
B．tried to swim to the bank in order to get help
C．stopped her sports activities due to her foot injury
D．rescued her family using a ladder
小題4:Which of the following is in the correct order of events?
①Firefighters rescued McRae and her children from the river.
②Firefighters were sent to the broken road.
③The neighbors Maggie found called 911.
④The rescue team had got informed of the trouble at Fawcett Creek.
⑤Another trapped car was found in the river by the firefighters.
A．④②③⑤①B．④③②①⑤C．③④②①⑤D．③④②⑤①
小題5:What is the passage mainly about?
A．A heavy storm that damaged a road and killed lots of drivers.
B．A brave young girl who helped save her family from flood.
C．Firefighters who rescued a family late at night from flood.
D．Great neighbors who saved people swept away into a river.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant almost exhausted was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her.Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.
小題1:The ant could not reach the side though _______.
A．she cried for help
B．she asked the dove to save her
C．she tried very hard
D．she could smell well
小題2:The dove saved the ant because _______.
A．she was the ant's friend
B．she took pity on the poor ant
C．the ant was almost exhausted
D．the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time
小題3:The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of _______.
A．a(chǎn) leafB．a(chǎn) piece of woodC．a(chǎn) blade of grassD．a(chǎn) raft
小題4:Just as the man shot at the dove, _______.
A．the dove immediately flew away
B．the dove hid himself in the grass
C．the ant told the dove to leave at once
D．he felt something biting him in the foot
小題5:In writing the story, the writer wants to show _______.
A．how clever the ant was
B．how kind the dove was
C．how the ant and the dove helped each other
D．we often need help from others, therefore we should help others as much as

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