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year’s university applications is expected to economic slumps,people regard further education as a way to survive tough job markets.1.According to the passage,banks are unwilling to offer students loans because ________.A.the students are poor and sometimes they can’t pay off the debtB.banks prefer lending the money to the young professionalsC.banks don’t have enough money left at the present timeD.they think college students are not studying hard答案 C解析 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。文中第二段提到“banks currently have a lack of credit”說明銀行的存款額不足,故C項正確。2.The underlined phrase “top up” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.A.put up B.make up C.fill up D.pick up答案 C解析 詞義推測題。文中第三段提到學(xué)生們除了得到國家的助學(xué)貸款外,也可以通過私人貸款來滿足經(jīng)濟需求,可猜測top up的意思為“給……添滿,盛滿”,故fill up正確。3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A.UK college students have to pay more if they want to rent houses.B.More UK students want to further their study in college.C.It is not so easy for US students to loan money now.D.College students’ tuition fees have risen greatly.答案 D解析 事實細(xì)節(jié)題。結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容可知A、B、C三項都是正確的,D項的內(nèi)容文章中沒有提及,故選D項。4.It can be inferred that ________.A.there are no private student loan lenders in the UKB.loans for US college students will be increased next yearC.private funding falls a little because of higher173。interest loans in the USD.private loans play a very important role in financing US students’ education答案 D解析 推理判斷題。文中第三段提到很多學(xué)生通過私人貸款來滿足自己的經(jīng)濟需求,并且在2005年到2006年間有170億美元用于學(xué)生的私人貸款,說明D項是正確的。5.The passage mainly tells us ________.A.college students in the US and UK are faced with their financial crisisB.it is the duty of the governments to solve college students’ financial crisisC.private student loan is a good way for college students to overe the difficultiesD.further education is a good way for college students to survive tough job markets答案 A解析 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知文章主要講述了英美的大學(xué)生面臨的經(jīng)濟危機。