(一)

Nearly all American students in colleges and universities pay for their education. There are many expenses. First of all, there is tuition (學費). At some schools, the tuition is very high, ten thousand dollars a year or more. At other schools, it may only be a few hundred dollars a year. At some community (社區(qū)) colleges, tuition is free. There are other expenses as well. Many students leave their homes to go to schools in other cities. They may live in dormitories or apartments ( flats), and they must pay for it. Finally, students must buy textbooks for their courses. Some families start saving money for their children’s education when the children are small. Many students work to save money for tuition. They can also get loans (貸款) from the government. They pay the money back to the government when they finish their education.

閱讀短文，回答問題或完成答句，每題詞數(shù)不超過5個。

1. Which students pay for their education?

_______________ in colleges and universities pay for their education.

2. How much is the higher tuition? It is _______________ or more.

3. Are there any free tuition colleges?___________________________.

4. Why do many students live in dormitories or apartments? Because they_______________.

5. What must students buy finally? They must _______________.

6. When do many students pay back their loans from the government?

They pay them back_______________.

【參考答案】

幾乎所有的美國大學生都要支付教育費用。首先是學費。有些學校的學費很貴，高達一萬美元一年甚至更多。還有其它的費用，如住宿費。最后還有教材費。有些家庭在孩子還小的時候就開始積攢教育經費，很多學生通過工作來掙錢支付學費，他們也可以向政府借貸，畢業(yè)后再還。

1. Nearly all American students

2. ten thousand dollars a year

3. Yes, there are some

4. study in other cities / leave their homes to study / study away from their homes / don’t study near their homes

5. buy textbooks for their courses

6. when they finish their education

(二)

Some people want to be shot into space after their death, others want to lie deep under the sea. But most people want to go into the freezer(冷藏庫).These are believers in cryogenics(低溫冷凍學).

Now some diseases can’t be cured, but they may be cured sometime in the future. So some people hope that their bodies can be frozen after they die. When a cure is found, warm up his or her body, bring it back to life and take the cure. Once the body is frozen, it is kept in liquid nitrogen(液態(tài)氮) at a temperature of 328 degrees below zero.

Now around a thousand people are going to take cryogenic treatment(處理), though most scientists say it won’t work. If we freeze huge creatures(生物) like humans, every one of their cells(細胞) will be broken. Can they be brought back to life in the future?

根據(jù)短文內容回答下列各問題。

1. Where do most people hope that their bodies are kept after their death?

_________________________________________

2. Why do they want the world to keep their bodies well?

_________________________________________

3. How do scientists usually keep a dead man’s body?

_________________________________________

4. How many people are going to take cryogenic treatment after they die?

___________________________________________

【參考答案】

有些人死后想被發(fā)射到太空去，有些人想被深埋在海底之下，但多數(shù)人想要被低溫冷凍�，F(xiàn)在有些疾病不能治療，但到了將來它們可能會被治好。于是有些人希望死后尸體能被冷凍起來，等找到了治療方法，再讓他們復活。盡管大多數(shù)科學家認為這種方法不起作用，還是有1,000多人準備接受低溫冷凍。

1. In the freezer.

2. They hope that they can come back to life one day.

3. They usually keep it in liquid nitrogen at a temperature of 328 degrees below zero.

4. Around 1.000 people.

(三)

rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The rich man called out to the old man, “What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”

“This is a fig(無花果) tree, sir. ” He said.

“A fig tree?” the rich man was very surprised, “Why, how old are you, may I ask?”

“I am ninety years old.”

“What!” cried the rich man, “You’re ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it’ll take years to give fruit. You certainly don’t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree. ” The old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile, “Tell me, sir. Did you eat figs when you were a boy? ”“Sure,” the man did not know why he asked this question. “Then tell me this,” he said, “Who planted the fig trees?” “Why-why? I don’t know.” “You see, sir.” went on the old man,” Our forefathers(祖先) planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”

The rich man was quiet and said, “You are right，my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much.” Then he rode away.

根據(jù)短文內容回答下列各問題。

1. What tree was the old man planting when the rich man saw him?

_________________________________________________________________

2. How old was the old man?

__________________________________________________________________________

3. The old man was planting the tree to get himself some fruit to eat，wasn’t he? Who was he planting the tree for?

__________________________________________________________________

4. Did the rich man eat figs when he was a boy?

__________________________________________________________________

5. What should we do for the people after us?

___________________________________________________________________

【參考答案】

一位富人見一位90歲的老人在種無花果樹，感到很驚訝。老人對他說，“我們的祖先為我們栽樹，供我們享受，我也為我的后人們做同樣的事�！�

1. He was planting a fig tree.

2. He was ninety years old.

3. No, he wasn’t. He was planting the tree for the people after him .

4. Yes, he did.

5. We should do some good things for the people after us.