搜索
（一）NearlyallAmericanstudentsincollegesanduniversitiespayfortheireducation.Therearemanyexpenses.Firstofall,thereistuition(学费).Atsomeschools,thetuitionisveryhigh,tenthousanddollarsayearormore.Atotherschools,itmayonlybeafewhundreddollarsayear.Atsomecommunity(社区)colleges,tuitionisfree.Thereareotherexpensesaswell.Manystudentsleavetheirhomestogotoschoolsinothercities.Theymayliveindormitoriesorapartments(flats),andtheymustpayforit.Finally,studentsmustbuytextbooksfortheircourses.Somefamiliesstartsavingmoneyfortheirchildren’seducationwhenthechildrenaresmall.Manystudentsworktosavemoneyfortuition.Theycanalsogetloans(贷款)fromthegovernment.Theypaythemoneybacktothegovernmentwhentheyfinishtheireducation.阅读短文，回答问题或完成答句，每题词数不超过5个。1.Whichstudentspayfortheireducation?_______________incollegesanduniversitiespayfortheireducation.2.Howmuchisthehighertuition?Itis_______________ormore.3.Arethereanyfreetuitioncolleges?___________________________.4.Whydomanystudentsliveindormitoriesorapartments?Becausethey_______________.5.Whatmuststudentsbuyfinally?Theymust_______________.6.Whendomanystudentspaybacktheirloansfromthegovernment?Theypaythemback_______________.【参考答案】几乎所有的美国大学生都要支付教育费用。首先是学费。有些学校的学费很贵，高达一万美元一年甚至更多。还有其它的费用，如住宿费。最后还有教材费。有些家庭在孩子还小的时候就开始积攒教育经费，很多学生通过工作来挣钱支付学费，他们也可以向政府借贷，毕业后再还。1.NearlyallAmericanstudents2.tenthousanddollarsayear3.Yes,therearesome4.studyinothercities/leavetheirhomestostudy/studyawayfromtheirhomes/don’tstudyneartheirhomes5.buytextbooksfortheircourses6.whentheyfinishtheireducation（二）Somepeoplewanttobeshotintospaceaftertheirdeath,otherswanttoliedeepunderthesea.Butmostpeoplewanttogointothefreezer(冷藏库).Thesearebelieversincryogenics(低温冷冻学).Nowsomediseasescan’tbecured,buttheymaybecuredsometimeinthefuture.Sosomepeoplehopethattheirbodiescanbefrozenaftertheydie.Whenacureisfound,warmuphisorherbody,bringitbacktolifeandtakethecure.Oncethebodyisfrozen,itiskeptinliquidnitrogen(液态氮)atatemperatureof328degreesbelowzero.Nowaroundathousandpeoplearegoingtotakecryogenictreatment(处理),thoughmostscientistssayitwon’twork.Ifwefreezehugecreatures(生物)likehumans,everyoneoftheircells(细胞)willbebroken.Cantheybebroughtbacktolifeinthefuture?根据短文内容回答下列各问题。1.Wheredomostpeoplehopethattheirbodiesarekeptaftertheirdeath?_________________________________________2.Whydotheywanttheworldtokeeptheirbodieswell?_________________________________________3.Howdoscientistsusuallykeepadeadman’sbody?_________________________________________4.Howmanypeoplearegoingtotakecryogenictreatmentaftertheydie?___________________________________________【参考答案】有些人死后想被发射到太空去，有些人想被深埋在海底之下，但多数人想要被低温冷冻。现在有些疾病不能治疗，但到了将来它们可能会被治好。于是有些人希望死后尸体能被冷冻起来，等找到了治疗方法，再让他们复活。尽管大多数科学家认为这种方法不起作用，还是有1,000多人准备接受低温冷冻。1.Inthefreezer.2.Theyhopethattheycancomebacktolifeoneday.3.Theyusuallykeepitinliquidnitrogenatatemperatureof328degreesbelowzero.4.Around1.000people.（三）richmanwasonceridingalongtheroadandsawanoldmandigginginhisgarden.Onthegroundlayayoungtree,readytobeplanted.Therichmancalledouttotheoldman,“Whatkindoftreeareyouplantingthere,mygoodman?”“Thisisafig(无花果)tree,sir.”Hesaid.“Afigtree?”therichmanwasverysurprised,“Why,howoldareyou,mayIask?”“Iamninetyyearsold.”“What!”criedtherichman,“You’reninetyyearsold.Youareplantingaveryyoungtreenowandit’lltakeyearstogivefruit.Youcertainlydon’thopetolivelongenoughtogetanyfruitfromthistree.”Theoldmanlookedaroundthegarden.Thenhesaidwithasmile,“Tellme,sir.Didyoueatfigswhenyouwereaboy?”“Sure,”themandidnotknowwhyheaskedthisquestion.“Thentellmethis,”hesaid,“Whoplantedthefigtrees?”“Why-why?Idon’tknow.”“Yousee,sir.”wentontheoldman,”Ourforefathers(祖先)plantedtreesforustoenjoyandIamdoingthesameforthepeopleafterme.”Therichmanwasquietandsaid,“Youareright，mygoodman.Weshoulddosomethingsforthepeopleafterus.Thankyouverymuch.”Thenherodeaway.根据短文内容回答下列各问题。1.Whattreewastheoldmanplantingwhentherichmansawhim?_________________________________________________________________2.Howoldwastheoldman?__________________________________________________________________________3.Theoldmanwasplantingthetreetogethimselfsomefruittoeat，wasn’the?Whowasheplantingthetreefor?__________________________________________________________________4.Didtherichmaneatfigswhenhewasaboy?__________________________________________________________________5.Whatshouldwedoforthepeopleafterus?___________________________________________________________________【参考答案】一位富人见一位90岁的老人在种无花果树，感到很惊讶。老人对他说，“我们的祖先为我们栽树，供我们享受，我也为我的后人们做同样的事。”1.Hewasplantingafigtree.2.Hewasninetyyearsold.3.No,hewasn’t.Hewasplantingthetreeforthepeopleafterhim.4.Yes,hedid.5.Weshoulddosomegoodthingsforthepeopleafterus.（四）Ingeneral，lawsforchildrenareagoodthing.Onehundredyearsagoinindustrialcountries,childrenworked18hoursadayinafactoryatageseven.Thefactoryownercouldbeatachildwhofellasleeporwasnotfastenough.Bothparentsandteacherscoulddothesame.Today,therearemanylawsaboutchildrenallovertheworld.Somepeoplethinkchildrenmustobeyrulesortheyshouldbepunished，othersdonotagree.TheInuitsorEskimosinAlaskaalmostneverpunishtheirchildren.Theparentsdon’thitthem.Ifthechildre