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.

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1.Whichstudentspayfortheireducation?

_______________incollegesanduniversitiespayfortheireducation.

2.Howmuchisthehighertuition?

Itis_______________ormore.

3.Arethereanyfreetuitioncolleges?

___________________________.

4.Whydomanystudentsliveindormitoriesorapartments?

Becausethey_______________.

5.Whatmuststudentsbuyfinally?

Theymust_______________.

6.Whendomanystudentspaybacktheirloansfromthegovernment?

Theypaythemback_______________.

参考答案与解析：

【文章大意】 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.NearlyallAmericanstudents

2.tenthousanddollarsayear

3.Yes,therearesome

4.studyinothercities/leavetheirhomestostudy/studyawayfromtheirhomes/don’tstudyneartheirhomes

5.buytextbooksfortheircourses

6.whentheyfinishtheireducation