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【題目】 “The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher and，combined with the rising cost of tuition，it’s killing these students，”said Peter Jason，a college professor. “Remember，students are one of the poorest groups of people in America. Almost half of them have at least one part-time job. In fact，one of my students has three jobs. And she still manages to have high scores and go to school full-time. ”

Textbook prices are traditionally high. Adding to that problem, many college teachers change textbooks year after year; they either upgrade to a new edition or switch to an entirely different textbook. This further hurts students because if an instructor no longer uses a particular textbook，that book has no resale value.

Dr. Jason decided to make reading a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing his own book on public speaking. “Many books have an increased price because of CD-ROMs，lots of color photographs and pictures. I talked to my students，and many of them，like me，prefer to keep things simple! So，a few years ago，I wrote my own textbook. Compared to most other public speaking books，mine is half the number of pages，and one-third the price. That is，$30 instead of $90. When I wrote a second edition last year，students only had to buy the 35 new pages, For only $7. 00，they had almost a new book. Now my loose-leaf textbook enjoys great popularity among the students. Maybe in the future more writers and publishers will try it. ”

【1】What did Dr. Jason say about students at college?

A.They are short of money.

B.They need better textbooks.

C.They should do part-time jobs.

D.They are trying to get high scores.

【2】What did Dr. Jason decide to do to help the students?

A.To choose cheaper textbooks.

B.To write a textbook himself.

C.To speak to his students.

D.To use old textbooks.

【3】How much does a public speaking textbook usually cost?

A.About 7 dollars.B.About 30 dollars.

C.About 37 dollars.D.About 90 dollars.

【4】Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A.Dr. Jason’s textbook has CD-ROMs and nice pictures.

B.More writers and publishers will write simpler textbooks.

C.Dr. Jason teaches public speaking at a college.

D.Dr. Jason’s textbook is not well received.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報(bào)道。文章講述了大學(xué)的教材和學(xué)費(fèi)越來(lái)越貴，導(dǎo)致很多學(xué)生快擔(dān)負(fù)不起。文章還分析了教材貴的原因。同時(shí)，介紹了Dr. Jason為解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題所做的努力。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段“Remember，students are one of the poorest groups of people in America. Almost half of them have at least one part-time job可知，學(xué)生是美國(guó)最貧窮的人之一，幾乎一半的學(xué)生都要做兼職賺錢。所以大學(xué)生缺錢。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Dr. Jason decided to make reading a little easier and a lot cheaper for his students by writing his own book on public speaking可知，Dr. Jason決定通過(guò)寫書的方式來(lái)幫助學(xué)生。讓讀書變得更容易。故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Compared to most other public speaking books，mine is half the number of pages，and one-third the price. That is，$30 instead of $90可知，比起其他公共演講的教材，Dr. Jason的書只有一半厚。價(jià)格是30美元而不是正常書籍的90美元。所以一本公開(kāi)演講的教科書通常要。故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段 So，a few years ago，I wrote my own textbook. Compared to most other public speaking books，mine is half the number of pages，and one-third the price. That is，$30 instead of $90提到Dr. Jason寫的書是關(guān)于“公共演講”的。也是在最后一段，Dr. Jason把自己所寫的書和其他公共演講的書在厚度和價(jià)格上做了對(duì)比。由此判斷出，Dr. Jason在大學(xué)教的是公共演講的課程。故選C項(xiàng)。