英语周报高三答案2023-2024BOOK2Units4-5

英语周报高三答案2023-2024BOOK2Units4-5

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home’, but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education.” says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family did work out a solution. They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.

“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”

Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

1.How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?

A. They asked their kids to come home.

B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.

C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

D. They got help from the school and the federal government.

2.Financial aid administrators believe that .

A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs

B. the government will receive more letters of complaint

C. college tuition fees will double soon

D. America’s unemployment will fall

3.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?

A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase.

B. Their income remained steady in the last decade.

C. They will try their best to send kids to college.

D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

4.According to the last paragraph, the government will .

A. provide most students scholarships

B. dismiss some financial aid administrators

C. stop the companies from making student loans

D. go on providing financial support for college students

英语周报高三答案2023-2024BOOK2Units4-5试题答案

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】试题分析：文章大意：本文介绍了学生贷款增多给家庭带来的压力和大学学费的不断增加的社会问题，提出政府对之做出的回应。

1.推理判断题。根据第三段They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program.得知，她们的解决方案是向学校索求更多的援助，每个儿子增加贷款到最大额度。所以答案选D。

2.细节推断题。由第四段—expect to hear more families like the Jacobs可知，财政援助的管理员们预期会看到更多像Jacobs一家的情况，所以答案选A。而BD原文没有提到。C 项根据第五段Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,可知，在过去10年里已经长了一倍还多，因此是错的。

3.推理判断题。根据第六段最后一句话They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.可知，无论需要什么他们都会送孩子去上大学，即使那意味着大笔的债务。所以答案选C。

4.推理推断题。由最后一段可知许多公司做出决定说学生贷款无利润，因此不再做贷款，而好消息是联邦政府承担着四分之三的学生贷款。因此推断是D、政府将继续不间断地承担对大学生的资金援助。

考点：考查社会类阅读。

You may have heard the term “the American Dream”. In 1848, James W. Marshall found gold in California and people began having golden dreams. That 19th century “American Dream” motivated(激发) the Gold Rush and gave California its nickname of the “Golden State”.

The American Dream drove not only 1800s gold-rush prospectors(采矿者) but also waves of immigrants throughout that century and the next. People from Europe, and a large number of Chinese, arrived in the US in the 19th century hoping that in America they would find gold there. But most, instead, worked as railroad laborers. They created the oldest Chinatown, in San Francisco, and gave the city a Chinese name “the old gold hill”.

In the 20th century, some critics said that it was no longer possible to become prosperous through determination and hard work. Unfair education for students from poor families and racial discrimination almost made the American Dream a nightmare(噩梦).

Then, in the 1990s, California saw a new wave of dreamers in Silicon Valley. People poured their energy into the Internet. This new chapter of the American Dream attracted many business people and young talents from China and India to form start-ups and seek fortune in America.

Better pay, a nice house, and a rising standard of living will always be attractive. However, the new American Dream is no longer just about money. It encourages Americans to consume wisely to protect the environment, improve the quality of life, and promote social justice（正义）.

The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the model of the new American Dream. After

years of hard work, he grew from a poor young man from Austria into a super movie star and then a governor.

Many people hope his story can save the American Dream and give California a brighter future.

1.It can be inferred that_________.

A. America’s golden dream could never be realized

B. America’s golden dream had bought great fortune to Chinese immigrants

C. different times have different themes of the American dream

D. determination and hard work are the best way to realize the American dream

2.Why did most of the early immigrants work as railroad laborers?

A. Because they could earn more money as railroad laborers.

B. Because they had to make a living by working as railroad laborers．

C. Because they thought railroad was the first step to find gold.

D. Because railroad laborers were greatly honored at that time.

3.The underlined sentence “his story can save the American Dream” (in the last paragraph) indicates that________．

A. the dream of seeking fortunate in America is easy to realize

B. most of the immigrants to America don’t reach their previous goals

C. the success of Arnold Schwarzenegger is among the common examples of the immigrants

D. the immigrants have made great contributions to California

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Wave of Immigrants to America

B. Make Fortunes Abroad

C. Hard Work Leads to Success

D. Changes of America’s Golden Dream

英语周报高三答案2023-2024BOOK2Units4-5试题答案

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲述了不同时期的“美国梦”。十八世纪的时候，人们在加利福尼亚发现黄金，由此引发淘金热潮，并引起了大规模的移民潮。后来，随着互联网的兴起，大批商务人士和科技人才涌入美国，开始逐梦之旅。

1.But most, instead, worked as railroad laborers.”可知，B项错误；根据第三段“ it was no longer possible to become prosperous through determination and hard work.”可知，D项错误，故选C。

2.hoping that in America they would find gold there. But most, instead, worked as railroad laborers.”可知，“黄金热”引发了移民潮，大批欧洲人、中国人涌入美国淘金，然而，实际情况却是，美国并非遍地黄金。然而，为了生存下去，大批移民不得不自谋生计，故选B。

3.After years of hard work,…”可知，施瓦辛格经过了刻苦磨练才成为电影明星和加

州州长，像施瓦辛格这样的成功人士知识少数，排除A、C，D项与题意无关，故选B。

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考点：历史类短文阅读

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