【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] 26-29 Hungry for the brightest students, (26)many American stronger universities are actively discounting tuition. And it's the high achievers, rather than the needy students, who are getting a good chunk of the money. The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost(27)all but the 30 or so Ivy and other elite colleges that ban merit-based financial aid. Schools are also becoming more aggressive in promoting their discounts. At the DePauw University Website, enter an SAT or ACT score. grade point average and class rank, and a computer program immediately tells you what kind of“ award”. Only“ the real unlucky” pay full price any more, says Kenneth Redd, director of research at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.(29)About 76% of first-year students got some forms of discount this year at 331 private schools polled annually by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Average award per student：$7000.At small schools with tuition under about$20000, the average discount is even higher, with some schools returning over half their tuition revenue. Much as banks and insurers offer special rates to their best customers, schools are giving the biggest breaks to their top students.(29)Public four year colleges, too, are offering discounts. (28)The flip side of big discounts is that less money is available to improve academic programs and keep school infrastructure up to date. Mr. Redd says he found that universities that have sharply increased their tuition discount rates have seen graduation rates fall, and that's I rue even among highly selective schools. 26．According to the passage, who are getting the larger share of tuition discount? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：87】。文章开始部分即指出，“得到数目可观学费折扣的不是贫困学生，而是成绩较好的学生”。由此可知，学习成绩好的学生学费折扣相对大一点．故答案为B)。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] What can we know about the Ivory and other elite colleges? [答案详解] 细节推断题【考频：25】。文章指出，学费打折的做法极其普遍．除了禁止依据成绩颁发补助金的学校约30所常青藤名牌大学和另外一些精英大学之外，其他学校都实行了这一做法，因此答案为B)。注意听力考试中all but这一类的词后面的内容往往是考查的侧重点。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] What is the disadvantage of tuition discounts? [答案详解] 语义理解题【考频：8】。对话最后部分提到．在学费上大打折扣的不利影响是用于改善教学项目和使学校的基础设施保持领先的资金减少了，因此答案为D)。解答本题关键在于理解文中flip side的意思为unfavorable aspect or effect of something，即“不利的一面”。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] What can we learn from the passage? [答案详解] 推理判断题【考频：41】。文中提到，在全国学院和大学事务人员联合会每年调查的331所私立大学中，今年大约有76%的大一的学生获得了某种形式的学费打折．就连公立的四年制大学也开始提供学费打折。因此答案为A)。其余各项均与文章不符。