单选题 Top officials from the Ministry of Education announced last week that they will make a standard plan to calculate the education costs of university students.
Aimed at stopping colleges from overcharging students, the plan has been welcomed by the public and the press.
"The late announcement should be congratulated", said an opinion from newspapers. "In the past, university students" education costs have always been an enigma(谜)"
"It is known that many universities are overstaffed, which brought about lots of administrative spending."
"It is obviously unreasonable to include such outlays (costs) into students" education costs. Also, most of the universities are excessively keen on campus expansion, even beyond their eeonomie capability."
"According to a blue paper presented by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China"s institutes of higher learning have so far borrowed a total of 150 to 200 billion yuan in loans from banks."
"Will such a large sum of debt be taken for students" education expenses?"
"Even if education costs are accurately calculated, another problem emerges: How to share them between government and individuals?"
"According to Yuan Guiren, minister of education, the proportion(比例) shouldered by an individual student should be kept within 25 percent."
"However, the sharp increase of tuition fees over the past two years indicates the proportion has not been strictly implemented. It is estimated that university students" pays are half of their education costs".
单选题 Which of the following is the best title for this article?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章第一句中的“…a standard plan…”提出了本文的主题,也可以就是C,因此答案为C选项。
单选题 The reason of the increasing university fees may be that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 概括题。文章中先后陈述了不断增加高等教育费用的原因,其一为大量贷款;其二人员配置超额;其三为热衷于扩大校园。选项B刚好概括这三点原因,为本题的答案。
单选题 Which is true of students" pay over the past two years according to this article?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题目问:根据文章,关于学生过去两年来支付高等教育费用的情况描述,哪一个属实。文章首先提出了“a standard plan”这一主题,然后陈述近年来的问题,从陈述中可以看到“高等教育费用不上涨”的严重问题,最后说采用“a standard plan”来控制,来平衡政府和个人应该承担的高等教育费用。D多于他们应该支付的高等教育费用。所以本题答案为D选项。