The Smith's family, which____________rather a large one,____________very fond of

A.home

B.family

C.house

D.room

Mr. Smith, along with his family take part in the party.()

“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 Diana.

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

With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to see more families like the Smiths.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.

16.According to Paragraph 1, why did the Smith family’s plan fail？()

A.The twins wasted too much money

B.The father was out of work

C.Their sayings ran out

D.The family fell apart

17.How did the Smiths 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

18.Financial aid administrators believe that _____.

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

B.the government will receive more letters of complaint

C.college tuition fees will double soon

D.America’s unemployment will fall

19.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

20.According to the last paragraph, the government will _____.

A.provide most students with scholarships

B.dismiss some financial aid administrators

C.stop the companies from making student loans

D.go on providing financial support for college students

A.do you

B.don’t you

C.are you

D.aren’t you

A.pregnant

B.badly sick

C.dead

D.married

？Read the article below about changes in working hours.

？Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill in each of the gaps.

？For each gap 8-12, mark one letter (A-G) on your Answer Sheet.

？Do not use any letter more than once.

？There is an example at the beginning (0).

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Ed Smith, a senior manager for Trustco Ltd in Worcester, used to work a minimum of 70 hours a week. He travelled regularly between the UK and USA and began to feel he had become almost a stranger to his wife and his two young sons. Realising that he was putting himself under too much stress, he decided to try to change his working hours. This idea worked.

These days, he still goes to work very early but he also leaves early. He now sees his children before they go to bed and then does about an hour's work by computer from home in the evening, keeping in touch with American colleagues. (8) The key to Ed Smith's changing his hours was persuading his employer that he and other staff were more productive when they worked the hours that suited them. This is easier said than done, of course. (9) Many of them are slow to realise the benefits of letting employees work fewer or more flexible hours.

A recent survey of five thousand senior managers found that nearly half of them always worked more than their contract hours, while many worked evenings and weekends. A majority thought that this not only had a negative effect on their family relationships and their health, but also reduced their productivity. (10) It seems that it is job satisfaction that is the deciding factor when it comes to employee productivity.

However, the good news is that more employers are now starting to realise that they are only going to get higher output from their staff if those staff are happy and want to be at work. (11) His company have brought in changes partly for competitive reasons. The research and development part of the business employs highly trained scientists, who are expensive to replace. (12) The employees seem to be very happy with the new arrangements and, as a result, productivity rates have gradually but consistently increased and staff turnover rates have fallen dramatically. According to Ed Smith, many companies would benefit from a similar scheme, and everyone, from directors to employees' families, would have something to gain.

A. Ed Smith's new working hours are just one example of the attempt to alter corporate culture.

B. This adds to the increasing evidence that long hours are not necessarily useful hours.

C. They are often willing to accept that happy employees produce more.

D. He admits to feeling much happier, and believes he has established a balance between work and home life.

E. It can be difficult to persuade organisations that a change of this type is in their interest, too.

F. To keep them happy, 'trust time' has been introduced, where the company trusts employees to do what is required, in whatever time it takes.

G. Realising that he was putting himself under too much stress, he decided to try to change his working hours.

(8)

听力原文： In the local newspaper of my community recently there was a story about a man named Mike Smith. He lived in a small town about 40 miles from my home. He had served 5 years in a New York prison for robbing a restaurant. When he returned to his family, Mr. Smith couldn't find a job. Everyone knew he had been in prison and no one trusted him. Finally in desperation, he calmly walked in- to a local barber shop where he was well-known, pulled out a gun and took all the money the barber had. Up to this point it had been a fairly routine crime. But then something unusual happened. Mr. Smith didn't try to get away. He got into his car, drove slowly out of his town and waited for the police. When they called him, he made only one request. He turned to arresting policemen and said, "Would you please ask the court to put my family on welfare as soon as possible？"

(33)

A．His criminal record.

B．The high unemployment rate in New York.

C．The long distance between his home town and New York.

D．His unpopular character.