VOA慢速练习

UNIT 15
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方面前进
Passage 1
1.The Pan-African University in Lagos, Nigeria is also a partner. Peter Bamkoleh heads that
university’s Enterprise Development Services. He says about fifty women ___________ at the school every year. The women will take classes several times a week, then use _____________.
2.What can we know about the 10,000 Women Program?
A.The program is launched by Goldman Sachs Group.
B.The program will support partnerships between American and European universities and
business schools in mostly developed countries.
C.The 10,000 Women program hopes to expand into the Middle East, Asia, Latin American and
throughout America.
3.Which statement is right?
A.Columbia, Harvard and Stanford Universities in the United States will take part in the 10,000
Women program.
B.Peter Bamkoleh says about fifteen women will receive training at the school every year.
C.The women who take class do not know how to use what they have learned.
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Passage 3
1.The College Board says ________ at a private college was about twenty-six thousand dollars.
Many students save money by starting their education at a two-year public college, also known as a community college. The average tuition this year was about ____________________.
2.Which statement about college tuition is right?
A.The tuition for undergraduate study at a four-year public college was about seven thousand
dollars.
B.Students from other states as well as international students paid an average of more than
eighteen thousand dollars.
C.International students often have to pay the highest prices.
D.All of the above are right.
3.Which statement is not right?
A.The average tuition at a private college was about twenty-six thousand dollars.
B.The average tuition this year was about two thousand five hundred dollars in community
college.
C.Out-of-state graduate tuition averaged about nine thousand dollars.
D.All of the above are not right.
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Passage 6
1.Less than sixty percent of students now entering four-year American colleges are ________.
The completion rate is lower than for almost any other wealthy country, and worst for ___________________students. President Obama wants the United States to again have the world’s highest percentage of college graduates by two thousand twenty. But to finish college, children first have to reach ___________ by getting there.
2.What is the graduating situation in America?
A.Less than sixty percent of students now entering four-year American colleges can graduate.
B.The completion rate is lower than for almost any other wealthy country, and worst for poor
and minority students.
C.It is easy for America to become world’s highest percentage of college graduates by two
thousand twenty.
3.What are the contents about Obama’s speech?
A.It is important for students to study in school.
B.To finish college, children first have to reach the starting line by getting there.
C.He told students that suitable relaxing is necessary.
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Passage 7
1.On Tuesday, President Obama announced a plan to invest __________ in community colleges
over the next ten years. The goal is to help an additional five million students earn degrees or certificates. The president said jobs requiring at least _____________ are expected to grow twice as fast in the coming years as jobs requiring no college experience.
2.Which statement about two-year colleges is right?
A.Two-year colleges are also known as community colleges.
B.They are the largest part of the American higher education system.
C.They often serve older and part-time students and those needing special help.
D.All of the above are right.
3.What can we know from this news?
A.President Obama announced a plan to invest twelve billion dollars in community colleges
over the next ten years.
B.The president said jobs requiring at least an associate degree are expected to grow three times
as fast in the coming years as jobs requiring no college experience.
C.In order to know more about the colleges where you want to study, the only way is to go the
colleges.。