1.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。
2.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。
3.有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。
4.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。
5.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业。
►News Item 1A: …about China’s ambitious space program.B:1. Landing spot: in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia2. Significance: a source of national pride and international prestige (威望) Future plan1. 1) Time: 20072) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk.2. Focus of further development: the capability to rendezvous and dock withother spacecraft3. Recruitment of astronauts: to recruit female astronauts in the near future.►News Item 2There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property* sector* is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies* for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport.A: … about the growth of China’s economy.►News Item 3A: … about China’s large and growing trade with and aid to Africa.B：1.In many African capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been builtwith Chinese aid money.2.It is estimated that Sino-African trade, and aid, amounts to as high as 12 billiondollars a year.3.The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post-coloniallinks between Europe and Africa.4.On the meeting in Addis Ababa, China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-freeaccess into China for African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.1.有些人担心他们并未从所吃的食物中获取足够的维生素。
2.因此他们服用大剂量维生素制剂。
3.他们认为这些维生素制剂能够增进健康、预防疾病。
4.医学专家没有发现多少能证明这些制剂中的绝大多数能保障或增进健康的证据。
5.但是他们注意到其中一些确实有助于预防疾病。
►News Item 1A: …about a meeting in Hong Kong trying to reach a new agreement on global trade.B:1.Representatives of nearly 150 countries meeting in Hong Kong are still trying toreach a new agreement on global trade.2.For many countries the biggest prize they realistically hoped for was a date forending the European Union subsidies to help farmers sell their produce on world markets.3.An EU senior official says they are prepared to name the date as part of a widerdeal.4.The earliest possible date will be 2010, and 2013 will be the latest date if anagreement is not reached on this meeting.5.The United States trade representative Rob Portman says he is trying to beaccommodating, which means the United States will possibly accept the new date. ►News Item 2A: … about a new consensus reached by the G20 in tackling global problems.B:Total amount well over a trillion dollarsResources available to to treble to seven hundred and fifty billion dollars Special drawing rights increase a tenfold increaseRegulation on financial firms curbs on executive pay and new oversight of large hedge funds►News Item 3A: … about the opening of Copenhagen (哥本哈根) climate summit.B: F F T T FUnit 31.几乎在所有的国家里，女孩子都比男孩子得分高。
2.男女差异一直是激烈争论的焦点。
3.文化和经济的影响起着重要作用。
4.但是最新的发现提示，答案也许在于男女大脑的差异。
5.这些包括学习速度上的差异。
►News Item 1A: …about the Somali pirates’ strike.B:1.Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killingof three Somali pirates by the US navy isn’t clear.2.No, the pirates haven’t been deterred.3.Because the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so great andSomalia remains so lawless.4.At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in thearea to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometers.5.It may be because of the relatively small scale of the problem.►News Item 2A: … about Obama’s military plan in Afghanistan.B: F T T F F T►News Item 3There were traffic jams on the road north, families heading to Gaza City to reunite with friends and relatives. Long lines of cars backed up at the makeshift* roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone, only the deep tracks remain.There were buildings pitted with* Israeli tank rounds*; from the holes that have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers* waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fighters returning home, their rifles slung* lazily around their shoulders.For three weeks the Israelis pounded the tunnels that run beneath the perimeter* wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are still open and still some fuel is being pumped from the Egyptian side. If the border crossings remain close, say the Palestinians, these tunnels are their only link to the outside world.A: … about fragile (脆弱的，易毁的)peace that returns to Gaza.B:traffic jams reunite with friends and relatives deep tracks tank rounds waiting for returning hometunnels open fuel only link Unit 41.克拉拉·巴顿极大地改变了许多人的生活。