Question

The national assistance system for poor college students is getting more effective as proved by fewer phone calls to the hotline of the National Center for Student Assistance Administration.

     "Poor college students and their parents are getting more satisfied with the national assistance system," said Ma Wenhua, deputy director of the administration, on Saturday. Over the past three years, the hotline received 8,488 calls. Statistics show 62 percent of the calls were made to ask about the funding policy, while 38 percent (3,200 calls) complained local colleges had failed to abide by the rules to support the students.

     Complaints were seen a year-on-year decrease from 2006 to 2008. Ma said some poor families might still overlook what they should do to get support for their child. To ensure education equality, the government has introduced a set of favorable policies to help poor students, such as scholarships, grants, student loans, tuition waivers(学费全免) and the work-study programs under which poor students are helped out in libraries, teachers' offices or service departments to earn money.

    Statistics show the government spent 29.3 billion yuan last year to aid college students, up 7.6 percent from the previous year. Around 40 million persons of college students received the national aid.

    The Ministry of Education of the government would ensure that no students drop out of colleges or universities because of poverty.

    Among the 20 million students in the country's public and private universities and colleges last year, about 20 percent came from poor backgrounds, official figures show.

1.The national assistance system is set up ___.

A. for parents and students to complain

B. to help poor college students

C. for poor students to get free education

D. to help students find jobs

2.The underlined phrase "abide by" in the second paragraph probably means ____.

A. follow            B. break           C. bear                 D. agree to

3.From the passage, we know that ____.

A. students will drop out of university because of poverty

B. Chinese poor college students are more satisfied with national assistance system

C. more and more parents are complaining about their local colleges

D. college students are suffering from great economic pressure  

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文是有关国家对于贫困大学生资助政策的讲述。自从2006年到2008年以来，由于对资助政策的宣传和正确贯彻执行，人们拨打热线咨询资助政策和投诉问题逐年下降。这项国家救助计划确保了贫困大学生接受大学教育的机会。

1.B细节理解题。从文章第一句The national assistance system for poor college students和以下的介绍可知救助计划的目的就是帮助贫困大学生，所以B选项正确。

2.A词义猜测题。文章讲述的是关于贫困大学生的资助政策，所以如果人们对大学投诉的话就应该是由于大学没能很好的贯彻这一政策，所以abide应该是遵从，执行的意思。故A选项正确。

3.B细节理解题。根据文章第二段"Poor college students and their parents are getting more satisfied with the national assistance system,"可知B选项正确。

考点：考查教育类短文阅读。