| In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement. ”We’re worried about our teachers and principals, and we really don’t want to lose them because of this,” one parent sail. “If we can help ease their financial burden, we will. ” Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent(有綜合能力的). They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize it’s impossible for then to solve this problem. The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month. “It’s extraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level,” said State Treasurer Mike Coffman. Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll(工資單) to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in time for the holidays. District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38schools. At Coffman’s request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the district’s finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools. In Frederick, students’ parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs. Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the district’s $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper. “We employ thousands of people in this community,” said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds. “We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.” At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum(論壇). “Rumors about what’s happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,” said a student. “We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.” (345words) 1.What has happened to the Vrain School District? A)A huge financial problem has arisen. B)Many schools there are mismanaged. C)Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit. D)Many administrative personnel have been laid off. 2.How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage? A)They felt somewhat helpless about it. B) They accused those responsible for it. C) They pooled their efforts to help solve it. D) They demanded a through investigation. 3.In the view of State Treasurer Mike Coffman, the educational budget shortage is_________. A)unavoidable B)unthinkable C)insolvable D)irreversible 4.Why did Coffman request an investigation? A)To see if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem. B)To find out the extent of the consequences of the case. C)To make sure that the school principals were innocent. D)To stop the voters approving the $212 million bong issue. 5.Three high school students started a website in order to__________. A)attract greater public attention to their needs B)appeal to the public for contributions and donations C)expose officials who neglected their duties D)keep people properly informed of the crisis 【解析】這篇文章報道了美國科羅拉多州首府丹弗北部的Vrain校區(qū)面臨的因管理不善而造成的一千多萬美元的財政預(yù)算短缺問題。很多學(xué)生家長自發(fā)籌款，幫助學(xué)校解決經(jīng)費問題。州財政負責(zé)人感到發(fā)生這樣的情況令人不可思議，要求對此展開調(diào)查，弄清該地區(qū)官員是否有意掩藏此問題。一些學(xué)生建立了一個網(wǎng)站發(fā)布消息，告訴人們這一危機的真相。 1.本題為細節(jié)題，答案是A：出現(xiàn)了很大的財政問題。 參見文章第1段：In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement.這句話的大意是：在丹佛北部的一些居民區(qū)，當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裾谂?pitch in)幫助教師和管理人員解決Vrain校區(qū)因管理不善而造成的一千三百八十萬美元的財政預(yù)算短缺問題。 其他選項：【B】哪里的很多學(xué)校管理不善;【C】該地區(qū)的很多教師打算離開;【D】很多管理人員被解雇。這些均不符合題意。 2.本題為推論題，答案是【C】：他們集中力量幫助解決。 參見文章第7段，8段全文。 其他選項文中都沒有提到。 3.本題為推論題，答案是【B】：難以想象。 參見文章第3段Coffman的原話：“It’s extraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level,” said State Treasurer Mike Coffman. 這句話的大意是：這非常異常。誰也沒有想到事情會發(fā)生到這種程度。 其他選項：【A】不可避免的;【C】不能解決的;【D】不能取消的。 4.細節(jié)題，答案是【A】：了解是否有人曾故意掩蓋問題的真相。 參見文章第6段： Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election. 5.推論題，答案是【D】：使人們得知這一問題的真相。 |
| 課程名稱 | 老師 | 課時 | 試聽 | 報名 | 學(xué)費 |
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| 大學(xué)英語四級精講班 | 嚴邵陽 | 56 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥200 |
| 四級425速成--聽力 | 歐 文 | 8 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥80 |
| 四級425速成--閱讀 | 歐 文 | 14 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥90 |
| 四級425速成--綜合 | 歐 文 | 13 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥80 |
| 四級425速成--寫作 | 歐 文 | 16 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥90 |
| 四級經(jīng)典歷年真題 | 歐 文 | 10 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥80 |
| 大學(xué)英語六級聽力 | 齊方煒 | 7 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥100 |
| 大學(xué)英語六級閱讀 | 齊方煒 | 7 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥100 |
| 大學(xué)英語六級寫作 | 歐 文 | 14 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥100 |
| 大學(xué)英語六級新題型 | 歐 文 | 15 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥100 |
| 大學(xué)英語六級詞匯 | 歐 文 | 15 | 試聽 | 報名 | ￥100 |
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