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Rising Tuition in the US
Every Spring，US university administrators gather to discuss the next academic year’S budget.They consider faculty salaries，utility costs for dormitories，new building needs and repairs to old ones.They run the numbers and conclude-it seems，inevitably-that，yet again，the cost of tuition must go up.
According to the US'S College Board，the price of attending a four-year private university in the US rose 81 percent between 1993 and 2004._______(46)In 2005 and 2006,the numbers continued to rise.
According to university officials，college cost increases are simply the result of balancing university checkbooks."Tuition increases at Cedarville University are determined by ou
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r revenue needs for each year."said the university’s president，Dr Bill Brown."Student tuition pays for 78 percent of the university’s operating costs."Brown’s scholiast a private university that enrolls about 3.1 00 undergrads and is consistently recognized by annual college ranking guides like US News and World Report’s and The Princeton Review’s.________(47)
Tuition at private universities is set by administration Follicles and then sent for approval to the school’s board of trustees(董事).________(48)This board oversees (监管)ail of a state’s public institutions.( )
John Durham，assistant secretary to the board of trustees at East Carolina University(ECU)，explains that state Law says that public institutions must make their services available whenever possible to the people of the state for free.Durham said that North Carolina residents only pay 22 percent of the cost of their education. ________(49)State residents attending ECU pay about US$10，000 for tuition room and board before financial aid.
Amid the news about continued increases in college costs，however，there is some good news.Tuition increases have been accompanied by roughly equal increases in financial aid at almost every university.To receive financial aid，US students complete a formal application with the federal government.The federal government then decides whether an applicant is eligible(有资格的)for grants or loans_________(50)
A The application is then sent to the student's university, where the school itself will decide whether free money will be given to the student and how much
B At public universities, however, tuition increases must also be approved by a state education committee, sometimes called the board of governors
C The school currently charges US$23,410 a year for tuition
D Many American people are simply unable to pay the growing cost of food
E That's more than double the rate of inflation
F The state government covers the rest
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How Two Great Conflicts HelpeD.to Change Europe
Ninety years ago on A.sunny morning in Northern France，something happeneD.that changeD.B.retain anD.Europe for even At half past seven on the morning of July 1,1916，whistles(哨子)blew anD.thousands of British soldiers left their positions to attack their German enemies.By the enD.of the day,20，000 of them were dead，anD.another 30，000 woundeD.or missing.The Battle of the Somme，_________(51)it is called，lasteD.for six months.When, it ended，125，000 British soldiers were dead. They haD.gaineD.five kilometers of ground.( )
This was one of A.series of great battles during WWI.The attack on the Somme was stageD.to relieve_________(52)on the French，who were engageD.in A.great battle of their own at A.place calleD.Verdun.By the time the battle ended，over A.million French anD.German troops haD.been killed.
About 1 7 million people were killeD.in WWI.There have been wars with greater numbers of dead.But there has never been one in______
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__(53)most of the deaD.were concentrateD.in such A.small area.on the Somme battlefield，two men dieD.for every meter of space.
Local farmers working in the lanD.sit________(54)the bodies of those who dieD.in that battle.The deaD.of all nations were burieD.in A.series of giant graveyards along the line of the border________(55)France anD.Belgium.Relatives anD.descendants (子孙)of those who dieD.still visit these graveyards today.What the French call the "tourism of death"________(56)an important contribution to the IowA.economy.
It took A.seconD.great conflict before Europe was to turn_________(57)war itself.Twenty—eight years after the Somme battle'，a、liberating amyl of British，American anD.Canadian troops took back than 500，000 people were killed，New_______(58)from another German invasion.More_______(59)were built.
Two great conflicts across two generations helpeD.to change the European minD.about war.Germany, once the most warlike country in Europe，is now probably more in (60)of peace than any other.One major cause of war in Europe was rivalry(竞争)between France anD.Germany.The European Union was specifically formeD.to enD.that ________(61).
According to US commentator William Pfaff。"Europeans are interesteD.in A.slow development of civilizeD.anD.tolerant international relations，——(62)on problems while avoiding catastrophes(灾难)along the way.They have themselves only recently________(63)from the catastrophes of VVWI anD.WWI I，when tens of millions of people were destroyed.They don’t want_______(64)."()
The last British veteran of the Somme battle dieD.in 2005，ageD.108.AnD.WWI is passing out of memory anD.into history.But for anyone who wants to understanD.how Europeans _________(65)，it is still important to know A.little about the terrible events of July 1,1916.
51 A.since B.because C.as D.for
52 A.aggression B.anxiety C.pressure D.resistance
53 A.where B.which C.why D.that
54 A.finD.B.look for C.seek D.look at
55 A.among B.on C.in D.between
56 A.makes B.brings C.gives D.adds
57 A.into B.to C.in D.against
58 A.AmericA.B.Britain CanadA.D.France
59 A.monuments B.graveyards C.tablets D.gravestones
60 A.hatreD.B.suspicion C.favor D.fear
61 A.war B.rivalry C.battle D.revenge
62 A.compromising B.confronting C.attacking D.fighting
63 A.repeateD.B.recovereD.C.repaireD.D.relaxed
64 A.much B.many C.more D.less
65 A.behave B.assume C.know D.think
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