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(2019·湘东高一检测)
GETTING A GRANT
Who pays?
The local education authority (LEA) for the area in which the student is living.
Who can get this money?
Anyone who gets a place on a first degree course, although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not. Students must also have been resident in the UK for at least three years, which can exclude some students from overseas.
SPECIAL CASES
If a student has worked before going to college?
A student who is 26 or more before the course starts and who has worked for at least three years will get extra money—￡155 a year since 26, increasing to a maximum of ￡615 at 29 or more.
If a student is handicapped?
LEAs will give up to ￡500 to help meet extra expenses—such as buying a tape recorder for a blind student, extra heating or special food.
Banking?
Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts, hoping that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials. A student won’t usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit. Some banks allow students to overdraw by ￡100 or so, and still don’t make charges (though they do charge interest).
【文章大意】本文是一篇广告类应用文, 介绍了一个为大学生提供财政资助的项目, 包括出资人、对申请人的资格要求、特殊案例和提供该项服务的银行。
21. The underlined phrase “A GRANT” in the first line most probably means ______.
A. a first degree B. a credit card
C. financial aid D. further education
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据Who pays? 和Who can get this money? 可知, “a grant”的意思应该是“一个财政资助”。
22. How much extra money will a 31-year-old nurse get a year if she has worked since 25?
A. ￡155. B. ￡500.
C. ￡515. D. ￡615.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据If a student has worked before going to college? 中的(课程开始前年龄在26岁或26岁以上、工作至少3年的学生将获得额外收入——从26岁起每年155英镑, 29岁或29岁以上的学生最高可获得615英镑。)可知, 如果一个31岁的护士从25岁开始工作, 她一年能多获得￡615。
23. A big bank offers a new student special services because ______.
A. they need student accounts badly
B. they can charge students extra money
C. they hope he’ll be a potential customer
D. they know he can get money regularly
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据Banking? 中的Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts, hoping that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials. (大多数大银行为开户的学生提供特殊服务, 希望他们成为富有的官员后能留在银行。)由此可知, 一家大银行为一名新生提供特殊服务, 因为他们希望他成为潜在客户。
