Money Matters for Students
GETTING A GRANT（補(bǔ)助）
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 (排除) 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 of the previous six years will get extra money--￡155 a year if 26, increasing to a maximum of ￡615 at 29 or more.
If a student is handicapped (殘疾的):
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 (in the hope 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).
小題1:A student from Japan who has been staying in England for a year and intends to go to college in a few months will _________.
A．get money if he is taking a first degree course
B．be unable to get money from any LEA
C．get money from any LEA when he has finished his course
D．have to open a bank account before he gets any money
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．A student already attending a course of advanced education is sure to get a grant.
B．A student aged 30 can get extra money—￡615 a year.
C．A student usually must pay back charges when the account is in credit.
D．Students are allowed to overdraw by ￡100 or so in any bank.
小題3:Why is it likely that a bank will welcome new students as their customers?
A．They know students receive money regularly.
B．They charge students extra.
C．They hope students will be rich in the future.
D．They need student accounts in term-time.
小題4:Where can you probably read this passage?
A．A notice-board in a college.B．A dictionary.
C．A newspaper.D．A banking office.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：錢對(duì)學(xué)生們來說至關(guān)重要。誰來給他們的教育埋單哪？有什么條件的學(xué)生才可以得到資助呢？特殊情況還有哪些？讓我們認(rèn)認(rèn)真真地讀一讀吧。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Students must also have been resident in the UK for at least three years, which can exclude (排除) some students from overseas.”可知這名日本學(xué)生不滿足條件，因此不能得到資助。故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“A student who is 26 or more before the course starts and who has worked for at least three of the previous six years will get extra money--￡155 a year if 26, increasing to a maximum of ￡615 at 29 or more.”可知30歲的學(xué)生可以獲得最多615鎊的資助。故選B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts (in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials). ”可知銀行希望這些學(xué)生將來變得富有以便未來形成利益。選C最佳。
小題4:推理判斷題。文章是一篇面向?qū)W生的廣告，因此最應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)在學(xué)校的公告欄里。A notice-board in a college大學(xué)公告欄； A dictionary一本辭典；A newspaper一份報(bào)紙；A banking office一家銀行的辦公室。故選A。
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