Task 1Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. In many countries such as France, Greece, and Japan, it is often more difficult for students to pass the college entrance exams than to do the course work when they are actually in college and students who don’t have much money are at a disadvantage. Students prepare for these tests for years in advance. Often, students attend a private school at night to get ready for them. These private schools are usually expensive. If their families don’t have much money, students can’t attend and they might not pass the entrance exams without this extra preparation. In contrast, students can easily get into an American or Canadian college--at least more easily than in other countries. American students take an entrance exam called the S. A. T (the Scholastic Aptitude Test 学习能力测验). However, colleges do not consider only S. A.T. scores. They also consider a student’s grades and activities throughout high school. A student who has done well in high school will probably get into college. What happens when a student finally enters a college or university Students in China, Korea or Japan might find their college studies easier than high school work. On the other hand, when American or Canadian students begin college, many of them discover that they need to work very hard and study seriously for the first time in their lives especially if they plan to go to graduate school. In North America, college students ______.
A. study harder than they were in high school
B. study as hard as they were in high school
C. find college studies easier than high school work
D. find it easier to go to graduate school
据北京市统计,截止到1981年底,全市16岁以下的少年儿童总数为2272194人。其中,学龄前儿童739616人,占其总数的33.55%。另据有关统计资料,在我国目前抚养一个婴儿到16岁,农村平均需要1600元,城市平均需要6900元,全国平均2200元。1981年北京市儿童消费主要体现在吃、穿、玩具等。不同年龄消费费用不同。在婴儿期内食品支出占支出总额的81.5%;在幼儿期内占81.2%;在学龄前期占77.9%;在学龄期内占71.4%。在服装方面,学龄前儿童支出大体维持在总消费金额的13%左右,但进入学龄期后,占总体的21.8%。 在我国,城市抚养一个婴儿的费用相当于农村抚养一个婴儿的( )
A. 3倍左右
B. 4倍左右
C. 5倍左右
D. 2倍左右