2013河北唐山二模英语试题答案(4)

C．get a two-week break in May              D．enter university after the course
57．Which factor is considered when evaluating the students?
A．Their behavior in evening entertainment．  B．Participation in after-class activities．
C．The result of the final examination．       D．Completion of their assignments．
58．An intermediate level student is supposed to start a course m Gateway Academy _____．
A．in April           B．in May         
C．in July            D．in August
59．The text is written to _____．
A．describe the advantages of the courses      B．help readers find the right course
C．make Gateway Academy better known     D．attract people to attend the courses
B
People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, the Government has suggested．
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills up to date will be more likely to keep their jobs, says David Willetts, the higher education minister．
Under previous rules, students in England were allowed to apply for a loan （贷款） to cover tuition fees （学费）only if they were younger than 54．Mr Willetts said the age limit on student loans had been lifted, making a degree course "great value" for older people．This would help them deal with the pressure they would face to keep up to date as they worked well into their sixties, he suggested．His comments followed a government report which found that the country's future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers．
Mr Willetts, who is accompanying David Cameron in India, urged workers older than 60 to give further education serious consideration．“There is certainly a pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled," he said．"Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up to date with knowledge and skills you are more employable．" Mr Willetts also said a university course had "wider" benefits, making people more likely to lead healthy lives．
"Education is such a good thing it is not reserved for younger people," he said．"There will be people of all ages who will want to study．There is great value in lifelong learning．"
Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain．Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency．
60．What is the text mainly about?
A．The courses designed for 60-year-olds．
B．60-year-olds going back to college．
C．A way for older people to live a healthy life．
D．A report on further education in college．
61．The underlined word "this" in the third paragraph refers to _____．
A．lifting the age limit on student loans
B．making a degree course valuable
C．keeping their skills up to date
D．working for longer before retirement
62．People older than 60 receive college education to _____．
A．be more competitive in keeping their jobs    
B．fight for equal rights
C．a long-term loan from the local bank         
D．reduce work pressure
63．The figures in the last paragraph are listed to _____．
A．give examples        B．show the writer's view on the topic
C．show facts               D．persuade older workers to take courses
C
On the way home from his job at a bakery in Wainscott, New York, one August evening, Craig Schum, 33, stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport．A group was protesting airplane noise, and Schum, who had kicked off his shoes, got out of the car．
Within seconds, though, Schum saw something astonishing: A small plane dived and crashed into the woods about 100 yards from the runway．"I don't remember making the decision that I should go help out," he recalls （回忆）．"I just started running．"
Schum ran across the street barefoot．Jumped over a six-foot-high chain-link fence, and dashed about 100 yards toward the woods．When he got there, he discovered 51-year-old pilot Stephen Bochter—his head bleeding—beside the burning plane．Bochter's passenger, his girl friend．Kirn Brillo, was on the ground, unconscious．"She had blood all over her," says Schum．"I thought she was dead．"
Jack Gleeson, 17, a high school student working a summer job at the airport, caught up to Schum and, with Bochter's help, raised the chain-link fence and brought Brillo inside．Moments later, the entire plane exploded．
After the paramedics arrived, Bochter and Brillo, 34, were airlifted to a nearby hospital and treated for cuts and wounds and Brillo's broken arm．Bochter, an experienced pilot, later said that the plane's electrical system had failed shortly after takeoff．He had been attempting to land at the East Hampton Airport when the plane began to nosedive （俯冲）．He managed to level the wings before crashing into the woods,
"Everything was on fire, and Schum came out of nowhere to save us," says Bochter．"We're blessed to have lived through it．"
64．A crowd of people were making protest probably because _____．
A．they didn't know what was happening at the airport
B．they found the sounds of planes really unbearable
C．they demanded to improve their working conditions