Students who want to study in the United States may find that their chances for financial aid are limited. They often have to pay for their education with their own savings or their family's money.
A recent report from the Institute of International Education in New York looked at 2008-2009 school year.
Colleges and universities in the United States had more than half a million foreign students. 63% of them paid for school mostly by themselves or with family help. 26% percent were supported by the school they attended.
There are other sources of financial aid for international students. These include a student's home government or university, or the United States government. Private sponsors, international organizations and employers may also provide support. Yet during the last school year, not many students were able to depend on any of these other sources. Current employers provided the most help. Still, they represented the main support for just four percent of international students.
Those at the graduate level, however, are more likely than undergraduates to receive financial aid in the United States. More than 80% percent of foreign undergraduates depended mostly on personal and family money to pay for school last year. The same was true of less than half of graduate students. Most of the others received financial aid from their college or university in the United States.
A list of American schools that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at a useful Web site. The address is edupass.org. This site also provides information about scholarship programs. But it warns foreign students not to pay if there is any charge for scholarship application forms. You could be cheated out of your money.
小題1:Most foreign students depend on _______ to pay for their education.
A．the home universitiesB．personal or family money
C．the American schoolsD．international organization
小題2:How many sources of financial aid are mentioned in the text?
A．9B．3 C．6D．12
小題3:Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A．Foreign students have no chance to get money from American schools.
B．Most foreign graduate students depend on their own savings.
C．Edupass.org offers financial aid and scholarship information.
D．Usually the present employers provide the most financial help.
小題4:The text mainly talks about ________.
A．financial aid for foreign students in US
B．the hard life for foreign students in US
C．the variety of educational choices in US
D．the disadvantages of studying in US.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
文章談?wù)摰氖敲绹鴮W習的外國學生的經(jīng)濟援助來自的幾個方面。
小題1:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段2,3行More than 80% percent of foreign undergraduates depended mostly on personal and family money to pay for school last year.說明那些外國學生主要靠私人或者家庭提供經(jīng)濟幫助，故B正確。
小題2:C 細節(jié)題，第二段提及了by themselves or with family help；supported by the school they attended.
第三段提及了These include a student's home government or university, the United States government；Private sponsors, international organizations和Current employers provided the most help共六種。故C正確。
小題3:D 細節(jié)題。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第四行Current employers provided the most help可知D正確。
小題4:A 主旨大意題。文章談?wù)摰氖敲绹鴮W習的外國學生的經(jīng)濟援助來自的幾個方面。
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