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Onceuponatime—whentheU.S.dollarwasking—Americanstudentsblithely
flockedoverseastonibbleonaffordablesconesandcroissantsbetweenclasses.How
timeshavechanged.Asthedollardipstoall-timelows,collegestudentsarefeelingthe
pinch.EspeciallyintheUnitedKingdomandcountriesthatusetheeuro—which
currentlyisat68centstothedollar—thecostoflivinghasskyrocketed."Yearsagowe
couldsaystudyingabroadwasthesamepriceasstayingoncampus,"saysDaeya
Malboeuf,anassociatedirectoratSyracuseUniversity."There'snowaywecansaythat
Yetthisunfavorableeconomicenvironmenthasn'tstoppedstudentsfrom
scramblingoverseas.AccordingtotheInstituteofInternationalEducation,
study-abroadprogramshavegrown144percentinthepastdecadeandcontinueto
increasearound8percenteachyear.Consideringtherisingcosts,"it'ssurprisinghow
littlethestudentshaven'tbeendeterred,"saysNatalieBartush,whohandlesthe
study-abroadprogramattheUniversityofTexas.
Wheretherealchangeappearstobehappeningasaresultofrisingpricesisinthe
lengthandlocationofstudents'foreignstudychoices.Thenumberofparticipantsin
short-termsummerprogramshasswelled,ashastheinterestincoursesatmoreexotic
locales.ForMiddleburyCollegestudents,forexample,ayearinFlorencecostsaround
$37,000;atSantiago,Chile,it's$27,000.Suchpricedifferenceshavecontributedto
modestorflatgrowthattraditionallypopularprogramsinwesternEuropeand
Australia,whereasschoolsinChile,Argentina,SouthAfrica,andChina（particularly
HongKong）areaggressivelyexpandingtomeetrisingdemand.
Programdirectorsarequicktopointoutthattheshiftisnotjustaboutmoney.
"Youcan'tunderstandtheUnitedStatestodaywithoutunderstandingwhat'sgoingon
outsideourborders,andthat'snotjustEuropeanymore,"saysRebeccaHovey,deanof
thestudy-abroadprogramattheSchoolforInternationalTraining.Interestin
nontraditionallocalesspikedevenbeforethedollarbegandropping,andforeign
countriesaremarketingthemselvestoAmericanstudents.Asurgeofsupportfrom
educationnonprofitsandtheStateDepartmentalsohasfueledthetrend.
Study-abroadcostsalsovarywildlybasedonthewaycollegesstructuretheir
programs.Schoolsthateffectivelyswapstudentswithaforeigncollegeareless
affectedbythefallingdollar,butAmericanschoolsthatoperatetheirownstudent
centersoftenenduppayingmoreforrent,utilities,andfacultysalariesastheU.S.
currencyfalters.Thedollar'sslidealsomeansthattryingtosetstudentfeesinadvance
isatiresomeguessinggameforcollegeofficials.Mostoftheseeducators'energy,
however,isspentscroungingupextrafinancialaidforneedytravelers.Students
alreadygettinghelpcanusuallytransfertheiraidtotuitionandfeesabroad,butbasics
likehousingandfoodareoftenatthemercyofthefluctuatingdollar.Airfare,whichcan
exceed$1,000roundtrip,isnotgenerallyincludedinschoolfees,andwhirlwindtrips
acrosscontinentsarerarelycheap.
Theemphasisonstudentfinancialresponsibilityisespeciallyevidentatprivate
schoolslikeSyracuse,whichchargesthesamepriceytuitionabroadasathome.Evenat
moreaffordablepublicuniversitiesandprivatecollegeslikeMiddlebury—which
chargesU.S.studentstheoftencheapertuitionoftheinternationalhost
schools—counselorsarequicktopeddlethevirtueofthrift,alessonnolongerlost
betweenthoseonsafetyandcultureshock.
1.ThefactthatAmericanstudents
blithelyflockedoverseastonibbleon
affordablesconesaandcroissantsimplies
that_____
[A]studyingabroadcostalmostthe
sameasstayinginU.S.forhigher
education.
[B]Americanstudentswereencouraged
tostudyoverseastoenrichtheir
experience.
[C]thecostoflivingatabroadwas
moderateforAmericanstudents.
[D]theU.S.dollarwasthestrongest
currencyintheworld.
2.Thechangesofstudy-abroadcaused
bythedollar’sdepreciationarethe
followingonesexcept_____
[A]students’enthusiasmofstudying
abroadinshortperioddoesnot
disappearbutviceversa.
[B]studentsbecomehesitantwhen
consideringlong-termoverseas
programs.
[C]programmesinwesternEuropeand
Australiasufferdecliningpopularity.
[D]studentswhochosetostudyat
certaincontinentsareatarapidgrowth.
3.RebeccaHover’sstatementimplies
that_____
[A]theUnitedStatesarenowmore
readilyinfluencedbytheothercountries
thanbefore.
[B]shiftinthemainlandmayalsobe
causedbyfactorsoutsideofAmerica.
[C]Europecannolongerinflunecethe
UnitedStatesasbefore.
[D]theUnitedStatesareextendingits
influencebeyonditsboraders.
4.Whoareprobablymostaffectedbythe
dollar’sdip?
[A]Theinternationalexchangestudents.
[B]Thestudentswhohavegot
scholarships.
[C]Thestudentsatcostlyprivate
schools.
[D]Thestudentsatpublicuniversities.
5.Thebesttitleforthispassageis_____
[A]ImpactoftheDollar’sDevaluation.
[B]AmericanStudentsatAbroad.
文文文文：
[C]Study-abroadCostsforAmerican
Students.
[D]ShiftofAmericanStudents’Foreign
Study.
这这文文这这这这这这这这这这这这这这这这这这这这。
第第第这这这这第第
引引这这这这这这引引引这引引；第第第这这第便便便，海海这这海海海引海
减；第第第这这这引引引引引这引引这这这第第；第第第这这这这这第第第海
其其其其这这这；第第第、第第第这这其这第第第，受这这这这这这第第第。
词词词词：
blithelyadv.愉愉愉、高高愉
sconen.烤烤
skyrocketv.暴暴
scroungev.搜搜搜搜,
难句突破：
nibblev.小小愉小
croissantn.羊羊羊羊
spikev.引增这的的使引使这使,
（1）Suchpricedifferenceshavecontributedtomodestorflatgrowthattraditionally
popularprogramsinwesternEuropeandAustralia,whereasschoolsinChile,
Argentina,SouthAfrica,andChina（particularlyHongKong）areaggressively
expandingtomeetrisingdemand.
[这主句主]Suchpricedifferenceshavecontributedto…whereasschoolsare
expanding…
[结结结文这这第这]并列句。
前羊结句前，attraditionallypopularprograms
in…这是是。
[句句句文]价格这悬殊使得在西欧和澳大利亚较受欢迎这传统项目引长平平，而智利、阿
根廷、南非和前这（尤其这香港）这这第却其需求急剧引引，第飞速扩大。
（2）Schoolsthateffectivelyswapstudentswithaforeigncollegearelessaffectedbythe
fallingdollar,butAmericanschoolsthatoperatetheirownstudentcentersoftenendup
payingmoreforrent,utilities,andfacultysalariesastheU.S.currencyfalters.
[这主句主]Schoolsarelessaffected…,butAmericanschoolsoftenendup…
[结结结文这这第这并列句。
前羊结句前，schools这羊这后that引引这引是引句
；这羊结句前，schools这羊第海that引引这引是引句；引引这引引是是引句这as
这羊结句这是是。
[句句句文]而那些与海这大这进行这这交换这这第其这这这这受到这这这第较小。
但这自
己运营这这前心这这这这第却其为这这这第第，这在房租、设备、人员工资方羊支付更多费
用。
而这这这这这第意味着提前设引这费这这大这行政人员来说这这麻烦这估算工作。
题目结文：
1.ThefactthatAmericanstudentsblithely
flockedoverseastonibbleonaffordable
sconesandcroissantsimpliesthat_____
[A]studyingabroadcostalmostthesame
asstayingintheU.S.forhighereducation.
[B]Americanstudentswereencouragedto
studyoverseastoenrichtheirexperience.
[C]thecostoflivingatabroadwas
moderateforAmericanstudents.
[D]theU.S.dollarwasthestrongest
currencyintheworld.
[答答]C
[难度系海]☆
1.这这这这高高愉大大大到其其这
家，在在引在在着价格在在这烤
烤和羊羊羊羊，这这这这这这这_
____
[A]在这海接受高等教育和在这这这
内所需费用几乎差第多。
[B]这这这这受到鼓励去过这海这习，
后使得其们这经历更引丰富。
[C]
这海这这引引引这这这这这这来说这
比较比比这。
[D]这这这世界上最坚挺这货币。
[结文推推题。
根根第第第，题题前这题题这这这坚挺引题这题题。
而而在这
这这这贬，这这学学受到贬这引引引提高贬这学学。
其便，那引这题题和目前
这这这这比，而用小烤烤和羊羊羊羊而便而这这而而映贬映引映主这题题，这
这映引这这引引引比较比。
A选项描这这这而在这题题，而第这题题前描这这过
去这引代。
便海，B和D选项与引题海关，而且D选项引身这表这学这错误这。
其便正确答答为C选项。
2.Thechangesofstudy-abroadcausedby
thedollar’sdepreciationarethefollowing
onesexcept_____
[A]students’enthusiasmofstudying
abroadinshortperioddoesnotdisappear
butviceversa.
2.其为这这这这而引引这在这海这
这方羊这第第这后学学贬_____海
这其的原其。
[A]这这们去这海短期这习这热题第
仅没海消失，而而更引上暴
[B]studentsbecomehesitantwhen
consideringlong-termoverseasprograms.
[C]programmesinwesternEuropeand
Australiasufferdecliningpopularity.
[D]studentswhochosetostudyatcertain
continentsareatarapidgrowth.
[答答]B
[难度系海]☆☆☆
[B]这这们在考虑长期这海海这这项
目引开始第得犹豫第决
[C]
西欧和澳大利亚这项目没海后前那西
受欢迎贬
[D]选选在某些
大大这习这这这大速引引
[结文细细题。
文文第第第提到，这引引引这引引（第学这这这这这这）引引
这的正这第第这在这海这这这引引和这这愉方选选这第第，引引时这短期，这
家时这那些和自己文第家差而大这这家，而欧大和澳大利亚这这这项目没海而
显引长。
可可，A、C、都这都这这这这引引这第第。
在文文第第第提到，B
但这说这这但但这这这这贬，但在这这方羊没海引引第第，其便正确答答为B
选项。
3.RebeccaHover’sstatementimplies
that_____
[A]theUnitedStatesarenowmorereadily
influencedbytheothercountriesthan
before.
[B]shiftinthemainlandmayalsobecaused
byfactorsoutsideofAmerica.
[C]Europecannolongerinflunecethe
UnitedStatesasbefore.
[D]theUnitedStatesareextendingits
influencebeyonditsboraders.
[答答]B
[难度系海]☆☆☆☆
3.RebeccaHover这的这这这_____
[A]这这而在比引前更美美受到其其
这家这这这。
[B]这这引美这第第可美学这都这这
之海这其其引引这。
[C]
欧大第洲洲引前那洲这这这这贬。
[D]这这美自己这这这美美到贬自己
这这的之海。
[结文推推题。
RebeccaHover说这的这：
而在便的现第现现现们这这之海这愉
方这题题，学第美说现贬就这这。
这这之海这愉方而在第第仅仅美欧大贬。
”
根根第第第上学文这意根，引第这这这这本这这第第第仅仅这其为这这这这这
原其，另海这原其学这其其这家第本这贬第引这第第。
结在这这意根，可后推
引导，这这这这这这学这为贬说而其其这家这第第第这引引这这本这第第，选
项前最为最在题意。
4.Whoareprobablymostaffectedby
thedollar’sdip?
[A]Theinternationalexchange
4.谁受这这这这这这这最大？
[A]这国交换这这。
students.
[B]Thestudentswhohavegot
scholarships.
[C]Thestudentsatcostlyprivate
schools.
[D]Thestudentsatpublic
universities.
[答答]C
[难度系海]☆☆
[B]已经已得已这已这这这。
[C]在在在这在在这第这习这这这。
[D]在在在这第这习这这这。
[结文推推题。
第第第提到，那些与海这这那交换这这这这第受这这这这这这
第大，但这自己运作这这前心这这这这第这这大，第第第提到在第第第第第这
洲这在在这第，特特增特这这自己特特费用；而在在这第和而而在在这第第而
引细导。
都便这比可可，在在这在在这第这这受这这这可美最大。
其便，答答
为C选项。
5.Thebesttitleforthispassageis_____
[A]ImpactoftheDollar’sDevaluation.
[B]AmericanStudentsatAbroad.
[C]Study-abroadCostsforAmerican
Students.
[D]ShiftofAmericanStudents’Foreign
Study.
[答答]D
[难度系海]☆☆☆
5.这这文文最这这题目为_____
升级会员 