重庆电力高等专科学校英语期末考试试卷(B卷) 供使用班级名:(高职1-2册) 共5页第2页 L考生姓名考生班级「考生学号评。分 in the account or up to the limit of any arrangement made to allow the customer to borrow money 21.a check is an instruction A. To the customer B. To a bank C. To a named person D. To a merchant 22. Nowadays it is a common practice A. To use a plain piece of paper to be used B. For a properly-written piece of paper to be used C. For the banks to issue special check forms D. For the banks to pay a certain amount of money to a passage with a name 23. According to the passage, one advantage of using a check is that A. It is cheaper for a check is a plain piece of paper B. It is more convenient than to carry an amount of cash C. a check is more valuable than actual cash D. A check is far smaller than a piece of paper money 24. To use a check is A. A way to pay out money instead of actual cash B. A way to substitute on piece of paper C. A way to save money for a check is a plain piece of paper D. An ideal way of paying a small amount of money 25. If you want to use a check, you must in advance A. Be old enough to understand their use B. Have to pay a specified sum of money C. Transfer money from person to person D. Have a current account at a bank Education in the United States is compulsory for children up to about the age of sixteen. Most young people stay in chool longer than that. Most graduate from high school at the age of seventeen or eighteen Almost half of these high school graduates continue their education at a college or university. Education for most young people in this country is free up to the time they graduate from high school. There are private schools, but most parents send their children to public schools, where students do not pay tuition. When young people go to college, however, they must pay tuition at a public university or a private university. University costs are going up a lot Private universities have become very expensive because the government doesn t help the private schools Who pays? The parents of children in college may have to pay more, or often the students may have to find jobs. These students have to worry about assignments and grades and also about their jobs. If they work too much at their jobs, they may be absent from class or miss assignments or make to many errors on tests. They may even fail their courses and have to leave the university For many students, the problem of getting an education is not just a problem of homework and exams. They also have te make money to pay for tuition And professors don't teach them how to do that 26. In the United States, almost half of the high school graduates B. stay at the high school C. need not to pay tuition at a public university have to enter private school 27. Which of the following statements is not true? A. Most parents prefer to send their children to public schools. B. Education is not free until the students graduate from high school C. University costs are on the increase. D. The students may be absent from class if they work too much重庆电力高等专科学校英语期末考试试卷（B 卷） 供使用班级名：(高职 1-2 册) 共 5 页 第2页 考生姓名 考生班级 考生学号 评 分 in the account or up to the limit of any arrangement made to allow the customer to borrow money. 21. A check is an instruction ______________ to pay out money. A. To the customer B. To a bank C. To a named person D. To a merchant 22. Nowadays it is a common practice ______________. A. To use a plain piece of paper to be used B. For a properly-written piece of paper to be used C. For the banks to issue special check forms D. For the banks to pay a certain amount of money to a passage with a name 23. According to the passage, one advantage of using a check is that ____________________. A. It is cheaper for a check is a plain piece of paper B. It is more convenient than to carry an amount of cash C. A check is more valuable than actual cash D. A check is far smaller than a piece of paper money 24. To use a check is __________________. A. A way to pay out money instead of actual cash B. A way to substitute on piece of paper C. A way to save money for a check is a plain piece of paper D. An ideal way of paying a small amount of money 25. If you want to use a check, you must _______________ in advance. A. Be old enough to understand their use B. Have to pay a specified sum of money C. Transfer money from person to person D. Have a current account at a bank Task 2 Education in the United States is compulsory for children up to about the age of sixteen. Most young people stay in school longer than that. Most graduate from high school at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Almost half of these high school graduates continue their education at a college or university. Education for most young people in this country is free up to the time they graduate from high school. There are private schools, but most parents send their children to public schools, where students do not pay tuition. When young people go to college, however, they must pay tuition at a public university or a private university. University costs are going up a lot. Private universities have become very expensive because the government doesn’t help the private schools. Who pays? The parents of children in college may have to pay more, or often the students may have to find jobs. These students have to worry about assignments and grades and also about their jobs. If they work too much at their jobs, they may be absent from class or miss assignments or make to many errors on tests. They may even fail their courses and have to leave the university. For many students, the problem of getting an education is not just a problem of homework and exams. They also have to make money to pay for tuition. And professors don’t teach them how to do that. 26. In the United States, almost half of the high school graduates ________________. A. go to colleges and universities B. stay at the high school C. need not to pay tuition at a public university D. have to enter private schools 27. Which of the following statements is not true? A. Most parents prefer to send their children to public schools. B. Education is not free until the students graduate from high school. C. University costs are on the increase. D. The students may be absent from class if they work too much