A．Because the children don't have money to go to school.

　　B．Because the government want their citizens to be useful to the country.

　　C．Because education doesn't cost the country too much money.

　　D．Because there are not enough private schools.

　　B　[句意理解题。根据第一段的"In most developed countries...educated citizens are useful to the country in their later life."可知选B。]

　　3．In the first paragraph the underlined word "citizens" refer to ．

　　A．the cities

　　B．members of a country

　　C．the children

　　D．people who lives in cities

　　B　[词义猜测题。从句意看是：受过教育的"公民"以后对国家有利。选B。]

　　4．Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

　　A．All the university students study one subject.

　　B．After studying at the university for three or four years，all the students can get a Bachelor's degree.

　　C．Students usually receive a master's degree before receiving a Bachelor's degree.

　　D．Unlike university，colleges usually teach students some useful skills for a career.

　　D　[句意理解题。根据最后一段第二句"Colleges，on the other hand...or business studies."可知，学院教给学生一些技能。选D。]

　　IV．完形填空

　　There was once a woman who decided to kill all the monsters (怪物) in the world.This 1 took her on a dangerous journey.She met with many 2 along the way，each testing her strength and abilities.

She hadn't traveled long 3 she began chasing the monster of hunger.She 4 him and declared，"You've been causing hunger； 5 to die." The monster said，"I acknowledge I bring 6 ，but I also bring benefits as well.There would be no 7 to find food and survive without me.So look at the ways I might be 8 ；don't