New report on affording the cost of college: federal work study jobs can give you the chance to work part-time while you are in school, but a school has to participate in the government program, and not all students qualify for it.

Private school, in particular, is expensive. Sticker price （标价）including room and board for the average U.S. private college, more than 42,000 per year.

But at Blackburn College in Illinois, it's just under 24,000 per year. The price comes down when students work at it.

Some universities are starting to look like resorts with pricy amenities（昂贵设施） like SPAs rock walls and swimming pools, and they are passing along the bill to students.

Tuition expenses have risen more than 1200 percent since 1978, but Blackburn College in Illinois is keeping tuition cost low. A new way to pay for it. Student work crews. You can see where students for years have been actually laying the bricks.

We do maintain a pretty lean organizational stuffing structure, and that is done with the expectation that we do use students to supplement （补充）those labor needs.

 And it's not just construction jobs. 90 percent of the student body works ten hours per week on campus. In everything from gardening to security to administrative positions. IN exchange, they get tuition credit.

But the parents say I don't want my kid to go to school to work. I don't want them to be distracted. I want them to go to spend four years to learn.

We do have parents that question that piece of it, and what we explain to them, that this is an improvement, this is an improvement to their overall portfolio（投资组合） that will make them more marketable upon graduation.

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1.Who can work part-time in school according to the first paragraph?

A All the students in colleges.

B Students from colleges in a government program.

C Students who can’t afford the cost of college.

D Students who are qualified in study.

解析：选B。细节理解题。由第1段…a school has to participate in the government program…可知，学生要在大学得到勤工俭学的机会，必须是所在学校加入了美国政府的项目，故选B。

2.How can Blackburn College in Illinois keep its tuition cost lower than others?

A Students work in school.

B There are no SPAs rock walls.

C There is no swimming pool.

D Students don’t board in school.

解析：选A。细节理解题。 由第5段…Blackburn College in Illinois is keeping tuition cost low. A new way to pay for it. Student work crews.可知 Blackburn大学通过为大学生提供众多的工作机会来减少教育费用，故选A。

3.Universities looking like resorts with pricy amenities will_____.

A build more SPAs rock walls

B be more attractive to students

C make students work in school

D pass the bill to students

解析：选D。细节理解题。由第4段…and they are passing along the bill to students.可知，那些建设成带有昂贵设施的像旅游胜地的学校，最终还是要把这些建设费用转嫁到学生身上，故选D。

4.Why does Blackburn College in Illinois keep a pretty lean organizational stuffing structure?

A To make students lay bricks.

B To provide jobs for students.

C To ask students work ten hours on campus every week.

D To get students the tuition.

解析：选B。细节理解题。由第6段…that is done with the expectation that we do use students to supplement （补充）those labor needs.可知，Blackburn大学保持精简的后勤结构，以便为学生提供大量的工作机会，故选B。

5.It is inferred from the last two paragraphs that_______.

A both teachers and parents approve this program

B parents don’t like their kids to go to this college

C students will benefit from this program even after their graduation

D the university will improve their program

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据最后1段this is an improvement to their overall portfolio（投资组合） that will make them more marketable upon graduation.可知，尽管有不少的家长对Blackburn的这种做法并不赞同，但学校认为这样对学生更有利，尤其是在毕业以后。故C为最佳答案。