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Studying in the US: A Free Year at a Community College

Two-year colleges in the United States are also known as community colleges. Students earn an associate degree (肄业学位).Or they can train for a job for a year or two and get a certificate(证书).

Community colleges are less costly than other schools. Some international students can even get a year of education for free. The United States government and the colleges pay the costs in a program called the Community College Initiative.

Six countries took part during the first two years: Brazil Egypt Indonesia Pakistan South Africa and Turkey. Now those countries are joined by Cuba Ghana and most of Central America. Local Fulbright committees generally nominate (提名) the students.

The program provides job training for people who otherwise could not attend college. They learn skills their countries need like agriculture and health care. Vocational school teachers and administrators from Egypt can also receive professional development through the program.

The program began two years ago with eighty-four students and six colleges. State Department officials say more than five hundred students will attend thirty-seven community colleges this fall.

Where students are placed depends on what they want to study. The　program is also a chance to learn about America and its people. And it gives colleges a way to expand their diversity. The students live in dormitories or apartments or with local families.

Carol Stax-Brown is an administrator of the program for a group called Community Colleges for International Development. She says they look for people who have had some work experience speak some English and want to experience another culture. The program includes English classes in the summer before school starts for those who need them.

68．If you want to attend a community college in US you will not______.

A．pay less than you do in other schools

B．get a certificate after one or two years

C．learn skills your country need

D．attend it without nomination

69．Which of the countries has not taken part in the program?

A．Cuba．            B．Egypt．           C．China．           D．Pakistan．

70．The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means ______.

A．cheap           B．expensive       C．formal         D．common

71．We can learn from the fifth paragraph that ______.

A．community colleges are becoming more and more popular

B．more and more countries have started the program in their own countries

C．the program has offered international students many job opportunities

D．American colleges have accepted more foreign students than before

Answer 1

DCBA