“If we go on this way for another 25 years，we won't have an affordable system of higher education，”says Patrick M．Callan，president of the center.“The middle class families have been financing it through debt.They will send kids to college whatever it takes，even if that means a huge amount of debt.”

　　Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them.The good news，however，is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing，and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇叙述、说明和议论相结合的文章。通过对Diana Jacobs一家供双胞胎儿子上大学的可行计划破灭的描写，揭示了目前许多家庭为了孩子受教育而面临的种种问题。

　　1．According to Paragraph 1，why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?

　　A．The twins wasted too much money.

　　B．The father was out of work.

　　C．Their savings ran out.

　　D．The family fell apart.

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。从第一段最后一句话“Then her husband lost his job，and the plan fell apart.”得出答案。]

　　2．How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?

　　A．They asked their kids to come home.

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