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1、考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）：UNITSEVENTEXTONEOnceuponatime—whentheU.S.dollarwasking—Americanstudentsblithelyflockedoverseastonibbleonaffordablesconesandcroissantsbetweenclasses.Howtimeshavechanged.Asthedollardipstoall-timelows,collegestudentsarefeelingthepinch.EspeciallyintheUnite
2、dKingdomandcountriesthatusetheeuro—whichcurrentlyisat68centstothedollar—thecostoflivinghasskyrocketed."Yearsagowecouldsaystudyingabroadwasthesamepriceasstayingoncampus,"saysDaeyaMalboeuf,anassociatedirectoratSyracuseUniversity."There'snowaywecansaythatanymore."Yetthisunfa
3、vorableeconomicenvironmenthasn'tstoppedstudentsfromscramblingoverseas.AccordingtotheInstituteofInternationalEducation,study-abroadprogramshavegrown144percentinthepastdecadeandcontinuetoincreasearound8percenteachyear.Consideringtherisingcosts,"it'ssurprisinghowlittlethestu
4、dentshaven'tbeendeterred,"saysNatalieBartush,whohandlesthestudy-abroadprogramattheUniversityofTexas.Wheretherealchangeappearstobehappeningasaresultofrisingpricesisinthelengthandlocationofstudents'foreignstudychoices.Thenumberofparticipantsinshort-termsummerprogramshasswel
5、led,ashastheinterestincoursesatmoreexoticlocales.ForMiddleburyCollegestudents,forexample,ayearinFlorencecostsaround$37,000;atSantiago,Chile,it's$27,000.SuchpricedifferenceshavecontributedtomodestorflatgrowthattraditionallypopularprogramsinwesternEuropeandAustralia,whereas
6、schoolsinChile,Argentina,SouthAfrica,andChina(particularlyHongKong)areaggressivelyexpandingtomeetrisingdemand.Programdirectorsarequicktopointoutthattheshiftisnotjustaboutmoney."Youcan'tunderstandtheUnitedStatestodaywithoutunderstandingwhat'sgoingonoutsideourborders,andtha
7、t'snotjustofficiallyestablishedonJuly1,2013,Yibincity,formerlyknownasthebus,integratedoriginalrongzhoubuscompanyinYibincityandMetrobuscompany,formedonlyinYibincityofaState-ownedpublictransportenterprises,thecompanyconsistsofoneortwo,thirdDivision.Integrationofpublictransp
8、ortservicesisnotyetestablishedEuropeanymore,"saysRebeccaHovey,deanofthestudy-abroadprogramattheS
