2010年真题 Passage One-英语听力

[00:01.00]Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, is a medium-sized university. [00:07.24]It has 11,000 students, 12% of them were international students, mostly graduate students. [00:15.35]The university has Schools for Law, Medicine and Social work. [00:20.44]It also has a Business School,a School of Design and Visual Arts and a School of Engineering and Applied Science. [00:28.46]But more than 60% of courses are taught through the Arts and Sciences program. [00:34.47]The new school year that begins this fall will cost about $50,000 for undergraduates. [00:41.27]That includes 12 months of living expenses estimated at $20,000. Graduate tuition differs by program. [00:50.40]Tuition for the master of social work program, for example, will cost $27,000 in the coming year. [00:58.57]The master of business administration program will cost about $38,000. [01:04.52]The university offers financial assistance to international students, [01:09.14]including first-year students, but says its resources are limited. [01:14.54]Scholarships are available. The university also offers a monthly payment plan to spread out the cost of tuition. [01:22.96]It offers loan programs. International students in the United States generally cannot receive federal student loans. [01:31.57]But they may be able to take out private loans, as many American students do. [01:37.09]Washington University in Saint Louis was named Eliot Seminary when it opened in 1853. [01:44.24]Later the name was changed to honor the first American President, George Washington.