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1、 2022年12月英语四级B卷试题（阅读）4Question 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement. ”Were worried about our teache
2、rs and principals, and we really dont want to lose them because of this,” one parent sail. “If we can help ease their financial burden, we will. ”Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent(有综合力量的). They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize i
3、ts impossible for then to solve this problem.The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month. “Its extraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level,” said State Treasurer Mike Coffman.Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emerg
4、ency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll(工资单) to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in time for the holidays.District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38schools.At Coffmans request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the distric
5、ts finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election., when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.In Frederick, students parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to
6、 keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the districts $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper.“We employ thousands of people in t
7、his community,” said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds. “We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.”At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum(论坛)。 “Rumors
8、 about whats happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,” said a student. “We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.” 36.What has happened to the Vrain School District?A) Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit.B) Many administrative personnel have been l
9、aid off.C) A huge financial problem has arisen.D) Many schools there are mismanaged. 37.How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage? A) They demanded a through investigation.B) They pooled their efforts to help solve it.C) They accused those responsible for it.D
10、)They felt somewhat helpless about it. 38.In the view of State Treasurer Mike Coffman, the educational budget shortage is_. A) irreversibleB) insolvableC) unavoidableD) unthinkable 39.Why did Coffman request an investigation? A) To make sure that the school principals were innocent.B) To see if ther
11、e was a deliberate cover-up of the problem.C) To find out the extent of the consequences of the case.D) To stop the voters approving the $212 million bong issue. 40.Three high school students started a website in order to_. A) keep people properly informed of the crisisB) expose officials who neglected their dutiesC) appeal to the public for contributions and donationsD) attract greater public attention to their needs
