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  3. Barack and Michelle Obama understand the heavy burden of student loan debt. The Obamas did not pay off their student loans until

Barack and Michelle Obama understand the heavy burden of student loan debt. The Obamas did not pay off their student loans until

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问题     Barack and Michelle Obama understand the heavy burden of student loan debt. The Obamas did not pay off their student loans until Obama’s best-selling books earned them millions of dollars.
    With the cost of a college education【S1】______, more than 60% of students take out loans to fund their undergraduate education. On average, students who borrow graduate with debts of 22,700--a【S2】______of more than 18% from 2000. But some of those with a newly acquired bachelor’s degree are restrained with debts of 40,000 or more. You think this economy’s tough? Try finding a job with the【S3】______of repaying tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
    Now, a new federal program--Income-Based Repayment--is making it【S4】______to pay back these loans. If a student chooses to repay her or his loan with this plan, payments are then readjusted--based on their income to something they can【S5】______afford. All debt will be forgiven after 25 years. A graduate who earns less than 150% of the【S6】______line won’t have to make any payments. This is in addition to the year-old Public Service Loan For-giveness program for those【S7】______in jobs such as law enforcement, public health and social work. Their loans will be forgiven after 10 years.
    This【S8】______isn’t perfect; the loans have to be federal loans, not【S9】______But students with more than one federal student loan can combine them under the program. In some cases, borrowers with large debt and low-to- moderate incomes may benefit at the end of 25 years, with the【S10】______of their debt forgiven. Others with higher incomes, though, will pay more.

A)earning      B)State      C)rising     D)jump          E)pressure
F)initiative   G)poverty    H)public     I)balance       J)raising
K)private      L)barely     M)easier     N)working       O)reasonably
【S5】
选项
答案O
解析 此处应为副词，修饰afford。上文提到参与该计划的学生的偿款可以调整，此处应该表示“他们可以承担”，reasonably“合理地；适度地”符合文意。barely afford表示“几乎不能承担”，与上下文语义逻辑不符，不能选barely。
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