[单项选择]Bill, along with three other men, ______ to represent the union at the next meeting.
A. are
B. was
C. were
D. is

[单项选择]Bill, along with three other men, ______ to represent the union at the next meeting.
A. are
B. was
C. were
D. is

[单项选择]Kenny, along with the three other men,（）to represent the union at the meeting.
A. are
B. to be
C. is being
D. is

[单项选择]The police in Waterbridge caught three men according to ______.


A. the facts
B. the phones
C. the photos

[单项选择]The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country, _________ by the police each time.


A. had been captured
B. being always captured
C. only to be captured
D. unfortunately captured

[单项选择]

Passage Three
Yes, that college tuition bill was bigger this year.
Confirming what students and their parents already knew, an influential education think tank (智囊机构) says that states are passing along their budget woes (困难) to public university students and their families. Tuitions are rising by double digits in some states, while the amount of state-funded student aid is dropping.
The result, says the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education in San Jose, Calif., is "the worst fiscal news for public higher education institutions and their students in at least a decade."
Although incomes are rising by only 1% to 2 % in most states, tuition at four-year public schools leapt by 24% in Massachusetts, 20% in Texas and 7% nationally since the 2001-2002 school year, the center says.
State budget deficits (预算赤字) are the cause. Nationally, states spend about 48% of their revenue on education, or about $235 billion in
A. the state-funded student aid is increased
B. the budgets for elementary and secondary education are increased
C. colleges can no longer depend on states for fund
D. higher education budget will get cut by states