The United States has more than one hundred twenty medical colleges. The American Association of Medical Colleges says these schools have about seventy thousand students.
How hard is it to get into one of the top medical schools, like for example the one at Yale University in Connecticut? Last year almost three thousand seven hundred students hoped to get accepted there. Only one hundred seventy-six -- or less than five percent -- were admitted.
People who want to become medical doctors often study large amounts of biology, chemistry and other science. Some students work for a year or two in a medical or research job before they try to get accepted to medical school.
Medical students spend their first two years in classroom study. They learn about the body and all of its systems. And they begin studying diseases -- how to recognize and treat them. By the third year, students guided by experienced doctors begin working with patients in hospitals. As the students watch and learn, they think about the kind of medicine they would like to practice as doctors. During the fourth year, students begin applying to hospital programs for the additional training they will need after medical school. Competition for a residency at a top hospital can be fierce.
A medical education can be very costly, especially at a private school. One year at a private medical college can cost forty thousand dollars or more. The average at a public medical school is more than fifteen thousand dollars. Most students have to take out loans to pay for medical school. Many finish their education heavily in debt.
Doctors are among the highest paid professionals in the United States. Specialists in big cities are generally the highest paid. But there are also doctors who earn considerably less, including those in poor communities.
(1)Which of the following ideas is NOT suggested in the passage?
A、It is hard to get into one of the top medical schools.
B、The United States has more than one hundred twenty medical colleges.
C、Medical students need two years' classroom study.
D、After graduating from medical schools, the students become doctors.
(2)How many years the medical students take to graduate from medical school?
A、2
B、3
C、4
D、1
(3)In what way many medical students pay for their medical education?
A、Have part-time jobs in hospitals.
B、Take out loans.
C、Their parents pay for it.
D、Work hard for the scholarship.
(4)What the medical students begin to do in their fourth year of study?
A、Looking for a job.
B、Working with patients in hospitals
C、Applying to hospital programs for the additional training.
D、Learning about the body and all of its systems
(5)_______ are generally the highest paid.
A、Specialists in big cities.
B、Experienced doctors.
C、Doctors in poor communities
D、Doctors who graduated from private medical schools.