Getting a Grant (补助) Who Pays? The Local Education Authority ( LEA) for the area in which the student is living. Who Can Get the Money? Anyone who gets a place on a first-degree course, although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not. Students must also have been resident(常住的) in the UK for at least three years, which can exclude(排除)  some students from overseas. Special Classes If a Student Has Studied in a College A student who is 26 0r more before the course starts and who has worked for at least three of the previous(早先的)six years will get extra money  $ 155 a year at 26, increasing to a maximum (最多的) of  $ 615 at 29 or more. If a Student Is Handicapped(残疾的) LEAs will give up to  $ 500 to help meet extra expenses-such as buying a tape recorder for blind students, extra heating or special food. Banlang Most of the big banks offer special services tostudents who open accounts(账户) (in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials). A student won't usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit (信用). Some banks allow students to overdraw by $ 100 or so, and still don't make charges (though they do charge interest). 1. A student from Japan who has been staying in England for a year and intends to go to college in a few months will . A. get money if he is taking a first degree course B. be unable to get money from any LEA C.get money from any LEA when he has finished his course D. have to open a bank account before he gets any money 2. A 31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify(具有……资格) as a doctor at a university. She has worked since she was 25. How much extra money will she get a year? A. None. B. $ 155. C. $615. D. $515. 3. A student who can not walk has to buy a wheel chair costing $ 750 to go to classes. How much of the cost will he have to pay himself? A. $ 150. B. $ 250. C. $500. D. $ 750. 4. You are a new student. Why may a bank welcome you as a customer? A. They know you receive money regularly. B.They charge students extra money. C. They hope you will be rich in the future. D. They need student accounts in their time.