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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Section IUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas population. _1_ homelessness has reached such proportions that local gover

2、nment cant possibly _2_. To help homeless people _3_ independence, the federal government must support job training programs, _4_ the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing._5_ everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates _6_ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. _7_ t

3、he figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is _8_. One of the federal governments studies _9_ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to _10_ this growing homeless population has become increasi

4、ngly difficult. _11_ when homeless individuals manage to find a _12_ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day _13_ the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significa

5、nt number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others, _14_ not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday _15_ skills need to turn their lives _16_. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are _17_ programs that address the many

6、 needs of the homeless. _18_ Edward Blotkowsk, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, _19_ it, “There has to be _20_ of programs. What we need is a package deal.”1.A Indeed B Likewise C Therefore D Furthermore2.A stand B cope C approve D retain3.A in B for C with D toward

7、4.A raise B add C take D keep5.A generally B almost C hardly D not6.A cover B change C range D differ7.A Now that B Although C Provided D Except that8.A inflating B expanding C increasing D extending9.A predicts B displays C proves D discovers10.A assist B track C sustain D dismiss11.A Hence B But C

8、 Even D Only12.A lodging B shelter C dwelling D house13.A searching B strolling C crowding D wandering14.A when B once C while D whereas15.A life B existence C survival D maintenance16.A around B over C on D up17.A complex B comprehensive C complementary D compensating18.A So B Since C As D Thus19.A

9、 puts B interprets C assumes D makes20.A supervision B manipulation C regulation D coordinationSection IIReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In spite

10、 of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launche

11、d by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mas

12、s media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unpr

13、ecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation -

14、 language, home ownership and intermarriage.The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English well or very well after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By t

15、he third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among n

16、ative-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.Rodriguez notes that ch

17、ildren in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nations assimilative power.”Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in

18、America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against Americas turbulent past, todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.21.The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means _.A identifyingB associat

19、ingC assimilatingD monopolizing22.According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century _.A played a role in the spread of popular cultureB became intimate shops for common consumersC satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable eliteD owed its emergence to the culture of consumption23.The te

20、xt suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. _.A are resistant to homogenizationB exert a great influence on American cultureC are hardly a threat to the common cultureD constitute the majority of the population24.Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?A To prove thei

21、r popularity around the world.B To reveal the publics fear of immigrants.C To give examples of successful immigrants.D To show the powerful influence of American culture.25.In the authors opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is _.A rewardingB successfulC fruitlessD harmfulText

22、 2Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry - William Shakespeare - but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. An

23、d there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaways Cottage, Shakespeares birthplace and the other sights.The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSCs actors

24、, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. Its all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by bus

25、 - and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side - dont usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in

26、 much of the towns revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.The townsfolk dont see it this way and local council does not contribute directly to the sub

27、sidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banque

28、ting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive.Anyway, the townsfolk cant understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year theyll do b

29、etter.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratfords most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look

30、 alike (though they come from all over) - lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office open

31、s at 10:30 a.m.26.From the first two paragraphs, we learn that _.A the townsfolk deny the RSCs contribution to the towns revenueB the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stageC the two branches of the RSC are not on good termsD the townsfolk earn little from tourism27.It can be inferred

32、 from Paragraph 3 that _.A the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separatelyB the playgoers spend more money than the sightseersC the sightseers do more shopping than the playgoersD the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater28.By saying “Stratford cries poor traditio

33、nally” (Line 2-3, Paragraph 4), the author implies that _.A Stratford cannot afford the expansion projectsB Stratford has long been in financial difficultiesC the town is not really short of moneyD the townsfolk used to be poorly paid29.According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because

34、 _.A ticket prices can be raised to cover the spendingB the company is financially ill-managedC the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptableD the theatre attendance is on the rise30.From the text we can conclude that the author _.A is supportive of both sidesB favors the townsfolks viewC ta

35、kes a detached attitudeD is sympathetic to the RSCText 3When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strange happened to the large animals. They suddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extincti

36、on. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans.That the seas are being overfished has been known for years. What researchers such as Ransom Myers and Boris Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world. Th

37、eir methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time. According to their latest paper published in Nature, the biomass of large predators (animals that kill an

38、d eat other animals) in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some long-fished areas, it has halved again since then.Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative. One reason for this is that fishing technology has improved. Todays ve

39、ssels can find their prey using satellites and sonar, which were not available 50 years ago. That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes. In the early days,

40、 too, longlines would have been more saturated with fish. Some individuals would therefore not have been caught, since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past. Furthermore, in the early days of longline fishing, a lot of fish wer

41、e lost to sharks after they had been hooked. That is no longer a problem, because there are fewer sharks around now.Dr. Myers and Dr. Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account. They believe the data support an idea current among marin

42、e biologists, that of the “shifting baseline.” The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past. That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield

43、that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels. Most fisheries are well below that, which is a bad way to do business.31.The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that _.A large animal were vulnerable to the cha

44、nging environmentB small species survived as large animals disappearedC large sea animals may face the same threat todayD slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones32.We can infer from Dr. Myers and Dr. Worms paper that _.A the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by 90%B ther

45、e are only half as many fisheries as there were 15 years agoC the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20% of the original amountD the number of larger predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in the old33.By saying these figures are conservative (Line 1, paragraph 3), Dr. Worm means that _.A

46、 fishing technology has improved rapidlyB the catch-sizes are actually smaller than recordedC the marine biomass has suffered a greater lossD the data collected so far are out of date34.Dr. Myers and other researchers hold that _.A people should look for a baseline that can work for a longer timeB fisheries should keep their yields below 50% of the biomassC the ocean biomass should be restored to its original levelD people should adjust the fishing baseline to the changing situation35.The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries _.A