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St. James has been put back to the state road map due to ______.
A．the efforts of five women
B．the efforts of the Center for Rural Affairs
C．the vendors in the local place
D．the unexpected number of visitors
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Tuesday morning, three days shy of her 57th birthday, she gave birth to twins-a boy and a girl-at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. The babies were delivered by Caesarean section. Born three weeks premature, they were taken to the neonatal nursery where both were re- ported to be doing well.
St. James is not married. She used an egg made available by a stranger and sperm reportedly donated by a former boyfriend to achieve the pregnancy. In response to media questions about why she had decided to have children at age 57 she responded, "It is never too late. You are never too old. It is just in your mind."
The doctors to whom she paid more than $ 25,000 for the treatments that resulted in her pregnancy apparently did not think she was too old. And her family, as well as a gaggle of reporters, deemed her upbeat answer (in addition to her healing work, St. James is a motivational speaker) a more-than-sufficient response. Her father, who is well into his '80s, said that he now has two big reasons to want to keep on living.
It is hard to even raise this question without seeming like a moral busybody. What right does anyone have to challenge the reproductive decisions of another person？ But, that line of argument is simply wrong-headed. If decisions as important as when to have children are not open to ethical comment and discussion, then what is worthy of ethical analysis -- decisions about what color to paint the living room？
Let's think for a minute about what it means to have twins at 57. What it means is that when your twins are about to enter' high school, say at the age of 14, you are 71. Now I know that there are many grandparents who have successfully raised kids when the children's own parents could not. But it is one thing for two older people to deal with a difficult situation and make the best of it. It is quite different to deliberately create a situation where a single, 71-year-old parent who has been eligible for Medicare for seven years must deal with twins entering both puberty and high school.
The fact that St. James gave birth to twins aroused a big controversy because _________.
A．she is a celebrity.
B．she is unmarried.
C．she is 57 years old.
D．she has a famous sister.
In May 2001, after meeting with staff from the Center for Rural Affairs, the friends -- Louise Guy, Vicky Koch, Jeanette Pinkelan, Mary Rose Pinkelman and Violet Pinkelman -- opened a weekend market for vendors (小商贩) to sell handcrafts and local food.
"We felt like, what can we do to bring the community together？" says Mary Rose Pinkelman. "We decided to make a place to sell local goods." They set up shop in the church school, which, though closed for nearly 40 years, had been well maintained. The first weekend, 16 vendors took over an old classroom. The result was an instant hit. Today, the market draws up to 70 vendors -- who sell such items as homemade jellies, baked goods, hand-woven rugs, and farm-grown produce -- and what Pinkelman calls an unexpected number of visitors. In the process, the market has made St. James a destination again, putting it back on the state road map.
According to Paragraph 1, what fate was St. James, Nebraska suffering ？
A．The replacement of the church.
B．The disappearance from highway maps.
C．The closedown of the bar.
D．The set-up of a market.
Passage Two
In 2000, with little but a bar and a church left to make it a destination, tiny St. James, Nebraska, was taken off state highway maps. Then the church closed, and the small farm village in the state’s northeast corner looked set to just disappear. Thanks to five devoted women, it didn’t.
In May 2001, after meeting with staff from the Center for Rural Affairs, the friends—Louis Guy, Vicky Koch, Jeanette Pinkelman, Mary Rose Pinkelman and Violet Pinkelman—opened a weekend market for vendors(小商贩) to sell handcrafts and local food.
“We felt like, what can we do to bring the community together？” says Mary Rose Pinkelman, “We decided to make a place to sell local goods.” They set up shop in the church school, which, though closed for nearly 40 years, had been well maintained. The first weekend, 16 vendors look over an old classroom. The result was an instant hit. Today, the market draws up to 70 vendors----who sell such items as homemade jellies, baked goods, hand-woven rugs, and farm-grown produce----and what Pinkelman calls an unexpected number of visitors. In the process, the market has made St. James a destination again, putting it back on the state road map.
40. According to Para. 1, what fate was St. James Nebraska suffering？
A The replacement of the church school
B The disappearance from highway maps
C The closedown of the bar
D The set-up of a market
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文： In the Netherlands and Belgium children do not have their fun and presents on Christmas Day as we do. They go to church on Christmas Day, and they have their fun on St. Nicholas Day, which comes on December 6. The night before, they fix something to hold their gifts. Sometimes it is a well-polished shoe, sometimes a plate or a basket, and sometimes they hang up their stockings just as we do. St. Nicholas rides a gray horse or a white donkey and so the children leave water for the animal to drink and something for it to eat. They leave hay or oats or a carrot, and sometimes a piece of bread. In the morning, if they have been good, they find that St. Nicholas has left sweets and fruits and playthings for them. But if they have been bad they find only a rod or a switch.
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A．6th.
B．8th.
C．9th.
D．25th.
At Gotham Bikes in Tribeca, a manager W. Ben said the shop has seen an increase in its overall sales due to the bike-share program . "It's getting more people on the road" he said. James Ryan, an employee at Danny's Cycles in Gramercy also said Citi Bike is a good option for people to ease into biking in a city famed for its traffic jams and and aggressive drivers
Rentals are not a big part of the business at either Gotham Bikes or Danny's Cycles.But for Frank's Bike Shop, a small business on Grand St., the bike-share program has been bad news .Owner Frank Arroyo said his rental business has decreased by 90% since the Citi Bikes were rolled out last month. Arroyo's main rental customers are European tourists, who have since been drawn away by Citi Bikes .
However, Ben said the bike-share is good for bike sales at his shop . "People have used the bike-share and realized how great it is to bike in the city, then decide that they want something nicer for themselves," he noted.
Christian Farrell of Waterfront Bicycle Shop, on West St. just north of Christopher St., said initially he was concerned about bike-share, though, he admitted, "I was happy to see people on bikes . "
Farrell's early concerns were echoed by Andrew Crooks, owner of NYC Velo, at 64 Second Ave."It seemed like a great idea , but one that would be difficult to implement ," Crooks said of Citi Bike . He said he worried about inexperienced riders' lack of awareness of biking rules and backlashfrom non-cyclists. However, he said, it's still too early to tell if his business has been impact ed
While it's possible bike-share will cause a drop in business, Crooks allowed that the idea is a positive step forward for New York City.
56 . What is the author's chief concern about the increasing use of Citi Bikes in New York ？
A How non-cyclists will respond to it.
B Whether local bike shops will suffer.
C Whether local bike businesses will oppose it.
D How the safety of bike riders can be ensured.
57 . What happened to Gotham Bikes as a result of the bike-share program？
A It found its bike sales unaffected.
B It shifted its business to rentals.
C It saw its bike sales on the rise .
D It rented more bikes to tourists.
58 . Why is the bike-share program bad news for Frank's Bike Shop ？
A It cannot meet the demand of the bike—share program.
B Its customers have been drawn away by CitiBikes.
C) Its bike prices have to be lowered again and again.
C Its bike prices have to be lowered again and again.
59. Why did Andrew Crooks think that the bike—share program would be difficult to execute？
A inexperienced riders might break biking rules.
B Conflicts might arise among bike rental shops.
C Traffic conditions might worsen in the downtown area.
D) It has to compete with the city's bike rental shops.
60. What is the general attitude of the local bike shops towards Citi Bike？
A) Wait and see.
B) Negative.
C) Indifferent.
D) Approving.
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B．For less than two months．
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As a news reporter, James __________ many places in the world.
A. has been to
B. has gone to
C. went to
James has just arrived, but I didn't know he_______until yesterday.
A．will come
B．was coming
C．had been coming
D．came
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