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Many reporters hurried to the airport, ______ that the superstar had already left.
A.had been told
B.being told
C.only to be told
D.unfortunately told
Part A
Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
An air of anxious uncertainty spread throughout the small Indian camp as the sun dawned that morning. Some braves gathered beside a smoking campfire. Murmuring sounds could be heard as they talked quietly. Women nervously performed their domestic tasks, preparing a small meal. Several sad, old men sat mute, their morale very low.
The camp was pitched at the edge of a deep valley—so deep that one could barely see the calm water at the bottom. The Indians had been taken by surprise and were surrounded and attacked by enemy forces. They fought bravely, but they were degraded by defeat. Their homes were destroyed. Those who had survived had been pursued by the enemy. The chase had lasted for days. Persuaded by their leaders to press on, they had made a wrong turn. Their hazardous journey ended at the edge of a valley—a desperate situation. Before them was a great hole in the earth. Behind them was the enemy. No wonder they were frozen with fear. Where could they go7
Just when no choice seemed available to them, several young braves ran into camp. With great excitement they reported seeing a stone bridge across the valley, just a short distance from camp. Most of the tribe discounted this wild story. However, a few hurried to the spot to see for themselves. Seeing was believing! Indeed there was a stone bridge, great enough to accommodate many people and their horses. Without hesitation the people gathered up their children and the belongings they had and hurried across the bridge.
Enemy braves watched from a nearby cliff. It was obvious that the Great Spirit was on the side of the defeated. The enemy did not follow. Safe on the other side of the valley, the wanderers thanked the Great Spirit for providing the vital link. They had escaped their enemies.
For hundreds of miles around, Indian people heard about the miraculous stone bridge. From this incident it was clear that the Great Spirit defends weak people. Many came from near and far to see the magnificent stone bridge. You, too, can see this bridge and even ride across it in a car—in southwestern Virginia.
Faced with the desperate situation, some Indians in the camp
A.tried to persuade their leaders to surrender to the enemies
B.were still as cheerful as before
C.still remained fearless and loyal to their leaders
D.were in very low spirits
(36)
A.wet
B.dry
C.thick
D.dusty
Valuing Childhood
The value of childhood is easily hurried (变得模糊不清) in today's world. Consider some recent developments: The child-murderers in the Jonesboro, Ark. schoolyard shooting case were convicted and sentenced. Two boys, 7 and 8, were charged in the murder of an 11-year-old girl in Chicago.
Children who commit horrible crimes appear to act of their own will. Yet, as legal proceedings in Jonesboro showed, the one boy who was able to address the court couldn't begin to explain his acts, though he tried to apologize. There may have been a motive-youthful jealousy(妒忌) and resentment. But a deeper question remains. Why did these boys and others in similar trouble apparently lack any inner, moral restraint?
That question echoes for the accused in Chicago, young as they are. They wanted the girl's bicycle, a selfish impulse common enough among kids.
Redemption (拯救) is a practical necessity. How can value be restored to young lives distorted by acts of violence? The boys in Jonesboro and in Chicago will be confined in institutions for a relatively short time. Despite horror at what was done, children are not-cannot be-dealt with as adults, not if a people wants to consider itself civilized. That's why politicians' cries for adult treatment of youthful criminals ultimately miss the point.
But the moral void(真空)that invites violence has many sources. Family instability con-tributes. So does economic stress. That void, however, can be filled. The work starts with parents, who have to ask themselves whether they're doing enough to give their children a firm sense of right and wrong. Are they really monitoring their activities and their developing processes of thought?
Schools, too, have a role in building character. So do youth organizations. So do law enforcement agencies, which can do more to inform. the young about laws, their meaning, and their observance (遵守).
The goal, ultimately, is to allow all children a normal passage from childhood to adulthood (成年), so that tragic gaps in moral judgment are less likely to occur. The relative few who fill such gaps with acts of violence hint at many others who don't go that far, but who lack the moral foundations childhood should provide-and which progressive human society relies on.
The two boys in Chicago were______.
A.shot
B.murdered
C.sentenced
D.accused
What prompted these two men to a duel? Why would they risk their lives here on this dismal morning? To find the answer we have to take a good look at these two personalities. Both men were about the same age, both had taken an active part in the Revolutionary War, and both had achieved high office in the army under George Washington, despite the fact that they were very young. These similarities did not make friends of them, however, as there was bitterness and rivalry from the start. Some historians believe that both may have loved the same woman, Elizabeth Schuyler. In 1780, Miss Schuyler became Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.
Another factor that contributed to the bitterness was the fact that the two men were very influential in opposing political parties. Hamilton was without doubt the leader of the Federalist Party. He had contributed largely to the ideas that were put forth in our Constitution and had been very helpful in seeing that the Constitution was accepted by the people of New York. Later, as the Secretary of the Treasury, the ideas of Hamilton were put into effect and helped the country get off to a good financial start. Hamilton's ideas on government were adopted by many. These people became known as file Federalist Party.
Bemuse America is a free country and because we are the type of people we are, those who opposed Hamilton could make their views known. One such man was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson started a group to oppose the ideas of Hamilton and The Federalists, and one of the first leaders of the group was Aaron Burr. These people were at first called Anti-Federalists, then Democratic-Republicans, and later Democrats. This party had been successful in defeating the Federalists in the Election of 1800.
It was in this election that the bitterness between Hamilton and Burr really came to the surface. Under our old system of election, the person who received the greatest number of votes, cast by a group called the Electoral College, became the President; the person getting the next largest number of votes became the Vice President. We were a new country then and not experienced in the art of politics. What happened was that many Electors cast their votes for Thomas Jefferson for President. The same number then cast a vote for Aaron Burr. The result: they both had the same number of votes. It is usually accepted that these Electors had meant to vote for Jefferson for President and Burr for Vice President, but legally it was a tie. Fortunately, our Constitution provided for such an occurrence or we might have had chaos and revolution as has been the case in many other countries. According to our law, however, if a tie occurs between the two top vote-getters, then the House of Representatives decides. Here it seemed Burr had a chance to be President. Many of his closest friends were in the House, and many Federalists who disliked Jefferson and his ideas might be persuaded to vote for Burr.
This is where Hamilton stepped in. Although he had quarreled a great deal with Jefferson over ideals, he thought that Jefferson was a great American and would make a much better President than would Burr. Hamilton hurried to Washington and used all his influence to get the Federalist members of the House to vote for Jefferson. Hamilton was successful. By a narrow majority Burr was defeated and
A.Washington,D.C.
B.New York
C.New Jersey
D.Pennsylvania
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Most shoplifters (商店扒手) agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as "hoisting".
But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.
As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.
Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using as evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar equipment.
When the balls, called sputniks, first make an appearance in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters. Their somewhat ridiculous appearances, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.
It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag.
"As she turned to go," Chadwick recalled, "she suddenly looked up at the 'sputnik' and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her."
"For a moment she paused, but then she returned to counter and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store."
January is a good month for shoplifters because ________.
A.they don't need to wait for staff to serve them
B.they don't need any previous experience as thieves
C.there are so many people in the store
D.January sales offer wonderful opportunities for them
Gun Rights in the US
Immediately after the shooting at Virginia Tech University, Americans gathered to mourn the dead. The president and the state governor both hurried there to share the(51). But the majority of Americans still cling to their right to(52)weapons.
Strictly speaking, the US is not the only country(53)gun violence has destroyed lives, families and communities in everyday circumstance. But the US is one of the(54)countries that seems unwilling and politically incapable of doing anything serious to stop it.
In countries like Britain and Canada, the government adopted stricter(55)control soon after serious gun violence incidents. US leaders, however, are held(56)by the gun lobby and the electoral system.
The powerful National Rifle Association, the major supporter of gun(57)in the US, is too strong for any party to take on. Most Republicans oppose gun controls anyway.(58)the years, the Democrats have found that they can either campaign for gun control or win power, not(59); they prefer power.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, firearm incidents accounted(60)nine percent of the 4.7 million violent crimes in 2005. So, although opinion polls show most Americans want stricter gun laws, many don't want to give up their arms they(61)to protect themselves.
Dave Hancock, a Virginia gun lover, is one example. In an interview he said. "If one professor in Virginia incident had been carrying a legal weapon they might have been able to(62)all this." In his opinion, the massacre is an argument for more people to carry weapons, not fewer.
But at the root of Americans' clinging to the right to bear arms is not just a fear of crime, but a mistrust of(63), commented UK's Guardian newspaper.
One Virginia resident, who had a permit to carry a concealed firearm, told the Guardian that it was(64)American's responsibility to have a gun.
"Each person," he said, "should not rely solely(65)the government for protection."
A.ceremony
B.funeral
C.tears
D.grief
Gun Rights in the US
Immediately after the shooting at Virginia Tech University, Americans gathered to mourn (致哀) the dead. The president and the state governor both hurried there to share the (51) ______ . But the majority of Americans still cling to their right to (52)______ weapons.
Strictly speaking, the US is not the only country (53)______ gun violence has destroyed lives, families and communities in everyday circumstance. But the US is one of the (54)______ countries that seem unwilling and politically incapable of doing anything serious to stop it.
In countries like Britain and Canada, the government adopted stricter (55)______ control soon after serious gun violence incidents. US leaders, however, are held (56)______ by the gun lobby (院外活动集团) and the electoral (选举) system.
The powerful National Rifle Association, the major supporter of gun (57)______ in the US, is too strong for any party to take on. Most Republicans oppose gun control anyway. (58)______ the years, the Democrats have found that they can either campaign for gun control or win power, not (59)______ ;they prefer power.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, firearm (火器) incidents accounted (60)______ nine percent of the 4.7 million violent crimes in 2005. So, although opinion polls show most Americans want stricter gun laws, many don't want to give up their arms they (61)______ to protect themselves.
Dave Hancock, a Virginia gun lover, is one example. In an interview he said, "If one professor in the Virginia incident had been carrying a legal weapon, they might have been able to (62)______ ai1 this." In his opinion, the massacre (大屠杀) is an argument for more people to carry weapons, not fewer.
But at the root of Americans' clinging to the right to bear arms is not just a fear of crime, but a mistrust of (63)______ ,commented UK's Guardian newspaper.
One Virginia resident, who had a permit to carry a concealed (隐藏的) firearm, told the Guardian that it was (64)______ American's responsibility to have a gun.
"Each person," he said, "should not rely solely (65)______ the government for protection."
(51)
A. ceremony
B. funeral
C. grief
D. tears
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