Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.1.A. The plays of the 1930s.B. The life of a writer.C. Death of a Salesman.D. The "common man".2.A. To speak on society and politics.B. To establish the American tradition.C. To win Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize.D. To cause trouble for a US senator.3.A. 1957.B. 1949.C. 1961.D. 1964.4.A. His short stories.B. His essays.C. His plays.D. His novels.5.A. Miller was known for being un-American.B. Miller once ran for Senator.C. Miller wrote the screenplay for The Misfits with his wife.D. Miller was a more productive playwright when he was younger. Questions 6 to 9 are based on the same passage or dialog.6.A. The twenty-third Olympic games.B. Los Angeles hosting the Olympics.C. Using computers before and during the twenty-thirdOlympics.D. A sophisticated computer.7.A. More than 40,000.B. 12,000.C. Approximately 103,000.D. 14,300.8.A. It trained American athletes.B. It helped keep the journalists informed of results.C. It kept track of schedules.D. It made the judges' decision final.9.A. It analyzed their performance.B. It suggested ways to improve.C. It identified weakness.D. It eliminated competition.Questions 10 to 14 are based on the same passage or dialog.10.A. A school for handicapped people.B. Physical or mental handicaps.C. The southern part of New Jersey.D. Ordinary schools for people.11.A. New methods of education aren't for everyone.B. Mental and physical challenges pose a problem.C. They cannot get along with other students.D. They wish to train and support themselves.12.A. Surrounding walls.B. Handicapped people.C. Normal relations.D. Apartments and houses.13.A. John R. Tullis is handicapped.B. Students at Bancroft make money.C. The outside world seems interesting to the handicapped.D. The Bancroft Community is completely open to the world.14.A. Cook meals.B. Buy their own furniture.C. Wash their clothing.D. Pay phone charges.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Today the outlook for those who are mentally ill has improvedgreatly. We have learned that although ita great deal of time, those with mental illnesses can behelped. The may be great. However,these youngsters can be taught to play auseful role in society.One of the newest to the problem ofthese patients is getting much attention. It is called the grouphomepatients, whether children or adults, to live in private homesunderwatch over them as they live.One reason for this approach is to humanize the residenceand upper middle-class residential areas are chosen for these group homes. The homes adapted the children to normal lifehave mistaken group homes as places where people withmental problems can be dropped off and left. This is a wrong way to look at them, however.news that many people with mental problems have receivedproper treatment there and they are improving day by day.Questions 11 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.There has been a movement to help children improve theirreading. President Clinton later joinsPresidents Ford, Carter and Bush at "the President's summit for America's future" today. The summit isat recruiting one million volunteer tutors to provide after school, weekend and summer reading help for up to three million children. Mr. Clinton will ask Congress thiscoming week for nearly three dollars to fund a five-year program called "America Reads".The program would fund the of theefforts of 20 thousand reading specialists. Besides, it wouldalso give to help children read by thethird grade, or about age eight. During his Saturday radiois important. "We need 'America Reads' and we need it now. Itis highly necessary to the education of American youth. This fact is supported by research. Studiesshow that if the fourth-graders fail to read well,percent of them still can't read at a basic level."Volunteer tutors,programs, initiated (发起) by President Clinton, have beencriticized by Congress. Some say that the programs would be too expensive.The President says many of the Philadelphia summit'scorporate sponsors will recruit tutors.Part 3 Fill in the Blanks (with the initialletters provided)(每小题：0.5 分)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentenceswith the help of the first letter(s). Use only ONE word tofill in each blank.1.Hundreds of workers satwaiting for the assembly line to start again.(Suggested first letter(s): i )2.They closed a few plants and decided to use thefilters.(Suggested first letter(s): i )3.The price of a gallon of gas fell more than five centsnationwide over the past two weeks asprices stayed low.(Suggested first letter(s): cr )4.Everyone laughed, and the captainthe back and called me a good fellow.(Suggested first letter(s): cl )5.Iraq may also want to warn its neighboring countries not tosupport those people whoBaghdad's rule.(Suggested first letter(s): rev )6.The less that government gets involved, the more small(Suggested first letter(s): thr )(Suggested first letter(s): thr )7.In this way, if anythingthe Americans could claim they were not supplying weapons to the country directly.(Suggested first letter(s): le )8.prize after winning the big game.(Suggested first letter(s): ch )9.Industry is changing from being labor-intensive to being(Suggested first letter(s): int )10.The escaped murderer was awould stop at nothing to avoid capture.(Suggested first letter(s): des )Part 4 Fill in the Blanks (with the rightpreposition or adverb)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with an appropriate preposition or adverb. Fill in eachblank with only ONE word.1.These advanced countries have already taken somemeasures to help their neighboring countries stuck2.When you signthe clauses for giving notice.3.He claims that his organization is a nonprofit one and hemoney.4.Mel may have got involvedbut it got a lot of people's support in the business.5.This is certainly true, but this explanation can hardly accountnow.1.The most important thing for the government is to buildmore power plants. (priority)Replacement:2.Many of the scientist's findings in the tests simply cannotbe explained. (account)Replacement:3.Sally set off looking for the twins half an hour ago—wherecan they all have got to? (search)Replacement:4. A business can not make steady progress without goodmanagement. (thrive)Replacement:5.You can always ask me for help. (turn)Replacement:6.They suddenly changed from rags to riches. (leap)Replacement:7.If you can't get a stain out of your clothes, rubbing salt inworks wonders. (magic)Replacement:8.The nation showered honors on the general after hisfamous victory. (load)Replacement:1.Our hopes ________ and fell in the same instant.A. aroseB. raisedC. roseD. aroused2. A season ticket _______the holder to make as many journeysas he wishes within the stated period of time.B. grantsC. presentsD. promises3.Only a selected number of landladies in the neighborhoodhave been allowed by the university to take in ________.A. residentsB. lodgersC. settlersD. inhabitants4.He is watching TV? He's _______ to be cleaning his room.A. knownB. supposedC. regardedD. considered5.I have already commented that colours will not show upunless the ________ of the light is sufficiently great.B. densityC. intentionD. temperature6.It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are__________ free medical care.A. involvedB. associated withC. entitled toD. assigned to7.Jack will ________ his nervousness once he's in front of thecamera.A. get awayB. get offC. get throughD. get over8.Regardless ________ his appearance, he is innocent.A. toB. inC. ofD. for9.My hometown has changed a lot. It doesn't look like________.A. the one of ten years agoB. the one of ten yearsC. one ten years agoD. one from ten years10.He didn't take the flat because he couldn't afford the_________.A. fareB. hireC. rentD. salaryQuestions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.Lured by fame and fortune, Howard Hughes became the richest man in the world. Born in Houston, Texas in 1905,Hughes' life was 1.moviemaker, a pilot of an airliner, an inventor of ladies'underwear (内衣) and the head of a company that 2.In 1924, he moved to Hollywood to 3.dream of making movies. It was in Hollywood, 4.Two Arabian Nights (1928) was a big hit, that he made a name for himself in film. It won two academy 5.Hell's Angels (1930), was themost expensive movie of 6.million at the theaters.In 1932, Hughes formed the Hughes Aircraft Company, whichmade many 7.After 8.Miami, Hughes built the world's most advanced aircraft. Hethen 9.in the 10.In 1935, he 11.the plane to 352 mph. As World War II 12.his full attention 13.14.government, he had some troubles. He failed to 15.16.contracts.Hughes was just 17.public grace as he was for his exploits on the big screen and inthe air. After time, he realized the 18.being in the spotlight. He then became a mysterious 19.the public's 20.Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passage.I receive public assistance. I have to go to the welfare officeabout once a month to 21.getting money. People at the welfare office must hear a good reason for why I am not working before they give me 22.get a job, but it is hard to find one with a 23.24.impossible. The whole system is 25.caseworkers are 26.27.28.The 29.This is because you can't tell them the 30.misunderstand and 31.in the 32.tax dollars to help big businesses. He would opt for 33.34.have skilled workers. The kind of jobs they find us are 35.person 36.am a single-parent. I can't 37.I can say 38.However, I just don't think that I have been given the same 39.work at an assembly job my whole life. We wish that we canbe free to develop our talents without 40.need.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.The Peace CorpsThe Peace Corps is an independent federal agency of the United States designed to promote mutual understanding between Americans and the outside world. The Peace Corps was established by executive order in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and approved by Congress as a permanent agency within the State Department later that year. The program came about during the Cold War and was designed to oppose the Soviet challenge to Western influence in the widely open Third World area of superpower competition. More than 180,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since its beginning.Purpose & functionThe program officially has three goals. The first is to help the people of interested countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained workers. The second is to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. And the third is to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.The Peace Corps works by first announcing its availability to foreign governments. These governments then determine areas in whichthe organization can be involved. The organization then matches the requested assignments to its pool of applicants and sends those volunteers with the appropriate skills to the countries that first made the requests.Background & historySince the end of the Second World War, various members of the United States Congress had proposed bills to establish volunteer organizations in the Third World. In 1952 Senator Brien McMahon proposed an "army" of young Americans to act as "bringers of democracy". Privately funded non-religious organizations had been sending volunteers overseas since the 1950s.John F. Kennedy first announced his own idea for such an organization during the 1960 presidential campaign at a late-night speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on October 14. During a later speech in San Francisco, California on November 1, he named this proposed organization the "Peace Corps". Critics of the program (including Kennedy's opponent, and future United States president, Richard M. Nixon) claimed the program would be nothing but a place for young people to hide from military service. Others doubted whether college-aged volunteers had the necessary skills. The idea was popular among most college students, however, and Kennedy continued to pursue it, asking respected academics such as Max Millikan and Chester Bowles to help him outline the organization and its goals. During his opening address as president, Kennedy again promised to create the program.Established & approvedOn March 1, 1961, Kennedy signed an Executive Order which officially started the Peace Corps. Concerned with the growing tide of revolutionary feelings in the Third World, Kennedy saw the Peace Corps as a means of countering the notions of the "Ugly American", especially in the emerging nations of postcolonial Africa and Asia.On March 4, Kennedy appointed Sargent Shriver to be the program's first director. Shriver was tasked with fleshing out the organization, which he did with the help of Warren W. Wiggins and others. Shriver and his think tank outlined the three major goals of the Peace Corps and decided the number of volunteers they needed to recruit. The program began recruiting volunteers thatfollowing July.Until about 1967, applicants to the Peace Corps had to pass a placement test that tested "general knowledge" (knowledge of various skills needed for various Peace Corps assignments) and language ability. After an address from Kennedy, who was introduced by Rev. Russell Fuller of Memorial Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, on August 28, 1961, the first group of volunteers left for Ghana and Tanzania. The program was formally approved by Congress on September 22, 1961 and within two years over 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers were serving in 44 countries. This number would jump to 15,000 in June of 1966, the largest number in the organization's history.Early troubles for the Peace CorpsThough the organization was begun with the noblest of intentions, it experienced a big controversy in its very first year of operation. On October 13, 1961, a postcard written by a volunteer named Marjorie Michelmore in Nigeria to her boyfriend in the US caused some problems. In it, she described Nigeria as "ugly and absolutely primitive in living conditions". This postcard, however, never made it out of the country. A student at the University College at Ibadan found it and made copies to distribute around campus. Nigerian students accused the volunteers of being spies of the US government. Soon the international press picked up the story and this led several people in the US administration to question the future of the program as a whole. Nigerian students protested the program, and the American volunteers hid themselves away and eventually began a hunger strike. After several days, the Nigerian students agreed to open a dialogue with the Americans.Independent statusIn July 1971, President Nixon brought the Peace Corps under the umbrella agency, ACTION. The Peace Corps would remain under ACTION until President Jimmy Carter declared it fully independent in a 1979 executive order. This independent status would be further secured when Congress passed legislation in 1981 to make the organization an independent federal agency.Programs branching outAt this time, the Peace Corps began branching out past its traditional concerns of education- and agriculture-related projects.In 1982, Director Loret Miller Ruppe began several newbusiness-related programs. For the first time, a large number of conservative and Republican volunteers joined the group of overseas volunteers, and the organization continued to reflect the evolving political and social conditions in the United States.Funding cuts during the early 1980s dropped the number of volunteers to 5,380, its lowest level since the organization's early years. Funding began to increase in 1985, and Congress passed an initiative to raise the number of volunteers to 10,000 by 1992.After the September 11, 2001 attacks alerted the nation to growing anti-US feelings in the Middle East, President George W. Bush pledged to double the size of the organization within five years as a part of the War on Terrorism. For 2004, Congress passed a budget increase at $325 million, $30 million above that of 2003 but $30 million below the President's request.Now, the Peace Corps is trying to double the number of volunteers it sends abroad by 2007. This is in accordance with Bush's request in 2002. According to Joseph Kennedy, "The American reputation has taken a hit in the last couple of years. The need for the Peace Corps couldn't be more urgent than it is right now, at this moment. The Peace Corps shows what is best in America, the generosity of spirit." The Peace Corps is trying to get more diverse volunteers of different ages. This is important so that the Peace Corps can look "more like America" (in the words of Vasquez, its director).1.When first designed, the purpose of the Peace Corps was to________________.A. promote President John F. Kennedy with his executivepowerB. promote the Cold War against Soviet challenges andinfluencesC. improve mutual understanding between the States and theoutside worldD. strengthen the US State Department with a permanentagency2.One of the Peace Corps' three official goals is to________________.A. get help from interested countriesB. announce its availabilityC. educate Americans about other peoplesD. make countries interested in America3.Richard M. Nixon opposed the Peace Corps, because hethought it would ________________.A. replace the need for a militaryB. allow people to escape military serviceC. not be popular among college studentsD. not attract volunteers with skills4.John F. Kennedy regarded the Peace Corps as a means of________________.A. creating revolutionary feelingsB. opposing the emerging nationsC. countering the notions of the "Ugly American"D. fighting against the Third World5.In the history of the Peace Corps, the number of its volunteersreached the highest point in ________________.A. 1961B. 1966C. 1967D. 19716.Nigerian students accused the Peace Corps volunteers ofbeing spies of the US government because________________.A. a volunteer wrote rude remarks about Nigeria in herpostcardB. the international press reported the poor living conditions inNigeriaC. the US administration questioned the future of the PeaceCorps in NigeriaD. American volunteers held a hunger strike at the UniversityCollege at Ibadan7.What types of projects did the Peace Corps traditionallyconcern? ________________A. Education- and agriculture-related projects.B. Business- and agriculture-related projects.C. Education- and business-related projects.D. Political and social conditions in the United States.8.The number of volunteers dropped to its lowest level in the9.President George W. Bush pledged to double the size of thePeace Corps after the September 11, 2001 attacks as a part10.According to Joseph Kennedy, the need for the Peace Corpsbecame especially urgent as the American reputation hadQuestions 11 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.The Life and Death of the "Grizzly Man"A Warning that Wasn't Followed"Within the last wild lands of North America lives an animal that inspires respect and fear around the world. It is the grizzly bear (灰熊). Grizzlies (灰熊) can sprint thirty-five plus miles an hour, smell fish at nine or more miles, and drag a thousand-pound animal up steep mountains. The grizzly bear is one of a very few remaining on earth that can kill a human in physical combat. It can remove a human head with a single hit, or cause serious harm to a person in rapid order. Within the last wilderness areas where they live, they are the undisputed king of all beasts. I know this all very well. My name is Timothy Treadwell, and I live with the wild grizzly."Timothy Treadwell (April 29, 1957-October 5, 2003), born Timothy Dexter, gave a warning here that we should all pay attention to. Animals, particularly the bears he knew well, can be deadly. As it turns out, Treadwell should've taken his own advice and respected the danger these animals present. He should've kept his distance from them. If he had, he might be with us today.Who was Timothy Treadwell?Treadwell was an environmentalist and bear enthusiast who lived among the Coastal brown bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska for approximately 13 seasons. At the end of his thirteenth season in the park in 2003, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard (age 37) were killed and partially eaten by a brown bear. The attack was notable because of the unusual lifestyle of the victims, and the survival of an audio recording of the attack. Treadwell's life, work, and death were the subject of the 2005 documentary film by Werner Herzog titled Grizzly Man.Life StoryBorn in Long Island, New York, much of what is known of Timothy Treadwell's life is documented by Treadwell himself. Treadwell characterized himself as an actor, recovering alcoholic, former drug user, and hero of the wild. According to his personal accounts, he became involved with drugs after failing to gain the role won by Woody Harrelson in the TV comedy Cheers. Treadwell claimed to his parents that he was second-choice for the role, but this has not been independently verified.Interest in bearsAfter several visits to Alaska in the early 1990's, Treadwell became interested in bears and, in the last 5 years of his life, documentedmany of his experiences and interactions with bears via home video. Treadwell attributed his recovery from drug use to his relationship with bears.By 2001, Treadwell became notable enough to receive extensive media attention both on television and in environmental circles. Through his videos, he became known for attempting to create personal relationships with the bears he worked with.As an activist, he actively communicated with the public, including traveling throughout the United States to educate school children about bears, and appearing on the Discovery Channel, Late Show with David Letterman, and Dateline NBC to discuss his experiences. He was also a co-author, with Jewel Palovak, of the book Among Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in Alaska, where he described his adventures in Alaska.Treadwell, along with his friends Jewel Palovak, and former American Gladiator Jonathan Byrne founded Grizzly People, a political organization devoted to protecting bears and preserving their wilderness home. Despite the organization's name, Treadwell did not associate with grizzly bears, a term properly applied only to brown bears that live farther inland.DeathIn October 2003, Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, visited Katmai National Park in Alaska. Treadwell, who never carried any means of defense against bear attacks, chose to set his campsite near a stream where bears commonly feed in the fall. Treadwell was in the park later in the year than usual, at a time when bears fight to gain as much fat as possible before winter, and limited food supplies cause them to be more aggressive than in other months. It has been noted that food was scarce that fall, and the bears were therefore more aggressive than usual.On October 6, 2003, Treadwell and Huguenard's bodies were discovered by the Kodiak air taxi pilot who arrived at their campsite to pick them up from their trip. A large elderly male bear (tagged Bear 141) protecting the campsite was killed by park police while they attempted to get the bodies. A second adolescent bear was killed a short time later after it charged the park police. It was later shown that the first animal had consumed parts of the couples' remains. This bear is not believed to be one of the bears Treadwellusually encountered, though this point is disputed.A video camera, with the lens cap in place, was recovered at the site. The video camera had been turned on at some point during the fatal attack, presumably by Huguenard, but the camera recorded only six minutes of audio before running out of tape. Treadwell's head, partial backbone, and left arm and hand still wearing his wrist watch were recovered at the scene. Huguenard's partial body was found nearby somewhat buried in dirt.Methods and CriticismTreadwell's methods were generally thought unsound by bear experts and public alike. He named many of the bears he encountered and often moved close enough to them that he could touch them and interact with them on a personal level.Many wildlife experts objected to his methods, believing that his attitude toward the bears was too brave, that he ignored well-known dangers of working with bears, and that he thought of them too much as people. Experts also believe that he endangered the animals by making them too comfortable with humans, thus increasing the likelihood of dangerous encounters in the future. His death by bear attack is seen by some as a natural conclusion of his methods of interacting with bears.His critics also note that while Treadwell believed that he was protecting bears, control experts have stated that incidents of illegal hunting in the area were low and did not affect the population level. However, according to the "Grizzly People" organization he founded, five bears were killed in the year after his death, while none had been killed while he was present in Katmai. This last point is disputed.Grizzly Man, the FilmIn 2005, director Werner Herzog released Grizzly Man, a documentary about Treadwell's work with wildlife in Alaska, which aired on the Discovery Channel and is frequently rerun. It includes some of the film that Treadwell took, and also interviews with people who knew him, and his appearance on David Letterman. Grizzly Man is generally considered to have a critical take on Treadwell, his methods and his character; many people say that Grizzly Man made Treadwell look mentally unbalanced. However, Herzog does praise Treadwell's films and pictures.11.There are not many animals that can, like the grizzly,________________.A. inspire respect and fearB. live in wilderness areasC. kill a human in physical combatD. sprint thirty-five plus miles an hour12.Why was the attack on Treadwell and Huguenard notable?________________A. They were partially eaten.B. They had an unusual lifestyle.C. They were filmed by Werner Herzog.D. They were attacked by a brown bear.13.What did Treadwell characterize himself as in his personalaccounts? ________________A. A TV actor in the comedy Cheers.B. A man from Long Island, New York.C. A grizzly bear.D. A hero of the wild.14.Treadwell attributed his recovery from drug use to________________.A. his relationship with bearsB. his experiences in the wild。
