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2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

Secti on I Use of En glish

Directions

Read the follow ing text. Choose the best word(s) for each nu mbered bla nk and

mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Many theories concerning the causes of juve nile deli nquency (crimes committed by

young people) focus either on the in dividual or on society as the major con tribut ing

in flue nee. Theories 1 on the in dividual suggest that childre n en gage in crim inal behavior 2 they

were not sufficie ntly pen alized for previous misdeeds or that they

have lear ned crim inal behavior through 3 with others. Theories focus ing on the

role of society suggest that children commit crimes in 4 to their failure to rise above their socioec ono

mic status, 5 as a reject ion of middle-class values.

Most theories of juve nile deli nquency have focused on childre n from disadva ntaged

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜新加坡下血本买断“霉霉”演唱会，得罪整个东南亚

美国流行音乐天后泰勒·斯威夫特（昵称“霉霉”）的全球“时代巡演演唱会”，近日在新加坡开演。霉霉在新加坡连唱6场，吸引多国数十万粉丝前去一睹偶像风采的同时，也引发了一场外交口水战。新加坡是霉霉此次巡演的唯一一个东南亚国家，泰国、菲律宾等东南亚邻国均质疑新加坡支付重金补贴，以此“垄断”霉霉演唱会的独办权。这场争端迫使包括总理在内的新加坡政府官员出面回应。霉霉的演唱会究竟引发了何种外交角力？“演唱会经济”兴起的背后，又是怎样的时代情绪？

Singapore Has Taylor Swift to Itself This Week, and the Neighbors Are Complaining

by Mike Ives, Muktita Suhartono and Camille Elemia

Taylor Swift has descended on Southeast Asia, or one small part of it at least: All of her six

sold-out shows are in Singapore, the region's wealthiest nation.

The Singapore leg of Ms. Swift’s wildly popular Eras Tour, which began last weekend and

ends on Saturday, is a soft power coup and a boost for the country’s post-pandemic economic

recovery.

The shows — and the undisclosed price that Singapore paid to host them — have also

(Chapter 4)

(The Path of Least Resistance)

A Lesson from the Ghetto

Recently I was traveling from New York’s La Guardia Airport to

Manhattan. My cabdriver chose to avoid the congested traffic on the East River Drive.

His route brought me through my old neighborhood in East Harlem.

I had moved there after getting a master’s degree from the Boston

Conservatory of Music. What a contrast that was, cultural Boston and “ culturally

deprived” East Harlem. For a musician just if for the New York music scene, East

110th Street between Second and Third Avenue was just the right price in those days.

Most of us have a talent for selective memory. We remember the past as

containing many more good experiences than bad ones. (My grandmother had it just

the other way around.) And so, as I studied my old turf, I was flooded with wonderful

练案[34]选择性必修第四册 UNIT 3 SEA EXPLORATION

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(2024·河北省衡水中学月考)

British sculptor Jason Taylor has made it his mission to use his talent to

conserve our ecosystems by creating underwater museums.Over the years, the

environmentalist has put over 850 massive artworks underwater worldwide.On February

1,2024, Taylor launched his latest work The Underwater Museum of Cannes.

“The main goal was to bring attention to the fact that our oceans need our

help，”Taylor told Dezeen, an architecture and design magazine.“Ocean ecology has

been destroyed by human activity in the Mediterranean over the past few decades,

and it is not obvious what is taking place when observing the sea from afar.”

The Underwater Museum of Cannes contains 6 sculptures featuring local residents

of various ages.They range from Maurice, an 80-year-old fisherman, to Anouk，a