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1、2006 英语（一）SectionIUseofRead the following text. Choose the ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 pobest word(s) for each numbered and mark A, B, C or D The homeless make2006 英语（一）SectionIUseofRead the following text. Choose the ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 pobest word(s) for each numbered and mark A, B, C or D The homeless ma

2、ke up a growing percentage of Americas population. 1 , ess has reached t ernments sibly 2 . To help homeless people 3 independence, the ernment must support job training programs, 4 the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 6 anyw

3、here from 600,000 to 5million. 7 the figure may ysts do agree on another t the number of the homeless 8 One of the ernments studies end of this t the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by Finding ways to 10 this growing homeless population e increasingly difficult. 11 homeless indiv

4、iduals manage to find a t will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, good number still spend the bulk of each day 13 the street. Part of the problem t many homeless are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. not addi

5、cted or mentally ill, simply the skills needed to turn t the situation will improve only when there 18 Edward Zlotkowski, director lives 16 ton Globe reporter Chris Reidy are 17 t address the many needs of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, 19 it, “There has to needed is a packag

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7、 D DC B C ReadingPart Read the following16.A around 17.Acomplex 18.A So19.A 20.A B B B C on C D D D D DC B C ReadingPart 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 poIn spite of “endless talk of difference,”

8、 American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of characteristic of popular culture. People are o “a culture of consumption” launched by 19th-century department t offered “vast arrays of goods in

9、an mosphere. Instead shops catering to a knowledgeable elite” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class background. This turned o a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports other for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly o this common culture, which may not

10、 altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory t todays immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In immigrants were 9.8 percent of the population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, immigrants

11、 arrived for every 1,000 he 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, three of assimilationlanguage, home ownership The 1990 Census t “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common of origin spoke English well or very well after ten years of residence.” The children of immigr

12、ants tend to bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is he majority immigrant s.” Hence the description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996 foreign-immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, rate among

13、 native-born n the 69.8 Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates n do U.S.-born whites blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent Asian-American women are married to non-Rodriguez t children in remote villages around the wor

14、ld are fans of superstars like Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans t immigrants living he United remain somehow immune to the nations Are there divisive es and pockets of seething anger in . It is big enough to have a bit everything. But particularly when viewed against Are there di

15、visive es and pockets of seething anger in . It is big enough to have a bit everything. But particularly when viewed against Americas turbulent past, todays l hardly a dark and deteriorating l 21. The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means A B 22. According to the author, the

16、department stores of the 19th century A played a he spread of popular B imate shops for common satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable owed its emergence to the culture of 23. The text t immigrants he U.S. are resistant to exert a great influence on American are hardly a threat to the common constitu

17、te the majority of the 24. Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph To prove their popularity around the To reveal the publics fear of C To give les of sful D To show erful influence of American he authors opinion, the absorption of o American society is A B Stratford-on

18、-Avon, as we all know, has only one industryWilliam Shakespearethere are (RSC), distinctly separate and increasingly ranches. There is the Royal Shakespeare perb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who co

19、me, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Cottage, Shakespeares birthplace and the other The worthy residents of Stratford t the theatre nny totheir revenue. They ly the ors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. Its all deliciously ironic you t Shakespeare, who earns t

20、heir living, was himself an actor noise-beard) and did his share The tourist streams are not entirely separate.you t Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor noise-beard) and did his share The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by busand often take in

21、 Castle and Blenheim Palace on the sidedont 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 playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring them four or five nights) pouring cas

22、hget out of town by uch of the towns revenue because they spend the night (some o the s and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything The townsfolk dont see it this way and the local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor tradi

23、tionally. Nevertheless every own seems to adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own there, which you may be sure will decorated with be very mburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and Anyway, the townsfolk cant understand why the Royal Shakesp

24、eare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 per occupied all year long and this year theyll do better.) The reason, of course, t costs have rocketed ticket have stayed It would be a shame to raise too much becau

25、se it would drive away the young people who Stratfords tractive e. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look (though they come from all over)lean, ed, dedicated , wearing jeans and sandals, eating their and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatr

26、e to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 26. From two paragraphs, we t the townsfolk deny the RSCs contribution to the towns the actors of the RSC e Shakespeare on and off the two branches of the RSC are not on good the t

27、ownsfolk earn little from 27. It can be inferred from Paragraph t A the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the the playgoers spend more the sightseers do more n the n the D the playgoers go to no n the 28. By saying “Stratford cries poor traditionally” (Line 2, Paragraph 4), the author A Stratfo

28、rd cannot afford the st B Stratford has long been in l the town is not really short of the townsfolk used to be poorly 29. According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because A ticket can be raised to cover the B the company is lly ill-the behavior of the actors is not lly the theatre at

29、tendance is on the 30. From the text we can A ticket can be raised to cover the B the company is lly ill-the behavior of the actors is not lly the theatre attendance is on the 30. From the text we can t the author A pportive of both favors the townsfolks takes a detached is sympathetic to the When p

30、rehistoric man arrived in rts of the world, something strange happened to the large they suddenly became extinct. Smaller rvived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, were ted to extinction. Now something similar could be he t the seas are erfished has been known for years. ch as Ransom M

31、yers lf a century of data Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked fisheries around the world. Their methods do tempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather hat biomass over According

32、 to their latest r published inNature, the biomass of large predators t kill and eat animals) in a new fishery is reduced age by 80% within 15 years of the start of ion. In long-fished areas, s halved again since Dr. Worm t these figures are conservative. One reason for this t fishing has improved.

33、Todays s can find their prey using lites and sonar, which were not available 50 t means a roportion of what he sea is being caught, so the real difference n and past is likely to be n the one recorded by changes in catch he early days, too, would have been more saturated with fish. Some individuals

34、would therefore ve been caught, since baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish he he early days of longline fishing, a lot of fish were lost to sharks after they had been t is no longer a problem, because there are fewer sharks around Dr. Myers and Dr.

35、 Worm t their work gives a correct baseline, which future management must o account. They ve the data support an idea current among marine t of “shifting baseline”. The notion t people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened the ocean because they have been looking back only a

36、relatively short o the t matters theory t um sustainable t can be cropped from a fishery comes when the of species is about 50% of its original levels. Most fisheries are well t, which is a bad way do 31. The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to t A large animals were vulnerable to th

37、e changing B small rvived as large animals large sea animals may face the A large animals were vulnerable to the changing B small rvived as large animals large sea animals may face the same threat slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing 32. We can infer from Dr. Myers and Dr. Worms rt the stock of la

38、rge predators in some old fisheries has reduced by there are only half as many fisheries as there were 15 years the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20% of the original D the number of large predators dropped faster in new nhe 33. By saying “these figures are conservative” (Line 1, paragraph 3)

39、, Dr. Worm A fishing technology has improved t B then catch-sizes are actually n C the marine biomass ffered a greater D the ollected so far are out of 34. Dr. Myers and other researchers t A people should look for a t can work for a longer fisheries should keep their yields below 50% of the the oce

40、an biomass should be restored to its original people should adjust the fishing baseline to the changing 35. The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries management biomass catch-size technological Many things make people think artists are weird. But the weirdest may be this: artists o

41、nly job is to emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the t feel This wasnt always so. The ear st forms of art, like pa ing and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere from the 19th century onward, more artists began seeing happiness as meaningless, phony or, worst of all, b

42、oring, as we went from Wordsworthsdaffodils to Baudelaires flowers ofYou could t art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen so misery. But its not as if r times didnt know etual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. reason, in fact, may be just the ite: there is too

43、 much damn he world After all, what is the one modern form of almost y dedicated to cting Advertising. The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, l culture inAfter all, what is the one modern form of almost y dedicated to cting Advertising. The rise of

44、 anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, l culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an People in r eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication

45、 and literacy, the erful medium was the church, which reminded t their souls were in danger t they someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer Today the messages the average Westerner rrounded re not religious l, and happy. Fast-food eaters, news anc

46、hors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling. Our magazines beaming rities and happy s in perfect homes. And since these messages have an agendato lure to open our walletsthey make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. the arthritis drug rex, before we found out it could increase the r

47、isk of ded the ads But what we etwhat our economy depends on us ettingppiness is n without pain. The t bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and ment. surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art l us, as religion once did, Memento mori: t you will t everything ends,

48、ppiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. Its messageeven more naclove cigarette,yet, somehow,abreath offresh 36. By citing the les of poets nd Baudelaire, the ends to t A poetry is not as expressive of joy as ing or B art grows out of itive and negative C poets today are less skeptic

49、al of D artists have changed their focus 37. The word “bummer” (Line 5, paragraph 5) most probably means something D lhe authors opinion, advertising A he wake of the anti-happy B is a cause of ment for eral C replace the church as a major source of D creates an of happiness n happiness 39. We can l

50、earn from the last t the author ves A happiness more n not ends in B the anti-happy art is distasteful but C misery should be enjoyed n D the anti-happy art flourishes when economy 40. Which of the following is true of the A Religion once functioned as a reminder of B Art provides a balance n ion an

51、d People feel ed at the realities of modern Mass media are inclined toA Religion once functioned as a reminder of B Art provides a balance n ion and People feel ed at the realities of modern Mass media are inclined to cover disasters and Part he following article, some have been removed. For Questio

52、ns 41-45, choose the most one from the list A-G to o each of numbered gaps. There are two extra , which you do not need use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 s)On the north of the Ohio river sits Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino (a place where gambling games are pl

53、ayed). several years of hat casino, Williams, a e auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost $175,000. He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino ed to him, as good customer, a “Fun Ca

54、rd”, which when he casino earns s for meals and drinks, and enables casino to track the users gambling activities. For Williams, these e what he calls (41) . In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot wo arch 1997 he lost $72,186. sometimes played two slot machines ime, all night, until the boat docked at

55、5 a.m., then went back when the casino opened at 9 a.m. Now he ing the casino, t it should have refused his patronbecause it knew he was addicted. It did know he had a arch 1998 a friend of Williamss got him tarily confined to a treatment center for and wrote to inform the casino of Williamss gambli

56、ng problem. The casino included a photo of Williams those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a “cease s” letter. Noting the nature of problem gambling behavior, the letter t before being readmitted to the casino he would have present medical/psychological information demonstrating safety or well-b

57、eing.(42) t patronizing the casino e no threat to The Wall Street Journal t the casino has 24 signs warning: “Enjoy the fun. and always bet your head, not over it.” Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from na of Mental Health. Nevertheless, it t the casino, knowing he was “

58、helplessly addicted entionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will.” (43) The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and istical Manual of Mental Disorders says gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of in quest of a n of the thrill of taking (44)

59、. Pushed by science, or what claims to be ociety is reclassifying what once considered character flaws or moral failings (45) ality disorders o physical Forty-four es have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these es are to varying degrees onyou might say addicted torevenues from wagering. And s

60、ince ernet gambling site was in 1995, competition amblers Forty-four es have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these es are to varying degrees onyou might say addicted torevenues from wagering. And since ernet gambling site was in 1995, competition amblers dollars eense. The Oct. 28 e of k t m