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1、英美报刊选读IThere are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words marked a, b, c and d. choose one word that has the same meaning as the underlined word. (20%)1. But often immigration is merely a symptom of a wider problem, not the cause.a. sign b. sigh c. sequence d. shr

2、ub2. Blame the rising cost to taxpayers on welfare policy and federal mandates, not on immigrants. a. courts b. commands c. margins d. mentors 3. Because policemen were other blatantly racist, mass searches, curfews and other tactics that enhanced police power likely to hurt blacks.a. virtually b. g

3、radually c. obviously d. rationally4. He argues that the organizations fierce defense of right has now become anachronistic. a. insensible b. insecure c. internal d. intense5. We may tolerate young artists who forsake “real” work, because we think theres a chance, however slight, that she might make

4、 it big. a. accept b. quit c. take d. quiz6. But heaven forbid that a clerk at the local tax office or the post office not be courteous and fast. a. perverse b. painful c. perfect d. polite7. Of course, any good heart-health program prescribes plenty of physical exercise. a. admits b. advises c. all

5、ows d. allots8. Appointments as frequent as every two months, at minimum, are crucial at the beginning of a program, because people are more likely to stick with a regimen if they see evidence that key numbers are improving. a. diligent b. defensive c. decisive d. deliberate9. Under the terms of Mr.

6、 Clintons bill, welfare ceased to be a federal entitlement, recipients of welfare would have to work for it. a. engagement b. behavior c. embankment d. right10. Moreover, for all Mr.Segals glad tidings, others tell a less happy story of widening income disparities and families trapped in poverty eve

7、n when they are in work. a. inequalities b. indifferences c. dissidences d. dispensaries11. He was sentenced to two life terms in prison plus 20 years on each aggravated assault charge, all to run consecutively. a. altar b. affiliate c. attack d. anecdote12. The killers were easily able to acquire h

8、igh-powered guns and, in many cases, their parents helped the children get them, either directly or through negligence. a. sadness b. carelessness c. diligence d. intelligence13. The parents agonized over the boys gun obsession, finally giving in and buying him a weapon.a. abused b. scolded c. worri

9、ed d . annoyed14. And it is pressing Congress to make distance-learning institutions eligible for students financial aid. a. simple b. capable c. agreeable d. suitable15. Designers are still ironing kinks out of its Smart Catalog, a powerful electronic “nerve center” through which students will be a

10、ble to browse, search for and compare courses. a. steer b. skim c. select d. scribble16. Thats a once unfathomable opportunity, says Sam Smith, a WGU board member and president of Washington State University, which will offer courses through WGU. a. unusual b. incompatible c. incomprehensible d. inh

11、ospitable17. As question about the effectiveness of mass marketing have grown, advertising has been assailed by other doubts. a. acquired b. attacked c. inquired d. criticized18. Yet the future of mass-market advertising on network television is more uncertain that at any time in its history as adve

12、rtisers mull the implications of changes in viewing habits and the soaring cost of television airtime. a. argue b. confront c. consider d. confirm19. But let a corner car-window washer become a bit too aggressive and we are ready to call in the cops. a. angry b. hospitable c. quarrelsome d. courteou

13、s20. Now, however, the public tolerance of flag-burners shows that free speech is not in jeopardy.a. discussion b. argument c. difficulties d. dangerII. Paraphrase the following sentences in English. (20%)1. The argument cuts right across party lines. (2%)2. Americans, it seems, are prepared to cont

14、emplate the possibility that rights can be wrong in some cases. (3%)3. But even artists, whatever stage of starvation, are held in higher esteem. (3%)4. Eating soy and plants for life makes this type of diet acceptable only to a very narrow sector. (3%)5. Welfare was an income-production system; now

15、 its a work-preparation system. (3%)6. But schools, strapped for mental health counselors, are less likely to pick up on such behavior. (3%)7. Many of the other objections to immigration also have a familiar ring. (3%)III. Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese. (20%) Its difficult to get m

16、ainstream physicians to outright back supplements to a healthy-heart diet1, but most doctors agree that 400 milligrams of vitamin E daily is likely to protect the heart. Also, faxseed oil and fish oil can provide protective Omegn-3 fatty acids, especially for people who dont like fish. As for the mu

17、ch-promoted garlic recent studies show it has little effect in lowering LDL cholesterol. “There are many cultural forces predisposing kids to violent behavior,” said the Reverend Chris Perry, a youth minister for Mitchell Johnson at Central Baptist Church, who has talked to the boy three times since

18、 the shootings. “There is a profound cultural influence, like gravity, pulling kids into a world where violence is a perfectly normal way to handle our emotions.”2“A lot of times you hear that students are begging for this kind of thing,” says Kate Finger, 20, who is majoring in science, technology

19、and society at Pomona College, Claremont, Calif. “Thats not necessarily the overwhelming student view. Education requires a certain emotional engagement and I dont think you can get that from the Internet.”3But others are not quite so ready to write off mass-market advertising. Martin Sorrell, WPPs

20、chief executive, says: “Television still remains the preserve of those people who want to reach the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time.4 If you or I wanted to launch a packaged product today, we wouldnt use the web. Wed use network television.” Most of those killings were in urb

21、an schools, and prompted a federal law banning guns from schools, security measures like metal detectors and efforts to control the influence of gangs.51.2.3.4.5.IV. Sum up the main ideas of the following passage. (20%)A. Title: B. Paragraphs:For most of the past 50 years NATO has looked like the so

22、rt of club countries are clamouring to join. The 12 nations which signed the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4th, 1949-the United States, Canada, and ten European powers-were joined by Greece and Turkey in 1952, by West Germany in 1955 and by Spain in1982. And on March 16th this year the first three

23、ex-communist countries to gain admission-Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic-saw their flags hoisted at NATOs Brussels headquarters. Such popularity attests to the clubs success. But remember that every new admission risks diluting NATOs most valuable assets2: the ability of its integrated milita

24、ry structure to defend any part of its members territory and to co-ordinate the use of force by many nations.Nine of the countries attending this weekends summit have already knocked on the door. They are Slovenia and Romania, which had hoped to join the first wave of enlargement; the three Baltic states, whose history makes them unusually impatient for a defense guarantee; Slovakia and Bulgaria, where newish pro-western governments are scrambling to catch up with reforms; and the weak, vulnerabl