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Every day, the news of the world is 21 to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers, over 400 million radio sets, and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is shown by motion pictures, in theatres and 22 all over the world. As more people learn what the important events of the day are, fewer are still concerned 23 with the events of their own household. As the English writer John Donne put it, nearly four hundred years ago, \an island.\today than it was when Donne lived. In short, wherever he lives, a man belongs to some society; and we are becoming more and more 25 that whatever happens in one 26 society affects, somehow, the life and destiny of all humanity. Electronics and automation have made it possible to produce pictures and text far more quickly than before. Photographic reproduction 27 the need for type and printing presses. And fewer specialists, such as type-setters, are needed to produce a paper or magazine by the photo-offset method. Therefore, the publishing of newspapers and magazines becomes more 28 . Furthermore, photo-copies can be sent over great 29 now by means of television channels and 30 such as Telstar. Thus, pictures can be brought to the public more quickly than previously. A) TV stations E) appropriate I) exclusively M) eliminates

B) aware F) satellites J) special N) economic

C) distances G) economical K) increases O) particular

D) familiar H) cinemas L) relayed

21. ______________________ 正确答案：L 学生答案：L 得分：1分

22. ______________________ 正确答案：H 学生答案：H 得分：1分

23. ______________________ 正确答案：I 学生答案：I 得分：1分

24. ______________________ 正确答案：E 学生答案：E 得分：1分

25. ______________________ 正确答案：B 学生答案：B 得分：1分

26. ______________________ 正确答案：O 学生答案：O 得分：1分

27. ______________________ 正确答案：M 学生答案：M 得分：1分

28. ______________________ 正确答案：G 学生答案：G 得分：1分

29. ______________________ 正确答案：C 学生答案：C 得分：1分

30. ______________________ 正确答案：F 学生答案：F 得分：1分

Section B

Directions: There are several 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.

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Passage One

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in. But

in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks' sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers' fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise (特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu. The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.

Today McDonald's is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonald's had over $ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.

31. This passage mainly talks about ______.

A) the development of fast food services

B) how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business C) the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald D) Ray Kroc's business talent 正确答案：B 学生答案：B 得分：2分

32. Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses EXCEPT ______.

A) a drive-in

B) a theater C) a cinema

D) a barbecue restaurant 正确答案：C 学生答案：C 得分：2分

33. We may infer from this passage that ______.

A) Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc

B) The location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their

drive-in

C) Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants D) Ray Kroc was a good businessman 正确答案：D 学生答案：D 得分：2分

34. The passage suggests that ______.

A) creativity is an important element of business success

B) Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers

C) Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc D) California is the best place to go into business 正确答案：A 学生答案：A 得分：2分

35. As used in the third paragraph, the underlined word \

A) special

B) financial C) attractive D) usual 正确答案：A 学生答案：C 得分：0分

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Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Americans today don't place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education — not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren't difficult to find.

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intellectual,\latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of

anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.

But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy. Continuing along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, \less civil society.\

\Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, a Pulitzer Prize winning book on the

roots of anti-intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education. From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism. Practicality, common sense, and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything you could learn from a book.

Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children: \college recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.\Huckleberry Finn exemplified American anti-intellectualism. Its hero avoids being civilized — going to school and learning to read — so he can preserve his innate goodness.

36. What do American parents expect their children to acquire in school?

A) The habit of thinking independently.

B) Profound knowledge of the world. C) Practical abilities for future careers. D) The confidence in intellectual pursuits. 正确答案：C 学生答案：C 得分：2分

37. We can learn from the passage that Americans have a history of ______.

A) undervaluing intellect

B) favoring intellectualism C) supporting school reform D) suppressing native intelligence 正确答案：A 学生答案：A 得分：2分

38. The views of Ravitch and Emerson on schooling are ______.

A) identical

B) similar C) complementary D) opposite 正确答案：D 学生答案：D 得分：2分

39. Emerson, according to the passage, is probably______.

A) a pioneer of education reform

B) an opponent of intellectualism C) a scholar in favor of intellect D) an advocate of regular schooling