单选题 As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for progressive magazine had discovered bow to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm(火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one.
"The Constitution," said the associationes spokesman, "gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesn't spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydmgen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect theraselves."
"Don't you think it's dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?"
"The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instrueting owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse(导火索) separately in a drawer."
"Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody."
The spokesman said, "Hydrogen bombs don't kill people--people kill people. The bomb is for selfpro-tection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuelear weapon in your house, they're going to think twice about breaking in."
"But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder(侵入者)."
"Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns./

单选题 According to the passage, some people started a national association so as to______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题于出现在第一段第二行，解题依据应该是“…they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop。．．”，A项正是这个内容，lobby against对应block，stop对应ban，owning对应possession。其他几项的意思分别是：B项“协调杀伤性武器的大批量制造”；C项“指导人们如何在家中安全放置炸弹”；D项“促进这种新发明武器的大规模销售”。

单选题 Some people oppose the ownership of H-bombs by individuals on the grounds that______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 在做此题时根据有二，第三段的“Don't you think it's dangerous to have one．．．”和第五段的“some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody．”从中不难看出 C项“人们的生命将受到威胁”应该是正确答案。D项“它们可能会落人罪犯之手”这是想当然所致。A， B两项也不符合文章意思。

单选题 By saying that the bomb also has a deterrent effect the spokesman means that it______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题干出现在第六段第二行，随后一句话就是发言人的解释，也就是答案所在。A项“将把任何可能的闯入者吓走”应该是合理的答案。该题简单。其他几项的意思分别是：B项“可以显示拥有者的特殊身份”；C项“将同样威胁氢弹拥有者的安全”；D项“可以用武力杀死闯入他宅的人”。

单选题 According to the passage, opponents of the private ownership of H-bombs are very much worried that

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 解答依据应该定位在文章最后一段。这一段的大意是“反对私人拥有氢弹的另一种论点是就目前而言，制作一枚氢弹价格昂贵，所以你们协会支持的实际上是这样一种方案：允许上层和中产阶级拥有一枚氢弹，而穷人因只能拥有手枪将变得毫无防卫能力。”据此，D项“核武器的成本将使公民处于不平等境地”是正确答案。

单选题 From the tone of the passage we know that the author is ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 此题有一定难度，也有些争议，主要是A，D两项。但笔者认为这是一篇新闻报道类文章，作者用大量篇幅引用了正反两方的观点，作者并没有明显表示自己的观点。之所以对该事件报道说明作者非常关注，故D项应该是更合理的答案。A项“对家庭为了安全拥有氢弹的必要性抱有怀疑”稍过了些。B项“对投票反对拥有氢弹的这些人感到不快”和C项“对私人拥有氢弹一事不是太当真”都可轻易否定。