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单选题 The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded, in agreement when he said, "High school English teachers are not doing their jobs." He described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how his grade 9 level had been established. My topic is not standards nor its decline. What the speaker was really {{U}}(26) {{/U}} is that he is no longer young; he has been {{U}}(27) {{/U}} for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult. My {{U}}(28) {{/U}} is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following {{U}}(29) {{/U}} is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons {{U}}(30) {{/U}} our dissatisfaction. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language {{U}}(31) {{/U}}. But since then, English teachers have been under constant {{U}}(32) {{/U}}. The complainers think they have hit upon an {{U}}(33) {{/U}} idea. As their own command of the language {{U}}(34) {{/U}}, they notice that young people do not have this same ability. {{U}}(35) {{/U}} that their own ability has developed through the years, they {{U}}(36) {{/U}} the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this {{U}}(37) {{/U}}. To the eyes and ears of {{U}}(38) {{/U}} adults the language of the young always seems {{U}}(39) {{/U}}. Since this concern about the {{U}}(40) {{/U}} and fall of the English language is not {{U}}(41) {{/U}} as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and {{U}}(42) {{/U}} to today's young people, it naturally {{U}}(43) {{/U}} that today's English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. {{U}}(44) {{/U}}, young people would not commit {{U}}(45) {{/U}} against the language.

单选题Questions 22～25 are based on the following dialogue.

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单选题{{I}} Questions 19-21 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read the questions 19-21.{{/I}}

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单选题Whatdoesthemanmean?A.It'shardtofindaroom.B.Healwayswalksaroundinthedormitory.C.It'shisturntocleanthedormitory.D.Hisdormitoryisquitesmall.

单选题{{I}} Questions 11-13 are based on the following monologue.{{/I}}

单选题Fifteen years ago, I entered The Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn't easy getting hired. I had to fight my way into a dime-a-word job. But once you were there, I found, you were in. Globe jobs were for life--guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there-moving from all ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security if I stuck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss's office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. "Matt, we have to have a talk. "I began awkwardly. "I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I'm forty. There's a lot I want to do in life. I'm resigning." "To another paper?" he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn't say anything, not trusting myself just then. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. That the Globe had taught me in a thousand ways. That we were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. "I'm glad for you," he said, quite out of my expectation. "I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can't," he went on. "I wish you all the luck in the world," he concluded. "And if it doesn't work out, remember, your star is always high here." Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody--even though I'd be risking all on all unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up. Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of The Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. "I'm resigning, Bill," I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn't looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, "Golly, I wish I were in your shoes./

单选题Mark Lilla: Young consumers often have not established their credit ratings. Many do not have steady incomes. They might have difficulty borrowing money from an agency in business to make loans. Parents or relatives are usually their best sources of loans. Of course, the parents or relatives would have to have money available and be willing to lend it. You might even get an interest-free loan. However, a parent or relative who lends should receive interest the same as any other lenders. Chris Roddy: For most consumers, the cheapest place to borrow money is in a commercial bank. Banks are a good source of installment loans, which may run for 12 months or up to 36. Most banks also make single payment loans to consumers for short periods of 60, or 90 days. A typical interest rate is 3 cents per $ 100 per day. Suppose that you used $ 100 of your credit and repaid it in 30 days. The cost would be 90 cents. Karen Barber: Another possible source of loans is a life insurance policy. Anyone who owns this type of insurance may borrow up to the amount of its cash value. The amount of the insurance company will pay in case of death is reduced by the amount of the loan. For example, suppose that someone with $ 10,000 of insurance borrows $2,000 and dies leaving the loan unpaid. The insurance company would pay only $ 8 ,000 to the person entitled to receive the money. Louise Richard: Borrowing from pawnbrokers is both easy and expensive. In exchange for a loan the borrower leaves some items of value such as jewelry, a camera, a musical instrument, or clothing. Usually the amount of money received is far less than the actual value of the item left. When a borrower repays the loan plus interest, the pawnbroker returns the item. If the loan is not paid within a year, the pawnbroker gets his or her money by selling the item. Jodie Morse: When money is urgently needed, people may agree to pay any price for a loan. If too late, they may find themselves in the clutches of loan sharks. A loan shark is an unlicensed lender because their rates are higher than the law allows, sometimes 1 ,000 percent or more a year. Borrowers are hardly ever able to repay their loans. It is all they can do to pay the interest. Borrowers who fail to pay the interest on time have been threatened with injury. Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. Statements [A] A person can borrow as much as his life insurance''s cash value. [B] The lender gets huge profits. [C] The borrowers may not take as long as they want to repay their loans. [D] If the loan is not paid in a year, the item belongs to the lender. [E] Borrowing from their parents or relatives is the easiest or the best loan source for the young consumers. [F] The consumers without good credit can borrow money from their parents or relatives. [G] The interest rate of the commercial bank is the lowest. For example , the cost would be 360 cents if you borrowed $ 200 and repaid it in 60 days.

单选题Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text about some parents' attitudes toward commercials?

单选题What were Molly's feelings as they walked home?

单选题Americans are getting ready for the biggest soccer event in the world. For the first time the World Cup soccer competition will be held in the United States. While millions play the game around the world, soccer, or football has only recently become popular here. It is only in the last 30 years that large numbers of young Americans became interested in soccer, Now it is the fastest growing sport in the country. A recent study found that almost I8 million young boys and girls play soccer in the United States. The study also found that soccer is beginning to replace more traditional games like American football as the most popular sport among students. And so, when the World Cup begins next week, more than one million Americans are expected to go and see the teams' play. Organizers say this year' s World Cup will be the biggest ever. All the seats at most of the 52 games have already been sold. Soccer has been played in the United States for a little more than one hundred years. But how did the sport come to this country? And how long has it existed in other parts of the world? No one knows exactly where the idea for soccer came from, or when people began playing the game. Some scientists say there is evidence that ball games using the feet were played thousands of years ago. There is evidence that ancient Greeks and Romans and native American Indians all played games similar to soccer. Most experts agree that Britain is the birthplace of modern soccer. They also agree that the British spread the game around the world. Unlike the game today, which uses balls of man-made material or leather, early soccer balls were often made of animal stomachs. The rules of early soccer games also differed from those we have today.

单选题{{I}} Questions 11-14 are based on the following conversation. You now have 20 seconds to read the questions 11-14.{{/I}}