单选题Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominent {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}, or by whom. But it began to be {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}in the early 1900s. Jazz is America's contribution to {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}music. In contrast to classical music, which {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}formal European traditions. Jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s, jazz {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}like America. And {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}it does today. The {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of this music are as interesting as the music {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}, American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today were the Jazz {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}. They were brought to the Southern states {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion, {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz.

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单选题 Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project. Sad to say,this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want. But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day's events. In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news. There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the "standard templates" of the newsroom seem alien to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle-size, cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area. Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same questions. Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they're less likely to go to church to do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community. Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite. The astonishing distrust of the news media isn't rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers. This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

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单选题 History books and Hollywood westerns have created stereotypes of both the Indians and their white{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}．{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}, Indians have been portrayed as ignorant, murdering{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}; the whites, on the other hand, have been{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}as brave adventurers, struggling to make homes in a new and hostile land. It is not surprising that{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}the years the Indians have developed a sense of personal and cultural{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}and the whites a sense of superiority. These feelings are{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}evident{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}the reservations. Government reservations have fostered a "paternalistic" attitude of whites toward Indians,{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}Indians have been encouraged to be dependent upon whites for food and survival. It should come as no surprise{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}Indians, after years of isolation and dependency on reservations, often{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}motivation and self-esteem. In an attempt to{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}from a life of poverty and unemployment, many Indians{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}to alcohol. Alcoholism is a major health problem on reservations and in some way{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}approximately 80 percent of the families. As one Sioux Indian explained, "When you've got no job, no money, and a house with a dirt roof, you've got good reason to want to get drunk." Despair has even harsher consequences. The suicide{{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}among Indian teenagers is four times the national average. Traditionally, Indian schools have tried to force children to forget their Indian language and{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}in favor of white customs and{{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}. As a result, many young people feel inferior to the{{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}white American and are ashamed of their Indian heritage.{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}, however, this deplorable situation has begun to change{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}the efforts of sensitive teachers and school administrators.

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单选题Sleek fighter jets roared and wheeled over the English countryside last week as the world's major aerospace contractors showed off their wares at the biennial Farnborough Air Show. But the real dogfight was on the ground, between two huge planes that so far exist only on paper. Europe's Airbus Industrie and America's Boeing Co. fired off repeated rounds of press releases, boasts and accusations trying to boost support for their rival versions of a new 550-passenger superjumbo jet to succeed Boeing's venerable 747 as the king of the skies. Though neither machine would fly before the next century, marketing and hype for Airbus' A3XX and Boeing's 747-600X are already at full throttle. Nonetheless, both investments are risky, and even the fruits of victory are unsure: for all the glamour and prestige of a superjumbo, the market may not be large enough for either planemaker to recoup the development costs. "Somebody could lose a lot of money on this plane," warns Allan Winn, editor of Flight International, a trade publication. Which doesn't mean there isn't profit to be made as well. While only 7% of new passenger planes sold over the next 20 years will be as big as or bigger than the current 416-seat 747-400, according to Boeing estimates, such aircraft will account for nearly a fifth of the $1.1 trillion spent on new equipment. For Airbus, the four-nation European consortium, the lure is especially strong. It desperately needs a big plane to match the 747, which for 26 years has been a lucrative Boeing monopoly. That do-or-die attitude helps explain Airbus' more daring entry in the superjumbo contest. The 555-passenger A3XX will be a two-deck, twin-aisle behemoth whose smaller upper section alone will be nearly as big as the entire passenger cabin of the A340, currently the largest plane in the Airbus fleet. A later version could be stretched to hold 650 passengers, and Airbus officials claim the plane will be roomy enough for airlines to add a conference room, a mini-gym or even a few sleeping compartments on the lower level if they wish. "We're starting from a clean sheet of paper," says John Leahy, Airbus' senior vice president for sales and marketing. Boeing's entry looks like a 747, only more so. The 548-passenger 747- 600X would keep the same fuselage width but extend it 14 meters, to 85 meters, nearly as long as a minimum-size soccer field. Boeing will team it with a longer-range 460-passenger version, the 747-500X, which will have a range of 16,100 km, 2,600 farther than the 747-400. The plane will feature a new, more efficient wing, and engineers will replace the 747's traditional mechanical controls with a computerized fly-by-wire system, pioneered in commercial aircraft by Airbus and used for the first time by Boeing in the hugely popular wide-bodied 777. Though it is entering the 21st century with an updated 1960s design, Boeing gains a key advantage: it can start delivering the 747-600X by the year 2000, at least three years before the A3XX will be ready. In recent months company salesmen have been pounding the tarmac in Europe, Asia and America, trying to nail down enough firm commitments from major airlines to justify a formal launch of the project. Boeing hopes that by beating its archrival into the air, it will garner enough orders to keep the A3XX, also as yet without a formal go-ahead, stranded on the runway.

单选题Nowadays, air travel is very 1 . We are not surprised when we watch on TV that a politician has talked with French President in Paris and attended a meeting in Beijing on the same day. 2 , if a person takes long-distance flying frequently, he can be so tired that he maybe feel his brain is in one country, his 3 in another. 4 , he 5 knows where he is. When we fly from east to west or 6 versa, the 7 we experience after taking a long-distance flying is 8 , because we cross time zones. According to doctors, air travelers, after crossing several time zones, are in no 9 to go to work, and they should go 10 to bed 11 arrival. As to airline pilots who often live 12 their own watches and ignore local time, there is no need for them to worry about their health although they sometimes have breakfast at midnight, because they are used to 13 and are 14 fit. Many businessmen like long-distance flights, thinking they are 15 to have been chosen and they are out for promotion. They are lucky if the company follows the doctor"s advice and allow them to rest for a day or two 16 working. However, sometimes the manager is so energetic that he believes everyone is 17 to be as fit as he is. Since he has never felt 8 after flying himself, the work he assigns is so 19 that the employee is too 20 to carry the work out satisfactorily. That is disastrous for the employee"s health and the company"s reputation.

单选题The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their ______.

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单选题WhatisTheNationalUndergroundRailroadFreedomCenter?A.Aconcerthall.B.Amuseum.C.Azoo.D.Athemepark.

单选题 {{I}} Questions 14--16 are based on the following dialogue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14--16.{{/I}}