（D）
Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless——there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and the two great wire services．No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge．There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for on one can any longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed．Good or bad, whatever the decision．America will accept the decision——and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes．The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood．Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself．
There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia or China．Only one other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote．This was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice．Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler．Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts．Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning．But for these hours history stops．
76．Between ten p．m．and midnight, the United States has no leader because________．
A．the President has resigned
B．the strike for power has ended
C．the polls have closed and the results are not in
D．there has been a revolution
77．“The great strike for America’s power” in paragraph 1 refers to_________．
A．the strike of the mass media    B．the great coal strike
C．striking while the iron is hot   D．the election campaign
78．According to the author only one other major modern nation ever tried to elect its leader by mass, free, popular vote．That nation was___________．
A．India B．Germany  C．Russia      D．England
79．The author believes the decision at the polls will     ．
A．lead to anarchy B．result in men being cut down
C．cause violence and blood D．be defended by all Americans

Are Baiji Dolphin Extinct?

       Does the Yangtze River still have baiji the graceful, grey dolphin with tiny eyes and a long narrow beak?

    Since November 6, a team of scientists from China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Japan have been searching for any sign of the freshwater dolphin on the middle and lower sections of the river．After six weeks, they came back empty-handed．

    Wang Ding, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is the head of the team, said．he has seen a sharp decline in the baiji population over the past few decades． However, he is still unwilling to call the species extinct, and adds, "We will try every effort to save them as long as they are not found to be extinct．"

    The baiji is shy and nearly blind and is, one of the world's oldest．'dolphin species． It dates back some 20 million years and is found only in the Yangtze．It's listed as one of the  12 most endangered animal species in the world．

       Around 400 baiji were believed to be living in the Yangtze until the 1980s．A 1997 survey spotted 13．Two years later their numbers were down to two．

    The rapid disappearance of this dolphin over the past two decades coincided with（与……同时）the rapid expansion of economic development along the river． Research on some dead baiji collected in recent years showed that more than 90 percent of the deaths were caused by human activities．

   One reason is that over-fishing has cut the dolphin's food sources．Dams built along the river and neighboring waterways have also kept them from swimming into and out of their habitats． Meanwhile, waste discharge（排放） has seriously polluted the river． And heavy river traffic has greatly reduced their living space．

    The disappearance of the baiji would be the first instance of a large aquatic mammal（水生哺乳动物）being driven to extinction since hunting killed off the monk seal（僧海豹）around                                                                      1952．

56．Bajji dolphin used to live in        of the Yangtze River.

       A．upper sections                                         B．middle sections

       C．lower sections                                         D．middle and lower sections

57．The first paragraph shows writer's          .

       A．love of baiji                                                B．eagerness to write the passage

       C．anger for not having a baiji                           D． dissatisfaction with our government

58．Which of the following countries didn't join the action to search for baiji?

       A．England．               B．America．           C．Japan．             D．India

59． How many baiji dolphins were left by the end of last century?

       A．400                        B．13                 C．Atmost2              D．2

60．Which of the following reasons doesn't lead to the rapid disappearance of baiji dolphins? 

     A． Over-fishing．                                         B． Heavy Road Traffic．                 

       C． Dams built along the river．                      D． Waste discharge．

Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless——there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and the two great wire services．No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge．There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for on one can any longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed．Good or bad, whatever the decision．America will accept the decision——and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes．The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood．Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself．

There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia or China．Only one other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote．This was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice．Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler．Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts．Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning．But for these hours history stops．

1．Between ten p．m．and midnight, the United States has no leader because      ．

       A．the President has resigned

       B．the strike for power has ended

       C．the polls have closed and the results are not in

       D．there has been a revolution

2．“The great strike for America’s power” in paragraph 1 refers to      ．

       A．the strike of the mass media                  B．the great coal strike

       C．striking while the iron is hot                  D．the election campaign

3．According to the author only one other major modern nation ever tried to elect its leader by mass, free, popular vote．That nation was      ．

       A．India                   B．Germany             C．Russia                 D．England

4．The author believes the decision at the polls will      ．

       A．lead to anarchy                                    B．result in men being cut down

       C．cause violence and blood                      D．be defended by all Americans

（D）

Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless——there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and the two great wire services．No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge．There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for on one can any longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed．Good or bad, whatever the decision．America will accept the decision——and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes．The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood．Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself．

There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia or China．Only one other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote．This was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice．Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler．Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts．Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning．But for these hours history stops．

76．Between ten p．m．and midnight, the United States has no leader because________．

       A．the President has resigned

       B．the strike for power has ended

       C．the polls have closed and the results are not in

       D．there has been a revolution

77．“The great strike for America’s power” in paragraph 1 refers to_________．

       A．the strike of the mass media    B．the great coal strike

       C．striking while the iron is hot   D．the election campaign

78．According to the author only one other major modern nation ever tried to elect its leader by mass, free, popular vote．That nation was___________．

       A．India B．Germany  C．Russia      D．England

79．The author believes the decision at the polls will      ．

       A．lead to anarchy B．result in men being cut down

       C．cause violence and blood D．be defended by all Americans