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    Until the 1980s, the American homeless population comprised (组成) mainly older males. Today, homelessness strikes much younger part of society. In fact, a 25-city survey by the U. S. Conference of Mayors in 1987 found that families with children make up the fastest growing part of the homeless population. Many homeless children gather in inner cities; this transient(变化无常的) and frequently frightened student population creates additional problems — both legal and educational — for already overburdened（负担过重的）urban school administrators and teachers.
    Estimates of the number of homeless Americans range from 350,000 to three million. Likewise, estimates of the number of homeless school children vary radically. A U.S. Department of Education report, based on state estimates, states that there are 220,000 homeless school-age children, about a third of whom do not attend school on a regular basis, But the National Coalition for the Homeless estimates that there are at least two times as many homeless children, and that less than half of them attend school regularly.
    One part of the homeless population that is particularly difficult to count consists of the “throwaway” youths who have been cast of their homes. The Elementary School Center in New York City estimates that there are 1.5 million of them, many of whom are not counted as children because they do not stay in family shelters and tend to live by themselves on the streets.
    Federal law, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, includes a section that addresses the educational needs of homeless children. The educational provisions of the McKinney Act are based on the belief that all homeless children have the right to a free, appropriate education.

    1. 1.

      It is implied in the first paragraph that ____.

      1. A.
        the writer himself is homeless, even in his eighties
      2. B.
        many older homeless residents are going on strike in 25 cities
      3. C.
        there is a serious shortage of academic facilities (设施).
      4. D.
        homeless children are denied the opportunity of receiving free education
    2. 2.

      The National Coalition for the homeless believes that the number of homeless children is _____.

      1. A.
        350,000
      2. B.
        1,500,000
      3. C.
        440,000
      4. D.
        110,000
    3. 3.

       One part of the homeless population is difficult to estimate. The reason might well be ____.

      1. A.
        the homeless children are too young to be counted as children
      2. B.
        the homeless population is growing rapidly
      3. C.
        the homeless children usually stay outside school
      4. D.
        some homeless children are deserted by their families
    4. 4.

      The McKinney Act is mentioned in this passage in order to show that ___.

      1. A.
        the educational problems of homeless children are being recognized
      2. B.
        the estimates on homeless children are hard to determine
      3. C.
        the address of grade-school children should be located
      4. D.
        all homeless people are entitled（有权利的） to free education
    5. 5.

      The passage mainly deals with ____.

      1. A.
        the legal problems of the homeless children
      2. B.
        the educational problems of homeless children
      3. C.
        the social status of older males
      4. D.
        estimates on the homeless population

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    Today, traditional opinions about men still exist. A man has to be strong, brave, sports loving and manly. Anything less would not be considered manly. Sports such as football, basketball and boxing all tend (往往是) to be men’s sports. However, the dance of ballet is considered feminine because it requires nice movements. This tradition is shown in the movie, Billy Elliot.
    Billy Elliot is a movie that protests against this traditional view of men. Billy Elliot is an eleven-year-old boy that has a natural talent for ballet dancing, but his father will not allow it. Billy’s father wants him to take up boxing and become stronger, but Billy goes against his father’s wishes and takes up ballet dancing. This difference of opinion makes Billy sad. What’s more, his friends also laugh at him.
    After saving enough money, his father sends Billy to a weekly boxing course; however, Billy doesn’t enjoy boxing because he always loses in matches and is often hurt. His ballet teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson thinks that men or women should not be judged by the activities they like to do, so she tells Billy’s father that although he wants his son to make a good living, he should let his son do what he loves to do because he has a talent for it. When his father finally realizes the truth, Billy is surprised. In the end, with the help of his father, brother and all the people around him, Billy goes to the Royal Ballet Academy in London and becomes a very successful ballet dancer.

    1. 1.

      The underlined word “feminine” in the first paragraph most probably means ______

      1. A.
        of men
      2. B.
        of children
      3. C.
        of women
      4. D.
        of students
    2. 2.

      Why is Billy laughed at by other children?

      1. A.
        He always loses in boxing matches.
      2. B.
        He isn’t strong.
      3. C.
        He looks like a girl.
      4. D.
        He loves ballet.
    3. 3.

      What do we know about Billy?

      1. A.
        His teacher encourages him to take up ballet dancing.
      2. B.
        He does well in ballet dancing and boxing.
      3. C.
        He does what his father wants him to do.
      4. D.
        He has never taken up any men’s sports.
    4. 4.

      From Billy’s story, we can see that _______.

      1. A.
        children should accept their parents’ opinions
      2. B.
        we should try to fight against traditional opinions
      3. C.
        men and women play different sports
      4. D.
        parents should let their children do what they are interested in

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    ple — their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree(可可树)by South American. Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
    The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Eu??rope, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish peo??ple starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饥荒)" of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
    There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.
    according to an. Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee, bush. He tried one and experienced the " wide-awake" feeling that one third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

    1. 1.

      according to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

      1. A.
        Food.
      2. B.
        Clothing.
      3. C.
        Ideology.
      4. D.
        Language.
    2. 2.

      The word "some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to________.

      1. A.
        some cocoa trees
      2. B.
        some chocolate drinks.
      3. C.
        some shops
      4. D.
        some South American Indians
    3. 3.

      Thousands of Irish people starved during the " Potato Famine" because________

      1. A.
        they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else
      2. B.
        they were forced to leave their homeland and move to America
      3. C.
        the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes
      4. D.
        the potato harvest was bad
    4. 4.

      according to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

      1. A.
        One third of the world’s population drinks coffee.
      2. B.
        Coffee is native to Colombia.
      3. C.
        Coffee can keep one awake.
      4. D.
        Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

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    Linus Pauling，the only person who has won two undivided Nobel Prizes，was born in Portland，Oregon. He attended Washington High School but because of an unimportant detail he did not receive his diploma until 1962，long after he had received his Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Orgon State College in 1922. He had chosen to study his major because he could get a good job with it.
    He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the explanation of the structure of complex substance. His interest in the “behavior” of molecules(分子) led him from physical chemistry to biological chemistry，especially of the human body. He began with proteins and their main parts，the amino acids(氨基酸)，which are called the“building blocks of life”.In 1950，he constructed the first satisfactory model of a protein molecule，a discovery very important to the understanding of the living cell.
    During World WarⅡ，Pauling was a member of the Research Board for National Security，for which he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1948. However，the use of the atomic bomb near the end of the war turned Pauling in a new direction. Having long worked on the structure of molecules，he took an immediate interest in the deadly effects of nuclear fallout on human molecular structures.
    From then on，Pauling protested the production of the hydrogen bomb and supported the prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons. Through his efforts，The Nuclear­Test­Ban Treaty，declaring all nuclear tests to be illegal except underground ones，came into effect on October 10,1963，the same day Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace.

    1. 1.

      From the first Paragraph，we learn that Linus Pauling________.

      1. A.
        didn’t study hard while in Washington High School
      2. B.
        is the only scientist who has won two Nobel Prizes
      3. C.
        was once badly treated in Washington High School
      4. D.
        chose to study chemical engineering to earn his living
    2. 2.

      Which of the following things did Pauling pay much attention to at first?

      1. A.
        The “behavior” of molecules.
      2. B.
        Physical chemistry.
      3. C.
        Biological chemistry.
      4. D.
        The human body.
    3. 3.

      Which of the following is legal according to The Nuclear­Test­Ban Treaty?

      1. A.
        The use of nuclear weapons.
      2. B.
        Testing hydrogen bomb on the ground.
      3. C.
        Testing hydrogen bomb on underground.
      4. D.
        The production of hydrogen bombs.
    4. 4.

      The main idea of the passage is to show________.

      1. A.
        Linus Pauling’s attitude towards nuclear weapons
      2. B.
        Linus Pauling’s contributions to the world
      3. C.
        Linus Pauling’s research on the structure of molecules
      4. D.
        Linus Pauling’s got the Nobel Prize for Peace

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    For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers(慢跑者). They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
    Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army. I’m not alone in my opinion.
    First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet a real pounding（追击）ruining down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
    Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts” Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
    And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
    I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.

    1. 1.

      From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______.

      1. A.
        jogging became very popular
      2. B.
        people jogged only during the daytime
      3. C.
        Alex organized an army of joggers
      4. D.
        jogging provided a chance to get together
    2. 2.

      The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.

      1. A.
        heart attacks
      2. B.
        Back problems
      3. C.
        famous joggers
      4. D.
        physical weaknesses
    3. 3.

      What was the writer’s attitude towards jogging in the beginning?

      1. A.
        He felt it was worth a try.
      2. B.
        He was very fond of it.
      3. C.
        He was strongly against it.
      4. D.
        He thought it must be painful.
    4. 4.

      Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?

      1. A.
        He disliked doing exercise outside.
      2. B.
        He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
      3. C.
        He was afraid of having a heart attack.
      4. D.
        He was worried about being left alone.
    5. 5.

      From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that______.

      1. A.
        not everyone enjoys jogging
      2. B.
        he is the only person who hates jogging
      3. C.
        nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit
      4. D.
        jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport.

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