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1、Improve Computer-research Skills
Like many college students, Jose Juarez carries around a pocket-sized computer that lets him watch movies, surf the Interact and text-message his friends1.
He''s part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who　　1　　up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.
"For us, it''s everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman　　2　　California State　University at Sacramento (CSUS).
3　　,educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles　of information they''re accessing.
"They''re geeky2, but they don''t know what to　　4　　with their geekdom," said Barbara O''Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor who has been involved　in a nationwide　　5　　to improve students'' computer-research skills.
In a recent nationwide test to　　6　　their technological "literacy" their ability to use　the Interact to complete class assignments - only 49 percent correctly eva luated a set of Web　sites for objectivity, authority and timeliness. Only 35 per cent　could correctly narrow an overly　　7　　Internet search.
About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental　test,　　8　　to 6,300 college students across the country.
The hour-long assessment test is conducted by Educational Testing Service. It is a　web-based scavenger hunt3（拾荒游戏）　　9　　simulated Interact search engines and　academic databases that spit out purposely misleading information.
"They''re very good at　　10　　in and using the Internet, but don''t always understand　what they get back," said Linda Goff, head of instructional services for the CSUS library.
"You see an open search box, you type in a few words and you　　11　　the button," said　Goff, who is involved in the testing.
"They take at face value4 　　12　　shows up at the top of the list as the best stuff."Educators say that these sloppy research skills are troubling.
"We look at that as a foundational skill, in the same way we　　13　　 math and English　as a foundational skill," said Lorie Roth, assistant vice-chancellor for academic programmes in　the CSU5 system.
Measuring how well students can "sort the good　　14　　the bad" on the Internet has　become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.
CSU is considering　　15　　a mandatory assessment test on technological literacy for　all freshmen, much as it has required English and math placement tests since the 1980s.
Students in freshman seminars at Sacramento State were asked to take the test early in the　semester and were expected to finish another round this week to measure their improvement.
词汇：
surf v．浏览
cellphone n．手机
geeky adj．与网络交往的
scavenger n．拾荒者
sloppy adj．马虎的
mandatory adj．强制性的
literacy n．文化水平
注释：
1．text—message his friends给朋友发信息。
2．geek是“极客”。这是音译。所谓“极客”是指跟网络交往的高手。Geekdom作为一个八极客。“-dom”是后者，有多种意思，此处表示“作为……的状况”。
3．scavenger hunt拾荒游戏。所谓“拾荒游戏”是指在规定的时间内搜索到难以搜索的东西，以先搜到者为胜。
4．take as face value是“断然接受一句话所说的(即字面意义)而不去考虑它是否还有其它的含义”。
5．CSU是California State University的缩写。
 
1
 A.brought
 B.built
 C.stood
 D.grew
     
2
 A.about
 B.near
 C.at
 D.near
     
3
 A.Besides
 B.However
 C.In addition
 D.Of course
     
4
 A.do
 B.work
 C.make
 D.deal
     
5
 A.effort
 B.plot
 C.wish
 D.slogan
     
6
 A.ask
 B.measure
 C.require
 D.demand
     
7
 A.small
 B.little
 C.broad
 D.large
     
8
 A.conducted
 B.held
 C.managed
 D.administered
     
9
 A.between
 B.upon
 C.by
 D.with
     
10
 A.writing
 B.copying
 C.typing
 D.moving
     
11
 A.pull
 B.push
 C.beat
 D.strike
     
12
 A.whatever
 B.whoever
 C.whichever
 D.however
     
13
 A.look at
 B.take up
 C.cope with
 D.serve as
     
14
 A.at
 B.from
 C.on
 D.off
     
15
 A.added
 B.adds
 C.adding
 D.add
     
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1、The Value of Motherhood
In shopping malls, the assistants try to push you into buying “ a gift to thank her for her unselfish love”. When you log onto1 a website, a small popo-up2 invites you to book a bouquet for her. Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.
_____(1)_____. The popularity of Mother’s Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted. In fact, she got more-enough to make her horrified.
_____(2)_____. They buy, among other things, 132 million cards. Mother’s Day is the No 1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are the various commodities, ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion opportunities, Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother’s Day. One protest against the commercialization of Mother’s Day even got her arrested-for disturbing the peace, interestingly.
_____(3)_____. As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian, observe, traditionally “motherhood is something that we do because we think it’s right.” But in the logic of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. A career serves this purpose better.
_____(4)_____. So they work hard and play hard. Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation.
_____(5)_____. According to The Guardian, there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago. Or, they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.
So, Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother’s Day needs to be updated: “It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people.”
注释：
1. log onto 登录到期。 log onto a website 登录到一个网站。
2. pop-up 弹出式菜单。 a small pop-up invites you to book a bouquet for her.一张小的弹出式菜单要你为她订一束花。

1
 A.The American version of Mother’s Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.
 B.But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
 C.Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
 D.According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
 E.As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
     
2
 A.The American version of Mother’s Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.
 B.But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
 C.Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
 D.According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
 E.As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
     
3
 A.The American version of Mother’s Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.
 B.But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
 C.Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
 D.According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
 E.As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
     
4
 A.But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
 B.Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
 C.According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
 D.As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
 E.In addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.
     
5
 A.The American version of Mother’s Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.
 B.But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.
 C.Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
 D.According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
 E.As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
     
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每题3分，共45分。下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
1、第1篇 Light Night, Dark Stars
Thousands of people around the globe step outside to gaze at their night sky. On a clear night, with no clouds, moonlight, or artificial lights to block the view, people can see more than 14,000 stars in the sky, says Dennis Ward, an astronomer with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colo1. But when people are surrounded by city lights, he says, they''re lucky to see 150 stars.
If you''ve ever driven toward a big city at night and seen its glow from a great distance, you''ve witnessed light pollution. It occurs when light from streetlights, office buildings, signs, and other sources streams into space and illuminates the night sky. This haze of light makes many stars invisible to people on Earth. Even at night, big cities like New York glow from light pollution, making stargazing2 difficult.
Dust and particles of pollution from factories and industries worsen the effects of light pollution. "If one city has a lot more light pollution than another," Ward says, "that city will suffer the effects of light pollution on a much greater scale. "
Hazy skies also make it far more difficult for astronomers to do their jobs.
Cities are getting larger. Suburbs are growing in once dark, rural areas. Light from all this new development is increasingly obscuring the faint light given off by distant stars. And if scientists can''t locate these objects, they can''t learn more about them.
Light pollution doesn''t only affect star visibility. It can harm wildlife too. It''s clear that artificial light can attract animals, making them go off course3. There''s increasing evidence, for example, that migrating birds use sunsets and sunrises to help find their way, says Sydney Gauthreaux Jr., a scientist at Clemson University in South Carolina. "When light occurs at night," he says, "it has a very disruptive influence. " Sometimes birds fly into lighted towers, high-rises, and cables from radio and television towers. Experts estimate that millions of birds die this way every year.
词汇:
astronomer n. 天文学家 migrate v．迁移，迁徒
Illuminate v. 照明，照亮disruptive adj．扰乱性的
haze n．薄雾 obscure v．使变模糊
faint adj．微弱的，暗淡的
注释：
1. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) : 大学大气研究社团，于1960年在美国科罗拉多州(Colorad0，缩写为Col0．)的玻尔(Boulder)市成立。该社团是一个由国内外大学组成的非营利性协会，致力于大气周围的空气和气候变化研究。
2. stargazing : 该词是个合成词，由star和gaze+in9组成，在此意为：观望星星。
3 making them go off course: 使它们偏离飞行路线。course：路线。

1When can people see 14,000 stars?
 A.When they have a fairly good telescope.
 B.When they are in a large city.
 C.When the night sky is clear of clouds, moonlight and artificial lights.
 D.When the night sky is without haze and fog.
     
2Which of the following statements is NOT related to light pollution?
 A.A haze of light is formed from artificial lights such as streetlights and building lights.
 B.Lights from different sources in the city stream into space and illuminate the night sky.
 C.The night sky is illuminated by the lights from big glowing cities in the night.
 D.Stargazing becomes difficult because there is a layer of haze in the air.
     
3Does the writer think growing cities affect astronomers'' work? Why does he think so?
 A.Yes. Because the once dark rural areas are polluted by lights.
 B.No. Because they can still see stars in rural areas.
 C.Yes. Because rural areas are not a good place for astronomers to study stars.
 D.No. Because faint light given off by stars can still be seen on a clear night.
     
4How does light pollution affect wildlife? Which of the following is NOT correct?
 A.Animals may go off course due to the attraction of artificial lights.
 B.Animals might be attracted by artificial lights to go into cities.
 C.Artificial lights at night may make migrating birds lose their way.
 D.Attracted by artificial lights, birds fly into lighted buildings.
     
5Which of the following is closest in meaning to the title "Light Night, Dark Stars"?
 A.The night sky is light colored and stars are black.
 B.Lights appear at night and stars are seen in the dark.
 C.City lights illuminate the night sky and make stars invisible.
 D.City lights at night illuminate stars in the sky.
     
2、第2篇 Immigration and Problems
Hundreds of thousands of people supporting immigration rights in the US filled streets all over America in early 2006. Many held signs and American flags and asked to be treated as citizens - not criminals. Many of these supported legislation from Senator John McCain that would open a path to citizenship to mmigrants who were already in the country illegally. Proposed legislation from other politicians called for stricter measures - including rounding up1undocumented immigrants and sending them back to their home countries.
Canadian officials say that immigration applications continue to rise. Some want to keep the doors open. They need the labor. About 400,000 immigrants were allowed into the country in 2005, according to the Canadian Government statistics. However, all this growth means that cities need to adapt. Newcomers don''t always make a smooth transition into jobs for which they are skilled. So industries are using mentoring programs to help new immigrants find proper jobs.
With the large numbers of undocumented African immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands and showing no sign of abating, the Spanish Government has decided to get tough2. There will be no more mass amnesties for illegals, and anyone coming to Spain without permission will be sent back, the government has announced. About 23,000 migrants landed on the islands in 2006, and riots have erupted in some crowded reception centers. This has promoted local authorities to appeal to the United Nations for help.
France''s new immigration and integration law gives the government new powers to encourage high-skilled migration. It takes effect in 2007. The new law authorizes the government to identify particular professions where France has a talent shortage. Then the government will help these identified employers find immigrant workers with needed skills or qualifications. The selected foreign employees will be granted "skills and talents" visas, valid for three years. But some concern that it''ll cause brain drain3 in developing countries.
词汇：
mentor v. 指导
undocumented adj. 无文件证明的
abate v. 减弱
amnesty n. 大赦
注释：
1．roundup是“逮捕”、“捕捉”。
2．get tough是“决心采取严厉的措施”。
3．brain drain是“人才枯竭”。

1Many immigrants swarmed into streets in the US in early 2006, demanding that they should be treated as
 A.animals.
 B.citizens.
 C.civilians.
 D.criminals.
     
2Some Canadian officials want to keep the door open because
 A.Canada is in desperate need of talented people.
 B.Canada can feed a much larger population.
 C.Canada is suffering from labor shortage.
 D.Canada is a multicultural country.
     
3What has the Spanish Government decided to do?
 A.Help immigrants find proper jobs.
 B.Let immigrants freely enter the country.
 C.Integrate immigrants into the Spanish culture.
 D.Take tough measures against illegal immigration.
     
4After France''s new immigration and integration law takes effect, it will
 A.lure overseas students back home.
 B.undermine the unity of the country.
 C.drain developing countries of talent.
 D.induce resentment among the French workers.
     
5The phrasal verb rounding up in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by
 A.capturing.
 B.encircling.
 C.separating.
 D.frightening.
     
3、第3篇 Road Trip Vacations
It''s summer. In the United States, it''s the season of swimming pools, barbeques, camping and road trips.
Road trip vacations where the car journey is part of the fun are especially popular with college students, who like to explore the country on wheels. These budget trips are ideal for students who often have plenty of free time but little money.
"Ever since I went to college, I''ve been traveling around a lot, exploring the country," said Austin Hawkins, a 19-year-old college student from New York. This summer, Hawkins and his friends have spent weekends traveling in New England.
The best part about car trips, said Hawkins, is that you can be spontaneous. "On a road trip, if you get interested in things you see along the way you can stop and explore."
Matt Roberts, a 20-year-old student from Ohio who drove to Montreal, Canada, agrees. "With road trips you don''t have to plan in advance, you can just get into a car and drive."
Even with high gas prices, driving with friends is cheaper than flying. Roberts paid about 40 dollars for gas, but a round trip plane ticket would have cost nearly 400 dollars.
Driving trips first became popular in the 1920s. Newly paved roads and improved, cars made it possible to travel longer distances. Motels started appearing outside cities.
By the 1950s, car ownership became the norm. Construction of the US interstate highway system began in 1956 and motel and restaurant chains popped up1 everywhere making long distance trips easier.
Today, the US has the highest car ownership rate in the world. Only 8 percent of American homes have no car, according to the most recent US census.
Though many college students don''t own a car, most have access to one. 2 On many of Hawkins'' trips, they used a borrowed van.
Hawkins'' most memorable road trip took place over spring break. He and two friends drove from New York to New Orleans to volunteer, helping rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina hit it last July. They crossed the country in two days and slept in their car in church parking lots.
Roberts'' road trip to Canada last winter was even more eventful. Upon arriving in Montreal, they were lost in a blizzard and shivering in the -25°cold. To find their hotel, they turned on a laptop and drove around in circles until they found a spot with wireless Internet coverage.3"I know we should have planned better, but we''re young. Now, when I see those guys I always say: ''Remember when we were lost in the snow storm!'' I''ll never forget that."
词汇：
barbeques n. 户外烤肉
budget adj. 低廉的
motels n. 汽车旅馆
interstate adj. 洲际的
pop v. 突然出现
hurricane n. 风暴
laptop n. 笔记本电脑
注释：
1．popup是“突然冒出”，也可说pop out。
2．Though many college students don’t own a car, most have access to one．虽然许多大学生是没有车的，但是大多数都可以弄到一辆。“to have access t0…”是“可以得到”的意思。
3．To find their hotel，they turned on a laptop(笔记本电脑)and drove around in circles until they found a spot with wireless Internet coverage．为了找旅馆，他们打开笔记本电脑，然后一圈圈地转，最后终于发现了一个无线因特网覆盖的区域。

1Which of the following statements is NOT true of American college students?
 A.They have little money.
 B.They like traveling by bike.
 C.They like to explore the country.
 D.They often have plenty of free time.
     
2What will Hawkins do when he sees something interesting on a road trip?
 A.He will turn back.
 B.He will drive around.
 C.He will stop to explore.
 D.He will stop exploring.
     
3When did motels suddenly appear?
 A.After the work to build the interstate highway system started.
 B.When driving trips became popular.
 C.After many roads were paved.
 D.After new cars were made.
     
4Which of the following words can best describe Hawkins'' trip to New Orlends?
 A.Eventful.
 B.Colourful.
 C.Delightful.
 D.Unforgettable.
     
5The word blizzard in paragraph 12 can be replaced by?
 A.snowstorm.
 B.hurricane.
 C.mist.
 D.fog.
     
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1、How did English Become a Global Language
1 The rise of English is a remarkable tale as Professor David Crystal reminds us in his attractive, short book “English as a Global Language.”
2 It is certainly quite a theme. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain more than 2,000 years ago, English did not exit. Five hundred years later, English, virtually incomprehensible to modern ears, was probably spoken by about as few people as currently speak Cherokee, the language of a small North American Indian tribe ── and with as little influence. About 1,000 years later, at the end of the 16th century, and after the Norman Conquest, the Reformation and the arrival of commercial printing technology, English was the native speech of between 5 million and 7 million people. And yet now look at it. As the second millennium approaches, English is more widely scattered, more widely spoken and written than any other language has ever been. In the title of the book it has become a truly global language. According to David Crystal, about 2.09 billion people, well over one-third of the world’s population are routinely exposed to it.
3 As he rightly points out, what is impressive about this staggering figure is “not so much the grand total but the speed with which expansion has taken place since the 1950’s. In 1950, the case for English as a world language would have been no more than plausible. Fifty years on and the case is virtually won.”
4 So what happened?
5 Someone once said that a language is a dialect with an army and a navy. In other words, when the British navy set out to conquer the world, it set out an “army” of English speakers. As the British empire spread throughout the world, English became the basis of law, commerce and education. The British empire was succeeded by another (the American), which shared virtually the same linguistic heritage. American English, which has become the rocket-fuel of the English language, has magically found its way into areas undreamed of 40, let alone 400 years ago.
6 The most valuable part of Crystal’s study is the section devoted to a speedy analysis of the cultural basis of this global reach, notably the influence of broadcasting, press, advertising, popular music and film. He is also up-to-date and informative in his identification of the World-Wide-Wed as a powerful reinforce of American cultural and linguistic dominance.
7 One of his most interesting passages concerns the role played by the League of Nations, and later the United Nations, in spreading English as an international language in the aftermath of the two world wars.
8 What does the future hold? To this question, Crystal proposes the recognition of a new form of English ─ WSSE (World Standard Spoken English) ─ which almost by definition rules out the possibility that English would fragment into mutually unintelligible languages as Latin once did. “English, in some shape or form, will find itself in the service of the world community forever,” Crystal writes.

1Paragraph 2 ________
 A.The speed of the spread of English
 B.The role played by culture and the net
 C.The role played by military expansion
 D.The role played by education
 E.The 2,000 years of English
     
2Paragraph 3 ________
 A.The future of English
 B.The speed of the spread of English
 C.The role played by culture and the net
 D.The role played by military expansion
 E.The role played by education
     
3Paragraph 5 ________
 A.The future of English
 B.The speed of the spread of English
 C.The role played by culture and the net
 D.The role played by military expansion
 E.The role played by education
     
4Paragraph 6 ________
 A.The future of English
 B.The speed of the spread of English
 C.The role played by culture and the net
 D.The role played by military expansion
 E.The role played by education
     
5The kind of English spoken 1,500 years ago was so different from the English we speak today ____________________.
 A.because of their similarity
 B.that we would not be able to understand it at all
 C.to the popularization of English as a world language
 D.the trend to become a globe language
 E.what once happened to Latin
     
6What impresses people most is not the increasing number of speakers of English found over the world, ____________________ the language in the past half century or so.
 A.because of their similarity
 B.to the popularization of English as a world language
 C.the trend to become a globe language
 D.what once happened to Latin
 E.but the speed with which
     
7The two international organizations founded after the two world wars made their contribution ____________________.
 A.because of their similarity
 B.that we would not be able to understand it at all
 C.to the popularization of English as a world language
 D.the trend to become a globe language
 E.what once happened to Latin
     
8Crystal expresses the belief that in the future ____________________ will not happen to English.
 A.because of their similarity
 B.that we would not be able to understand it at all
 C.to the popularization of English as a world language
 D.the trend to become a globe language
 E.what once happened to Latin
     
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1、The Changing Family
At the beginning of the twentieth century，many people thought that the American family was falling apart一 in other words，they thought it was dying. A century later, we know that this was not the case. However，although the family is still alive in the United States, its size and shape are very different from 100 years ago.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family (大家庭) usually includes grandparents, parents and children living under the same roof. The nuclear family (核心家庭) consists of only parents and children. As people began to move to other parts of the country to find better jobs，the nuclear familiy became the most common family struture.
Today there are many different kinds of families. Some people live intraditional families, that is, a stay-home mother, a working father, and their own biologilcal child. Others live in two-paycheck families(where both parents work outside the home), single- parent families (a mother or father living with the children)，adoptive(收养的)or foster families(where adults take care of children that are not biologically theirs)，blended families(where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into new families)，childless families，and so on.
What caused the structure of the family to change? During World War II(1939 - 1945), because many men were at war, thousands of these “war widows”had to got to work outside the home. Most women worked long hours at hard jobs, especially in factories.
During the next decades, the situation changed. There were fewer divorces, and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation. It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up. Families began leaving cities and moving into single-family homes in the suburbs(郊区). The traditional family seemed to be returning.
In the years between 1960 and 1990s, there were many important changes in the structure of the family. The number of single-parent families tripled(使...成三倍), and the number of couples living together without being married quadrupled(使...成4倍). There are many people today who would like the “traditional”family to return. However, less than 10 percent of families in the 1990s fall into this category. In fact, the single-parent household – once unusual – has replaced the “traditional”familiy as the typical family in the United States. If we can judge from history, however, this will probably change again in the twenty-first century.

1According to the author, the American family is changing greatly.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
2In early 1900s the nuclear family prevailed in American mainly because American people wanted to live independently.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
3Tom’s father works for IBM and his mother works for another big company. So Tom has a two-paycheck family.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
4A blended family is made up of a mother and father who had married and got divorced before they marry each other and their biological children.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
5The traditional family returned in the next decades after World War II.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
6Many Americans prefer the traditional family because they are attracted by Americal traditional culture.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
7Today the main type of American family is the single-parent family.
 A.Right
 B.Wrong
 C.Not mentioned
 D.
     
词汇选择
每题1分，共15分。下面共有15句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。
1、 The majority of people around here are decent (B 级) people.
 A.honest
 B.rich
 C.good-looking
 D.high-ranking
     
2、 The child’s abnormal (B 级)behavior puzzled the doctor.
 A.bad
 B.frightening
 C.repeated
 D.unusual
     
3、 They have been living under the most appalling (B 级) conditions for two years.
 A.dreadful
 B.bad
 C.unpleasant
 D.poor
     
4、 His claims seem credible (B级)to many people.
 A.workable
 B.convincing
 C.practical
 D.reliable
     
5、 Their interpretation was faulty(B级).
 A.wrong
 B.ambiguous (A级)
 C.unclear
 D.unbelievable
     
6、 Contact your doctor if the cough persists(B级).
 A.insists
 B.perseveres(A级)
 C.continues
 D.resists
     
7、 America’s emphasis on the importance of education for everyone has spurred （v.（A 级）scientific research.
 A.encouraged
 B.endangered（B 级）
 C.endorsed（A 级）
 D.enlarged
     
8、 Below 600 feet ocean waters range from dimly （A级）lit to completely dark.
 A.inadequately
 B.hardly
 C.faintly
 D.sufficiently
     
9、 Our plan is to allocate (A 级)one member of staff to handle appointments.
 A.assign(B 级)
 B.persuade
 C.ask
 D.order
     
10、 We also want to use the water to irrigate barren(A 级)desert land.
 A.hairless
 B.bare
 C.empty
 D.bald(A 级)
     
11、 The telephone system is no longer operative(A 级).
 A.running
 B.moving
 C.rotating
 D.working
     
12、 The latest car model embodies (A级)many new improvements.
 A.consists of
 B.includes
 C.makes up
 D.marks
     
13、 The parents have to restrain (A级)their daughter from running out into the street.
 A.disallow
 B.reduce
 C.prevent
 D.confine
     
14、 After supper we usually take a stroll(A级) around the park for about an hour.
 A.walk
 B.rest
 C.bath
 D.breath
     
15、 Many of their ideas are being incorporated into orthodox (A 级)medical treatment.
 A.acceptable
 B.conservative
 C.western
 D.conventional