Afamine
BEnglish oppression
Cwar
DBoth A&B
第1题：
Passage Two
America put more people in prison in the 1990s than in any decade in its history. That started a debate over the wisdom of spending billions of dollars to keep nearly 2 million people locked up. According to statistics, the United States ends 1999 with 1983084 men and women in prisons. That shows an increase of nearly 840,000 prisoners during the 1990s and makes the United States the country with the highest prisoner population in the world. With the cost of housing a prisoner at about $20,000 a year the cost in 1999 for keeping all these prisoners behind bars is about $39 billion.
Some experts argue that the money is well spent, saying the cost of keeping prisoners behind bars doesn't seem much in comparison in the 1990s coincided with (与……相一致) a steady drop in the US crime rates. It is reported that serious crime has decreased for seven years in a row. "There are noticeable number of people who don't do crimes because they don't want to go to prison," they say.
36. There is a heated debate among American experts because ______.
A. America has put 2 million people in prison
B. the cost for housing a prisoner keeps rising
C. billions of dollars has been spent on prisoners
D. the prisoner population is the largest in the world
36．答案为C。此处为因果关系，根据第一段第一句，America put more people in prison in the l990s than in any decade in its history作出该项选择。
第2题：
It was long supposed ____ the main difference between animals and plants was that animals could move about.
A: which
B: this
C: that
D: because
第3题：
In the United States there are six million tennis players and twelve million golfers. These figures would not surprise most people. But many would be surprised to learn that twenty million Americans ride motorcycles. Few people realize that motorcycling is fast becoming one of America's most popular sports.
Many kinds of people enjoy motorcycling. The average American motorcyclist is between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five. He owns his own house, and has a wife, more than one child, and at least one car. He is a responsible citizen.
Cycle Magazine, a monthly publication with almost 280,000 readers, claims that about fifty-five per cent of American motorcyclists are businessmen, with three per cent in the professions and nine per cent in government service. Such information is offered by motorcyclists in the hope of improving the general public's impression of their sport. The public has tended to believe that all motorcycles are ridden by wild, irresponsible, lawless young man.
There are several things about motorcycling that the average citizen dislikes.
Motorcyclists often look dirty; in fact, they are dirty. On the road there is little to protect them from mud, crushed insects, and bird droppings. For practical reasons they often dress in old clothing which looks much less respectable than the clothing of people who ride in cars.
Probably the machine itself also produces anger and fear. Motorcycles are noisy, though some big trucks are even noisier. But trucks are big and carry heavy loads; they are accepted because they perform. a needed service, making America move. Motorcycles, on the other hand, make an unpleasant noise just to give their riders pleasure. That is what is commonly thought.
Of course the danger of motorcycling also helps account for many people'slow opinion of the sport. Its defenders, however, claim that careful cyclists arein less danger than is commonly believed.
As motorcycling becomes more common in years to come, it will be interesting to see how people in general feel about the sport. Perhaps it will someday become as respectable as tennis or golf.
(1) Motorcyclists ().
A、are wild, irresponsible, lawless young man
B、are all businessmen
C、hope to improve the general public's impression of their sport
D、want to own his own house and at least one car
(2) The average citizen dislikes motorcycling not because ().
A、motorcyclists often look dirty
B、motorcycles make an unpleasant noise
C、it is dangerous
D、it is not as popular as tennis
(3) Why do motorcyclists often dress in old clothing?
A、For practical reasons.
B、It looks cool and wild.
C、They do not want to be looked respectable.
D、Because motorcycles are dirty.
(4) People accept noisier big trucks because ().
A、they are big and carry heavy loads
B、they perform. a needed service
C、they give their riders pleasure
D、they are not roaring along quiet streets.
(5) Which of the following ideas is suggested in the passage?
A、In the United States there are twelve million tennis players and six million golfers.
B、There are 280,000 motorcyclists in the United States.
C、Many people realize that motorcycling is becoming one of America's most popular sports.
D、Motorcycling becomes more common in the future.
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第6题：
Which the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The United Nations says about 50 million acres of rain forests are cut down every year.
B. Luckily people and the mass media all paid special attention to the depletion of rain forests.
C. The author thought the oceans' survival is questionable.
D. People have stopped cutting down rain forests because of the opposition of most people.
此题为三误一正的细节题。见第二段的第一句Unlike some environmental issues，rain forests’depletion has fortunately received significant public and media attention。
第7题：
A、At
B、In
C、Before
D、Between
第8题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
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第10题：
The consequence of the three neutrality acts of the United States was（）
Ato make the United States gain time to arm itself
Bto actually help the aggressors by making clear that the United States would not intervene
Cto get the United States involved in the war
Dto prevent the United States form being dragged into the war