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taunts

about

thei r

size

or

shape.

Still,

they

are

understandably

angr y

at

being

badly

treated

because

of

their

body

type.

Although

school

psych ologists

generally

recognize

tha t

boys

today

are

having

3

severe

body

image< /p>

problems,

they

are

at

loss

about

what

to

do

to

solve

those

probl ems.

20.

What’s

the

ma in

idea

of

this

paragraph?

_______________________________________ ______________________________________

_ ________________________________________

Paragraph

3

In

1997,

the

U.S.

Consumer

Products

Safety

Commission

reported

that

skateboarding

injuries

were

up

by

33

percent.

M ountain

climbing

injuries

were

also

up

by

20

percent .

Similarly,

snowboarding

in juries

showed

an

increase

of

thirty-one

percent.

By

all

accounts,

many

Americans

are

having

a

love

a ffair

with

risky

sports;

a s

a

result,

they

are

injuring

themselves

in

ever

greater

numbers.

One

reas on

for

the

growing

partici pation

in

risky,

or

extrem e,

sports

has

been

put

forth

by

Dan

Cady,

a

professor

of

popular

cul ture

at

California

State

U niversity.

According

to

Cady ,

previous

generations

didn’t

need

to

seek

out

risk.

It

was

all

around

t hem

in

the

form

of

disease

epidemics,

economic

i nstability,

and

global

wars.

At

one

time,

just

manag ing

to

stay

alive

was< /p>

risky,

but

that

feeling

has

all

but

disappeared,

at

least

for

members

of

the

privileged

classes.

To

a

degree

Cady’s

theo ry

is

confirmed

in

the

words

of

adventure

racer

Marr.

Marr

says

that

risk

has

been

“minimi zed”

in

everyday

life,

for cing

people

to

seek

out

challenges

in

order

to

prove

themselves.

(Source:

Karl

Taro

Greenfield.

“Life

the

Edge.”

Time.

September

6,

1999,

p.29).

21.

What’s

the

main

id ea

of

this

paragraph?

__________________________________________________ ___________________________

____________ _____________________________

Paragraph< /p>

4

In

several

states

across

the

nation,

there

has

been

successful

drive

to

end

“social

promotion.”

In

other

words,

children

who

do

not

achieve

the

required

score

on

a

standardized

test

will

no

longer

be

promoted

to

the

next

grade.

Instead,

they

will

have

to

repea t

the

grade

they

have

Yet

despite

the< /p>

calls

for

ending

social

promotion--many

of

them

from

politicians

looking

for

a

crowd-pleasing

issue--there

is

little

evidence

that

m aking

children

repeat

a

gr ade

has

a

positive

eff ect.

If

anything,

research

suggests

that

forcing

children< /p>

to

repeat

a

grade

hu rts

rather

than

helps

their

academic

performance.

In

1989,

University

of

Georgia

Professor

Thomas

Holms

su rveyed

sixty-three

studies

t hat

compared

the

performance

of

kids

who

had

repeate d

a

grade

with

those

who

had

received

a

so cial

promotion.

Holms

found

most

of

the

childre n

who

had

repeated

a

grade

had

a

poorer

re cord

of

academic

performance

than

the

children

who

h ad

been

promoted

despite

poor

test

scores.

A

sim ilar

study

of

New

York

City

children

in

the

19 80s

revealed

that

the

children

who

repeated

a

gr ade

were

more

likely

to

drop

out

upon

reaching

high

school.

The

call

to

end

social

promotion

m ay

have

a

nice

ring

to

it

in

political

speeche s.

Yet

there

is

little

indication

that

it

does

students

any

real

good.

22.

What’s

the

main

idea

of

this

paragraph?

< br>_______________________________________________ ______________________________

_________ ________________________________

Paragra ph

5

4

During

Worl d

War

I,

a

number

of

severe

shortages

alerted

the

world’s

scientists

to

the

need

for

synthetic,

man-made

materials.

Thus

by

1934,

a

research

te am

headed

by

Wallace

ers

had

developed

the

first

synthetic

fiber,

called

n ylon.

As

it

turned

out,

the

development

of

nylon

had

a

surprisingly

profou nd

effect

on

world

affairs .

True,

it’s

first

use

was

in

fashion,

and

in< /p>

1939,

the

Dupont

compa ny

began

marketing

sheer

n ylon

hose

for

women.

Nylon s

were

a

spectacular

h it

and

sold

off

the

shelves

almost

immediately.

But< /p>

they

disappeared

with

the< /p>

coming

of

World

War

II,

as

nylon

became

es sential

to

the

war

effort.

It

was

used

in

ever ything

from

parachutes

and

ropes,

to

insulation

and

coat

linings.

Sadly

Carother s

never

witnessed

the

impa ct

of

his

creation.

He

committed

suicide

two

yea rs

before

the

first

pair

of

nylons

ever

went

o n

sale.

’s

the

main

idea

of

this

paragraph?

______ ___________________________________

Ⅳ

.

Fast

reading

(

12

points

in

all,

2

for

each)

(A)

Today

is< /p>

the

date

of

that

aft ernoon

in

April

a

year

ago

when

I

first

saw

the

strange

and

attractive

doll

（玩具娃娃）

in

the

of

Abe

Sheftel's

toy

shop

on

Third

Avenue

near

Fifteenth

Street,

just

around

the

corner

fro m

my

office,

where

the

plate

on

the

door

reads .

Dr

Samuel

Amory.

I

remember

just

how

it

was

that

day:

the

first

sign

of

spring

floated

across

the

East

River,

mi xing

with

the

soft

-

coal

smoke

from

the

f actories

and

the

street

sm ells

of

the

poor

neighbour hood.

As

I

turned

the< /p>

corner

on

my

way

to< /p>

work

and

came

to

She ftel's,

I

was

made

once

more

known

of

the

poor

collection

of

toys

in

the

dusty

window,

and

I

remembered

the

coming

birthday

of

a

small

n iece

of

mine

in

Cleveland,

to

whom

I

was

in

the

habit

of

sending

s mall

gifts.

Therefore,

I

< br>stopped

and

examined

the

to

see

if

there

might

be

anything

suitable,

and

looked

at

the

< br>collection

of

unattractive

ob jects--a

red

toy

fire

engi ne,

some

lead

soldiers,

ch eap

baseballs,

bottles

of

ink,

pens,

yellowed

envelope s,

and

advertisements

for

soft

-

drinks.

And

thus

it

was

that

my

eye s

finally

came

to

rest

upon

the

doll

stored

aw ay

in

one

corner,

a

doll

with

the

strangest,

< br>most

charming

expression

on

her

face.

I

could

not

wholly

make

her

out,

to

the

shadows

and

the

film

of

dust

through

which

I

was

lookin g,

but

I

was

sure

th at

a

deep

impression

had

been

made

upon

me

as

though

I

had

run

into

a

person,

as

one

does

sometimes

with

a

s tranger,

with

whose

personal ity

one

is

deeply

impresse d.

24.

What

made

an

impression

on

the

author?

A.

The

doll's

unusual

face.

B.

The

collection

toys.

C.

A

strang er

he

met

at

the

sto re.

D.

The

beauty

and

of

the

doll.

25 .

Why

does

the

author

his

niece?

A.

likes

dolls.

B.

The< /p>

doll

looks

like

her.

C.

She

lives

near

She ftel's.

D.

He

was

looking< /p>

for

a

gift

for

her.< /p>

26.

Why

did

the

writer

go

past

Sheftel's?

A.

He

was

on

his

way

to

school.

B.

He

looking

for

a

presen t

for

his

niece.

C.

He

wanted

to

buy

some< /p>

envelopes.

D.

None

of

above

is

right.

（

B

）

5

In

s ome

ways,

the

United

State s

has

made

some

progress.< /p>

Fires

no

longer

destroy

18,000

buildings

as

they

did

in

the

Great

Ch icago

Fire

of

1871,

or

kill

half

a

town

of

2,400

people,

as

they

did

the

same

night

in

Peshtigo,

Wisconsin.

Other

than

the

Beverly

Hill

Supp er

Club

fire

in

Kentuc ky

in

1977,

it

has

b een

four

decades

since

mor e

than

100

Americans

died< /p>

in

a

fire.

But

e ven

with

such

successes,

t he

United

States

still

has

one

of

the

worst

fi re

death

rates

in

the

Safety

experts

say< /p>

the

problem

is

neither

money

nor

technology,

but

the

indifference(

无所

谓

)

of

a

country

that

just

will

not

take

fir es

seriously

enough.

America n

fire

departments

are

som e

of

the

world's

fastest

and

best-equipped.

They

hav e

to

be.

The

United

States

has

twice

Japan's

population,

and

40

times

many

fires.

It

spends

far

less

on

preventin g

fires

than

on

fighting

them.

And

American

fire

-safety

lessons

are

aimed

almost

entirely

at

childr en,

who

die

in

large

numbers

in

fires

but

who,

against

popular

beliefs,

start

very

few

of

them .

Experts

say

the

erro r

is

an

opinion

that

fires

are

not

really

anyo ne's

fault.

That

is

not

so

in

other

countries,

where

both

public

education

and

the

law

treat

f ires

as

either

a

personal< /p>

failing

or

a

crime(

罪行

).

Japan

has

many

wood

houses;

of

the

4 8

fires

in

world

history

that

burned

more

than

10,000

buildings,

Japan

has

had

27.

Punishment

for

causing

a

big

fire

can

be

as

severe

as

lif e

imprisonment.

In

the

United

States,

most

educati on

dollars

are

spent

in

elementary

schools.

But,

the

lessons

are

aimed

at< /p>

too

limited

a

number

of

people;

just

9

percent

of

all

fire

deaths

are

caused

by

children

playing

with

matches.

The

United

States

continues

to< /p>

depend

more

on

technology< /p>

than

laws

or

social

pressure.

There

are

smoke

detectors

in

85

percent

all

homes.

Some

local

building

laws

now

require

home

sprinklers

(

喷水装 置

).

New

heaters

and

irons

shut

themselves

off

if

they

are

tipped.

2 7.

The

reason

why

so

many

Americans

die

in

fir es

is

that

_____.

A.

they

took

no

interest

in

new

technology

B.

they

did

not

pay

great

attention

to

preventing

fires

C.

they

showed

indiff erence

to

fighting

fires

< br>D.

they

did

not

spend

enough

money

on

fire

equipment

28.

It

can

b e

inferred

from

the

passag e

that______.

A.

fire

safety

lessons

should

not

be

aimed

only

at

American< /p>

children

B.

American

c hildren

have

not

received

enough

education

of

fire

s afety

lessons

C.

Japan

is

better

equipped

with

f ire

equipment

than

the

Uni ted

States

D.

America's

population

leads

to

fires

29.

Which

of

the

following

statements

is

true

according

to

th e

passage?

A.

There

ha s

been

no

great

fire

in

the

USA

in

recent

years

that

leads

to

high

death

rate.

B.

There

have

been

several

great

fires

in

the

USA

in

recent

40

years

tha t

lead

to

high

death

rate.

C.

There

has

be en

only

one

great

fire

in

the

USA

in

recent

40

years

that

led

to

high

death

rate.

D.

The

fire

in

Kentucky

in

1977

made

only

a

fe w

people

killed.

Ⅴ

.re ading

comprehension

(40

in

all,

2

for

each)

Pass age

One

6