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　　After the September 11 terrorist attacks,some highschools in America wanted the students?to pledge allegiance（宣誓效忠）to the flag．Is it necessary?or not?Let's seehow the kids think of this requirement．

　　Lea Mouallem,Marymoumt High School

　　I believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a way ofreminding our country that no matter what happens,we are united．I don't think our president wants us to go and join the army now,but he wants to tell us that we will be able to over come the disaster as a whole nation that is working together．

　　Harry Chin,15,Culver City High School

　　I am not for the pledge of Allegiance,Allegiace and I am not a gainst the Pledge of Allegiance because I just say it so many times that it loses meaning．I say it every day at school In the second period．It doesn't mean anything any more．

　　David Tran,15,Warren High School

　　The Pledge of Allegiance is another sign of country．We should have some respect to it．In many schools,we don't say the Pledge every morntng— we just stand up and let the Na- tional anthem ring through the silence．We said the Pledge of Allegiance on Sept 12．

　　Danny Maryanor,16,Santa Monica High School

　　I wonder why we were suddenly asked to recite thePledge when many of us stopped after elementary school;andthe Pledge was recited before the play of“Ode to Joy”（欢乐颂）with recorders．This was not to express patriotism（爱国主义）,or even to remernber those who lost their lives on Sept 11．

　　I feel I cannot support a nation that in this time of crisislooks outward for revenge（报复）instead of inward for peace．Perhaps we should think more about our problems．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　When Johnny Cash sings,people listen．His big,deep voice rumbles out of radios and juke-boxes across NorthAmerica．His records sell by the million．Country-music fanseverywhere know his big hits．They love songs like“Hey Porter”，“Ring of Fire”，and“Folsom Prison Blue”．

　　Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year．People like what they hear— and what they see,too．Rugged and big— shouldered,the singer stands six-two without his black boots on．He's a two-hundred-pound package of muscle andtalent．And that scar（疤痕）on his cheek?It's a bullet（子弹）hole,of course!

　　In the minds of most people，Johnny Cash is“Mr Tongh(ViO-lend)Guy”．He's an ex-drug addict（上瘾者）who was once put in prison．His grandmother was an Indian．To keep from starving．he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet a-way with a knife．Some people say he even killed a man．

　　In fact,most of the Johnny Cash story is Just that— a story．True,years ago he had a“drug habit”for a short time．He“popped”pills．But he never used heroin or other“hard”drugs．Sometimes he'd go wild and get locked up for a few hours．But he never served a prison sentence．There's no Indian blood in his veins．He's been a killer only in song．Asfor the“bullet hole”，it's an old scar left by a doctor whoopened a cyst（囊肿）．

　　People who know Johnny Cash well say he's a“gentleguy”,“generous guy”— anything but a“tough guy”．How didthe stories get started?Some of them,like the story about the“Indian grandmother”,he made up long ago to add excitementto his career．Others,like the“bullet hole”,simply got started．Now there's little the singer can do to change people's minds．”They just want to believe It,”he says．

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　　Polly Jones lived on a farm．She had lived there all her life,all twelve years of it．Her father,who managed the farm,had just lifted the potato crop．Prices were high:he wanted to sell the crop as quickly as he could．

　　Polly wandered over the rough field looking for the smaller potatoes that the pickers had accidentally missed．She found one,then another,then a handful．She was pleased．They were delicious once cooked．Then she caught sight of something else．It looked like a piece of coloured stone．Polly picked it up and thought how pretty it was．She could see a pattern on it:a picture of a fish and a part of a leaf．She scraped（擦去）the soil away around her feet and found that she was standing on what seemed to be a piece of pavement（铺路石）．Stuck to another piece of stone was something small and round like a button．She realized it was an old coin．

　　The field was busy the next morning though not with potato pickers．In front of the house where the farm machinery usually stood were several cars and a policeman．A group of distinguished-looking men and women had appeared the morning after her father's telephone call．The local television station had shown some pictures of the field with Polly pointing to the place where she had found her pavement．It was proving to be of Roman origin and was being described as the most exciting thing that had happened in the area since the end of the Second World War．In those days an American airbase had occupied the site of the potato field．

　　A week later about forty students arrived from the local university．That afternoon a truck with equipment arrived．The excavation（挖掘）was officially under way．Permission had been given and the“dig”,as it was called,was expected to last several months．Polly wondered how the everyday work of the farm would get done with so many strange people around and cars coming and going all day long．All the unusual activity had made the cows and sheep restless．Her father said their cows produced less milk．

　　Still,it was interesting and great fun．They had let her keep the gold coin．

　　From then on,Polly wouhl always walk carefully over potato fields．

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　　Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（扫盲志愿者）．The training I received,though excellent,did not tell me how it was to work with a real student,however．When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read,I realized the true importance of reading．

　　My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three．In the first lesson,I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take．When I told her I would get her a bus schedule（时刻表）,she told me it would not help because she could not read it．She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed．Since she did not know words,she could not write out a shopping list．Also,she could only recognize items by sight,so if the product had a different label（标识）,she would not recognize it as the product she wanted．

　　As we worked together,learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence（自信心）,which encouraged her to continue in her studies．She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket．After this successful trip,she reported how self-confident she felt．At the end of the program,she began helping her youngest son,Tony,a shy first grader,with his reading．She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories．When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read,pride was written all over her face,and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off．As she described this experience,I was proud of myself as well．I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before．

　　As a literacy volunteer,I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others．In fact,I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

　　Since 1989,Dave Thomas,who died at age 69,was one of the most recognizable faces on TV．He appeared in more than 800 commercials（商业广告）for the hamburger chain named for his daughter．“As long as it works,”he said in 1991,“I'll continueto do those commercials．”

　　Even though he was successful,Thomas remained troubled by his childhood．“He still won't let anyone see his feet,which are out of shape because he never had proper-fitting shoes,”Wendy said in 1993．Born to a single mother,he was adopted（收养）as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan．After Auleva died when he was 5,Thomas spent years on the road as Rex travelled around seeking construction work．“He fed me,”Thomas said,“and if Igot out of line,he'd beat me．”

　　Moving out on his own at 15,Thomas worked,first as a waiter,in many restaurants．But he had something much better in mind．“I thought if I owned a restaurant,”he said,“I could eat for free．“A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1986．

　　In 1969,after breaking with Sanders,Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers,in Columbus,Ohio,which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers．With 6000．restaurants worldwide,the chain nowmakes $ 6 billion ayear in sales．

　　Although troubled by his own experience with adoption,Thomas,married since 1954 to Lorraine,66,and with four grown kids besides Wendy,felt it could offer a future for other children．He started the Dave Thomas Foundation（基金会）for Adaption in 1992．

　　In 1993,Thomas,who had left school at 15,graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida．He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party．The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed．

　　“The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,”says friend Pat Williams．“He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker．He was just Joe Everybody．”

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

　　The tower of Big Ben,London's most famous building,has always leaned（倾斜）slightly,but construction work on a new line for the London Underground seemed likely to give the tower a real lean．Engineers have had to prop up（支撑）its base to prevent it from damaging the rest of the Houses of Parliament．

　　To control the tower's movement,engineers pumped grout（水泥浆）into tile soil under the tower．The tower now leans an extra few centimetres,but the lean can only be seen by the most sharp— eyed observer．

　　Between 1995 and 1997,to lengthen the Jubilee line of the Underground,builders dug a 40．— metre— deep hole just 31 metres north of the clock tower．And the new tube(underground)tunnels' were even nearer to the tower．John Burland,who recently helped stop the increasing lean in the Leaning Tower of Pisa and was an adviser to the Jubilee line project,believed the work would affect the tower．In his opinion,no further lean should go beyond a safety limit of 27.5 millimetres over existing lean of 220．millimetres．

　　To keep the lean within this limit,Burland told the British Association about the new method of pumping grout immediately under the base of the tower．More than 300 tons of grout were pumped in during construction．The tower's additional lean went between 10．and 25 millimetres,but never passed 27.5 millime_Ires．

　　After the construction work was completed in late 1997,a review of movements in nearby walls showed that the building was in better shape than had been thought before and the safety limit was raised to 35 millimetres before any action needs to be taken．

　　Since 1997,the tower has continued to lean,Burland told Modern Construction．The latest measurements,taken this year,suggest that the tower's lean had just reached 35 milllmetres．But following regular re— examinations of the tower,experts are sure that the tower has stabilised（稳定）．A spokesman for London Underg-round says:“We understand the tower has stabilised and returned to its normal movement cycle．”

　　From Modern Construction,16 September,2000．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

　　What am I doing with my daughter at home?Rather than read aloud from books,we go to dinner and have a very good time．This is usually when her Morn isn't around,and this is when my little girl and I relate better．They're alone together so much．We're seldom alone．When we're alone together,she and I somehow behave differently．We learn about each other．She learns that I'm her father．I learn that she's my daughter．It's a strange feeling,but any parent knows what I'm talking about when I say that I often look at my daughter and wonder just Whose kid she is．Where'd she suddenly come from?And why on earth did she pick Laura and me for parents?

　　When my daughter and I are alone she'll hold my hand and say,“I just love you so much,Daddy!”She's so used to my leaving that when I tell her she and I are going to hang out all night,she gets this great look on her face and says,“We'vegot so much to do,Dad!”There's nothing like it in the world．

　　I want my relationship with my daughter to keep growing,so I've been giving my wife a couple of hundred dollars each week and making her go to the shopping center with her girl-friends,or something-anything!

　　But this closeness is not without its problems．When I'm sitting there playing with her Barbie doll（芭比娃娃）,washing her hair,a voice in me suddenly says,“I've got to get a drink and get out of here．”Right in the middle of all this pleasantness,the voice goes,“Look at yourself!Yod're washing dolls!”

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