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         If I could select a word that best describes the majority of American parents, that word
    would be guilt-ridden (内疚的). How sad it is to see parents become the willing victims
    of the "give me game", only to discover that, no matter what they do, it isn't enough. In the
    end, they are looked down for their lack of firmness and blamed when their spoiled children
    get into trouble. With this in mind, I shall first answer this question: "What do parents owe
    their children? And I shall start with what they don't owe them.
         Parents don't owe their children every minute of their day and every ounce of their energy.
    They don't owe round-the-clock car service, singing lessons, tennis lessons, an expensive car
    when they reach sixteen, or a trip to Europe when they graduate.
         I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they
    can afford it, fine. But they must not feel guilty if they can't. If the children really want to go,
    they' II find a way. Here are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and eager who
    can't afford to pay.
         After children marry, their parents do not owe them a house or money for the furniture.
    They do not have an obligation to baby-sit their grandchildren when the parents were on
    vacation. If they want to do it, it must be considered a favour, not an obligation.
         In my opinion, parents do not owe their children an inheritance, no matter how much
    money they have. One of the surest ways to produce a loafer is to let children know that
    their future is assured.
         Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.
         One of their chief obligations is to give their children a sense of personal worth, for
    self-esteem is the basis of a good mental health. Parents owe their children firm guidance
    and consistent discipline. Parents owe their children privacy and respect for their personal
    belongings.
         No child asks to be born. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the children something.
    And if you give him his due, he'll have something of value to pass along to your grandchildren.

    1. According to the author, ______.
    A. parents ought to send children to college as a duty .
    B. parents needn't feel guilty if they are unable to send their children to college
    C. ff they say "No", parents will surely make their children angry
    D. parents must support their children even after their marriage
    2. The underlined word "loafer" most probably refers to ______.
    A. a poorly educated person          
    B. a well educated person
    C. a hard-working person          
    D. a lazy person
    3. The writer of this passage mainly wants to tell us ______.
    A. why children look down upon their parents
    B. the difference between duties of the parents and the children
    C. over devotion to the children results in trouble for the parents themselves
    D. children should depend on no one but themselves
    4. The author's attitude towards the parents is ______.
    A. angry        
    B. pitiful      
    C disappointed      
    D. satisfied

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    The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation. And this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.

    It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold and rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.

    At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large Government Building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “Must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted. He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.

    He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.

     

    59. It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would    .

           A. be a cheerful companion                        B. try to cheat a customer

           C. earn a great deal of money                     D. trust his assistant much

    60. The assistant’s job that evening was to      .

           A. sell papers until 8 o’clock                      B. start selling magazines at 8 o’clock

           C. count the money taken that day               D. lock up the car park

    61. If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to     .

    A. park his car in a Government car park

    B. look for another free parking place

    C. pay to park his car in a garage

    D. pretend he was a Government employee

    62. When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were   .

    A. badly dressed

    B. very well off

    C. not as rich as himself

    D. not as hard-working as himself

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    The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation. And this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.

    It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold and rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.

    At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large Government Building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “Must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted．He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.

    He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.

    1．It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would    .

           A．be a cheerful companion                       B．try to cheat a customer

           C．earn a great deal of money                    D．trust his assistant much

    2．The assistant’s job that evening was to      .

           A．sell papers until 8 o’clock                     B．start selling magazines at 8 o’clock

           C．count the money taken that day             D．lock up the car park

    3．If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to     .

    A．park his car in a Government car park

    B．look for another free parking place

    C．pay to park his car in a garage

    D．pretend he was a Government employee

    4．When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were   .

    A．badly dressed

    B．very well off

    C．not as rich as himself

    D．not as hard-working as himself

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    SECTION C

    Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

    Leaving the carriage, the man hurried down the corridor to the dinner car. As he stood in the doorway looking for   48   empty place at one of the tables, a waiter caught his eye and waved him over to a seat   49   the window. The man gave a sign of pleasure at the thought of a proper meal   50   of the odds and ends(零碎的东西) he had been having lately. As he looked at the menu, he wondered   51   would be the most filling dish. Perhaps a large steak—  52   would have to be something that lasted until he got home at midnight.

      Oh, how he hated all this traveling,   53   it was necessary if he wanted to build up his business. After  54   two or three years he thought he should be able to take it easy, and leave the running of the business to his eldest son. The only trouble was, his eldest son showed no interest in the family firm; it was his youngest son   55   was really interested.

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    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

    　　Today, there’s hardly an aspect of our life that isn’t being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail．“If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says Microsoft, “a new car would cost about ＄ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas．And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza．”

    　　Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers．Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year．“We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity．”

    　　You would be hard pressed to name something that isn’t available on the Internet．Consider：books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets．And even after you’ve moved on to your final resting place, there’s no reason those you love can’t keep in touch．A company called FinalThoughts．com offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”．

    Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable(能预测的)future．Nearly all children in families with incomes of more than ＄75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation．Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52％ of those connected to the Internet．Most kids use computers to play games(some for 30 hours or more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left．

    　　What’s clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back．“The Internet is just 20％ invented,” says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum．“The last 80％ is happening now．”

    (1)

    What can we learn from the Microsoft’s remark?

    [　　]

    A．

    Today’s cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced．

    B．

    Information technology is developing at an amazing speed．

    C．

    Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult．

    D．

    There’s more competition in information technology industry than in car industry．

    (2)

    According to the author, the biggest benefit of the Internet is that _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    it saves companies huge amounts of money

    B．

    it speeds up profit making

    C．

    it brings people incredible convenience

    D．

    it provides easy access to information

    (3)

    The author gives the example of FinalThoughts．com to make the point that _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    there are some genius ideas on the Internet

    B．

    almost anything is available on the Internet

    C．

    people can find good bargains on the Internet

    D．

    some websites provide novel services to increase hits

    (4)

    What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

    [　　]

    A．

    There is a link between income and computer ownership．

    B．

    Many American children don’t put computers to good use．

    C．

    Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls．

    D．

    The U．S．will stay ahead in the information technology in years．

    (5)

    Which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph?

    [　　]

    A．

    Some can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of him．

    B．

    Think nothing of it．It was my pleasure．

    C．

    He thinks nothing of staying up all night in the Café bar．

    D．

    He thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment．

    (6)

    What is the message the author intends to convey?

    [　　]

    A．

    The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day．

    B．

    The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly．

    C．

    We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings．

    D．

    Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age．

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