I quite ______ the plan you outlined in your report．

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A．entertain　　　B．agree

C．satisfy　　　　D．appreciate

City people enjoy going to the countryside ________ with organic food and vegetables on holidays.

　 A. to entertain　 B. to be entertained　 C. entertaining themselves D. to be entertained themselves

I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court. After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer(律师）.Now that he had helped me to find a good doctor, it was only fair(公平）that I should pay him.

But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report only contained ten lines, and it cost me $215.

My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to fire him. And he made me pay him $770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Because of my inexperience, I told the insurance the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time … and I left without getting a cent.

My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality(道德); secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its advantages and disadvantages.

1．The author’s roommate offered to help him because ________.

A．he felt sorry for the author.

B．he thought it was a chance to make some money

　 C．he knew the doctor was a very good one

D．he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

2．A good lawyer is important for the author to ________.

　 A．be properly treated

　 B．talk with the person responsible for the accident

　 C．recover before he leaves America

　 D．eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

3．The word charge in the passage means ________.

　 A．be responsible　　 B．entertain　　　　　　 C．ask to pay　 D．repay

4．What conclusion can you draw from this story?

　 A．Going to court is something very common in America.

　 B．One must be very careful while driving a car.

　 C．There are more disadvantages in America than advantages.

D．Money is more important than other things in the US.

The plastic identification cards carried by all Chinese citizens over 16 are to be replaced with electronic cards.

The new cards, which most people will have by 2007, contain a microchip(微芯片) on which personal information is stored. This can be checked against databases(资料库) kept by the government.

“The information will be locked into the card so that people won’t be able to use false identities.”said Ren Tianbu, a security official in Shenyang.

China’s present plastic identity cards were introduced 17 years ago, and many other countries use a similar system. However, the information shown on a card differs from nation to nation. Most ID cards show the holder’s name, sex, date of birth and photograph.

Germany, France and Spain all use ID cards, but there are some developed nations who dislike the idea. The US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden and Britain are among those with no national ID card. However, some of the countries have ID cards for particular uses. For example, Australia and the United States use a driving license to identify people.

Identity cards are introduced for a variety of reasons. Race, politics and religion were often at the heart of older ID systems. In recent years, though, ID cards have been linked to national information databases, which form the basis of how a government manages a country.

The US, Britain and some other countries are considering a national ID system as a way of preventing terrorist attacks.

However, such plans have been met with strong resistance by those who believe identity cards work against human rights and personal information.

“ID cards make us suspects, not citizens,” said UK human rights group Liberty.

1.What is one of the differences between China’s new and present ID cards?

A．The new ones contain different personal information.

B．The present ID cards are easier to copy.

C．Even little kids can have the new ID cards.

D．The information on present ID cards isn’t in the databases kept by the government.

2.Which of the following countries does not have an ID card system?

A．France.　　　　　 B．Spain.　　　　 C．Sweden.　　　 D．Germany.

3.What is the main reason why government use ID card systems nowadays?

A．To prevent terrorist attacks.　　　　

B．To fight against crimes.

C．To support government services.　　

D．To have more control on its citizens.

4.The purpose of this passage is to ___________.

A. inform　　

B. entertain　　

C. clear up some mysteries　　

D. remove some misunderstanding