4. By using the example of university graduation ceremonies, the author intends to tell us ___________.

A. there are many people at the university graduation ceremonies

B. universities should consider changing the procedures of giving awards

C. aphabetism does put some people at a disadvantage

D. university graduates are greatly affected by their names

3. The 4^th paragraph suggests that ______________.

A. questions are often put to more intelligent students.

B. alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class

C. teachers should pay attention to all of their students

D. students should be seated according to their eyesight

2. Which of the following isn’t Alphabetism?

A. Customers choose more AAAA taxis than Zodiac taxis.

B. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet.

C. Five of the seven leaders of G7 rich countries have surnames beginning with B ane C.

D. Interviewers lose interest in the Zysmans.

1. What does the author intend to communicate wih AAAA Cars and Zodiac cars?

A. A kind of unnoticed inequality.         B. A type of obvious bias（偏见）.

C. A type of personal prejudice.           D. A kind of name discrimination.

4.         What does the underlined “this” refer to? 1010jiajiao

A. being a dad                   B. adopting the boys 1010jiajiao

C. living a different life            D. talking with his wife about the boys 1010jiajiao

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Alphabetism（按字母顺序排列）is referred to as one of the few existing discriminations. 1010jiajiao

It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA Cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone number book. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters with A and K. 1010jiajiao

Bush has a surname starting with B; and 26 of the former presidents had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Six of the seven heads of the G7 rich countries are Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi. The world’s top central bankers（Greespan, Duisenberg and Hayami）are all close to the top of the alphabet, as are the world’s five richest men（Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht）. 1010jiajiao

Can this happen by chance? At the start of the first year in school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front. So short-sighted Zysman juniors get stuck in the back row, and are rarely asked those insensitive teachers. At that time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.

At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are yawning. Short lists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees; all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their receivers lose interest as they struggle through them.

3.         From Paragraph 5, we can know that _____________. 1010jiajiao

A.       she hadn’t planned to adopt any child before 1010jiajiao

B.        to adopt, she needed to make a list first 1010jiajiao

C.        she had planned to adopt a native child 1010jiajiao

D.       adopting a foreign teenager was what she had planned to do in the near future 1010jiajiao

2.         The announcer described the hardships the boys had at home ______________. 1010jiajiao

A.       just to let the attendants know more about them 1010jiajiao

B.        to win people’s sympathy and have more money collected for them 1010jiajiao

C.        because that was his duty 1010jiajiao

D.       to tell the people that presently they needed new visas 1010jiajiao

1. Debbie hurried into the church because she ____________. 1010jiajiao

A.       was raising money for the orphanage 1010jiajiao

B.        the performance of the visiting boys choir from Liberia was about to begin 1010jiajiao

C.        wanted to be in time for the adoption ceremony 1010jiajiao

D.       was eager to see the boys whom she would adopt 1010jiajiao

3. The main purpose of these deals is to ___________. 1010jiajiao

A. celebrate the coming of spring          B. celebrate the end of winter 1010jiajiao

C. provide some holidays for people        D. attract customers for the travel agent 1010jiajiao

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Debbie Alexander was hurrying as she settled into a seat at her Weddington, North Carolina, church. England. The visiting boys choir from Liberia, which had toured the United States for a year, raising money for their orphanage, was about to sing. Debbie was vaguely（模糊地）aware of fighting and instability in their country, and wondered what teenagers from such a troubled land would be like. 1010jiajiao

After a few songs, an announcer described the hardships these boys faced at home. While the boys were on tour, their orphanage had twice come under attack. In June, rebels ransacked（洗劫）the building. One caregiver died in the fight; three others were wounded. More than 400 children had to run for their lives. Teenagers, carrying toddlers on their backs, escaped in the rain to Monrovia, about 25 miles away. They were all still there, living in a warehouse. 1010jiajiao

The announcer was blunt. The choirboys’ visas were about to come to an end, and they would have return to Liberia unless they were adopted. 1010jiajiao

Maybe it was the church, the music or the look on the boys’ faces that gave rise to the words Debbie heard: This is what I want you to do. 1010jiajiao

Yet she resisted. No. I just raised my two. I’ve done my time. Adopting a teenager from a foreign country was not even close to being on her to-do list. 1010jiajiao

After the service, however, she found herself at a reception to meet the boys. It was heartbreaking to see the boys. She told the choir leader that if there were boys who didn’t find families, she might be interested. 1010jiajiao

Scarcely believing what she had done, she called David, her husband, as she drove home ―almost hoping he would talk her out of this crazy idea. There was silence on the other end. Finally, David replied, “Can we talk about this when you get home?” 1010jiajiao

What David hadn’t told her was that for weeks, he had been praying for a way to make his life really count. He was tired of living a safe life. When Debbie had called about adopting the boys, David knew instantly this was it. He loved being a dad. 1010jiajiao