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The United States【C1】______a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are

Canada【C2】______the north, and Mexico to the south.【C3】______the United States is a big country, it s not the largest in the world. In 1964 its population was over 160,000,000. When this land first became a nation, after winning independence from England, it had thirteen states,【C4】______of the states was represented on the American flag by a star. All the states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were added and new stars【C5】______on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 states. In 1959, however, two more stars were added to the flag【C6】______the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. Sometimes【C7】______is said that the Indians are the only real Americans. Most Americans, however, are descendants(后代)of people who came from all over the world to find a new【C8】______in a new land.【C9】______who came first and in greatest numbers to make their home on the eastern coast of North America were mostly from England. It is for that reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like【C10】______of England than of any other country in the world.

【C1】

A．does

B．makes

C．covers

D．gives

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第1题

The family is the center of most traditional Asians' lives. Many people worry about their

families welfare, reputation, and honor. Asian families are often 【C1】______ , including several generations related by 【C2】______ or marriage living in the same home. An Asian person's misdeeds are not blamed just on the individual but also on the family--including the dead 【C3】______ .

Traditional Chinese, among many other Asians, respect their elders and feel a deep sense of duty 【C4】______ them. Children repay their parents' 【C5】______ by being successful and supporting them in old age. This is accepted as a 【C6】______ part of life in China. 【C7】______ ,taking care of the aged parents is often viewed as a tremendous 【C8】______ in the United States, where aging and family support are not 【C9】______ highly. 【C10】______ , in the youth-oriented United States, growing old is seen as a bad thing, and many old people do not receive respect.

Pilipinos, the most Americanized of the Asians, are 【C11】______ extremely family-oriented. They are 【C12】______ to helping their children and will sacrifice greatly for their children to get an education. 【C13】______ , the children are devoted to their parents, who often live nearby. Grown children who leave the country for economic reasons 【C14】______ send large parts of their income home to their parents. The Vietnamese family 【C15】______ people currently 【C16】______ as well as the spirits of the dead and of the as-yet unborn.

Any 【C17】______ or actions are done from family considerations, not individual desires. People's behavior. is fudged 【C18】______ whether it brings shame or pride to the family. The Vietnamese do not particularly believe in self-reliance; in this way, they are the 【C19】______ of people in the United States. Many Vietnamese think that their actions in this life will influence their 【C20】______ in the next life.

【C1】

A．enlarged

B．extended

C．expanded

D．lengthened

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第2题

There have been some attempts in the United States, Europe, Australia over the past decade

s to 【C1】______ governments to pay people for the housework they do. A U.S. organization 【C2】______ the Wages for Housework Campaign argued for many years 【C3】______ housework was boring and degrading because it was 【C4】______ , and that payment would improve the 【C5】______ or women in society overall. More recently they have argued 【C6】______ housewives to be included in the labor 【C7】______ and for unpaid housework to be included in the 【C8】______ of a nation's wealth. They have argued that this would make housework more visible, and could possibly 【C9】______ to greater investment in programs to help women.

So far, no government has seriously 【C10】______ paying people for housework. This is not surprising when you consider how difficult it would be to carry 【C11】______ such a scheme. The first problem would be to 【C12】______ how much people would be paid. In 1995 the United Nations 【C13】______ the annual value of women's unpaid work at $11 trillion (万亿) 【C14】______ . An Australian government 【C15】______ in 1991 calculated that if someone was to be 【C16】______ to do all the housework in one home it would be 【C17】______ 400 Australian dollars a week.

【C18】______ , there would be more problems to 【C19】______ . Would everyone get the same amount？ Which tasks would and would not be paid for？ How would the government know 【C20】______ the work was done？

【C1】

A．call

B．encourage

C．appeal

D．make

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第3题

During the traditional wedding ceremony, the【C1】______couple promise each other lifelong d

evotion. Yet, about one out of four American marriages ends in divorce. Since 1940, the divorce rate has more than doubled, and experts predict that, of all marriages that【C2】______in the 2000s, about 50% will end in divorce. The U.S. has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, perhaps【C3】______the highest. What goes wrong？ The fact that divorce is so【C4】______in the United States does not mean that Americans consider marriage a casual, unimportant【C5】______. Just the opposite is【C6】______. Americans expect a great【C7】______from marriage. They seek physical, emotional, and intellectual compatibility. They want to be deeply loved and【C8】______. It is because Americans expect so much from marriage that so many get divorced. They prefer no marriage at all to a marriage without love and understanding. With typical American optimism, they end one marriage【C9】______that the next will be happier.【C10】______no-fault divorce laws in many states, it is easier than before to get a divorce. Some American women,【C11】______in unhappy marriages because they dont have the education or job【C12】______to support themselves and their children. But most American women believe that, if【C13】______, they can make it alone without a husband. When a couple gets divorced, the court may【C14】______the man to pay his former wife a monthly sum of money called alimony. The amount of alimony【C15】______on the husbands income, the wifes needs and the【C16】______of the marriage. 【C17】______, the court decides that a woman should pay her husband alimony. About 10% of American women【C18】______their husbands. The court may decide that she must continue to【C19】______him after the divorce. This is a rather new【C20】______in the United States.

【C1】

A．devoted

B．loving

C．beloved

D．bridal

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第4题

Success does not come easily to a small business. The United States Small Business Adminis

tration says fifty percent of small businesses【C1】______in the first year and ninety-five percent fail within five years.

Many【C2】______believe one way to【C3】______their chance of success is to【C4】______an already【C5】______business【C6】______a franchise(特许经营权). A franchise provides a name and products that people know. One of the【C7】______franchising companies in the world,【C8】______, is McDonald's.

A person who wants to start a【C9】______must pay a【C10】______. This amount of money depends on【C11】______the franchising company【C12】______the new business to earn. To open a McDonald's franchise costs at least 500,000 dollars【C13】______fees. Franchise fees for some other companies are only a few thousand dollars.【C14】______, store space, goods and other things needed to operate a franchise may cost【C15】______.

Franchise buyers【C16】______pay a percentage of their earnings every year【C17】______the right to operate the business. They also must agree to pay for marketing efforts. A【C18】______of earnings【C19】______national advertising. Another percentage may go to local advertising.

Franchises are a very big kind of small business. Like any other kind of business,【C20】______, there is no guarantee of success.

【C1】

A．succeed

B．fail

C．prosper

D．run

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第5题

Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the students.【C1】___

___a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the【C2】______in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The【C3】______student is considered to be【C4】______who is motivated(激发)to learn for the sake of【C5】______, not the one interested only in get ting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned【C6】______brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is【C7】______for learning the material assigned. When research is【C8】______, the professor expects the students to take it actively and complete it with【C9】______guidance. It is the【C10】______responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain【C11】______a university library works; they expect students,【C12】______graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference【C13】______in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but【C14】______that their students should not be【C15】______dependent on them. In the United States professors have many other duties【C16】______teaching, such as administrative or re search work.【C17】______, the time that a professor can spend with a student outside of class is【C18】______If a student has problems with classroom work, the student should either【C19】______a professor during office hours【C20】______make an appointment.

【C1】

A．If

B．Although

C．Because

D．Since

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第6题

In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established

in various areas during the【C1】______ half of the 19th century; most of【C2】______ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U. S. , the day nursery movement received great【C3】______ during the First World War, when【C4】______ of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were estab- lished【C5】______ in munitions plants, under direct government sponsorship.【C6】______ the number of nurseries in the U. S. also rose【C7】______ , this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War,【C8】______ , Federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control【C9】______ the day nurseries, chiefly by【C10】______ them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.

The【C11】______ of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were【C12】______ called upon to replace men in the factories. On this 【C13】______ the U. S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools,【C14】______ $ 6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities【C15】______ this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared【C16】______ in day care centers receiving Federal【C17】______ . Soon afterward, the Federal government【C18】______ cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later【C19】______ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their【C20】______ at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled.

【C1】

A．latter

B．late

C．other

D．first

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第7题

A variety of social problems are closely linked to poverty. It is well【C1】______that child

ren who grow up in poverty are more likely to .be【C2】______in illegal activity, have higher teenage pregnancy rates,【C3】______lower academic achievement, and suffer【C4】______a host of other social problems than those who do not grow up in poverty. The【C5】______of the poor population may also have important【C6】______for the overall competitiveness of the American economy, not only【C7】______it brings the added tax burden, but also because immigrants earning poverty level wages clearly do not have the kind of skills【C8】______to compete in an increasingly global marketplace.

In【C9】______to the impact on American society in【C10】______, looking at poverty among immigrants is also important because it is one way of【C11】______the consequences of current immigration policy. It also gives us a good idea of what immigrants【C12】______in the future are likely to do in the United States if immigration policy【C13】______unchanged. Very high poverty rates imply that a significant proportion of immigrants are unable to【C14】______in the modern American economy. This is【C15】______important because without a change in immigration policy, 10 million new immigrants will likely settle【C16】______in the country in just the next decade. Of course, the poverty rate for immigrant households does not tell us exactly【C17】______those admitted in the future will fare.【C18】______, looking at past immigrants is probably the best means we have of【C19】______how tomorrow's immigrants will do if the same selection criteria【C20】______to be used.

【C1】

A．estimated

B．established

C．suggested

D．believed

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第8题

Believe it or not, no one can afford to deny or ignore the tiny sparkle of an idea, especi

ally in a/an 【C1】______ of knowledge explosion. Like any other aspects of the computer age, Yahoo began as an idea, 【C2】______ into a hobby and lately has turned into a full-time passion. The two developers of Yahoo, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph. D candidates 【C3】______ Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in the United States, started their 【C4】______ in April 1994 as a way to keep 【C5】______ of their personal interest on the Internet. Before long they found that their homebrewed lists were becoming too long and 【C6】______ . And gradually they began to spend more and more time on Yahoo.

During the year of 1994, they 【C7】______ Yahoo into a customized database designed to 【C8】______ the needs of the thousands of users that began to use the service through the closely 【C9】______ Internet community. They developed customized software to help them 【C10】______ locate, identify and edit material 【C11】______ on the Internet. The name Yahoo is 【C12】______ to stand for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle", but David Filo and Jerry Yang insist that they select the 【C13】______ because they considered themselves yahoos. Yahoo itself first 【C14】______ on Yang's workstation, "akebono", while the search engine was 【C15】______ on Filo's computer, "Konishiki".

In early 1995 Marc Andersen, one of the 【C16】______ of Netscape Communication in Mountain View, California, invited Filo and Yang to move their files 【C17】______ to larger computers 【C18】______ at Netscape. As a result Stanford's computer network returned to 【C19】______ and both parties benefited from this issue. Today, Yahoo 【C20】______ organized information on tens of thousands of computers linked to the web.

【C1】

A．time

B．era

C．phase

D．epoch

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第9题

It has been necessary to refer repeatedly to the effects of the two world wars in promotin

g all kinds of innovation. It should be【C1】______ also that technological innovations have【C2】______ the character of war itself by the【C3】______ of new mechanical and chemical devices. One weapon developed【C4】______ World War II deserves a special mention. The【C5】______ of rocket propulsion (推进力) was wellknown earlier, and its possibilities as a 【C6】______ of achieving speeds sufficient to escape from the Earth's gravitational (引力的) pull had been【C7】______ out by the Russian and the American scientists. The【C8】______ built an experimental liquid-fuelled rocket in 1926.【C9】______ , a group of German and Romanian pioneers was working across the same lines, and in the 1930s, it was this team that developed a rocket【C10】______ of delivering a warhead hundreds of miles away. Reaching a height of over 100 miles, the V-2 rocket【C11】______ the beginning of the Space Age, and members of its design team were【C12】______ in both the Soviet and United States space programs after the war. Technology had a tremendous social【C13】______ in the period 1900—1945. The automobile and electric power, on the other hand, radically changed both the scale and the quality of 20th-century life,【C14】______ a process of rapid urbanization and a virtual revolution【C15】______ living through mass production of household goods and【C16】______ . The rapid development of the airplane, the cinema,【C17】______ radio made the world seem suddenly smaller and more【C18】______ . The development of many products of the chemical industry further transformed the life of【C19】______ people. In the years following 1945 the constructive and creative opportunities of modern technology could be exploited,【C20】______ the process has not been without its problems.

【C1】

A．observed

B．notified

C．commented

D．detected

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第10题

What are relations going to be like between China and the United States？

A．Relations between China and the United States are going to be sometimes worse and sometimes better．

B．Relations between China and the United States are going to be better．

C．Relations between China and the United States are going to be wors

E．

D．Relations between China and the United States are going to remain the sam

E．

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第11题

Because of its history, the United States has a society with many different classes, groups, racesand lifestyles。（)

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