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ENGLISH ENTRANCE EJCAMINATION FOR X!ad~bt
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PAPER ONEPAPER ONE S1oP_A[|
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) P<{N)H 2r
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. 5
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3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in ^B`*4
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4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. ?z$^4u3
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5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. CV
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. lk?@ =U~
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13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. Z.E@aml\
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14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. T'${*NVn
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19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. yP0XA=,Y
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PART II CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 15 points) q"Th\? }%
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There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration______21, we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths ______22 they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the______23 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand, ______24 in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human______ 25 only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood Furniture was designed for people to sit______26 in, because that was the only posture approved by society. bmI6OIWl
Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a (n) ______27 on which I would not think of______28 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about______29 on a couch carried by servants, because______30 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did______31 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an______32 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to______33 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal______34 , and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of______35. tNC;CP#R+
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Section A (60 minutes, 30 points) 35n'sVn
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Passage One 0;tu}]jnN
Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of advanced technical equipment, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must face the courts if they handle things badly. .tA=5QY,
But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in which health care is organized and financed. Contrary to public belief, it is not just a free competition system. To the private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not looking after the less fortunate and the elderly. EqF>=5*
But even with this huge public part of the system, which this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars-more than 10 percent of the U.S. budget-large numbers of Americans are left out. These include about half the I1 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits on income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can. 4azqH;i
The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control over the health system. There is no limit to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services. Over than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is pay up. dfWtLY
Two-thirds of the populations are covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want knowing that the insurance company will pay the bill. \JDxN
The medical profession has as a result become America's new big businessmen. The average income of doctors has now reached $100,000 a year. With such vast incomes the talk in the doctor's surgery is as likely to be about the doctor's latest financial deal, as about whether the minor operation he is recommending at several thousand dollars is entirely necessary. `*y%[J,I#
The rising cost of medicine in the U.S.A. is among the most worrying problem facing the country. In 1981 the country's health cost climbed 15.9 percent-about twice as fast as prices in general. ,*Wp$
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C. low charge by doctors and hospitals
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37. Doctors and hospitals try hard to avoid making mistakes because ______. @`XbM7D 5
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B. they care much about Their reputation 2Ws'3Jz
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38. What do most Americans think about health in the U.S.? z[l_<`J$9
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C. It should cover the unemployed g=jB'h?
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39. From Paragraph 3 we know that ______from the public health system. zQoJ8i>
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40. According to the author, what is the key factor in the rise of health cost in the US? ~^>g<YR[
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41. It is implied that American doctors often______. M$e$%kPShE
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Almost every day the media discovers an African community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills. Garbage dumps, petrochemical plants, refineries, bus depots, and the list go on. For years, residents watched helplessly as their communities became dumping grounds. |
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But citizens didn't remain silent for long. Local activists have been organizing under the mantle of environmental justice since as far back as 1968. More than three decades ago, the concept of environmental justice had not registered on the radar screens of many environmental or civil rights groups. But environmental justice fits squarely under the civil rights umbrella. It should not be forgotten that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis on an environmental and economic justice mission in 1968, seeking support for striking garbage workers who were underpaid and whose basic duties exposed them to environmentally hazardous conditions. caZ
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In 1979 landmark environmental discrimination lawsuit filed in Houston. Followed by similar litigation efforts in the 1980s, rallied activists to stand up to corporations and demand government intervention. Ryn@">sVI
In 1991, a new breed of environmental activists gathered in Washington, D.C., to bring national attention to pollution problems threatening low-income and minority communities Leaders introduced the concept of environmental justice, protesting that Black, poor and working-class communities often received less environmental protection than White or more affluent communities. The first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit effectively broadened what "the environment" was understood to mean. It expanded the definition to include where we live, work, play, worship and go to school, as well as the physical and natural world. In the process, the environmental justice movement changed the way environmentalism is practiced in the United States and, ultimately, worldwide. $YK~7!!
Because many issues identified at the inaugural summit remain unaddressed, the second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit was convened in Washington, D.C., this past October. The second summit was planned for 500 delegates; but more than 1,400 people attended the four-day gathering. H%;pPkIi
"We are pleased that the Summit II was able to attract a record number of grassroots activists, academicians, students, researchers, government officials We proved to the world that our planners, policy analysts and movement is alive and well, and growing," says Beverly Wright, chair of the summit. The meeting produced two dozen policy papers that show environmental and health disparities between people of color and Whites. ]0g1P-&,U
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D. barely realized by many environmentalists bjFND]p?w
44. In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis to help the garbage workers ______. )T@+"Pw8t
A. get relieved of some of their basic duties (ewcj\l4*
B. know what environmental justice was 8\[qR_LV
C. fight for better working conditions Hzc^fC
D. recognize their dangerous surroundings r8!M8Sc
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B. environmental activists cooperated in defying the US government A{Q~@1
C. the government intervention helped promote environmental justice 1 w9Aoc
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46. the new breed of environmental activists differed from the previous activists in that______. 2^&5D,}0
A. they noticed environmental disparities between the rich and the poor IF3 V5Q
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47. With respect to getting environmental justice, Summit II aimed for ______. XPcx"zv\
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B. attracting national attention .?.Q[ic
C. identifying relevant issues YQ5d!a.
D. finding solutions to the problems YR$d\,#R
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Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spent only“tow minutes with“baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler stating to walk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, around the start of middle or junior high school, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed and end up joining the ranks of underachievers. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often in separately tied to their children's success, it can be a bewildering, painful experience. So it is no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that ambition can be taught like any other subject at school. Ib$?[
It's not quite that simple. "Kids can be given the opportunities, but they can't before,”says Jacquelyn Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan who tried a study examining what motivated first-and seventh-graders in three school districts. Even so growing number of educators and psychosis’s do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don't seem to have much. They say that by instilling confidence, encouraging some risk taking, being accepting of failure and expanding the areas in which children may be successful, both parents and teachers can reignite that innate desire to achieve. kam\dn04
Dubbed Brainology, the unorthodox approach uses basic neuroscience to teach kids how the brain works and how it can continue to develop throughout life. The message is that everything is within the kids' control, that their intelligence is malleable S|ADu]H(
Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and rigid separation of students into disappearance of drive in some kids. Educators say it's important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities. “The crux of the issue is that many students that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions ‘says Michael Nakkula, a Harvard education professor who runs a Boston-area mentoring program called Project IF (Inventing the Future), which works to get low-income underachievers in touch with their aspirations. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to tell them the notion that Glasswork is irrelevant is not true, to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. Like any ambitious toddler, they need to understand that they have to learn to walk before they can run. o<%s\n
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D. how to help school children develop their ambition {siIRl2&
49. According to the passage, most educators believe that many kids ______.
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C. become less ambitious as they grow up FBJ Lkg0
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50. Paragraph 1 mentions some parents who would see their kids' failure as______. I%31MU9
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