2024年3月22日发(作者：公叔北嘉)
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Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D
on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The homeless make up a growing percentage of America
has reached such proportions that local governments can’possibly t
people
5
3
the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.
everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 6
7
8 . One of the federal government’studies s 9
anywhere
that the
from 600,000 to 3 million. the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that
’s population. 1 , homelessness
2 . To help homeless
4 independence, the federal government must support job training programs,
the number of the homeless is
Finding ways to 10
number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.
this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.
12 that will give them three meals a day
13 the street.
14 not
16 .
17
of
11 when homeless individuals manage to find a
and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day
Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a
significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others,
addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 15 skills needed to turn their lives
18
19
”
[C] Therefore
[C] approve
[C] with
[C] take
[C] Hardly
[C]range
[C]Provided
[C]increasing
[C]proves
[C]sustain
[C]Even
[C]dwelling
[C]crowding
[C]while
[C]survival
[C]on
[C]complementary
[C]As
[C]assumes
[C]regulation
[D] Furthermore
[D] retain
[D] toward
[D] keep
[D] Not
[D]differ
[D]Except that
[D]extending
[D]discovers
[D]dismiss
[D]Only
[D]house
[D]wandering
[D]whereas
[D]maintenance
[D]up
[D]compensating
[D]Thus
[D]makes
[D]coordination
Boston Globereporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are
programs that address the many needs of the homeless.
community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,
programs. What
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[A] Indeed
[A] stand
[A] in
[A] raise
[A] Generally
[A] cover
[A]Now that
[A]inflating
[A]predicts
’s needed is a package deal.
[B] Likewise
[B] cope
[B] for
[B] add
[B] Almost
[B]change
[B]Although
[B]expanding
[B]displays
[B]track
[B]But
[B]shelter
[B]strolling
[B]once
[B]existence
[B]over
[B]comprehensive
[B]Since
[B]interprets
[B]manipulation
it, “There has to be 20
Edward Zlotkowski, director of
10.[A]assist
11.[A]Hence
12.[A]lodging
13.[A]searching
14.[A]when
15.[A]life
16.[A]around
17.[A]complex
18.[A]So
19.[A]puts
20.[A]supervision
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Section II
Part A
Directions:
Reading Comprehension
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.
Mark your answers on ANSWER SNEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
In spite of “endless talk of difference,American ” society is an amazing machine for
homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the
casualness and absence of deference characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into ”“a
culture of consumption” launched by the 19
-century department stores that offered
th
vast arrays “
” of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,
these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping
into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for
homogenization.
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether
elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory
Rodriguez reports that today’immigration s is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to
assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of the population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the
10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to
1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation－language, home
ownership and intermarriage.
The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most
common countries of origin spoke English ‘well’ or ‘very well
children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English.
original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.
as a “graveyard
Americans.
Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born
whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to
non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.
Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living
within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation
to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America
social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.
21. The word “homogenizing (Paragraph 1) most probably means______ ”
[B] associating. [C] assimilating. [D] monopolizing. [A] identifying.
’s assimilative power.”
Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough
’ after ten years of residence.”
“By the third generation
Hence the description of America ”
” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970
had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born
’s turbulent past, tod
22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century______
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[A] played a role in the spread of popular culture.
[B] became intimate shops for common consumers.
[C] satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.
[D] owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.
23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. ______
[A] are resistant to homogenization.
[B] exert a great influence on American culture.
[C] are hardly a threat to the common culture.
[D] constitute the majority of the population.
24. Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?
[A] To prove their popularity around the world.
[B] To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants.
[C] To give examples of successful immigrants.
[D] To show the powerful influence of American culture.
25. In the author
[A] rewarding.
Part B
Directions:
In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the
most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are two extra
choices, which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)
On the north bank of the Ohio river sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of
a riverboat casino (a place where gambling games are played). During several years of gambling
in that casino , Williams，a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. He
had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of gambling.
He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino
issued to him, as a good customer, a
those activities became what he calls
(41)
“Fun Card,
“electronic heroin.
” which when used in the casino earns points for
”
meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user’gambling s activities. For Williams,
. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot
’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is______
[B] successful. [C] fruitless. [D] harmful.
machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186. He sometimes played two slot machines at a
time, all night, until the boat docked at , then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9
a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it
knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem.
In March 1998 a friend of Williams’nvoluntarily confined to a treatment center for s got him i
’s gambling problem. The casino included a
“cease admissions
addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams
photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a ”
Noting the “medical/psychologicalnature ” of problem gambling behavior, the letter said that
before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/ psychological
information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or
well-being.
(42) .
… and The Wall StreetJournal reports that the casino has 24 signs warning：“Enjoy the fun
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always bet with your head, not over it.
that the casino, knowing he was
him to
(43)
” Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for
’s suit charges
” intentionally worked to “helplessly addicted to gambling,
”. Well.
.
counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless Williams
“engage in conduct against his will
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of MentalDisorders says
“pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money
than of the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
(44)
personality disorders akin to physical disabilities.
(45) .
Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying
degrees dependent on—you might say addicted to—revenues from wagering. And since the first
Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers’ dollars has become intense.
The Oct.28 issue of Newsweekreported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos
every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed
pornography as the Web’s most profitable business.
[A] Although no such evidence was presented, the casino’marketing s department continued to
pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his
detected.
[B] It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was
his will operative?
[C] By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would
quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.
[D] Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was
broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and
aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.
[E] David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.
[F] It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often
defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
[G] The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to
compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how tomove against Internet
gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
Part C
Directions:
Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.
Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET2. (10 points)
Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society?
I am going to suggest that it is not true. Father Bruckberger told part of the story when he
observed that it is the intellectuals who have rejected American. But they have done more than
that. They have grown dissatisfied with the role of the intellectual. It is they, not American, who
have become anti-intellectual.
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. Pushed by science, or what claims to
be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as
Fun Card without being
2024年3月22日发(作者：公叔北嘉)
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Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D
on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The homeless make up a growing percentage of America
has reached such proportions that local governments can’possibly t
people
5
3
the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.
everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 6
7
8 . One of the federal government’studies s 9
anywhere
that the
from 600,000 to 3 million. the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that
’s population. 1 , homelessness
2 . To help homeless
4 independence, the federal government must support job training programs,
the number of the homeless is
Finding ways to 10
number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.
this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.
12 that will give them three meals a day
13 the street.
14 not
16 .
17
of
11 when homeless individuals manage to find a
and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day
Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a
significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others,
addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 15 skills needed to turn their lives
18
19
”
[C] Therefore
[C] approve
[C] with
[C] take
[C] Hardly
[C]range
[C]Provided
[C]increasing
[C]proves
[C]sustain
[C]Even
[C]dwelling
[C]crowding
[C]while
[C]survival
[C]on
[C]complementary
[C]As
[C]assumes
[C]regulation
[D] Furthermore
[D] retain
[D] toward
[D] keep
[D] Not
[D]differ
[D]Except that
[D]extending
[D]discovers
[D]dismiss
[D]Only
[D]house
[D]wandering
[D]whereas
[D]maintenance
[D]up
[D]compensating
[D]Thus
[D]makes
[D]coordination
Boston Globereporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are
programs that address the many needs of the homeless.
community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,
programs. What
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
[A] Indeed
[A] stand
[A] in
[A] raise
[A] Generally
[A] cover
[A]Now that
[A]inflating
[A]predicts
’s needed is a package deal.
[B] Likewise
[B] cope
[B] for
[B] add
[B] Almost
[B]change
[B]Although
[B]expanding
[B]displays
[B]track
[B]But
[B]shelter
[B]strolling
[B]once
[B]existence
[B]over
[B]comprehensive
[B]Since
[B]interprets
[B]manipulation
it, “There has to be 20
Edward Zlotkowski, director of
10.[A]assist
11.[A]Hence
12.[A]lodging
13.[A]searching
14.[A]when
15.[A]life
16.[A]around
17.[A]complex
18.[A]So
19.[A]puts
20.[A]supervision
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Section II
Part A
Directions:
Reading Comprehension
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.
Mark your answers on ANSWER SNEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
In spite of “endless talk of difference,American ” society is an amazing machine for
homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the
casualness and absence of deference characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into ”“a
culture of consumption” launched by the 19
-century department stores that offered
th
vast arrays “
” of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,
these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping
into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for
homogenization.
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether
elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory
Rodriguez reports that today’immigration s is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to
assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of the population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the
10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to
1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation－language, home
ownership and intermarriage.
The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most
common countries of origin spoke English ‘well’ or ‘very well
children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English.
original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.
as a “graveyard
Americans.
Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born
whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to
non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.
Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living
within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation
to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America
social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.
21. The word “homogenizing (Paragraph 1) most probably means______ ”
[B] associating. [C] assimilating. [D] monopolizing. [A] identifying.
’s assimilative power.”
Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough
’ after ten years of residence.”
“By the third generation
Hence the description of America ”
” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970
had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born
’s turbulent past, tod
22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century______
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[A] played a role in the spread of popular culture.
[B] became intimate shops for common consumers.
[C] satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.
[D] owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.
23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. ______
[A] are resistant to homogenization.
[B] exert a great influence on American culture.
[C] are hardly a threat to the common culture.
[D] constitute the majority of the population.
24. Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?
[A] To prove their popularity around the world.
[B] To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants.
[C] To give examples of successful immigrants.
[D] To show the powerful influence of American culture.
25. In the author
[A] rewarding.
Part B
Directions:
In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the
most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are two extra
choices, which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)
On the north bank of the Ohio river sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of
a riverboat casino (a place where gambling games are played). During several years of gambling
in that casino , Williams，a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. He
had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of gambling.
He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino
issued to him, as a good customer, a
those activities became what he calls
(41)
“Fun Card,
“electronic heroin.
” which when used in the casino earns points for
”
meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user’gambling s activities. For Williams,
. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot
’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is______
[B] successful. [C] fruitless. [D] harmful.
machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186. He sometimes played two slot machines at a
time, all night, until the boat docked at , then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9
a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it
knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem.
In March 1998 a friend of Williams’nvoluntarily confined to a treatment center for s got him i
’s gambling problem. The casino included a
“cease admissions
addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams
photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a ”
Noting the “medical/psychologicalnature ” of problem gambling behavior, the letter said that
before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/ psychological
information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or
well-being.
(42) .
… and The Wall StreetJournal reports that the casino has 24 signs warning：“Enjoy the fun
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always bet with your head, not over it.
that the casino, knowing he was
him to
(43)
” Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for
’s suit charges
” intentionally worked to “helplessly addicted to gambling,
”. Well.
.
counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless Williams
“engage in conduct against his will
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of MentalDisorders says
“pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money
than of the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
(44)
personality disorders akin to physical disabilities.
(45) .
Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying
degrees dependent on—you might say addicted to—revenues from wagering. And since the first
Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers’ dollars has become intense.
The Oct.28 issue of Newsweekreported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos
every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed
pornography as the Web’s most profitable business.
[A] Although no such evidence was presented, the casino’marketing s department continued to
pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his
detected.
[B] It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was
his will operative?
[C] By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would
quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.
[D] Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was
broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and
aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.
[E] David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.
[F] It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often
defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
[G] The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to
compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how tomove against Internet
gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
Part C
Directions:
Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.
Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET2. (10 points)
Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society?
I am going to suggest that it is not true. Father Bruckberger told part of the story when he
observed that it is the intellectuals who have rejected American. But they have done more than
that. They have grown dissatisfied with the role of the intellectual. It is they, not American, who
have become anti-intellectual.
精细；挑选；
. Pushed by science, or what claims to
be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as
Fun Card without being