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第1题

After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report

After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of similar __1__ that shook America in 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.

Injuries and deaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. On a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highway. In addition, __3__ made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more __4__ to quakes.

In the past, making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations. The most __7__ designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake's vibrations. When ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would __8__ the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new designs should offer even greater __9__ to cities where earthquakes ofen take place.

The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.

[A]changes

[B]flexible

[C]decrease

[D]recent

[E]push

[F]reduce

[G]relatively

[H]safety

[I]resistant

[J]expensive

[K]force

[L]accordingly

[M]intensity

[N]security

[O]opposed

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第2题

Directions:Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. As war spreads

to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education __47__. The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the __48__ of peacemakers. The Children\'s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated （提名） for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. groups of children __49__ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace. The classroom __50__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __51__, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __52__toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __53__ useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and __54__ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children\'s rights and how to help the __55__ of war. Starting a Peacemakers\' Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __56__ school.

A．acting

I．information

B．assuming

J．offers

C．comprehensive

K．projects

D．cooperative

L．respectively

E．entire

M．role

F．especially M

N．technology

G．forward

O．victims

H．images

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第3题

American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities ref

lect the【B1】of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities for education,【B2】, welfare, and entertainment. They also【B3】the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial【B4】, and poverty. American cities are changing, just【B5】American society.

After World War Ⅱ, the【B6】of most large American cities decreased;【B7】, the population in many Sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities【B8】population increased. These population shifts to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society.

During this time, in the【B9】1940s and early 1950s, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had mare children. They needed more【B10】. They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the【B11】, areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories.

Now things are changing. The children of the people who【B12】the cities in the 1950s are now【B13】. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities.【B14】continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are【B15】and the population is increasing in【B16】states as Texas, Florida, and California. Others are moving to more【B17】cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.

Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives are moving back into the city. They prefer the city【B18】the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just【B19】the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities—a wealthier,【B20】mobile class.

【B1】

A．values

B．attitudes

C．ideas

D．expenses

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Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read: "Fragile: handle with

care." It will never do, these days, to go around referring to criminal as violent thugs. You must refer to them politely as "social misfits (不能适应社会的人). The professional killer who wouldn't think twice about using his club or knife to batter some harmless old lady to death in order to rob her of her meager life savings must never be given a dose of his own medicine. He is in need of "hospital treatment". According to his misguided defenders, society is to blame. A wicked society breeds evil or so the argument goes. When you listen to this kind of talk, it makes you wonder why we aren't all criminals. We have done away with the absurdly harsh laws of the nineteenth century and this is only right. But surely enough is enough. The most senseless piece of criminal legislation in Britain and a number of other countries has been the suspension of capital punishment.

The violent criminal has become a kind of hero-figure in our time. He is glorified on the screen; he is pursued by the press and paid vast sum of money for his "memories". Newspapers which specialize in crime reporting enjoy enormous circulations. When you read about the achievements of the great train robbers, it makes you wonder whether you are reading about some glorious resistance movement. The hardened criminal is cuddled and cosseted by the sociologists on the one hand and adored as a hero by the masses on the other. It's no wonder he is a privileged person who expects and receives VIP treatment wherever he goes. Capital punishment used to be a major deterrent. It made the violent robber think twice before pulling the trigger. It gave the cold-blooded poisoner (下毒者) something to ponder about while he was shaking up or serving his arsenic cocktail. It prevented unarmed policemen from being killed while pursuing their duty by killers armed with automatic weapons. Above all, it protected the most vulnerable members of society, young children, from brutal violence. It is horrifying to think that the criminal can literally get away with murder. We all know that "life sentence" does not mean what it says. After ten years or so of good conduct, the most desperate villain is free to' return to society where he will live very comfortably, on the proceeds of his crime, or he will go on committing offences until he is caught again. People are always willing to hold liberal views at the expense of others. It's always fashionable to pose as the defender of the under-dog, so long as you, personally, remain unaffected. Did the defenders of crime, in their desire for fair play, consult the victims before they suspended capital punishment？ Hardly, because all the victims were dead.

According to the passage, which of the following is the author's opinion？

A．All criminals should be required to carry cards read: "Fragile: Handle with Care."

B．Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals.

C．Society is to blame.

D．All criminals need hospital treatment.

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第5题

阅读理解：根据文章内容，判断正误。

Causes for Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile Delinquency refers to criminal acts committed by children or teenagers, specifically anyone below the age of eighteen. These crimes hurt society and the children themselves.

There are many factors that cause juvenile delinquency. Some children want to test their parents'or society's limits. Sometimes juvenile crimes happen because of a lack of rules and supervision. For example, many times children commit crimes after school and while their parents are at work.

Additionally, mental illness and substance abuse are main factors. 15-20% of juveniles convicted of crimes have serious mental illnesses, when the range of mental illnesses widens， the percentages increase to 30-90%. Also, many people believe, a child's environment and family are greatly related to their juvenile delinquency record. For example, the dynamics of a family can affect a child's delinquency rate. Poverty level is another factor.

Finally, another cause could be the relationships a child grows in school or outside of school. A positive or negative friendship can influence the chances of children becoming delinquents. Peer pressure is also at play. Relationships and friendships can lead to gangs, these are major factors in violent crimes among teens. These are just some of the causes of juvenile delinquency.

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1.Juvenile Delinquency hurts the children themselves only.()

2.There are five reasons for juvenile delinquency according to the text.()

3.Parents should take some responsibility for juvenile delinquency.()

4.Poverty has something to do with juvenile delinquency.()

5.Peer pressure has no connection with juvenile delinquency.()

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第6题

听力原文： People are always talking about "the problem of youth". If there is one—which I

take leave to doubt—then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings—people just like their elders. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: (33)the young man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a splendid past behind him; and maybe that is where the rub(摩擦)is.

When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain—that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. (34)For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.

I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they don't have a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things. It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures. An that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders—as if mere age were a reason for respect. (35)I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal. if I think he is wrong.

(30)

A．Old people think of the young as "a problem".

B．Old people create this "problem" of age difference.

C．Old people have a past; young people have a future.

D．Old people and young people forget they are all human beings.

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第7题

adj. 猛烈的；激烈的；强暴的（）

A.violence

B.voice

C.violent

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