The U.S. government on Wednesday _______ form...

The U.S. government on Wednesday _______ former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as ambassador to China, making him the first Chinese-American ever to take the post.

A. accumulated                   B. reflected                       C. distinguished                   D. appointed

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33. ______much pressure the U.S. government put on the Chinese government, China would stick

to its own policy of exchange rate.

A. However          B. Wherever           C. Whatever       D. Whoever

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　On Wednesday, the Chinese government, decided to increase its medical subsidies(补贴)  for farmers from 10 Yuan (US$1.23) to 20 Yuan (US$2.47) a head a year from 2006.

As part of the country's healthcare reform programme, the co-operative rural （农村）medical system was first introduced in 2003 to set up self-help among farmers on a voluntary basis.  Due to insufficient government input to finance hospitals that are mostly State-owned, the country's healthcare reform has largely turned out to be a failure, adding hugely to the financial burden on the public.

While everyone complains about quickly-rising medical costs, rural residents are suffering more than their urban(城镇) cousins because of a lack of money, as well as not being able to enjoy high quality health services. At present, farmers earn on average only one-third of what urban residents make. Most of the country's medical resources are located in cities even though rural residents make up two-thirds of the population.

　Poor health conditions make it more difficult to help farmers get out of poverty; and poverty, in turn, refuses farmers the chance to improve their health.　To end this vicious circle, policy-makers tried the co-operative medical system, with a small sum of central and local financial support for each rural participant. But the system has proved to be less than perfect. Due to the limited financial input, the programme still does not benefit the majority of farmers in a significant way. This has reduced many farmers' enthusiasm for participating. A high percentage of involvement is of course a precondition for such a system.

　The central government intends to expand the programme into a national medical system by 2008. Increasing government subsidies is a necessary step to make the co-operative medical system more attractive to farmers. But an increase of 10 Yuan for each participant is surely far from enough to perfect the system. The total cost is not particularly heavy compared to the rapid growth in government revenue(财政).

Clearly, policy-makers are becoming increasingly aware of how urgent the narrowing of the development gap between rural and urban areas really is. Besides economic policies to push the rural economy, large amount of government investment on improving rural healthcare and education is badly needed.

1. Compared with that in 2006, what will be the rate of coming increase in China’s medical subsidies for farmers?

A. 100%                      B. 50%                        C. 200%                     D. 150%

2. What is the reason for the failure in the country’s healthcare reform?

A. Bad management system.

B. The government didn’t input enough money to support hospitals that are mostly

state-owned.

C. The health conditions in the country is too bad.

D. There are too many farmers that need medical care.

3. What is needed to narrow the development gap between rural and urban areas?

①. Large amount of government investment in economy.

②. Large amount of government investment on improving rural healthcare and education.

③. Economic policies to push the rural economy

④. A high percentage of farmers’ involvement in the medical system

⑤. A better management system

A. ①②③    B.  ②③④                   C. ①②③④⑤          D. ②③

4. Why are many farmers not enthusiastic in joining the co-operative medical system?

A. It doesn’t benefit most of the farmers in an effective way.

B. They cannot spare the needed money to join the programme.

C. They don’t believe in the system.

D. They don’t think it necessary.

5. What can be inferred from the last but one paragraph?

A. An increase of 10 Yuan in medical subsidies for each person is not enough.

B. The government can afford to increase the medical subsidies for farmers.

C. The government will get farmers of the whole country involved in a medical system by 2008.

D. If the government increase subsidies, more farmers are likely to join the medical system.

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On　 a　 wet　 Wednesday　 evening　 in　 Seoul,　 six　 government　 employees　 gathered　 at　 the　 office　 to　 prepare　 for　 a　 late-night　 patrol(巡逻).　 The　 mission　 is　 to　 find　 children　 who　 are　 studying　 after　 10　 p.　 m.　 and　 stop　 them.　

In　 South　 Korea,　 it　 has　 come　 to　 this.　 To　 reduce　 the　 country’s　 addiction　 to　 private,　 after-hours　 tutoring　 academies(called　 hagwons),　 the　 authorities　 have　 begun　 enforcing　 a　 curfew(宵禁令)—even　 rewarding　 citizens　 for　 turning　 in　 violators.　

But　 cramming(临时死记硬背)is　 deeply　 anchored　 in　 Asia,　 where　 top　 grades　 have　 long　 been　 prized　 as　 essential　 for　 professional　 success.　 Before　 toothbrushes　 or　 printing　 presses,　 there　 were　 civil　 service　 exams　 that　 could　 make　 or　 break　 you.　 Chinese　 families　 have　 been　 hiring　 test　 preparation　 tutors　 since　 the　 7th　 century.　 Nowadays　 South　 Korea　 has　 taken　 this　 competition　 to　 new　 extremes.　 In　 2010,　 74%　 of　 all　 students　 engaged　 in　 some　 kind　 of　 private　 after-school　 instruction,　 sometimes　 called　 shadow　 education,　 at　 an　 average　 cost　 of　 KRW　 2,　 600　 per　 student　 for　 a　 year.　 There　 are　 more　 private　 instructors　 in　 South　 Korea　 than　 school　 teachers,　 and　 the　 most　 popular　 of　 them　 make　 millions　 of　 dollars　 a　 year　 from　 online　 and　 in-person　 classes.　 When　 Singapore’s　 Education　 Minister　 was　 asked　 last　 year　 about　 his　 nation’s　 reliance　 on　 private　 tutoring,　 he　 found　 one　 reason　 for　 hope,　 “We　 are　 not　 as　 bad　 as　 the　 Koreas.　 ”

In　 Seoul,　 legions　 of　 students　 who　 failed　 to　 get　 into　 top　 universities　 spend　 the　 entire　 year　 after　 high　 school　 attending　 hagwons　 to　 improve　 their　 scores　 on　 university　 admission　 tests.　 And　 they　 must　 compete　 even　 to　 do　 this.　 At　 the　 prestigious　 Daesung　 Institute,　 admission　 is　 based　 on　 students’　 test　 scores.　 Only　 14%　 of　 applicants　 are　 accepted.　 After　 a　 year　 of　 14-hour　 days,　 about　 70%　 gain　 entry　 to　 one　 of　 the　 nation’s　 top　 three　 universities.　

South　 Koreans　 are　 not　 alone　 in　 their　 discontent.　 Across Asia, reformers　 are　 pushing　 to　 make　 schools　 more　 “American”—even　 as　 some　 U.　 S.　 reformers　 make　 their　 own　 schools　 more　 “Asian”.　 In　 China,　 universities　 have　 begun　 fashioning　 new　 entry　 tests　 to　 target　 students　 with　 talents　 beyond　 book　 learning.　 And　 Taiwanese　 officials　 recently　 announced　 that　 kids　 will　 no　 longer　 have　 to　 take　 high-stress　 exams　 to　 get　 into　 high　 school.　 In　 South　 Korea,　 the　 apogee　 of　 extreme　 education,　 gets　 its　 reforms　 right,　 it　 could　 be　 a　 model　 for　 other　 societies.　

The　 problem　 is　 not　 that　 South　 Korea　 kids　 aren’t　 learning　 enough　 or　 working　 hard　 enough,　 but　 that　 they　 aren’t　 working　 smart.　 When　 I　 visited　 some　 schools,　 I　 saw　 classrooms　 in　 which　 a　 third　 of　 the　 students　 slept　 while　 the　 teacher　 continued　 lecturing,　 seemingly　 undisturbed.　

The　 government　 has　 repeatedly　 tried　 to　 humanize　 the　 education　 system,　 but　 after　 each　 attempt,　 the　 hagwons　 come　 back　 stronger.　 But　 this　 time,　 its　 reforms　 are　 targeting　 not　 just　 the　 dysfunctional　 symptom　 but　 also　 the　 causes.　 It　 is　 working　 to　 improve　 normal　 public　 schools　 by　 putting　 teachers　 and　 principals　 through　 rigorous(严格的)evaluations—which　 include　 opinion　 surveys　 by　 students,　 parents　 and　 peer　 teachers—and　 requiring　 additional　 training　 for　 low-scoring　 teachers.　 At　 the　 same　 time,　 the　 government　 hopes　 to　 reduce　 the　 pressure　 on　 students.　 Admissions　 tests　 for　 high　 schools　 have　 been　 abolished.　 Middle　 schoolers　 are　 now　 judged　 on　 the　 basis　 of　 their　 regular　 grades　 and　 an　 interview.　 And　 500　 admissions　 officers　 have　 been　 appointed　 to　 the　 country’s　 universities,　 to　 judge　 applicants　 not　 only　 on　 their　 test　 scores　 and　 grades　 but　 also　 other　 abilities.　

1.The　 six　 government　 employees　 were　 asked　 to　　　　 .　

A.　 arrest　 the　 students　 who　 work　 late　 at　 night

B.　 reward　 citizens　 who　 turn　 in　 violators

C.　 conduct　 a　 survey　 among　 students

D.　 prevent　 students　 from　 studying　 too　 late

2.In　 Paragraph　 3　 toothbrushes　 and　 printing　 presses　 are　 mentioned　 in　 order　 to　　　　 .　

A.　 tell　 us　 that　 they　 were　 invented　 in　 Asia

B.　 show　 that　 hagwons　 play　 an　 important　 role　 in　 people’s　 daily　 life

C.　 show　 that　 private　 tutoring　 has　 a　 long　 history

D.　 tell　 us　 that　 civil　 service　 exams　 are　 of　 equal　 importance　 as　 them

3.What　 can　 be　 concluded　 from　 the　 passage?　

A.　 Hagwons　 are　 the　 source　 of　 South　 Korea’s　 educational　 problem.　

B.　 Students　 in　 South　 Korea　 don’t　 learn　 efficiently.　

C. It is　 the　 teachers and　 headmasters　 who　 are　 to　 blame　 for　 the　 educational　 problem.　

D.　 Private　 tutoring　 is　 not　 common　 in　 Singapore.　

4.The　 main　 point　 of　 the　 last　 paragraph　 is　 that　　　　 .　

A.　 it　 is　 very　 difficult　 to　 get　 rid　 of　 hagwons

B.　 the　 causes　 of　 hagwons　 have　 been　 found

C.　 teachers　 will　 have　 a　 hard　 time　 because　 of　 the　 reforms

D.　 the　 government　 is　 determined　 to　 reform　 the　 present　 education　 system

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U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid honor to health care workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, calling them “heroes”_________ to be applauded rather than discouraged.

A. reserving　　　 B. deserving

C. observing　　　 D. preserving

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The U.S. government’s push to decrease the nation’s output of greenhouse gases by increasing the fuel efficiency of the cars Americans drive is arousing again an emotional argument Does driving a small, fuel-efficient car make you more likely to die on the road?

Engineers and statistical analysts can point to data that suggest more-efficient cars don’t necessarily put motorists at greater overall risk. But most of us care less about the “overall” risk than we do about ourselves. Driving a big Chevrolet Tahoe SUV makes many of us believe we are safer than we would be in a smaller car — even if statistical measures across a large population of vehicles and all kinds of car accidents suggest the advantage of safety isn’t quite as wide as SUV owners believe.

The Obama government has put the fuel-efficiency and safety question back on the front burner by calling for new-vehicle fuel economy to rise to an average of 35 miles per gallon （加仑） by 2020 from about 25 mpg today. That goal could move higher if the government decides to adopt California’s requirement to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas giving off, which would result in stricter mileage standards.

Those moves, and the effects of last summer’s gas-price shock, are driving auto makers to offer cars such as the Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and Daimler AG’s Smart For Two — which get the kind of mileage today that law says should be the average in a decade. Beyond that, auto makers will launch a wide range of new compact （紧凑的） vehicles, and decrease production of large, body-on-frame SUVs.

That’s leading to new concerns about “green safety”, a term for managing the balance between reducing vehicle size for efficiency and adding safety and protection features that tend to make vehicles heavier and less efficient. Undoubtedly, further work has to be done before Americans make the choice.

1.The U.S. government requires to improve the fuel efficiency in order to ________.

A．push Americans to drive smaller cars

B．reduce the output of greenhouse gases

C．drive auto makers to produce fewer SUVs

D．cause Americans to make an argument

2.According to Paragraph 2, engineers and analysts’ idea ________.

A．fails to relieve people of their worry about safety

B．persuades people to purchase smaller cars instead of SUVs

C．is based on research and therefore persuasive enough

D．makes people think of their safety as well as others’

3.About the Obama government’s new moves, the auto makers are ________ and average　 Americans are ________.

A．uncertain; positive　　　　 B．doubtful; uncertain

C．supportive; positive　　 D．positive; uncertain

4.The best title for the text should be ________.

A．New Law Reduces Greenhouse Gases Output

B．Can Small Cars Overcome Accident Fears?

C．New Compact Cars Gets Popular in the U.S.

D．Do We Have to Follow the Government?

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On Wednesday, two things happened. In Syria, 80 people were killed by government airstrikes. Meanwhile, in Florida, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched and fired a sports car into space. Guess which story has dominated mainstream news sites?

The launch of Musk’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful ever launched by a private company, went off successfully. Musk sent his cherry-red Tesla roadster running toward Mars, launching “a new space age”. The event attracted phenomenal publicity and made the rocket launch a masterstroke of advertising for Tesla.

Meanwhile, in Syria, where hundreds of thousands of refugees may be forced to return to unsafe homes, a UN human rights coordinator for Syria said despondently(沮丧地) that he was no longer sure why he bothers to videotape the effects of bombing, since nobody ever pays attention. He wondered what level of violence it would take to make the world care.

There is, perhaps, no better way to appreciate the tragedy of 21st-century global inequality than by watching a billionaire spend $90m launching a $100,000 car into space.

Musk said he wanted to participate in a space race because “races are exciting” and that while strapping his car to a rocket may be “silly and fun … silly and fun things are important”. Thus, anyone who mentions the huge waste the project involves, or the various social uses to which these resources could be put, can be dismissed as a killjoy.

But one doesn’t have to hate fun to question the justification for pursuing a costly new space race at exactly this moment. If we examine the situation honestly, it becomes hard to defend a project like this.

A mission to Mars does indeed sound exciting, but it’s important to have our priorities straight. First, perhaps we could make it so that a child no longer dies of malaria every two minutes. Or we could try to address the level of poverty in Alabama which has become so extreme that the UN investigator did not believe it could occur in a first-world country. Perhaps when violence, poverty and disease are solved, then we can head for the stars.

Many might think that what Elon Musk chooses to do with his billions is Elon　 Musk’s business alone. If he wanted to spend all his money on medicine for children, that would be nice, but if he’d like to spend it making big explosions and sending his convertible on a million-mile space voyage, that’s his right.

But Musk is only rich enough to afford these money-consuming projects because we have allowed social inequalities to arise in the first place. If wealth were actually distributed fairly in this country, nobody would be in a position to fund his own private space program.

Elon Musk is right: silly and fun things are important. But some of them are an indefensible waste of resources. While there are still humanitarian crises such as that in Syria, nobody can justify vast spending on rocketry experiments.

1.Why does the writer mention the two pieces of news at the beginning of the passage?

A.To highlight the significance of SpaceX’s successful launch of a rocket and a car into space.

B.To illustrate the inequality of wealth distribution and the consequent inequality of attention distribution.

C.To appeal to the government for more attention to the air strikes and refugee crisis in Syria.

D.To find out which news dominated the mainstream news sites.

2.Why did the UN human rights coordinator for Syria feel disappointed?

A.Because nobody appreciated his work and all the efforts he made.

B.Because the violence in Syria is not serious enough to make the world care.

C.Because however hard he tried, nobody seemed to care about the situation in Syria.

D.Because he had great difficulty videotaping the effects of bombing.

3.What is implied in paragraph in 6 and 7?

A.The space project of SpaceX cost the government too much money.

B.Addressing problems of violence, poverty and diseases should be our top priority.

C.Space programs are a waste of money that cannot be justified.

D.It kills the fun to question the justification of the pursuit of space programs.

4.What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A.We should pay equal attention to space projects and solving social problems.

B.No private companies should be allowed to spend money in rocketry experiments.

C.The successful launch of SpaceX has distracted the world from more important things.

D.The money and resources used in space projects could have been used to deal with various social problems.

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It is obvious ________ the former Libyan government will be replaced with the opposition government.

A．who　　 B．where　　 C．which　　 D．that

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The U.S. government has repeatedly made it clear that it would welcome China’s entrance into the world arena as a power. However, a series of issues since the beginning of this year, particularly Washington's stance on the U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises and the South China Sea issue, have made the world think: Is the United States ready to recognize China as a power on the world stage?

It is easier said than done for the United States to adapt itself to China's development. Lip service is far from enough to boost the development of Sino-U.S. relations. If Washington cannot find a way to recognize and accept China's peaceful rise onto the world stage, bilateral（双边的） ties will be like a roller coaster full of ups and downs. However, no one would like to see the negative effects rocky relations would bring to China, the United States and possibly to the world as a whole.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged China to play a greater role in solving the world's economic, environmental and political problems. She said global issues could not be solved by the United States or China alone, but without participation of the two countries, no problems would likely be solved. Washington has realized that the United States' global interest can be maintained only through changing the way it deals with China.

The Obama administration released positive signals in its relations with China, which have been interpreted as the United States showing its intention to change the traditional strategy of engagement and containment（遏制）. As a matter of fact, the general direction of Sino-U.S. relations provides a foundation on which the United States can base its foreign policies and is more complicated than an adjustment in real conditions. Issues such as arms sales to Taiwan, Google censorship, RMB exchange rates as well as finger-pointing about economic responsibility show Washington still seems confused and inpatient about relations with China.

The relationship between China and the United States is the most important and complicated bilateral relationship in the world this century. The development of Sino-U.S. relations will affect world peace and stability, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Ian Bremmer, an American political scientist specializing in U.S. foreign policy, said, "America and China will have more than ever to gain from closer political and commercial ties, and must take steps to avoid a Cold War, or worse."

In that circumstance, the United States needs both wisdom and determination to recognize and accept China, a country that is totally different from its own, as a power on the world stage.

1.The underlined word stance in the first paragraph probably means________.

A．information         B．opinion               C．ignorance            D．criticism

2.Why does the US have to change the way it deals with China?

A．The US welcomes Chin’s entrance into the world arena.

B．The US hopes that China will get more powerful.

C．Only in this way can China meet all of its demands.

D．Only in this way can its global interest be maintained.

3.Ian Bremmer thinks both America and China will benefit more from________.

A．a cold war.          B．keeping patient    C．better cooperation                         D．developing economy

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．Is it Clear that China has become world power?

B．Is US ready to recognize China as world power?

C．Is US still the most powerful country in the world?

D．Is Sino-U.S. relationship the most important and complicated in the world.

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The U.S. government is facing an increasing bother. Wild pigs, at their worst, can damage crops, spread diseases, attack humans and kill farm animals. And things are getting worse: a study shows that they are likely to double in number over the next 3 years. Why is it so hard to control wild pigs?

Introduced to America in the 16th century, and related to the wild pigs found in Europe, wild pigs can be found in 75% of all states. No single law exists to control them and regulations differ between states: while in Missouri they can only be shot if met by chance, in Texas hunting is actively encouraged; a “pork chopper” law allows Texan hunters to shoot wild pigs from helicopters, and some people in Louisiana have even built their own pig—hunting drone(无人机). As well as being popular with hunters, wild pigs are cheaper for game raisers to breed(饲养)than deer. In Michigan and Pennsylvania suggested bans on the private breeding of pigs for hunting have caused quarrels between game raisers and wildlife officials.

Wild pigs' double nature—considered pests by farmers, but valued by hunters—makes it hard to pass laws to control them. Two other factors also contribute. Nearly 70% of land in America is privately owned. And it is difficult for lawmakers to force breeding and hunting laws on private landowners. Secondly, it is hard to define a wild pig.

In some states, laws are being introduced to redefine the term “wild animal” to keep out wild pigs. This is good news for those raising pigs for hunting, but less are to those who consider them pests whose number should be limited. Meanwhile, discussions continue over how to deal with this problem.

1.People are not permitted to hunt wild pigs freely in ________.

A. Texas　 　　 B. Michigan

C. Missouri　 D. Louisiana

2.Why do the game raisers prefer raising wild pigs to deer?

A. It's difficult to raise deer.

B. Wild pigs are in large numbers.

C. Deer are not popular with hunters.

D. They can benefit more from wild pigs.

3.Which is NOT the reason for the difficulty in controlling wild pigs?

A. The difficulty of passing effective laws.

B. The high percentage of land owned privately.

C. The farmers' unwillingness to shoot wild pigs.

D. The popularity of raising wild pigs in many states.

4.What is the best title of the text?

A. Why are wild pigs so hard to control?

B. Are wild pigs pests or wild animals?

C. Wild pigs—an increasing danger in the US.

D. How to deal with the problem of wild pigs?

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