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One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign（竞选）finance reform（改革）. The people who are 36 for reform usually want the 37 to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates（候选人）and their 38 can spend.
One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to 39 for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 40 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chief jobs since they must 41 so many money raising events.
Another 42 is the fear that candidates will be owned or 43 by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 44 .
On the 45 side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really 46 just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is 47 if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.
If one person or a group of people want to tell the 48 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy 49 on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of 50 .
Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of 51 or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control 52 discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 53 .
What do you think about this 54 ? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates 55 the most sense to you?
36．A．waiting B．calling C．standing D．preparing
37．A．government B．president C．candidates D．citizens
38．A．leaders B．bosses C．supporters D．states
39．A．pay B．compete C．wait D．work
40．A．raising B．earning C．giving D．getting
41．A．notice B．report C．guard D．attend
42．A．event B．cost C．reason D．office
43．A．encouraged B．forced C．controlled D．ordered
44．A．joke B．purpose C．case D．example
45．A．other B．same C．another D．different
46．A．worse B．better C．easier D．harder
47．A．meaningless B．unimportant C．unnecessary D．impossible
48．A．reporters B．truth C．story D．public
49．A．time B．copies C．rights D．advertising
50．A．energy B．effort C．time D．money
51．A．argument B．opinion C．speech D．election
52．A．common B．political C．general D．special
53．A．profit B．trouble C．plans D．decisions
54．A．quarrel B．problem C．issue D．affair
55．A．find B．make C．create D．produce
答案
36--55 BACBA DCCCA BADDD CBDCB
解析
36 根据第二段第一句话可得知答案。call for号召。
37 根据下文支持改革和持反对意见的人的观点及其原因可知答案。
38 根据常识可知，西方国家每次竞选，候选人及其支持者都会花大量的钱进行宣传。
39 候选人及其支持者花费如此多的钱就是为了竞争政府的某个职位。
40 raise money募集资金。竞选者要竞选成功，得需要大量的资金用于宣传。因此竞选之前要想方设法募集资金。根据后一句中的money raising events也可得知答案。
41 候选人在募集资金的过程中会出现很多问题，出现问题政府工作人员就要进行协调，他们可能因为解决这些问题而无暇顾及自己的主要工作。attend此处为负责，处理。
42 上文提到了改革的一个原因，本段是解释另一个原因。
43 own与control同义，控制。
44 case情况。本段解释的是一些人主张改革的原因，是担心候选人因为钱而受到某个组织的控制。他们之所以担心是因为有时候情况就是这样。
45 上文所列举的是一些人主张改革的原因。本句起承上启下的作用，引出站在另一方立场上的人的观点及其原因。
46 本句句意为：你称呼某些东西为改革，而改革未必就是好的。
47 如果政府能限制人对外界进行宣传，那么人的言论自由权就变的名存实亡，毫无意义了。
48 联系上文及常识可知，如果要想竞选成功，候选人或某个组织必须对公众进行宣传，获得群众的支持和选票。
49 结合句意及常识可知，要想宣传自己的观点或看法，必须在媒体上大肆宣传，而宣传的主要途径就是广告。
50 要想在媒体上宣传，必须做大量的广告，而广告势必需要大量的资金做后盾。
51 根据第四段最后一句话可得知答案。
52 本篇介绍的是关于候选人所用奖金的改革问题，都是关于政治方面的问题。反对人士认为政府不能限制人的言论自由，不能限制人们在政治方面的谈论自由。
53 本句与上一句为递进关系。意为：政府更不能干涉人们决定赞成哪位候选人。
54 本句为本段的总结句，与第一段首句相对应。
55 make sense有意义，有道理。
核心考点
试题【One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is ca】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Barack Obama made his victory speech in Chicago after a hard-fought campaign.Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States-the first African-American in the country"s history to do so.President-elect Obama marked his victory with a speech to a crowd of tens of thousands of people in his hometown of Chicago.Obama described his election as a "defining moment" in the history of the United States, saying that "change has come to America".The BBC"s spokesman in Washington says that in electing Barack Obama, the American people have expressed their unhappiness with the present state and rejected their country"s historical racial divisions.The Australian Prime Minister summed up how many people felt when he congratulated President-elect Obama.“Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character. Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality," said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.President-elect Obama will not take office until 20th January next year. However, when he does become president, he will face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as " the worst financial crisis （经济危机）in a century."But the mood of the country is optimistic, according to most commentators, and Obama himself appears to enjoy the challenge."The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be difficult. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America--I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there," said the next President of the United States.41. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. It was not a difficult process for Obama to win the US presidential election.B. The American people welcome the historical racial divisions.C. What Martin Luther King dreamed about America has come true.D. After the election Obama didn"t say anything about his victory.42. According to the passage, it seems that in the United States, _____________.A. people may still be treated unequally because of their color of skin.B. people are experiencing two civil wars.C. Americans are enjoying the economy developing.D. People are not satisfied with President-elect.43. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that________________.A. the attitude of American people to their country"s future is not clear.B. Obama has confidence in American future and ready to face it.C. the road to America will be long.D. the change of America is not hard to achieve.44. What is probably the best title to the passage?A. Historical presidential election B. The first African-American PresidentC. Change has come D. Comments about America
The 2008 Beijing Olympics began officially on Friday 8th August 2008 at 8 pm in front of a crowd of 90,000 eager spectators in the Bird"s Nest stadium.Things got off to a bang with a starting firework display which lit up Beijing"s skyline, followed by a total of 2,008 energetic drummers beating a countdown（倒计时）. Then the crowd was treated to an amazing sequence（系列） pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.After these performances, it was time for the athletes themselves to take center stage. In keeping with tradition, Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.China"s 639 athletes entered last behind towering flag bearer Yao Ming, to a thunderous reception from the crowd.Finally, the main torch was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning, who had been pulled up to the roof of the stadium on wires.China, of course, was not alone in watching the opening ceremony. British newspaper The Guardian said the show "outdid all of its former hosts in numbers, colour, noise and expense."The Financial Times was equally impressed. "No country ever has--or surely will--match the Chinese in effort, human power, organization, creativity and , it has to be said, money they were willing to put into what once a little show."
No pressure on the next host city then! With just four years to go, the London Olympic organizers have promised to deliver an equally inspirational ceremony. Let"s hope they can pull it off.
45. Which of the following is the right order of the opening ceremony of 29th Olympic Games?
a. China"s athletes entered last behind Yao Ming.
b. A starting firework display lit up Beijing"s skyline.
c. The main torch was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning.d. A total of 2,008 energetic drummers beat a countdown.
e. The crowd was treated to an amazing sequence of pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.f. Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.A. b, d, e, a, f, c B. d, c, b, a, e, f C. d, c, a, e, b, f D. b, d, e, f, a, c46. What does the underlined word outdid probably mean in this passage?A. did well B. did worse than C. did better than D. did poorly
47. Which of the following can best describe the author"s attitude toward the London Olympics?A. negative B. sad C. positive D. satisfied
48. We can find the passage in a newspaper most probably in _____________section.A. music B. sports C. literature D. military
If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English language,
you will get answers like "Shakespeare," "Samuel Johnson," and "Webster," but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn"t even speak English-William the Conqueror.
Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major language groups. In the west-central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon（or Old English）, a Germanic language. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.
But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modem English even shows a distinction（区别） between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still Out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.
When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more "foreign" than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man"s ambition.
67. The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were _____.
A. Welsh and Scottish B. Nordic and Germanic
C. Celtic and Old English D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic
68. Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?
A. president, lawyer, beef B. president, bread, water
C. bread, field, sheep D. folk, field, cow
69. Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?
A. Most advertisements in France appear in English.
B. They know little of the history of the English language.
C. Many French words are similar to English ones.
D. They know French better than German.
70. What is the subject discussed in the text?
A. The history of Great Britain.
B. The similarity between English and French.
C. The rule of England by William the Conqueror.
D. The French influences on the English language.
How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments－mostly for entertainment purposes－is fair and respectful?
Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. How ever, most zoos remain “collections” of interesting “things” rather than protective habitats (栖息地). Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural bones.
Zoos claim (声称) to educate people and save endangered species(物种), but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals’ natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species’ name, diet, and natural range(分布区). The animals’ normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don’t usually take care of the animals’ natural needs.
The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.
Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding (圈养繁殖) of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted n their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven’t we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?
Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals’ natural habitats.
64. How would the author describe the animals’ life in zoos?
A. Dangerous. B. Unhappy. C. Natural. D. Easy.
65. In the state of zoochosis, animals _________.
A. remain in cages B. behave strangely
C. attack other animals D. enjoy moving around
66. What does the author try to argue n the passage?
A. Zoos are not worth the public support.
B. Zoos fail in their attempt to save animals.
C. Zoos should treat animals as human beings.
D. Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment.
67. The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by _____.
A. pointing out the faults in what zoos do
B. using evidence he has collected at zoos
C. questioning the way animals are protected
D. discussing the advantages of natural habitats
68. Although he argues against zoos, the author would still agree that _______.
A. zoos have to keep animals in small cages
B. most animals in zoos are endangered species
C. some endangered animals are reproduced in zoos
D. it’s acceptable to keep animals away from their habitats
The British love to think of themselves as polite and everyone knows how fond they are of their “pleases"and “thank yous".Even the simplest business such as buying a train ticket requires__65 seven or eight of these.Another __66 of our good manners is the queue.Newcomers to Britain could be forgiven for thinking that queuing rather than football was the__67 national sport.Finally,of course,motorists generally stop at crossings.But does all this mean that the British should consider themselves more polite than their European neighbours?I think not.
Take forms of address (称呼)for example.The average English person__68 he happens to work in a hotel or department store—would rather die than call a stranger “Sir" or“Madam".Yet in some European countries this is the most basic of common address.Our __69 “you" for everyone may appear more democratic,but it means that we are forced to seek out complicated ways to express __70 .I am all for returning to the use of “thee"and “thou"(Thee and thou are oldfashioned poetic words for“you");“you" would be__71 for strangers and professional relationships.
And of course,the English find touching and other shows of friendship truly terrifying.Have you noticed how the British __72 ever touch?Personlly, I find the Latin habit of shaking hands or a friendly kiss quite charming.Try kissing the average English person,and they will either take two steps backwards in horror;or,if their escape is__73 ,you will find your lips touching the back of their head.Now what could be__74 than that ?
65.A.at least B. at most C. less than D. not more than
66.A.signal B. scene C. sign D. sight
67.A.true B. original C. superior D. advanced
68.A.if B. whether C. when D. unless
69.A.universal B. unique C. regular D. normal
70.A.politeness B. gratitude C. democracy D. consideration
71.A.ordered B. reserved C. offered D. stocked
72.A.highly B. mostly C. hardly D. nearly
73.A.confirmed B. assured C. jammed D. blocked
74. A. better B. ruder C. more polite D. more frightening
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