Part A
Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Both Mercy Warren and Abigail Adams admired Catherine Macaulay; the radical author of A History of England, who supported the cause of the American patriots. Under Macaulay's influence Mercy Warren conceived her plan 'to write a history of the American Revolution, living to complete it in 1805. Abigail Adams rejected literary ambitions for her- self and never lost her sense of inferiority about her poor spelling and ignorance of Latin. Yet her letters, rather than Warren's plays and verse, have become the greater source in documenting signs of a dawning feminist consciousness.
Abigail Adams welcomed every advance for women and foresaw more than could be realized in her lie time. She urged her husband, the second President of United States, to "remember the ladies in the new code of laws, and to give married women protection from tyrannical husbands. As she pointed out, the terrible deficiencies in education for women were felt at all levels, she finally made the significant request to her husband, that the new constitution "be distinguished from Learning and Virtue, " and suggested that "if we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. "This awareness of education's value, rooted in the Enlightenment faith in human potentiality, had feminist implications before there was a feminist idol.
A younger contemporary of similar background gave the reading public an explicit feminist argument for the education of women. The views of Judith Sargeant Murray (1775— 1820)reflected both personal and family experience. Murray's Gleaner essays published in the 1790's transcended the boundaries of her world in recognizing the need for training women to earn their own living. Although, like Mercy Warren and Abigail Adams, she was brought up with the values of gentility, she knew through personal hardship that even women of her class might be forced to be self-supporting; education could provide independence for women in need, whether they were unmarried women or widows or wives.
The main topic of the passage is ______.
Abigail Adams life
B. women historians
C. 3early sources of feminist thinking
D. literary ambitions of Judith Sargeant Murray
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my【C1】______apartment.
Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the【C2】______between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the【C3】______every time she leaned over to talk to him,【C4】______he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such【C5】______in a public place?
I thought the movie would be good for my English, but【C6】______it turned out, it was an Italian move.【C7】______about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and【C8】______on my popcorn. I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good,【C9】______.After a while I heard【C10】______more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the【C11】______of the popcorn crunching between my teeth. My thought stated to【C12】______. I remembered when I was in South Korea, I【C13】______to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean-I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me,【C14】______I saw him again in New York speaking【C15】______English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I【C16】______like I had been betrayed.
When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English.【C17】______we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very【C18】______and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to【C19】______in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it【C20】______out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.
【C1】
A. warm
B. hot
C. heated
D. cool
What does the man offer to do in the end?
A. To take her home.
B. To test -drive the woman's car.
C. To help her pay the bill of repairing.
D. To help her fix the car.
Part B
Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文: Not everybody reads the daily newspaper. People who don't read newspaper are sometimes referred to as non readers. Early research has shown that the non-readers are generally low in education, low in income, either very young or very old.
In addition, non-readers are more likely to live in rural areas and have less contact with neighbors and friends. Other studies show that non-readers tend to isolate themselves from the community and less likely to own a home and seldom belong to local voluntary organizations.
Why don't these people read the daily paper? They say they don't have the time, they prefer radio or TV ,they also no interest in reading at all, and besides think newspapers are too expensive. Recent surveys, however, have indicated that the portrait of the non-reader is more complicated than first thought. There appears to be a group of non-readers that does not lit the type mentioned above. They are high in income and fall into the age group of 26~ 65. They are far more likely to report that they don't have the time to read the papers and they have no interests in the content. Editors and publishers are attempting to win them back. First, they are adding news briefs and comprehensive indexes. They will help overcome the time problem. And they are also giving variety to newspaper content to help build the readers' interest.
What is typical of non-readers according to early research?
A. They are interested in other kinds of reading.
B. They are active in voluntary services.
C. They tend to be low in education and in income.
D. They live in isolated areas.