Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
A new study from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University-shows that today’s youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes, But there’s no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned, As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?
The writers of Generation O(short for Obama), a new Newsweek blog that seeks to chronicle the lives of a group of young Obama supporters, want to answer that question. For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today. Malena Amusa, a 24-year-old writer and dancer from St. Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happens. Amusa, who is traveling to India this spring to finish a book, then to Senegal to teach English, has ongoing conversations with her friends about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of those ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts. She’s excited because, as she puts it. “I don’t have to wait[until] 15 years from now” to make sense of the world.
Henry Flores, a political-science professor at St. Mary’s University, credits this younger generation’s political strength to their embrace of technology. “[The Internet]exposes them to more thinking,” he says, “and groups that are like-minded in different parts of the country start to come together.” That’s exactly what the Generation O bloggers are hoping to do. The result could be a group of young people that, like their boomer(二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人)parents, grows up with a strong sense of purpose and sheds the image of apathy(冷漠)they’ve inherited from Generation X(60年代后期和70年代出生的美国人). It’s no small challenge for a blog run by a group of ordinary—if ambitious—young people, but the members of Generation O are up to the task.
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57.What is the finding of a new study by CIRCLE?
A)More young voters are going to the polls than before.
B)The younger generation supports traditionally liberal causes.
C)Young voters played a decisive role in Obama’s election.
D)Young people in America are now more diverse ideologically.
58.What is a main concern of the writers of Generation O?
A)How Obama is going to live up to young people’s expectations.
B)Whether America is going to change during Obama’s presidency.
C)Whether young people will continue to support Obama’s policy.
D)How Obama’s agenda is going to affect the life of Americans.
59.What will the Generation O bloggers write about in their posts?
A)Their own interpretation of American politics.
B)Policy changes to take place in Obama’s administration.
C)Obama’s presidency viewed from a global perspective.
D)Their lives in relation to Obama’s presidency.
60.What accounts for the younger generation’s political strength according to professor Henry Flores?
A)Their embrace of radical ideas. B)Their desire to change America.
C)Their utilization of the Internet. D)Their strong sense of responsibility.
61.What can we infer from the passage about Generation X?
A)They are politically conservative. B)They reject conventional values.
C)They dare to take up challenges. D)They are indifferent to politics.
Part V Cloze (15minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C),and D)on the right said of the paper .You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such 62 tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s,and many people 63 it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can’t be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been 64 us for a long time. “Most experts agree that the changes were 65 to something in the environment,” says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a 66 of the green.
The new researcher, 67 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn’t the first to associate greenery with better health ,but it does get us closer 68 identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood 69 means more places for kids to play---which is 70 since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children’s activity levels. But green space is good for the mind reading 71 : research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive 72 for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading 73 in a green setting improved kids’ symptoms.
62.A) findings C)hypotheses
B) theses D)abstract
63.A) adapt C)allocate
B)attribute D) alternate
64.A) amongst C)beside
B)along D)with
65.A) glued C)tracked
B)related D)appointed
66.A) glued C)tracked
B) related D)appointed
67.A) published C)illuminated
B) simulated D)circulated
68.A) at C)for
B) to D)over
69.A) fully C)seriously
B) simply D)uniquely
70.A) vital C)fatal
B)casual D)subtle
71.A) still C)too
B) already D)yet
72.A) benefits C)revenues
B)profits D)awards
73.A)outward C)aside
B) apart D)outside
74 to grassy areas has also been linked to 75 stress and a lower body mass index among adults. And an 76 of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkable green spaces with greater longevity(长寿) among senior citizens.
Glass cautions that most studies don’t 77 prove a causal link between greenness and health ,but they’re nonetheless helping spur actionable. In September the U.S. House of Representatives 78 the deliberately named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors.
Finding green space is not 79 easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good park, take 80 of what’s there. Your children in particular will love it—and their bodies and minds will be 81 to you.
74.A)immunity C)exposure
B)reaction D)addiction
75.A)much C)more
B) less D)little
76.A)installment C)analysis
B)expedition D)option
77.A)curiously C)necessarily
B)negatively D)comfortably
78.A)relieved C)approved
B)delegated D)performed
79.A)merely C)mainly
B)always D)almost
80.A)advantage C)measure
B)exception D)charge
81.A)elevated C)contented
B)merciful D)grateful
Part V I Translation (5minutes)
Directions : complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
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82. _____________(他们的独生儿子从未想过)to leave them and strike out on his own though he is in his late twenties.
83.Before you take any actionable, please remember to _________(权衡你的决定会产生的后果)。
84. he assured his friend that under no circumstances____________ (他会违背还钱的承诺)。
85. most educators advise that kids _____________(不要沉迷于电脑游戏)。
86.business major as he is in, he has (还从未考虑过从事推销员的工作)。