【正文】 it until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the “ 35 ” that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more plicated than the ones they do try to teach him. Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. One in six. Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation’s largest 36 hungerrelief anization, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, it’s asking 37 across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its work provide lowine individuals and families with the fuel they need to 38 . It’s the kind of work that’s done every day at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who 39 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren’t looking for God – they’re there for something to eat. St. Andrew’s runs a food pantry (食品室 ) that 40 the city and several of the 41 towns. Ja Drane is its manager. In the wake of the 42 , the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 43 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. What’s most surprising is that 36% of them live in 44 where at least one adult is working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed,” says St. Andrew’s Drane. “The people we see now have three or four parttime jobs and they’re still right on the edge 45 .” 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡 2上作答。 46. American universities prepare their undergraduates for global careers by giving them chances for international study or internship. 47. Since the mid1970s, the enrollment of overseas students has increased at an annual rate of percent. 48. The enrollment of international students will have a positive impact on America rather than threaten its petitiveness. 49. The way research is carried out in universities has changed as a result of globalization. 50. Of the newly hired professors in science and engineering in the United States, twenty percent e from foreign countries. 51. The number of foreign students applying to . universities decreased sharply after September 11 due to changes in the visa process. 52. The . federal funding for research has been unsteady for years. 53. Around the world, governments encourage the model of linking universitybased science and industrial application. 54. Presentday universities have bee a powerful force for global integration. 55. When foreign students leave America, they will bring American values back to their home countries. Section C Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an anization led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general. The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that humaninfluenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (營養(yǎng)不良 ) and heatrelated health problems. But even before its release, the report drew cr