【正文】 on General David Satcher, This is a major public health crisis. Until treatment is less hitormiss, living with hepatitis C will be a matter of acmodation. Though most people who contracted the virus bee chronically infected, many never develop advanced liver disease. That39。s puter system to destroy or cripple the firm39。s operational ability. B) His purpose is to weaken firm39。 Co., he controlled through stock and positions on corporate boards a third of . railroads and 70 percent or the steel industry. A railroad executive once cheerfully confessed his dependence on Morgan39。s.6. The word spread in Paragraph 2 most probably means_______. A) cover B) extent C) difference D) degree7. Which of the following statements is true? A) The recent bank mergers have given much shock to the nation. B) People no longer distrust banks. C) No bank today can pare with . Morgan39。ve tried to pump them up. Social promotion has been widespread in US school for at least 20 years. Its rationale is to avoid damaging the pupil39。 selfesteem C) lead to massive failure in education D) contribute to academic success11. If social promotion is ended immediately in New York, how many students will have to repeat a year? A) 12 percent of the total. B) One quarter of the total. C) One seventh of the total. D) Over a third of the total.12. What do students urgently need in order to succeed? A) Academic support. B) Smaller classes. C) Summer schools. D) More special education experts.Passage 4 Perhaps never has the mood of a decade reversed itself so totally. The 1980s began with the worst . inflation in 60 years and a deepening dread of nuclear destruction. As they closed, inflation was negligible, the Berlin Wall was tumbling down, and the Soviet empire was dissolving. The road between was hardly a smooth climb. Ronald Reagan gave the . a heady draft of optimism while reversing the direction of government policy, recasting social programs and cutting taxes. Unmatched by spending reductions, however, those cuts sent deficits soaring to unheardof highs, and the doubledigit inflation of 1980 was cured only by doubledigit unemployment in 1982. The economy revived, but an outsize share of the benefits seemed to flow to Wall Street. But unlike in the irrationally exuberant 1920s, disaster did not strike. Though stock fell even faster on October 19, 1987, than they had in 1929, they bounced back higher than ever, setting the stage for what could soon bee the longest period of economic expansion in history. Something fundamental had happened to the boomandbust cycle that had charted the century. Beneath the surface, though, the alignment of forces was shifting. Reagan39。s presidency the poor ________. A) had more job opportunities B) received more care than before C) paid less taxes D) received less benefits than before15. According to the passage, why did Gorbachev start negotiations with Reagan to reduce arms? A) He wanted to start a chain reaction in East Europe. B) The burden of arms race was too heavy for the Soviet Union. C) He wanted to end the cold war D) He realized only drastic reforms could save the Soviet Union.16. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage? A) Reagan: An Optimistic President B) Historical Shift in the 1980s C) Gorbachev: A Realist and Vigorous Leader D) The Dissolution of the Soviet BlocPassage 5 Things have really changed. Not only is the military standing tall again, it is staging a remarkable eback in the quantity and quality of the recruits it is attracting. Recruiters, once denounced by antiwar students as baby killers and barred from campuses, are weled even at elite universities. ROTC (Reserve Officer39。 slick $ 175 millionayear advertising campaign promising adventure and fulfillment has helped win over the TV generation. Kids are walking down the school hallways chanting 39。s freshman class. Military academies are now just as selective as any of the best universities in the country. Nationwide, ROTC enrollment exceeds 105,000, a 64% increase over the 1974 figure. In the mid70s, the ROTC students refused to wear their uniforms on campus because they suffered all sorts of ridicule, if they did. Now if they wear them to class no one looks at them twice. To them, Viet Nam is ancient history, something the old folks talk about.17. What is the main idea of this passage? A) The Military is in. B) The Military is up C) The Military is down. D) The Military is on.18. What was the attitude of the students in 197039。s discussion of economic change? A) Previous to 1760 to significant economic changes had occurred in England. B) It is difficult to name the type of change associated with the Industrial Revolution. C) The term revolution may refer to the results rather than suddenness of change. D) Social and political change is a separate phenomenon from economic change.2. The author would probably agree that a revolutionary economic change __________. A) replaces one dominant system of production with another B) is not recognizable until long after it has occurred C) is not likely to occur in the near future D) is presently threatened by the rise of the proletariat3. According to the passage, the United Stated Steel Corporation is an example of ___________. A) a pany of the type that no one could have predicted during the first stage of the Industrial Revolution B) a pany which profited not only by selling what it manufactured but by investments as well C) a pany that represents at its most advanced the modern factory system D) a pany that set its sights on the industrialization of western Europe.4. Which of the following is a generalization supported by