【正文】 between，為正確選項(xiàng)；D) illusion（1）“幻想，錯(cuò)誤的觀念”（2）“錯(cuò)覺，幻覺，假象”。 【譯文】這本書就是提倡個(gè)人不管原本身份有多卑賤，只要有不懈努力和堅(jiān)強(qiáng)意志都會(huì)取得成功。 2. D)推理題本題問哈佛大學(xué)的情形。段末說將給學(xué)生一年的過渡期。第三段、第五段均是表達(dá)等待、觀望的態(tài)度，只有第四段說的是反對(duì)的意見。大學(xué)委員會(huì)是測試的研發(fā)和推廣者，各所大學(xué)都是潛在的用戶。此題本來不難，但選項(xiàng)間具有相當(dāng)?shù)拿曰笮裕鸢笐?yīng)選A），學(xué)生應(yīng)搞清楚大學(xué)接受哪種考試。D）項(xiàng)說學(xué)生應(yīng)在一年內(nèi)做好準(zhǔn)備——這顯然不是我們當(dāng)前關(guān)心的問題。B）說與舊測試相比，新測試要求學(xué)生以更短的時(shí)間完成寫作測試，這也不對(duì)，因?yàn)榕f的測試根本就沒有寫作部分，這從第一段可以看出來。其次可以在第四段末看出，大學(xué)委員會(huì)一直纏著一位入學(xué)處主任，要求其同意使用該考試。 2. D)詞義理解題此題是詞義題。A）說基地組織的恐怖分子得到了至少一個(gè)政府的支持，這一點(diǎn)文章中間無法推導(dǎo)出來，大家看看第八段即可知道。D）說這兩個(gè)國家應(yīng)對(duì)9A）“聯(lián)邦航空局是沒有責(zé)任的”，這與第二段后面的部分不符。D）“一些政府官員受到基地組織的賄賂”，這一點(diǎn)文章中無法推導(dǎo)出來。這是不對(duì)的，文章沒有這樣說，請看第七段。 第33題：Polls can provide important guidance for politicians, but there are times when it is foolish and dangerous to rely on a temporarily misinformed public for a political pass. The current debate over Social Security provides one of the most pelling examples in modern history of the pitfalls of polldriven political strategy. Yesterday two leading Democratic strategists publicly took their party to task for their“just say no” approach to President Bush’s program. “To say there is no problem simply puts Democrats out of the conversation for the great majority of the country that want political leaders to secure this very important retirement program,” they warned, “Voters are looking for reform, change, and new ideas, but Democrats seem stuck in concrete.” Stuck, indeed. To be more exact, they are holding their ground and refusing to surrender to a president who is once again manufacturing a “crisis” for a political purpose. And why should they do otherwise, when this strategy is clearly working? Let’s start with the facts. According to President Bush, Social Security can pay all promised benefits for the next 37 years without any changes at all. Even if nothing were done by 2043, the program would still pay a higher real benefit than what people receive today. And even looking into the future of the 75year planning period, the shortfall is less than what we fixed in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘80s. In other words, Social Security is financially stronger today than it has been throughout most of its history. So this attack on Social Security has nothing to do with the solvency (償付能力) of the program. Nonetheless last week, a Quinnipiac University poll found that respondents, by a 49 to 42 percent margin, believed that Social Security would not be able to pay them a benefit when they retire. But this is a ridiculous idea, based pletely on misinformation. It is even more far fetched（牽強(qiáng)的） than the notion, which also manded a majority before the invasion of Iraq, that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the massacre of 9/11. In the case of Social Security, there is no dispute about the facts. There are just a few cheap verbal and accounting tricks that have been used to convince the public that Social Security faces serious problems. These are easily refuted. The same Quinnipiac poll showed that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling Social Security, with only 28 percent approving. It makes no political sense to pretend that this attack on our nation’s most successful and popular government program is actually an attempt to insure its solvency. Even in politics, there are times when honesty is the best policy. 1. What can we know about the Democrats, according to the author? A) They want to help secure the retirement program. B) They refuse to admit that the Social Security program has been successful. C) They are making efforts to solve the crisis of the Social Security program. D) They organize polls in order to gain political interests. 2. The author raise the example of Saddam Hussein in order to show that . A) the invasion of Iraq represented the wills of mon people B) no evidence had e up to prove the relationship between Saddam Hussein and the massacre of 9/11 C) sometimes the public without proper information will draw foolish conclusions D) it was wrong for the government to rely on the public for important political decisions 3. According to the author, which of the following is correct? A) There is no point in worrying about the solvency of the Social Security program. B) The majority of the public will accept the Social Security program in the near future. C) Only the baby boomers should worry about the future days when they grow old. D) The Democrats attack the Social Security program in order to question its solvency. 4. By saying “honesty is the best policy”, the author seems to disapprove of . A) the Quinnipiac University who organized the poll B) the Bush administration who initiated the Social Security program C) the illinformed public who worried about their future D) those Democrats who wanted to gain political interests through this incident 5. The best title for this passage should be. A) Time to Reconsider Social Security B) Let’s be Honest about Social Security C) Social Security is an Illusion D) Embrace the Bright Future of Social Security1小題、【正確答案】：B2小題、【正確答案】：C3小題、【正確答案】：A4小題、【正確答案】：D5小題、【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：1. B)推理題此題問作者對(duì)于民主黨人的看法。C）說他們努力解決社會(huì)保障體系所遇到的危機(jī)。請研讀第六段和第八段。再看后一句即可知道，作者認(rèn)為這一次比伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭前薩拉姆制造了911事件有關(guān)，這不是舉例子的目的。A）說不用擔(dān)心社會(huì)保障計(jì)劃的償付能力。D）“民主黨人攻擊該計(jì)劃是為了懷疑其償付能力”，這在前面講了，是不正確的。 5. B)主旨題問文章的最佳標(biāo)題。該文章是駁論文，應(yīng)以B）為最佳，文章是為駁斥某些別有用心的民主黨人所寫 第34題：“When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results,” Calvin Coolidge once observed. As the U. S. economy crumbles, Coolidges silly maxim might appear to be as apt as ever: the number of unemploymentinsurance claims is rising, and overall joblessness is creeping upward. But in today’s vast and plex labor market, things aren’t always what they seem. More and more people are indeed losing their jobs but not necessarily because the economy appears to be in recession. And oldfashioned unemployment isn’t the inevitable result of job loss. New work, at less pay, often is. Call it newwave unemployment: structural changes in the economy are overlapping