【正文】 e was accepted. 57． Which of the following is not the aim of People to People program? A． To promote peace through understanding. B． To collect money for travelling. C． To make American culture known to others. D． To learn about other cultures. 58． Which is the correct order of the author’s preparation for the journey? a． being accepted as a member b． raising money for the trip c． attending a meeting about the program d． packing belongings e． being nominated by the teacher A． e， a， b， c， d B． a， c， e， d， b C． c， a， e， b， d D． e， c， a， b， d 59． What does the author think of the journey? A． It could be a tiring， expensive journey. B． It could be a long lasting journey， which needs taking all daily necessities. C． It could be an exciting， unfettable journey. D． It could be an oversea journey， during which she would experience hard labour. B As many as twenty countries will be the first to receive assistance from a new effort to improve African Gates and Rockefeller foundations in the United States recently announced the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Their joint effort will begin with what they call a first investment of 150 million dollars in a seed program known as is the Program for African Seed money is to go toward seeds that can produce bigger harvests in conditions south of the Sahara. To be chosen for the project， countries must be able to support agricultural research with civil unrest or governments unwilling to carry out the program will not be involved. Between the 1940s and 1960s， the Rockefeller Foundation helped launch the “Green Revolution” in Latin America and starting is valued Borlaug， known as the father of the Green Revolution， was a Rockefeller Foundation won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on improved crops and changes in farming increased their use of fertilizers and pesticide chemicals， and irrigation systems to water production sharply increased and helped prevent widespread hunger. The project in Africa has similar is to develop new seeds that resist disease and dry goal is to make sure those seeds reach farmers， along with fertilizers，chemicals and knowledge of another is to invest in training future agricultural scientists in Africa. Asia’s Green Revolution centered on wheat and experts say no single crop will revolutionize farming in Africa because farmers there grow a mixture of different crops. Experts say the project will have to deal with dry conditions， poor soil quality and other realities of farming in southern are often grown year after year in the same fields， so the soil loses all of its the same time， though， there is concern about too much use of fertilizers. Separately， American businessman Gee Soros says he will give fifty million dollars over five years to a United Nations Project in Millennium Village Program sends experts into African munities to improve health care， education and farming. 60． What is said about the PASS? A． The Program is for World’s Seed Systems. B． The money is to go toward tools that can help get bigger harvest. C． They were used to changing bad weather conditions. D． The first investment is about 150 million dollars. 61． Many crops will revolutionize farming in Africa because________. A． farmers want to fort the families B． farmers must obey an official order C． farmers in that place grow a bination of different crops D． crops are often grown year after year in the different fields 62． How much will Gee Soros give for one average year to a USA project in Africa? A． Fifty million dollars. B． Five million dollars. C． 150 million dollars. D． 10 million dollars. 63． According to the passage， the underlined word “l(fā)aunch” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”． A． have B． protect C． start D． value C The United States is trying to improve its education system that produces millions of citizens who cannot read， write， or add—let alone finding their country on a map. In his first State of Union message since taking office a year ago， President Gee Bush promised to wipe out illiteracy(文盲 ) in the next decade and declared that “ by the year 2021， US students must be the first in the world in math and science achievements” ． They have a long way to students were placed 14th in a recent general science test conducted in 16 a separate survey of chemistry students， the United States came 12 out of a mathematics test， they were to Bush， there are 17 million illiterates in this country of 245 million estimates put the number as high as 23 percentage terms，that ranks the United States alongside Nicaragua and below Cuba.“ This nation， ” Bush said in his State of the Union address， “will not accept anything but excellent in education.”Bush， who has declared himself “Education President”， and senior officials of his administration are warning that the United States will be unable to pete in the world without an educated workforce. How to increase educational standards is a matter of debate in a country whose schools have no uniform national curriculum and are subject to a confusing variety of state and local experts think that the problem lies at the elementary and high school’s levels rather than with universities—but even their graduates show huge gaps in general the root causes most frequently mentioned in education debates is the low respect in which US society holds teachers—in contrast to Japan and Japan teaching is a profession of high prestige(威望 ) and high the United States teachers are near the bottom of the society. 64． The causes of low educational level in America include the following EXCEPT that________. A． some problems exist in primary and secondary education B． society keeps teachers in low respect C． America pays more attention to economy instead of education D． America has no