【正文】 2. A) He provided Washington with a lot of money. B) He persuaded France to support Washington. C) He served as a general in Washington39。s jacket39。t have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.39。s laws against secret telephone taping. It39。ve backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year. Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential lawmakers, to split the INS into two agencies a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years bee too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept. l 1 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention to serving the millions of ordinary Americans who rely on the nation39。s bee clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to the their mastery of fing passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers (劫機者 ) were here on expired visas. That39。s performance was at school 28. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who . A) paid no attention to their teachers in class B) contradicted their teachers much too often C) could not cope with their studies at school successfully D) behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers 29. Many gifted people attributed their success. A) mainly to parental help and their education at home B) both to school instruction and to their parents39。t have enough service windows. 19. A) People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another. B) Young people who are fond of modern technology. C) Young people who are wealthy and welleducated. D) People who have puters at home. 20. A) To pete for customers. B) To reduce the size of their staff. C) To provide services for distant clients. D) To expand their operations at a lower cost. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的 ) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (魚雷 ) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,00 0 people mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. I’ll never fet the screams, says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century. Now Germany39。clock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) 5 hours is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B [C] [D] 1. A) Dick39。s exotic in appearance. B) It39。s level of arrogance and selfabsorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers. When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童 ) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. HighIQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades. 26. The main point the author is making about schools is that . A) they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds B) they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented students C) they should anize their classes according to the students39。ll be charged without notice for a product or service if A) you fail to cancel it within the specified period B) you happen to reveal your credit card number C) you find the product or service unsatisfactory D) you fail to apply for extension of the deadline 34. Businesses do not regard information concerning personal bank accounts as private because A) its revelation will do no harm to consumers under the current protection policy B) it is considered transaction and experience information unprotected by law C) it has always been considered an open secret by the general public D) its sale can be brought under control through selfregulation 35. We can infer from the passage that A) banks will have to change their ways of doing business B) privacy protection laws will soon be enforced C) consumers39。s actual performance did not confirm this. A) certify C) classify B) clarify D) notify 43. In spite of the , it seemed that many of the invited guests would still show up. A) deviation C) controversy B) distinction D) parison 44. The relatives of those killed in the crash got together to seek . A) premium C) repayment B) pensation D) refund 45. At first everything went well with the project but recently we have had a number of with the machinery. A) disturbances C) outputs B) setback