【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 education about the legal and health effects of drug and alcohol abuse. The foundation officials say the yearly concert brings in about fifteen thousand thousand of that goes to Gee Mason University for scholarships for students in the jazz study program. Jim Carroll directs that program. He says Jazz 4 Jutice grows slowly, each year being larger and larger. And he says all the credit really goes to Ed Weiner, ―He has done so much to help this program . He is the guy who is out there on the streets selling tickets, building our audience, and so on,‖ said Jim Carroll. Ed Weiner said , ―We want to keep the focus on the students. This is part of their education and they really see that their talents can be turned into very good projects and do good for the entire munity.‖ 56. What shocked Ed Weiner at Gee Mason University‘s first concert? A. Most of the audience were from poor families. B. About 1,200 people came to attend the small concert C. Few of the audience showed interest in jazz music. D. The performance was good but the audience was small. 57. Jim Carroll ?s attitude towards Ed Weiner is that of _________. A. sympathy B. doubt C. appreciation D. patience 58. We can learn from the text that __________. A. Jazz 4 Jutice is facing a difficult situation now B. Ed Weiner was once a drug and alcohol addict C. Ed Weiner is very energetic in helping the program D. Jazz 4 Justice offers legal services as well B Canada is the closest of all our neighbors. Our Mexican boundary is less than half the length of our Canadian boundary. Not counting Alaska, the United States touches Canada along an unbroken line of 3,987 miles. Most of the Mexican people live far from our border, while most Canadians live right beside it. The large majority of the Canadian population is concentrated along the southern edge of the Dominion— a hundred miles from our country. In still other ways the Canadians are closer to us than any other people in the world. No other people are so like us in character. The AngloCanadians speak the same language, even the same slang. Canadian English is American English, not British English. The people of Canada are from much the same stock(血統(tǒng) ) as the Americans half from the British Isles and half from continental Europe. The Canadians and the Americans have grown up together in the same environment. The pattern of daily life is much the same. Not only are the Canadians more like us, but they also like us more than any other people do. The reason is that they understand us much better. On the whole, they know us as we have not begun to know them, and they tend to get angry about our indifferience（冷漠） They also criticize us quite freely, and often very fairly. But this is the natural reaction of a small nation living under the shadow of a big one. It is also the kind of criticism one member of a family levels against（譴責(zé)） anotherwhom he would leap to defend if he heard an outsider say the same thing. 59. What would be the best title for the text? A. How close are we to Canada B. America—our closest neighbour C. Why is a good neighbour so important D. It‘s easier to blame than to explain 60. In the author‘s opinion, _______________. 4 A. Mexico is more closely related to America than Canada B. Canadian English differs greatly from American English C. the Americans like the Canadians more than any other people D. the Americans should have a better understanding of the Canadians 61. What‘s the author‘s attitude towards the Canadians? A. Puzzled B. Friendly C. Dissatisfied D. Sympathetic 62. The text is developed by _______________. A. listing data B. analyzing causes C. making parisons D. collecting opinions C Chinakindi Mallesham, a poor weaver（織布工） from a small village in Andhra Pradesh, India, has turned out to be a rescurer for hundreds of weavers. Weavers making the traditional silk saris（印度婦女用以裹身的莎麗服） used to go through a painstaking process, moving their hands thousands of times in a day while weaving saris. Thanks to Mallesham‘s invention, hundreds of weavers in Andhra Pradesh now spend less time making a variety of designs. Mallesham started working as a weaver when he was just 12 years old. After his seventh standard, he had to leave school to spend more time in working. However, he studied at night and passed the tenth standard. ―It was sad to see my mother work so hard to weave saris. Despite her shoulder and joint aches, she used to spend hours weaving saris to earn some money to take care of the family,‖ says Mallesham. Besides his mother, there were hundreds of other women who had health problems. So Mallesham constantl