【正文】 rather than by resorting to such scapegoat(替罪羊)，instead of accepting even a bit responsibility, the Prime Minister may undermine the future success of the region and Malaysia in particular。Upon further questioning, narrowed his attack to one wealthy individual, the wellknown philanthropist(慈善家)， Soros, whose opposition to Myanmar39。s admission to ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)Mahathir found particularity, logical mistakes that underlie such conspiracy theories do not help Malaysia address the serious issues of economic overheating that experts have been warning about for all these difficult periods, which include large deficits and low savings to debt fact, the recent dramatic drop in Malaysia39。s stock market and currency has led to reverse his initial approach to the even announces measures that at least imply he is quite aware of excesses in his own administration39。s spending policies that have contributed to this crisis of the end, this kind of reaction undermines the esteem that 39。s enlightened leadership has justly earned。 is implied in the first paragraph that 。A)has correctly identified the financial problem in Asia B)tries to manipulate antiWestern actions for political gains C)detests the USA39。s controlling over the regional economies D)believes in the effect of the ghostly influence from the west author of this essay seems to suggest that______。A)the devaluation of Malaysia39。s currency is due to the American plot B)the Asian Crisis is the result of ASEAN pandering to terrorist governments C)there is not a serious economic problems in Southeast Asia at all D)the economic problems in some Asian countries is partly the result of their overheating economy author suggests the 39。s ments on the currency problems______。A)prove that he has been a poor leader in general B)are poor because they weaken his own credibility C)are sharp in identifying the cause of the problem D)reveal his keen insight into the plex issue of the following is the tone of this essay? A)Sarcastic and prejudice B)Objective and detached C)Piercing and indifferent D)Impassive and hostile relative pronoun “which” in the last paragraph(Line 5)refers to______。A)theories B)experts C)periods D)issues 答案：B D B A D資料4： If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own how you say it can be quite you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but ?” what follows that “but” can render the apology ineffective: ” I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”。this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do “I’m useless as a parent” does not mit a person to any specific pseudoapologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to bee a ware of the plexities of saying threeyearold might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an sixyearold might need reminding that spoiling other children’s expectations can require an 12yearold might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is a mother adds ”but” to an apology,)she doesn’t feel that she should have )she does not realize that the child has been hurt C)the child may find the apology easier to accept D)the child may feel that he owes her an apology 答案：D to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means”_______” A)You have good reason to get upset B)I’m aware you’re upset ,but I’m not to blame C)I apologize for hurting your feelings D)I’m at fault for making you upset 答案：B is not advisable to use the general, allcovering apology )it gets one into the habit of making empty promises B)it may make the other person feel guilty C)it is vague and ineffective D)it is hurtful and insulting 答案：C learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say )the plexities involved should be ignored B)their ages should be taken into account C)parents need to set them a good example D)parents should be patient and tolerant 答案：B can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is )a social issue calling for immediate attention B)not necessary among family members C)a sign of social progress D)not as simple as it seems 答案：D資料5：Scattered through the seas of the world are billions of tons of small plants and animals called of these plants and animals are too small for the human eye to drift about lazily with the currents, providing a basic food for many larger has been described as the equivalent of the grasses that grow on the dry land continents, and the parison is an appropriate potential food value however, plankton far outweighs that of the land scientist has estimated that while grasses of the world produce about 49 billion tons of valuable carbohydrates each sea’s plankton generates more than twice as its enormous food potential, little effort was made until recently to farm plankton as we farm grasses on marine scientists have at last begun to study this possibility, especially as the sea’s resources loom even more important as a means of feeding an expanding world one yet has seriously suggeste