【正文】 nt es from Sylacauga author uses the example of Matthew Shepard to show that ________.[A] it is difficult to extend the hatecrime legislation [B]people want to extend the hatecrime law [C]the gays are really in a terrible fix [D] people are indifferent to the gay student Holmes’ attitude toward the gay victims is _________.[A]indifferent [B]sympathetic [C]outrageous [D]considerate to Matthew Shepard, Gaither’s death ________.[A]aroused people’s sympathy for the gay [B] sharpened people’s awareness [C]gave legislation some momentum [D]failed to have any change in the legislation text intends to express the idea that __________.[A] people should be concerned about their gay neighbors [B]the gay people shouldn’t be regarded as secondclass citizens 可銳教育官網[C] the legislation for the gay still has a long way to go[D]more progay campaigns should be launched答案：C A B D C詞匯注釋homosexual echo , 重復rallying point ,號召力legislator momentum , 要素in the wake of , 緊跟, 仿效lynching allegation ，斷言, 辯解offensive , 攻勢grassroots , 由鄉(xiāng)間民間來進行的 二．Federal reserve: Difference of opinionTHE oute was never in December 12th America s central bank kept shortterm interest rates unchanged at %.What mattered was the statement acpanying the Federal Reserve s Ben Bernanke and his colleagues gave a nod to the slowing economy , they repeated that they still considered inflation a bigger worry than weak is not what Wall Street has been to the latest Blue Chip monthly survey, four out of five financial forecasters reckon the central bank s next move will be to cut the federal funds once optimistic seers have been busy cutting their growth price of fed funds futures suggests that financial markets see a 20% chance of lower interest rates by had been close to 70%, but unexpectedly strong growth in jobs and then retail sales 可銳教育官網in November has caused some in the markets to think a rate cut less central bankers are simultaneously more cautious and more optimistic than many on Wall core inflation still well above the 12% rate they unofficially deem appropriate, and his colleagues are genuinely worried about price fuel costs have fallen sharply, core consumer prices, which exclude the volatile categories of food and energy, still rose by % in the year to Fed s preferred price gauge, the core personal consumption deflator, went up by % in the year to October, only a little short of the fastest pace for a inflation still too high, cautious central bankers see scant reason for abandoning their hawkish the same token, the officials are less concerned by the risk of a slowdown than their counterparts on Wall Street only do the central bankers expect the economy to grow below its trend rate in the short term。warrantn.①正當理由。Catherine Thomas, director of financial aid at the University of Southern California。第二篇：2018年可銳考研英語閱讀真題可銳教育官網2018年可銳考研英語閱讀真題范文（一）Democrats and global warmingA RECENT sketch on Saturday Night Live suggested how the world would be if Al Gore had won the presidency in the last six years we have been able to stop global warming, intoned Mr one could have predicted the negative results of that once were melting are now on the environmentalism is Mr Gore s would have ridden that hobby horse in the 2000 campaign, according to Joe Klein in Politics Lost , if his political consultants had not muzzled , almost alone, he has brought his favourite issue back into the political film about the horrors of global warming, An Inconvenient Truth , opened this week in Los Angeles and New it es inevitable talk of another try at the Gore consistently waves that other prominent Democrats are raising their voices for the week Senator Hillary Clinton urged action on global warming in a big speech on energy policy in Washington, , she praised Mr Gore as a mitted visionary on global warming for more than two week, her husband Bill told graduates at the University of Texas s public affairs school in Austinas temperatures outside soared to 34176。比如，“綠色和平”組織宣稱它的反對是不言而明的，并對被要求表態(tài)表示氣憤。麥克伊尼斯領導的“森林小組委員會”將在二月份召開生態(tài)恐怖主義的聽證會。弗里將兩個組織列為國內最活躍的恐怖主義組織。他們是恐怖主義者嗎?這兩個團體拒絕被稱作“恐怖分子”，而且宣稱他們會采取一切措施來預防對動物的傷害。今年初它在俄勒岡州又燒毀了一家伐木公司的辦公室?！暗厍蚪夥抨嚲€”和按同一種方式運行的“動物解放陣線”一起，估計在過去幾年中造成了多達四千五百萬元的損失。該組織雖然由匿名的小組組成，卻經營著一個網站就如何用電子計時器縱火給予提示?！暗厍蚪夥抨嚲€”只是地下激進環(huán)保主義組織中的一員。如今希勒在砍樹前仔細檢查每一棵樹，并一直使用金屬探測器檢查所有被加工的樹干。更多類似的攻擊還會發(fā)生。十一月份的時候，地下組織“地球解放陣線” 警告說他已在內茲佩爾塞國家森林的樹木中“釘了釘子”以抗議伐木行為。政治小組，基層組織，如a terrorist ~along/on the lines按??方式denounce公開指責，公然抨擊，譴責全文翻譯對于駐愛達荷的希勒木材產品公司來說，伊斯蘭恐怖主義也許是遙遠的威脅。小隔室。傷殘人，殘疾人，有缺陷的人vandalize摧殘，破壞，任意破壞 可銳教育官網cell牢房。鞋釘用尖物刺入cripple使殘廢，使跛，使成瘸子。同樣的18歲的年輕人，先通過工作賺錢，再用一年中剩下的時間在從新西蘭到瑞士的多個避暑勝地執(zhí)教，回來后申請大學，這樣的經歷則是完全不同的積極的做法。然而，多數人卻認為進行某種安排是有利的，而且行動的安排者應是學生自己。如果由父母來決定孩子怎樣成熟，那么他們不會真地變成熟。當人們把它搞砸時，往往是因為健康問題，尤其是女孩，因為她們從未離開過家，或者期望與現實不符”。奧利弗埃的觀點，出現問題往往是因為計劃不周。一旦父母相信那些學業(yè)間斷年公司介紹的內容，認為精心安排的一個間斷年對于想成為本科生的孩子進入更好的大學，獲得高學歷，得到令人印象深刻的簡歷和待遇良好的工作是至關重要的，那么他們就會開始組織并資助間斷年期間的活動。學業(yè)間斷年期間的一整套活動從背包旅行開始，包括和慈善團體一起工作，修建醫(yī)院和學校，以及常見的做語言助教、教英語。學業(yè)間斷年現在很時興，這反映在提供它們的慈善團體和私人公司的數目呈巨額增長。我們都希望在我們那個時代大學前的間斷年就已經很時興了。這一年中有一些危機，即使是目的明確、很有條理的學生，在間斷年期間也需要家庭從經濟上、情感上和體力上給予幫助。對??起平衡作用。精心組織，周密安排，體系dispatch派遣，調遣，派出。how much more prepared to benefit from university or to decide positively that they are going to do something other than a years are fashionable, as is reflected in the huge growth in the number of charities and private panies offering of Prince William toiling in Chile have helped, but the trend has been gathering steam for a range of gap packages starts with backpacking, includes working with charities, building hospitals and schools and, very monly, working as a language assistant, teaching this trend, however, es a parents feel that a wellstructured year is essential to their wouldbe undergraduate’s progress to a better university, a good degree, an impressive CV and well paid employment, as the gap panies’ blurbs suggest it might be, then parents will start organising—and paying for—the there are disasters, according