【正文】 ew C. takes a detached attitude 此資料來自企業(yè) D. is sympathetic Text 3 When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strong happened to the large animals。 此資料來自企業(yè) 06 年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)考試英語試題 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,Cor D on ANSWER SHEET1.(10points) The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. __1_ homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can’t possibly __2__. To help homeless people __3__ independence, the federal government must support job training programs, __4__ the minimum wage, and fund more lowcost housing. __5__ everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates __6__ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. __7__ the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is __8__, one of the federal government’s studies __9__ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade. Finding ways to __10__ this growing homeless population has bee increasingly difficult. __11__ when homeless individuals manage to find a __12__ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day __13__ the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others, __14__ not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday __15__ skills need to turn their lives __16__. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are __17__ programs that address the many needs of the homeless. __18__ Edward Blotkowsk, director of munity service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, __19__ it, “There has to be __20__ of programs. What’s need is a package deal.” 1. [A] Indeed [B] Likewise [C] Therefore [D] Furthermore 2. [A] stand [B] cope [C] approve [D] retain 3. [A] in [B] for [C] with [D] toward 4. [A] raise [B] add [C] take [D] keep 5. [A] Generally [B] Almost [C] Hardly [D] Not 6. [A] cover [B]change [C]range [D]differ 7. [A]now that [B]although [C]provided [D]Except that 8. [A]inflating [B]expanding [C]increasing [D]extending 9. [A]predicts [B]displays [C]proves [D]discovers 10. [A]assist [B]track [C]sustain [D]dismiss 11. [A]Hence [B]But [C]Even [D]Only 12. [A]lodging [B]shelter [C]dwelling [D]house 13. [A]searching [B]strolling [C]crowding [D]wandering 14. [A]when [B]once [C]while [D]whereas 15. [A]life [B]existence [C]survival [D]maintenance 16. [A]around [B]over [C]on [D]up 此資料來自企業(yè) 17. [A]plex [B]prehensive [C]plementary [D]pensating 18. [A]So [B]Since [C]As [D]Thus 19. [A]puts [B]interprets [C]assumes [D]makes 20. [A]supervision [B]manipulation [C]regulation [ D]coordination Part A Directions:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B,C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text 1 In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazi ng machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption” launched by the 19thcentury department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization. Immigrants are quickly fitting into this mon culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were percent of population。 in 1900, percent .In the 10 years prior to 1990, immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents。 they suddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived, the large, slowgrowing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans that the seas are being overfished has been known for years what researchers such as Ransom Myers and Boris Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world. Their methods de not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time. According to their latest paper published in Nature, the biomass of large predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) inanes fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some longfished areas, it has halved again since then Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative, one reason for this is