【正文】 y grade above 94% because, she says, There39。 Answer: Your teacher39。 that is, after all, the prime function of grades. It is she who has the training and experience to make this decision. Assuming that your teacher is neither biased nor corrupt and that her system conforms to school rules, you can39。 You can criticize her methodology. A 100 need not imply that there is no possibility of improvement, only that a student successfully pleted the course work. A ninth grader could get a wellearned 100 in English class but still have a way to go before she writes as well as Jane Austen. What39。s chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top college. I could spend months sweating over my own paintings, but I39。t want to hang in your living room. Or your garage.47. The ninthgrader thought that his art teacher should have given him ______.48. According to the answer, a teacher should have the freedom to ______ to encourage learning.49. We learn from the answer that a student who gets a 100 should still work hard and keep ______.50. The example of Rembrandt39。There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onwith a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 51 to 56 are based on the following passage.t surprised when this didn39。re now the only wealthy country without such a policy. unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as governmentrun personnel management and a dangerous precedent. In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce workfamily balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed. While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children39。 really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不斷積累) to the whole of society as today39。s productive citizenry (公民). In fact, by some estimates, the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money (including lost wages), is equal to 2030% of gross domestic product. If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。 A) America is now the only developed country without the policy. C) It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy. A) The inpetence of the Democrats. C) The lack of a precedent in American history.s argument for parental support? B) Good parenting benefits society. D) Children need continuous care.55. What does the author think of America39。s welfare?s healthy growth C) They emphasize parents39。 D) They impose the care of children on parents.56. Why does the author object to classifying parenting as a personal choice? B) It relies largely on social support. D) It is basically a social undertaking. Passage Twos youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes. But there39。 as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might bee disillusioned. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?s excited because, as she puts it, I don39。 now to make sense of the world.s University, credits this younger generation39。s exactly what the Generation O bloggers are hoping to do. The result could be a group of young people that, like their boomer (二戰(zhàn)后生育高峰期出生的美國人) parents, grows up with a strong sense of purpose and sheds the image of apathy (冷漠) they39。s no small challenge for a blog run by a group of ordinary—if ambitious—young people, but the members of Generation O are up to the task.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。 A) More young voters are going to the polls than before. C) Young voters played a decisive role in Obama39。 D) Young people in America are now more diverse ideologically.58. What is a main concern of the writers of Generation O?s expectations.s presidency.s policy.s agenda is going to affect the life of Americans.59. What will the Generation O bloggers write about in their posts? B) Policy changes to take place in Obama39。 C) Obama39。 D) Their lives in relation to Obama39。s political strength according to Professor Henry Flores? B) Their desire to change America. D) Their strong sense of responsibility.61. What can we infer from the passage about Generation X? B) They reject conventional values. D) They are indifferent to politics.Part V Cloze (15 minutes)t be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been __64__ us for a long time. Most experts agree that the changes were __65__ to something in the environment, says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a __66__ of the green.t the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer __68__ identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood __69__ means more places for kids to play – which is __70__ since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of childr