52. The man refused to pay the hospital bill because he claimed .
A) the hospital overcharged him
B) he couldn’t afford the money
C) the computer printout offered by the hospital was not consistent with original slips
D) the hospital couldn’t show any proof for the amount of money he should pay
53. The court’s final decision is .
A) the man must pay the bill B) the computer printout was not admissible
C) the hospital failed for lack of evidence D) not mentioned in the passage
54. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A) The computer printout was not in keeping with the service rendered. B) The computer printout was in keeping with the service rendered
C) The computer printout was checked to compare it with the service rendered D) The computer printout was not checked to compare it with the service rendered
55. In order to make the computer evidence admissible, the United States .
A) has completely changed the law of evidence
B) has begun to draw up the law of evidence
C) has abolished the law of evidence D) has revised the law of evidence
56. The best title for this passage is .
A) The Computer Evidence B) The Law of Evidence
C) The Computer and the Law of Evidence D) A Case on Computer
Passage 2
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
In the Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society, Revised and Enlarged Edition (W.W. Norton) Schlesinger provides deep insights into the crises of nationhood in America. A new chapter assessed the impact both of radical multiculturalism and radical monoculturalism on the Bill of Rights. Written with his usual clarity and force, the book brings a noted historian’s wisdom and perspective to bear on America’s “culture wars.”
Schlesinger addresses the questions: What holds a nation together? And what does it mean to be an American? Describing the emerging cult of ethnicity, Schlsinger praises its healthy effect on the campaign of multicultural advocates to divide the nation into separate ethnic and racial communities. From the start, he observes, the United States has been a multicultural nation, rich in its diversity but held together a shared commitment to the democratic process and by the freedom of intermarriage. It was this national talent for assimilation that impressed foreign visitors like Alexis de Tocqueville and James Bryce, and it is this historic goal that Schelsinger champions as the best hope for the future. Schlesinger analyses what he sees as grim consequences of identity politics: the widening of differences. Attacks on the First Amendment, he argues, threaten intellectual freedom and, ultimately, the future of the ethnic groups. His criticisms are not limited to the left. As a former target of McCarthyism, he understands that the radical right is even more willing than the radical left to restrict and weaken the Bill of Rights.
The author does not minimize the injustices concealed by the “melting pot” dream. The Disuniting Of America is both academic and personal, forceful in argument, balanced in judgment. It is a book that will no doubt anger some readers, but it will surely make all of them think again. The winner of Pulitzer prizes for history and for biography, an authoritative voice of American liberalism, Schlesinger is uniquely positioned to bring bold answers and healing wisdom to this passionate debate over who we are and what we should become.
57. According to Schlesinger, the United States is .
A) a melting pot
B) a nation with diverse cultures held together by the democratic process C) a federation of ethnic and racial communities
D) a nation with one culture despite its various ethnic and racial groups
58. We can infer from the passage that Schlesinger .
A) advocates the assimilation of different cultures into one nationhood
B) holds that each racial group should keep its distinct identity
C) gives full support to the emerging cult of ethnicity
D) prefers multiculturalism to monoculturalism
59. We can infer form this passage that America .
A) is experiencing a crisis of nationhood
B) has ended its history of racial prejudice
C) is trying to restrict the Bill of Rights
D) has tried to obstruct intellectual freedom
60. According to the author, Schlesinger’s book will .
A) put an end to the culture wars in America.
B) cause anger among the radical right
C) cause anger among the radical left
D) provoke thinking among all readers
61. This passage is most probably taken from .
A) a history book B) a new report
C) a book review D) a journal of literary criticism.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
It’s not difficult to understand our desire for athletes to be heroes. On the surface, at least, athletes display a vital and indomitable spirit; they are gloriously alive _62_ their bodies. And sports do allow us to _63_ acts that can legitimately be described as _64_, thrilling, beautiful, even noble. In a(n) _65_ complicated and disorderly world, sports are still an arena in which we can regularly witness a certain kind of _66_. Yet there’s something of a _67_ here, for the very qualities a society _68_ to seek in its heroes selflessness, _69_ consciousness, and the like----are precisely the _70_ of those which are needed to _71_ a talented but otherwise unremarkable neighborhood kid into a Michael Jordan. To become a star athlete, you have to have an extremely competitive _72_ and you have to be totally focused on the development of your own physical skills. These qualities _73_ well make a great athlete, _74_ they don’t necessarily make a great person. On top of this, our society reinforces these _75_ by the system it has created to produce athletes---a system characterized by _76_ responsibility and enormous privilege. The athletes themselves suffer the _77_ of this system. Trained to measure themselves perpetually _78 the achievements of those around them, many young athletes develop a sense of sociologist Walter Schafar has _79_ “conditional self-worth”. They learn very quickly that they will be accepted by the important figures in their lives---parents, coaches and peers as long as they are _80_ as “winner”. Unfortunately they become _81_ and behave as if their athletic success will last forever.
62. A) outside B) inside C) besides D) beside
63. A) depictB) witness C) distinguishD) concentrate
64. A) courageous B) rigorous C) conspicuous D) gorgeous
65. A) increasingly B) constantly C) successively D) respectively
66. A) glamour B) greatness C) ambition D) charm
67. A) paradoxB) paradise C) galaxyD) shuttle
68. A) triesB) risksC) tendsD) endeavors
69. A) social B) communal C) hugeD) important
70. A) fabulousB) opposite C) notorious D) intact
71. A) enforce B) transformC) interactD) distract
72. A) enthusiasm B) aspireC) outlookD) view
73. A) may B) canC) mustD) should
74. A) so B) andC) asD) but
75. A) vogues B) traits C) insights D) instincts
76. A) refrainedB) limited C) avoided D) prohibited
77. A) amends B) surpluses C) bonusesD) costs
78. A) against B) to C) by D) in
79. A) titledB) termed C) suppressedD) conceptualized
80. A) conceived B) perceived C) affected D) effected
81. A) conceitedB) reckless C) unanimous D) spontaneous
Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
82. The optimistic never weep over their failure or misfortune; (而是以积极的心态对待生活的一切)
83. (只有集中精力于工作) could he forget his own troubles.
84. (你越注意别人对你的印象),the more you will feel nervous.
85. It is obvious that (全球金融危机不同程度地影响了人们的生活)
86. The plane (本该十分钟前起飞),but one of the passengers had a heart attack just before the plane took off.
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