Passage 1
The United States of America is often en as a nation in which the pursuit(追求) of happiness is not a dream but a reality. The sad truth is that although portrayed（描绘）as an unusually easy life, life in America is as much of a struggle as in any other nation.
For example, higher level education for Americans does not come easy. Although there are scholarships, grants and loans available, if the student fails to meet the criteria（标准）he is left with only personal resources to draw from. This takes him into a life with not only a school schedule to follow but perhaps, also, a work schedule and family life. The are often the difficulties which many believe they will not encounter by attending an American college.
In the cond place, there is financial curity. Many times what is portrayed of life in America is a life where “money” is no object. The fallacy(谬误) in this is that, in spite of the comparatively higher wages available, the cost of living is also higher. Even though it may em like one is making more money, just as much is spent in surviving. Each person has t
heir own personal struggle and money is an object for the majority of the people.
Thirdly is the belief that in the America way of life everyone has a good job. With the increasing advancements in technology, a well-paying job for tho currently in the work force is getting harder to find.. The who have not been expod to computers and other new methods of communication are finding this to be true.. As it stands now, the job market is requiring at least a two-year degree from college, in order to make enough to live comfortably. Even then good paying jobs are not easy to find, as it is sometimes believed becau of the portrayal of life in America.
1 The life in America emphasizes__________.
(A) justice (B) entertainment
(C) liberty (D) efficiency
2 According to the passage, if the students in America can水果的英文’t obtain scholarships, grants and loans, they have to__________.
学生在家长会发言稿 (A) depend on the government to help them
(B) get college admission by their own hard work
(C) rely to themlves even in colleges
(D) borrow
preferto3 Most people regard money as a life object becau__________.
(A) money is everything in America
(B) it is easy to earn money in America
(C) money is a symbol of status
(D) they require more money for survival
4 The labor force in America__________.
(A) provides many positions for applicants
(B) only needs the people with advanced science and technology
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(C) ldom promis qualified applicants a high wage
(D) has fierce competition beyond our imagination
5 Which of following is not the example cited by the author to testify his judgement of the life in America?
(A) The description in movies.
(B) Higher level education.
宁波培训 (C) Financial curity.
(D) Work force.
Passage 2intend
Mars(火星) has been the stock in trade of sci-fi writers for generations and the warlike pl
anet has strongly attracted poets and songwriters. National Aeronautics（航天）and Space Administration(NASA) is proposing a mission to Mars within 20 years. The multibillion-dollar question is whether there is enough drinking water there to sustain a mission and eventually to allow human colonisation. Last year scientists advanced an assumption that there was water on the planet by piecing together data from previous explorations. Since then, the Mars Odysy spacecraft has had a clor look and speculation has turned to hard conviction-not least among tho who want to believe it anyway. Odysy was nt to look for water and ems to have found it. NASA’s exploration chief apparently believes the ice deposits beneath the surface are so great they could be the remains of former oceans. Mars fans believe this ties in with signs of what might have been huge flood channels on the planet’s barren(贫瘠的) surface, big enough to handle water flows 50,000 times greater than the Amazon river.
We should know more next year when Mars Express, Europe’s contribution to galactic(银河的) exploration, reports its findings. It will drill for rock samples and analyze them on the spot. Meanwhile, the space experts are wondering whether evidence of warer will lea
d to evidence of past life on Mars. Sadly, the chances are slim.
fleshgetIf the planet did have water, they reckon it was more than 3 billion years ago. But if Mars was ever a wet, living planet, no matter how long ago, speculation will run riot, and our view of ourlves, the earth and the cosmos(宇宙) will change for ever.
1 The plan to explore Mars__________.
(A) attracted many authors and poets
(B) needs more detailed rearches
(C) is short of fundsexplaining
(D) needs to bring much water from earth
tvu2 The Mars Odysy spacecraft__________.
(A) is at the beginning of human emigration to Mars
