Until the 1980s, the American homeless population comprised (组成) mainly older males. Today, homelessness strikes much younger part of society. In fact, a 25-city survey by the U. S. Conference of Mayors in 1987 found that families with children make up the fastest growing part of the homeless population. Many homeless children gather in inner cities; this transient(变化无常的) and frequently frightened student population creates additional problems — both legal and educational — for already overburdened（负担过重的）urban school administrators and teachers.
Estimates of the number of homeless Americans range from 350,000 to three million. Likewise, estimates of the number of homeless school children vary radically. A U.S. Department of Education report, based on state estimates, states that there are 220,000 homeless school-age children, about a third of whom do not attend school on a regular basis, But the National Coalition for the Homeless estimates that there are at least two times as many homeless children, and that less than half of them attend school regularly.
One part of the homeless population that is particularly difficult to count consists of the “throwaway” youths who have been cast of their homes. The Elementary School Center in New York City estimates that there are 1.5 million of them, many of whom are not counted as children because they do not stay in family shelters and tend to live by themselves on the streets.
Federal law, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, includes a section that addresses the educational needs of homeless children. The educational provisions of the McKinney Act are based on the belief that all homeless children have the right to a free, appropriate education.
小题1: It is implied in the first paragraph that ____.| A．the writer himself is homeless, even in his eighties | | B．many older homeless residents are going on strike in 25 cities | | C．there is a serious shortage of academic facilities (设施). | | D．homeless children are denied the opportunity of receiving free education |
小题2: The National Coalition for the homeless believes that the number of homeless children is _____.| A．350,000 | | B．1,500,000 | | C．440,000 | | D．110,000 |
小题3: One part of the homeless population is difficult to estimate. The reason might well be ____.| A．the homeless children are too young to be counted as children | | B．the homeless population is growing rapidly | | C．the homeless children usually stay outside school | | D．some homeless children are deserted by their families |
小题4: The McKinney Act is mentioned in this passage in order to show that ___.| A．the educational problems of homeless children are being recognized | | B．the estimates on homeless children are hard to determine | | C．the address of grade-school children should be located | | D．all homeless people are entitled（有权利的） to free education |
小题5: The passage mainly deals with ____.| A．the legal problems of the homeless children | | B．the educational problems of homeless children | | C．the social status of older males | | D．estimates on the homeless population |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
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文章主要讲的是无家可归的孩子的教育问题。
小题1:推理判断题，根据第一段Many homeless children gather in inner cities; this transient(变化无常的) and frequently frightened student population creates additional problems — both legal and educational — for already overburdened（负担过重的）urban school administrators and teachers可知，在教育设施方面还存在很大的缺口
小题3:推理判断题，根据第二段there are 220,000 homeless school-age children, about a third of whom do not attend school on a regular basis, But the National Coalition for the Homeless estimates that there are at least two times as many homeless children,可知，无家可归的孩子是无家可归的学龄儿童的2倍
小题4:事实细节题，根据第三段One part of the homeless population that is particularly difficult to count consists of the “throwaway” youths who have been cast of their homes可知，由于很多孩子被父母丢弃而无法统计
小题5:推理判断题，根据The educational provisions of the McKinney Act are based on the belief that all homeless children have the right to a free, appropriate education可知，这一现象已经收到关注 |
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试题【Until the 1980s, the American homeless population comprised (组成) mainly older ma】；主要考察你对
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A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would 21 the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for 22 sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so 23 that she forget to deliver him the 24 . As a result, the passenger was 25 to take his medicine. She hurried over to him 26 a cup of water, but to her surprise he 27 it.
In the following hours on the 28 , each time the air hostess passed by the 29 , she would ask him with a 30 whether he needed help or not. But the passenger 31 paid attention to her words.
When he was going to get 32 the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to 33 him the passenger’s booklet(意见簿). She was very 34 . She knew that he would write down 35 words, which might result in the loss of her job. 36 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 37 the booklet and cracked a smile, 38 the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times 39 . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s 40 ! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?
| 小题1: | | A．take | B．bring | C．carry | D．hold |
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| 小题2: | | A．food | B．drink | C．service | D．medicine |
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| 小题3: | | A．tired | B．silent | C．calm | D．busy |
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| 小题4: | | A．water | B．help | C．milk | D．warning |
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| 小题5: | | A．held on | B．held up | C．held out | D．held down |
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| 小题7: | | A．refused | B．accepted | C．liked | D．hated |
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| 小题8: | | A．seat | B．air | C．floor | D．flight |
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| 小题9: | | A．customer | B．passenger | C．guest | D．visitor |
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| 小题10: | | A．glance | B．look | C．smile | D．cry |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．often | C．always | D．seldom |
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| 小题13: | | A．hand | B．take | C．throw | D．lend |
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| 小题14: | | A．glad | B．angry | C．curious | D．sad |
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| 小题15: | | A．important | B．sharp | C．polite | D．nice |
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| 小题17: | | A．hid | B．tore | C．opened | D．closed |
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| 小题19: | | A．in all | B．above all | C．or else | D．or so |
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| 小题20: | | A．wrong | B．wonderful | C．impossible | D．right |
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The day was Thankful Thursday, our “ regular day” of service. It’s a __36__tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. On this __37__ Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do.
__38__ along a busy road, we prayed for guidance in search of __39__our weekly Act of Kindness. My girls were__40__, and started shouting “ McDonald’s” . Suddenly I realized that almost every crossing I__41__ was occupied by a beggar, and then it hit me! All these beggars must be hungry. Perfect! We were going to buy__42__for them.
It was a great way to__43__. The Act of Kindness was anonymous(匿名的)，and we loved what we saw in the back view mirror: a__44__and delighted person holding up his lunch bag and just looking at us__45__we drove off.
We had come to the end of our “ route” where there was a small woman standing there, asking for__46__. We handed her our final lunch bag, and then made a U-turn to head back in the opposite direction for home. Unfortunately, the light stopped us. I was __47__and didn’t know quite how to behave.
“No one has ever done anything like this for me before,” the woman said with__48__. I replied, “Well, I’m glad that we were the first one.”__49__ uneasy , and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, when do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”
“Oh honey, I’m not going to__50__this lunch.” I was confused , and she continued , “I have a little girl of my own at home and she just __51__ McDonald’s , but I can never buy it for her because I just don’t have the __52__ . You know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s !”
So many times I had__53__whether our Acts of Kindness were too small or insignificant to really__54__any difference . Yet in that moment, I recognized the__55__of Mother Teresa’s words, “We cannot do great things---only small things with great love.”
| 小题1: | | A．weekly | B．monthly | C．yearly | D．daily |
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| 小题2: | | A．common | B．particular | C．ordinary | D．usual |
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| 小题3: | | A．Walking | B．Running | C．Driving | D．Wandering |
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| 小题4: | | A．finding | B．meeting | C．realizing | D．fulfilling |
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| 小题5: | | A．hungry | B．tired | C．puzzled | D．bored |
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| 小题6: | | A．talked about | B．passed through | C．turned down | D．picked up |
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| 小题7: | | A．bread | B．cloth | C．lunch | D．water |
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| 小题8: | | A．receive | B．beg | C．present | D．give |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprised | B．troubled | C．pleased | D．moved |
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| 小题10: | | A．because | B．as | C．but | D．otherwise |
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| 小题11: | | A．trouble | B．invitation | C．change | D．advice |
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| 小题12: | | A．worried | B．frightened | C．feared | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题13: | | A．amazement | B．excitement | C．enjoyment | D．disappointment |
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| 小题14: | | A．Keeping | B．Feeling | C．Sounding | D．Seeming |
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| 小题15: | | A．accept | B．refuse | C．eat | D．share |
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| 小题16: | | A．dislikes | B．prefers | C．sells | D．loves |
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| 小题17: | | A．money | B．courage | C．honour | D．choice |
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| 小题18: | | A．considered | B．questioned | C．determined | D．imagined |
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| 小题19: | | A．make | B．keep | C．determine | D．promote |
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| 小题20: | | A．importance | B．value | C．structure | D．truth |
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To many basketball fans in Taiwan, the William Jones Cup or the Basketball Association may be their sweetest memory. But if you ask them, “What’s the hottest basketball event now?” There is the only answer: HBL, the High School Basketball League.
Founded in 1988, the HBLwas at first just a high school basketball tournament. After the Taipei School Sport Federation took charge in 1996 and renamed it HBL, everything changed. The Federation decided to co-operated with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer, and use its experience in marketing to promote the game.
The HBL started with 129 teams; today there are more than 250. no longer just of interest to the players, it’s now Taiwan’s biggest basketball event. Fellow students, alumni (男毕业生，男校友), and sports fans all over Taiwan cheer for their favorite teams. At last year’s finals, Taipei and Kaohsiung mayors came to cheer for their teams.
The HBL starts in September with qualifying and preliminary(预备的，初步的) rounds and continues through April of the following year, when the finals are held. Broadcasting the games on television has helped make the HBL a wildly popular event. It’s become the place to spot young basketball talent. Today’s HBL players are tomorrow’s professionals.
Recent HBL tournaments have been very competitive, with no one school taking the advantage. This wide-open quality of the tournament makes it more exciting. Everyone wants to see how this year’s games will come out. HBL fever just keeps getting hotter.
小题1:What is the hottest event in the eyes of most basketball fans in Taiwan?| A．HBL | B．The William Jones Cup | | C．The Basketball Association | D．NBA |
小题2:What was it that helped to make the High School Basketball League wildly popular to the public?| A．The co-operation with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer. | | B．Broadcasting the games on television. | | C．Taipei and Kaohsiung mayors’ coming to cheer for their teams at last year’s finals. | | D．Many tomorrow’s professionals’ joining. |
小题3:Why does the writer say“Recent HBL tournaments have been very competitive”?| A．Because there isn’t a school taking the advantage. | | B．Because HBL fever just keeps getting hotter. | | C．Because it’s become the place to spot young basketball talent. | | D．Because the Taipei School Sport Federation took charge of it. |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Today’s Players---Tomorrow’s Professionals | | B．The High School Basketball League of Taiwan | | C．The Basketball Fans in Taiwan | | D．HBL Fever---Just Keeping Getting Hotter |
小题5:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．At first, the HBL was no more than a high school football ball tournament. | | B．It was the successful co-operation with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer that changed everything of HBL. | | C．Many of the mayors came to cheer for their teams during the event. | | D．Everyone wants to see how the teams will come out to take part in the games. |
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Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely act of stealing or an even cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds—homing pigeons !
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but also going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help.
The thought is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars–seems too little for a car worth many times more.
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.
小题1:After the car owner received a phone call, he _______. | A．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried | | B．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park | | C．sent some money to the thief by mail | | D．told the press about it |
小题2:The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _______. | A．the car thief who stays at home | | B．one of those who put the ads in the paper | | C．one of the policemen in Changwa | | D．the owner of the pigeons |
小题3:The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show _______. | A．how easily people get fooled by criminals | | B．what Chen thinks might be correct | | C．the thief is extremely clever | | D．the money paid is too little |
小题4:The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____.| A．criminals | B．pigeons | C．the stolen cars | D．demands for money |
小题5: We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _______. | A．he reads the ads in the newspaper | | B．he lives in the same neighborhood | | C．he has seen the car owners in the park | | D．he has trained the pigeons to follow them |
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In Wiltshire, England, volunteers are being sought to visit a nature protection area to count the butterflies living there and on surrounding fields. The project is promoted by an environmental protection organisation，which has contributed to improving the living environment for wild animals. Recently, the organisation has issued an appeal to help it observe environmental changes based on the record of butterflies and protect the environment.
In the area, the local people have planted many special flowers with the help of the organisation, aiming to see whether these flowers will interest the rare and beautiful butterflies. The Project officer Sarah Marshall says, “It will be a suitable habitat for butterflies. They are great ‘indicator species’ as they are easily affected by climate changes so they make a brillian early - warning system for the environment.” She also points out that volunteers are needed to recourd the number or species of butterflies，and based on the change happening to the butterflies, the hidden environmental problems in the area can be found out in time.
The organisation is seeking volunteers to help monitor butterflies from April through to September. They will walk a fixed route and record the different butterflies they encounter along the way.Each visit should take no more than two hours, and each volunteer is expected to visit once a month to count the wildlife. “Staff will provide back up, so if the weather is poor on the day you are to visit（butterflies don’t like to fly in the rain, wind or if it’s too cloudy) we can have someone else do your job,” Sarah points out.
No previous experience is necessary as training and support will be provided，but a keen interest is essential. If you are interested, P1ease contact Sarah on (0l380) 725670，ext 278, email sarahm wiltshirewildlife. org
小题1:According to Paragraph l， what is the purpose of the Project?| A．To appeal to more visitors. | | B．To protect the environment. | | C．To control butterfly population. | | D．To expand the area for wildlife. |
小题2:Many special flowers have been planted in Wiltshire to .| A．warn people of wildlife extinction | | B．appeal more tourists to be involved in | | C．attract many unusual and beautiful butterflies | | D．improve the economic conditions of local people |
小题3:Butterflies are called “indicator species” because .| A．they can provide support for visitors | | B．they can give information to other species | | C．they are not easily found out in their habitats | | D．they are very sensitive to environmental changes |
小题4:What is the text mainly about?| A．Visitors are being trained to identify butterflies. | | B．Wildlife areas are being protected by butterflies. | | C．Volunteers are being needed to count butterflies. | | D．Organisations are being put up to protect butterflies. |
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