The newspaper states that prices of all farm products are expected to go ______ soon.

ulation as China&39;s most urgent problem. It hinders its development. Others don&39;t think so. They believe the bigger population is, the more efficiently things could be done." Write an article for the newspaper to clarify your own points of view towards this issue. You should use your own ideas, knowledge or experience to generate support for your argument and include an example. You should write no less than 250 words. Write your article on ANSWER SHEET 2.

anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" (星条旗歌), sum up the ideals that many citizens of the United States have for their country. Ideals and values play an important role in the cultural life of the United States, just as they do in any country.

One of the most important ideals of the United States -- and an important part of the way many people in the United States see themselves -- is that of freedom. From the time of the American Revolution, when the colonists declared independence from England, the Untied States has attracted people seeking freedom.

A second ideal of great importance in the United States is that of role by the people. The framers of the Constitution of he United States strove to ensure that political power would lie in the hands of the voters, not a king or dictator. So they created a federal government composed of three branches -- legislative, executive, and judicial -- to prevent any one part of the government from becoming too powerful.

Another key value in the United States is that of the rights of the individual. The Bill of Rights is intended to safeguard the fights of the individual and guarantee protection from unjust treatment by the government or the majority. The importance of this protection is reflected in newspaper articles about violations of individual fights. Family, minority group, worker, student, and professional issues often center on questions of individual rights.

However, individuals and groups together struggle for prominence in the United States of today. For all of the importance of individualism, group identity also plays an important role in people's cultural values.

What is the ideal upheld in the US national anthem？

A．Freedom.

B．Straggle.

C．Equality.

D．Solidarity.

live in. Around the edge of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.

The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone, A person can listen to someone else talk and give an answer.

When these radios first came into use, the Australian government set up for them in some areas. At a certain time each day, the boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away. Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. "Round Robin(知更鸟)Talks" by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who Was getting married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.

This passage tells us something about ______.

A．how large Australia is

B．why the radio is important in Australia

C．how the radio is used in Australia

D．both B and C

英镑。那么一年的远期汇率($US／￡)应是多少？美元相对于英镑是升水还是贴水？假如一年远期汇率与你的计算不同(比如说1．7美元=1英镑)，你能得到一个无风险的利润吗？为什么？ Suppose you read in the newspaper the following fmancial data： The interest rate on government bills in the United Kingdom is 6 percent per annum，and in the United States it is 7 percent per annum．The spot exchange rate is$US1．60=￡1．What should be the one-year forward exchange rate$US／￡？Is the dollar at a premium or a discount on the British pound？If the one-year forward exchange rate is different from the rate you calculated(say it is$US 1．70=￡1)，could you make a riskless profit？Why？

U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, “The business of America is business.” By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the values of the business world.

Few would argue with Ford’s statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United States think about business. For example, nearly every newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects, finances and management, stock prices and labor problems of corporations are reported daily. In addition, business news can appear in every other section. Most national news has an important financial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Moreover, business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts and entertainment is often referred to as “the entertainment industry” or “show business.”

The positive side of Henry Ford’s statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to U.S. life. One of the most important reasons so many people from all over the world come to live in the United States is the dream of a better job. Jobs are produced in abundance （大量地） because the U.S. economic system is driven by competition. People believe that this system crates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially better way of life.

The negative side of Henry Ford’s statement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean big business. And the term big business—referring to the biggest companies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working people have had to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions, and the fight to form. unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are over, but there is still some employee anxiety. Downsizing—the laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high—creates feelings of insecurity for many.

第26题：The United States is a typical country ________.

A．which encourages free trade at home and abroad

B．where people’s chief concern is how to make money

C．where all businesses are managed scientifically

D．which normally works according to the federal budget

根据内容回答题。

he Great Newspaper War

Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most se- rious readers. They used ________(51) illustrations and the articles were about politics or business.

Two men changed that-Joseph Pulitzer _______(52) The New York World and Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal. Pulitzer bought The New York World ________(53) 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very _______(54)one overnight. He added_________(55) illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on _______

(56) crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she ________(57)to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of ________(58)in those hospitals.

In 1895, Hearst came to New York from (59) California. He wanted The Journal to be more sensational and more exciting __________(60) The World. He also wanted it to be ________(61), so he reduced the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than ________(62). He often said, "Big print makes big news. "

Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they ________(63)to sell newspapers. For example,

Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator (64) pictures of the Spanish-A-merican War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was ________(65). Hearst answered, "You furnish the pictures. I&39;ll furnish the war. "

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听力原文： If you plan to remain in the United States for any length of time, you will soon find it too expensive to stay in a hotel and will want to find another place to live. As is time in cities everywhere in the world, the farther yon live outside the city, generally the lower the rents will be. However, traveling to and from the city by bus, car, or train may make it as expensive as living in the city. Naturally, it is easier to join in the life of a city if one is close to the center of the city. For this reason, you may prefer to live as close to the center of the city as possible. Or, you may prefer to rent a place for only a month or two until you become more familiar with the area.

Your best source of information about either houses or apartments is likely to be the local newspaper. Usually, the week's most complete listing of houses or apartments to rent appears in the Sunday newspaper, which, in many cities, can be obtained late Saturday night. Many people looking for houses or apartments believe that they have a better chance of finding a place to live if they have all the information as soon as possible. On Sunday morning, they are ready to call or visit.

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A．Close to the city centre.

B．In the suburb.

C．Inside the city.

D．Far away from the city.

听力原文： It is believed that the hot dog was born in Germany. Its creator, a German butcher named Johann Georg Lahner developed its prototype first in Frankfurt, a German city, hence frankfurter as its name. When frankfurters were first sold in the United States at the beginning of this century, they were called "dachshund sausage". A dachshund is a lovely dog from Germany with very long body and short legs. "Dachshund sausage" seemed like a good name for the frankfurter.

Dachshund sausages became popular soon in New York, especially at baseball games. Sellers sold their "red hot dachshund sausages" on buns to the fans. One day a newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorian went to a game. When he was sold a dachshund sausage, he got an idea for a cartoon. He sketched a dachshund—not a dachshund sausage, but a dachshund—in a roll. Because he did not know how to spell dachshund, he wrote "Get your hot dog" under the cartoon. Thus, the American hot dog was born.

Another explanation for the origin of its name seemed somewhat academic. A sausage first got "hot" as its name because sausage sellers used to yell "Hot! Hot？ on the street to get people to buy their sausages. When frankfurters were first imported to the United States, the expression "doggy" was popular. "Doggy" was a shorter form. of a popular expression "to put on the dog", which meant fancy, costly, in the best style. So "doggy hots" was used to refer to the imported, costly, and fancy frankfurters. Soon, these "doggy hots" were called "hot dogs" for cinvenience.

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A．The name of a dog.

B．The name of a flavoring (调味品).

C．The name of a person.

D．A way of cooking.

听力原文： Americans like to laugh and make jokes, especially practical jokes. These jokes, intended to trick or deceive people in some harmless way, and are always popular. In the United States and a few other countries the first day of April, April Fool's Day, is a day devoted to such harmless practical jokes and an excuse for every American to fool his friends and neighbors.

When I was a college student, our daily college newspaper, which was read by most of the people who lived in the city near the college as well as by students, always had a special April Fool's Edition. One year the paper said that a beautiful park in the center of the campus was to be turned into a parking lot.

Another year the paper falsely reported that a Russian submarine had been seen in the lake which is on the campus. It was surprising that many people believed these stories. But probably the most successful practical being invaded by people from Mars. His description of this invasion from outer space was so realistic that he caused a panic and was actualy responsible for the deaths of several people.

(30)

A．A joke played on the April Fool's Day.

B．A harmless joke intended to trick people.

C．An American joke.

D．A joke in college newspapers.

t of mass communication. These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, writ ten for the mass taste. They differed from the formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.

The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Ho race Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American people before tile Civil Warabolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperate settlements, and the problems of labor. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with I00,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially in Western communities.

Americans were reputed to be the most avid (热心的) readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirtysix inhabitants weekly; Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded the number and circulation of newspapers in Eng land and France.

What is the author's main point in the first paragraph？

A．The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.

B．The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population,

C．The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.

D．The penny press focused mainly on analysis of polities.