问答题Homeschooling is the practice that one or several families working together to get their kids educated at home by the parents. Nowadays, homeschooling is rapidly growing in popularity in the United States, with the numbers increasing by at least 7 perc
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Homeschooling is the practice that one or several families working together to get their kids educated at home by the parents. Nowadays, homeschooling is rapidly growing in popularity in the United States, with the numbers increasing by at least 7 percent every year. There are currently approximately two million children homeschooled throughout the USA. Similarly, homeschooling is becoming a hot topic of debate in China, with a great deal of pros and cons. The following are opinions from both sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides, and then 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. First and foremost, homeschooling offers a great deal of freedom, especially educational freedom. While the basics are certainly covered for all homeschool students, the students have a great deal of freedom over what they specifically learn and when. Students can focus on the subject matter that gets them excited, whether that is history, biology or creative writing. Next, homeschooling offers a great deal of physical freedom. Without the strict schedule of school hours, homework and school trips, families have much more freedom to vacation at odd times, visit museums during the week and other such activities. Additionally, homeschooling offers emotional freedom. Students often experience troubles with bullies, peer pressure, boredom and competition. In a homeschool environment, these factors are eliminated. Students are able to think, dress and act the way that they want, making sure that self-esteem remains intact. While homeschooling can do a great deal of good, there are also a number of disadvantages. First, there are the time restraints. Whether you work, are a single parent or simply choose a time-intensive schooling method, there is a great deal of factors limiting the time available for homeschooling. Financial restrains are another concern, as a source of income is often lost when the decision is made to homeschool. The closeness of homeschooling may prove too much for some families, as parents often must spend a larger amount of time with their children. Other disadvantages come from limited social interactions. Firstly, team sports opportunities are limited for most homeschoolers, especially teenagers who want to participate in competitive sports. Secondly, homeschoolers may find themselves limited in outside connection. While family interaction is great, kids should interact with others outside of the family in order to live full and well-developed lives. Lastly, homeschooling is considered unusual, so you may experience negative comments and attitudes as a result of homeschooling.
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第1题：
Families have also（ ）changes these years.More families consist of one‐parent households or two working parents;consequently,children are likely to have less supervision at home than was common in the traditional family structure.A.survived
B.noticed
C.undertaken
D.experienced答案：D解析：上下文意为families自身也变化了。A.survived changes“经历了变化后生存了下来”。B.noticed changes“注意到了变化”。C.undertaken“保证；着手；进行”，是理性地决策后做事的意思，而change往往是自身动作，因此undertaken就不太好与change连用了。利用排除法可选[D]。 -
第2题：
根据下列内容，回答186-190题。
In spite of all stories of prosperity in the Unites States，not only does poverty exist there，but cnmes ot vanous types have been increasing at an alarming rate．Most acts of violence were com-mitted by young people．57%of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 250f age．
Everyone agrees that crime is partly a resuh of bad material conditions：poveftv。lack of edu-cation，living within a settled home，being parentless，sufferings from other kinds of misfortune．etc．
There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp in．crease of crime rate in the first place，some state laws provide a death penaltv but some not．Sec．ondly，the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection．It is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun．Finally，there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime，the details of which are so accu．rately described that even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read．All these
have resulted in a high frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and by non．professional ones in murder，drug smuggling，robbery，etc．
The author intends to tell the readers that．A.the United States is a wealthy country although poverty and crime exist there
B.crime has become a serious problem in the United States，although it is said to be a pros-perous one
C.despite the fact that crimes have been increasing rapidly in the United States，it is a coun-try of prosperity
D.in spite of stories about poverty and crime in the United States，it is prospering at an in-creasing rate答案：B解析：根据文章第一段第一句话可知，美国尽管繁荣，但还是存在贫困，而且还存在不断增长的高犯罪率。只有B选项符合题意。 -
第3题：
We first think of the traditional or nuclear family．This is a two-generation family,the father and the mother and their own children．Most couples wanted to have four children,two boys,two girls.
Some nuclear families,however,may add one or more grandparents to come to live with them,that is three generations．This kind of family with grandparents,parents,and grandchildren is called an extended family．This family type was not very common during the later half of the twentieth century,but it's becoming more common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or daughter．This is more possible now that American homes have become larger．What is interesting,however,is that after the grandchildren move out of the home and start their own families,this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear family,with just two generations again living together,a grandparent and parents,with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits．
Now,the fatherless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a single-parent family．In the fatherless family it's just the mother and her children．As I said,this can be the result of the husband's death,of an unmarried mother,of a separation or divorce．There are also a growing number of motherless families--where the father raises the children,for any of the same reasons．A motherless family may also be fatherless,but still a family with one adult．This is becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her daughter's children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work.
One other new kind of family is becoming increasingly more common．A single parent with one or more children will marry again．Perhaps the other parent is also a single parent．Together they will start what is called a blended family,which blends together or combines the children from two other families.
What is true to the fact in America?A.There are more and more members in a famil
B.There are less and less members in a famil
C.There is an increasing number of grandparents who refuse to look after their grandchildre
D.There is an increasing number of grandparents who live separately from their childre答案：A解析：由第二自然段中句子“This is more possible now that American homes have become Larger”可知，A正确。 -
第4题：
共用题干
第三篇
The Home-schooling
Sometimes,the line between private and public education can become very vague.Educators in the United States are wondering whether children who are taught at home should get some public services or how this growing practice(about 3 percent of American students are not fully registered in schools but receive education at home)should be regulated.
In many western countries,many private schools are founded by religious bodies. Approximately haff the parents who decide to teach their kids at home are motivated religiously and use lessons by Internet or mail from church schools.Probably an additional fourth have some doubts about public education.They believe that regular schools don't meet the special needs of their children.It also happens that home-school is adopted by parents to escape compulsory education,for example,some selfish parents have older children take care of his or her younger siblings（兄弟姐妹）or work in home businesses while only teaching them for a very short time.Weakness in regulations in most states of the US means that officials seldom monitor or challenge parents who say they are teaching their children at home,although children often learn well in home-schooling. With growing frequency,however,public schools offer services to the home-schooled.Local government may allow children who receive education at home to enroll local school part time.However,educators have concerns that these kids could later return full time,but their serious academic weaknesses may lead them to falling behind in their studies,and some districts wanting to qualify for state aid can benefit from kids who used to study part time to fill empty seats.
In Kent,Ohio,Mrs. Ringer taught her three children at home in the past years while operating her bakery business there in the non-teaching hours.Mrs. Ringer said to our reporter that her motive was to give her children more training in basic curriculum,such as phonics（读音法）.Her curriculum is from a church school,and relevant tests are handed in and returned via e-mail.
Three years ago her second child,Mark,wanted to join school programs regularly,and he enrolled at the local high school.Unable to keep pace with his classmates,Mark soon changed his mind and decided to continue studying at home.But he enjoyed the athletic program and chorus at school,
so he was allowed by Mr. Ringer to continue in them while taking other courses at home.What is the major concern of educators for the home-schooled kids who returned to school later?
A:They can only enroll part time.
B:They are not qualified to get the state aid.
C:They may occupy the empty seats of classrooms.
D:They may not be able to catch up with their classmates.答案：D解析：从第一段第二句可以看出美国的教育家们“are wondering...how this growing practice...should be regulated"，即不知道如何对家庭学校进行规范，所以选A。
从第二段得知一半的家长“decide to teach their kids at home are motivated religiously"，还有额外的四分之一的家长“have some doubts about public education"，还有家长利用家庭教学作为借口来“escape compulsory education"，唯独没有提到C，即送孩子上学是不安全的，所以选C。
第二段第六句“Weakness in regulations in most states of the US means that officials seldom monitor or challenge parents who say they are teaching their children at home"，即美国大多数的州对这种教育方式都监管不力，几乎不监督或质疑那些家长，因此选B。
见第二段最后一句。
文章第三段的第二句提到瑞恩太太在家教孩子是为了“give her children more training in basic curriculum"，即给他们更多基础课程的训练，所以选项C符合。 -
第5题：
The consequence of the three neutrality acts of the United States was（）
- A、to make the United States gain time to arm itself
- B、to actually help the aggressors by making clear that the United States would not intervene
- C、to get the United States involved in the war
- D、to prevent the United States form being dragged into the war
正确答案:B -
第6题：
问答题“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essential attitude in theUnited States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet. The 1．____cherished ideal of home has great importance for many people. This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of the American West, was in find a piece of place, build a house for one’s family, and start a farm. These small households2．____were portraits of independence: the entire family—mother, father, children, even 3．____grandparents—live in a small house and working together to support each other. 4．____Anyone understood the life and death, importance of family cooperation and hard work. 5．____ Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal 6．____of home ownership is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. When U.S. soldiers came home before World War II. for example, they dreamed 7．____of buying houses and starting families. But there was a tremendous boom in home 8．____building. The new houses, typically it the suburbs, were often small and more or lessidentical, but it satisfied a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house as the 9．____basis their way of life. 10．____正确答案： 1.no改为not no和not都可以用作副词,no作副词时有两种用法,一是作为yes的反义词,用在回答问题的场合;二是用在比较级之前,表示“并不”之意。因此这里不应用no,而用not。
2.place改为land 根据句意,应该是发现了一片土地,因此是a piece of land,而不是a piece of place。
3.√
4.working改为work 句子…live in a small house and working together…是并列结构,and前后动词形式应相同,故把working改为work。
5.anyone改为everyone anyone一般用在疑问句或否定句中,这里是肯定句,又表示所有人的意思,故改为everyone。
6.去掉but although…but…不能同时出现在同一句话中,故需去掉but,类似的还有because…so…。
7.before改为after 句意是美国士兵经历二战回国,应该是二战之后回国,而不是之前,故将before改为after。
8.But改为And 士兵们回到家希望盖房子,组建家庭,因而出现了盖房子热。这两句话是承接关系,不是转折关系,因此需把But改为And。
9.it改为they The new houses是主语,因此but后代词应用they。
10.their前面加of basis of their way of life他们生活的基石。需加of。)解析： 暂无解析 -
第7题：
问答题“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essentialattitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in thefamily house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home (1) _______has great importance for many people. This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream,dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlersof the American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house (2) _______for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were (3) _______portraits of independence: the entire family—mother, father, children,even grandparents—live in a small house and working together to (4) _______support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance (5) _______of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in theUnited States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership (6) _______is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.When U. S soldiers came home before World War II, for example, (7) _______they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was (8) _______a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically inthe suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied (9) _______a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their (10) _______way of life.正确答案：
1.no改为not whether… or not为固定句型。
2.place改为land place作“地方”讲,是可数名词。而land“土地,田地”是不可数名词。
3.started改为start 为和前面的find,build保持一致,start应使用不定式。
4.working改为work work应用一般现在时,和live一致,family在这里作“家人”讲,是复数。
5.anyone改为everyone 根据句意可知应用everyone表示“每个人”,anyone意为“任何人”。
6.去掉but although和but不能同时出现在同一个转折复合句中。
7.before改为after 根据上下文判断,这里要表达的是二战“以后”。
8.But改为And 根据语意,这里要表达的是递进关系,而不是转折关系。
9.it改为they 这里的代词指代的是复数名词houses,因此应该用复数。
10.在house和the中间加as regard…as是固定搭配,作“把……当作……”讲。解析： 暂无解析 -
第8题：
填空题Bruce Arai suggests to parents who take up homeschooling that the resources and chances for learning should be provided in homeschooling.____正确答案： B解析：
由题干中“homeschooling”定位至B段。本段讲到，家庭教育不是让孩子坐在厨房接受正规意义上的教育，而是要能够为他们提供学习资源和机会，故匹配段落为B段。 -
第9题：
问答题Practice 4Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “In many countries, increasing numbers of young people are graduating from university, but are unable to find suitable jobs.” You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.正确答案：
【范文】
Youth Unemployment upon Graduation The recent years have witnessed a depressing social phenomenon in many countries—a great number of college students become unemployed after graduation. This fact not only causes pressure for the graduates, but also lays burden on the society.
There are mainly two possible reasons accounting for this problem. Firstly, the expansion of universities provides chances for more students to receive higher education, but the job market cannot develop at the same speed. The situation is even worse with those students who uniformly choose the “hot” majors such as economics and accounting. Secondly, some students think too highly of themselves so that they choose not to work at all if they are not satisfied with the salary or working environment of the job.
To solve this problem, the government should try to develop the economy in order to create more job opportunities. College authorities should take the job market into consideration when enrolling students. Besides, students also should cherish every job opportunity.解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
单选题The author intends to tell the readers that _____.Athe United States is a wealthy country although poverty and crime exist there
Bcrime has become a serious problem in the United States, although it is said to be a prosperous one
Cdespite the fact that crimes have been increasing rapidly in the United States, it is a country of prosperity
Din spite of stories about poverty and crime in the United States, it is prospering at an increasing rate
正确答案： B解析：
根据文章第一段第一句话可知，美国尽管繁荣，但还是存在贫困，而且还存在不断增长的高犯罪率。只有B项符合题意。 -
第11题：
单选题One of the fifty states in the United States ______ an island, Hawaii.Ais
Bare
Cwas
Dwere
正确答案： B解析：
句意：美国由50个洲组成，其中一个是岛屿，即夏威夷。这里的主语是one而不是fifty states，所以谓语动词要用单数。 -
第12题：
问答题Practice 4 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: In the past, people used to travel to see the differences from their home country. However, the sceneries in places around the world seem similar nowadays. What are the causes of these similarities? Do you think that the advantages of this similarity outweigh the disadvantages? You should write at least 250 words.正确答案： 【参考范文】
People who travel to different places aim to expand their horizons by witnessing distinct views in every unique culture and nation. However, there is a strange trend that many places of interest are looking similar.
Why do the scenic spots tend to be built into the same look? An arch-criminal is probably globalization, which makes the distance between nations shrink. Those developing countries are likely to imitate those who greatly succeed in developing tourism, which lead to flooding similarities. Secondly, it is a common phenomenon that people have a sense of security when they travel to a strange place, especially when they are in trouble or danger. Finding somewhere like their hometown comforts their moods and getting some spiritual consolation.
The question, however, is whether this situation is positive or negative for both tourists and residents. To begin with the positive one, through the comparison between different countries, the passion for establishing their national consciousnesses can be ignited. The more one sees in another world, the more he will think about his own living situations natively. From the other side, the same image all around the world leads to the extinction of diversified cultures, which reflect the fulfilled with vivid colorful art and long-lasting historical stories. If the whole world looks uniformly the same, tourism disappears as well as all the regional conventions and treasures.
To conclude based on my personal experience of traveling domestically and abroad, I suggest that people had better see more and feel more in their very a limited lifetime. Even better, one should absorb more with the very soul that the native is the best of all.解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
In spite of all stories of prosperity in the Unites States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate. Most acts of violence were committed by young people.57% of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 25 of age.
Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions: poverty, lack of education, living within a settled home, being parent less, sufferings from other kinds of misfortune, etc.
There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp increase of crime rate. In the first place, some state laws provide a death penalty but some not. Secondly, the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection. It is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun. Finally, there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime, the details of which are so accurately described that even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read. All these have resulted in a high frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and
by nonprofessional ones in murder, drug smuggling, robbery, etc.
The author intends to tell the readers that_________.A. the United States is a wealthy country although poverty and crime exist there
B. crime has become a serious problem in the United States, although it is said to be a prosperous one
C. despite the fact that crimes have been increasing rapidly in the United States, it is a country of prosperity
D. in spite of stories about poverty and crime in the United States, it is prospering at an increasing r答案：B解析：根据文章第一段第一句话可知，美国尽管繁荣，但还是存在贫困，而且还存在不断增长的高犯罪率。只有B选项符合题意。 -
第14题：
共用题干
American Families
1 Despite social and economic differences among Americans,many American families have certain characteristics in common.Both the husband and wife were born in the United States,and their forefathers came from Europe.They have completed high school,and they belong to the middle class.They have a car, a television set,a washing machine,a refrigerator,a telephone,etc.They own their own home and spend about 55%of their income for housing and food.Clothing accounts for almost 10%of their income,medical care 6%,transportation 8%and taxes 15%.The rest of their income is used for such items as insurance, savings,gifts,and recreation.
2 Most families consist of a mother,a father,and,at most,two children living at home.There may be relatives-grandparents,aunts,uncles,cousins living in the same community,but American families usually maintain separate households.This family structure is known as the"nuclear family".It is unusual. for members of the family other than the husband,wife,and children to live together.
3 Marriage in the United States is considered a matte,r of individual responsibility and decision.Young people frequently fall in love and many even if their parents disagree.American marriages are usually based on romantic love,rather than on social class,education,or religion.
4 After their marriage the young couple is free to decide where to live and when to start a family.Most young couples set up their own household immediately.In the early 1970s only 15%of all married couples were not living on their own-independently and by themselves.Most married people practise some kind of birth control.They plan the number of children they are going to have and when their children will be born. The practice of limiting the size of families has general approval.The birth rate has been declining steadily in recent years.There are among many American families______.
A:live with their parents
B:their own decisions
C:most American families are usually small
D:the family structure
E:some similar features
F:has been dropping答案：E解析：第一段的主旨句是第一句：" Despite social and economic differences among Americans,many American families have certain characteristics in common." D项中的“features”是主旨句中" characteristics”的同义转换。
第二段主要讲的是美国家庭是由哪些成员组成的，即常见的美国家庭的结构。
第三段第一句是主旨句，根据其中的“Marriage”把答案圈定在A.玖F三项，又由第三段最后一句可知，美国婚姻基于真爱而非基于社会阶级、教育和宗教，排除F项。本段主要讲的是婚姻观念而非婚姻生活，因此选择E项。
第四段的主旨句是第一句，主要讲的是美国年轻夫妻的婚后生活。A项中的“post-marriage"甲是第四段第一句中“After their marriage”的同义转换。
根据第一段第一句可知，美国很多家庭都有一定的相似之处。E项中的“some similarfeatures”是第一段第一句中“certain characteristics in common”的同义转换。
根据第三段第一句“Marriage in the United States is considered a matter of individualresponsibility and decision.”可知，美国年轻人自己负责和决定他们的婚姻。B项中的“theirown decisions”是第三段第一句中“individual responsibility and decision”的同义转换。
根据第四段第二句“Most young couples set up their own household immediatily.”可知，许多年轻人在婚后立即建立自己的家庭，不再与他们的父母住在一起。
根据第四段最后一句“The birth rate has been declining steadily in recent years.”可知，出生率近年来持续下降。F项中的“dropping”是对第四段最后一句中“declining”的同义改写。 -
第15题：
共用题干
第三篇
The Home-schooling
Sometimes,the line between private and public education can become very vague.Educators in the United States are wondering whether children who are taught at home should get some public services or how this growing practice(about 3 percent of American students are not fully registered in schools but receive education at home)should be regulated.
In many western countries,many private schools are founded by religious bodies. Approximately haff the parents who decide to teach their kids at home are motivated religiously and use lessons by Internet or mail from church schools.Probably an additional fourth have some doubts about public education.They believe that regular schools don't meet the special needs of their children.It also happens that home-school is adopted by parents to escape compulsory education,for example,some selfish parents have older children take care of his or her younger siblings（兄弟姐妹）or work in home businesses while only teaching them for a very short time.Weakness in regulations in most states of the US means that officials seldom monitor or challenge parents who say they are teaching their children at home,although children often learn well in home-schooling. With growing frequency,however,public schools offer services to the home-schooled.Local government may allow children who receive education at home to enroll local school part time.However,educators have concerns that these kids could later return full time,but their serious academic weaknesses may lead them to falling behind in their studies,and some districts wanting to qualify for state aid can benefit from kids who used to study part time to fill empty seats.
In Kent,Ohio,Mrs. Ringer taught her three children at home in the past years while operating her bakery business there in the non-teaching hours.Mrs. Ringer said to our reporter that her motive was to give her children more training in basic curriculum,such as phonics（读音法）.Her curriculum is from a church school,and relevant tests are handed in and returned via e-mail.
Three years ago her second child,Mark,wanted to join school programs regularly,and he enrolled at the local high school.Unable to keep pace with his classmates,Mark soon changed his mind and decided to continue studying at home.But he enjoyed the athletic program and chorus at school,
so he was allowed by Mr. Ringer to continue in them while taking other courses at home.The education experts want to know_______.
A:in what way home-schooling can be regulated
B:whether children should get some public services
C:whether the family-school should be banned
D:whether it is appropriate for children to study at home答案：A解析：从第一段第二句可以看出美国的教育家们“are wondering...how this growing practice...should be regulated"，即不知道如何对家庭学校进行规范，所以选A。
从第二段得知一半的家长“decide to teach their kids at home are motivated religiously"，还有额外的四分之一的家长“have some doubts about public education"，还有家长利用家庭教学作为借口来“escape compulsory education"，唯独没有提到C，即送孩子上学是不安全的，所以选C。
第二段第六句“Weakness in regulations in most states of the US means that officials seldom monitor or challenge parents who say they are teaching their children at home"，即美国大多数的州对这种教育方式都监管不力，几乎不监督或质疑那些家长，因此选B。
见第二段最后一句。
文章第三段的第二句提到瑞恩太太在家教孩子是为了“give her children more training in basic curriculum"，即给他们更多基础课程的训练，所以选项C符合。 -
第16题：
The consequence of the three neutrality acts of the United States was（）
Ato make the United States gain time to arm itself
Bto actually help the aggressors by making clear that the United States would not intervene
Cto get the United States involved in the war
Dto prevent the United States form being dragged into the war
B
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第17题：
问答题Practice 7 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree? You should write at least 250 words.正确答案： 【参考范文】
Since feminist movement sprang up in the 1960s from North America and Europe, the social status of women has improved a lot globally. And the question of whether both genders should be treated equally is still a heat topic in various fields, of which a specific issue is: Should schools and universities balance the number of male and female students in every subject? Personally, I do not agree with this viewpoint.
Generally speaking, the term feminism can be used to describe a school of thought in circles such as politics, culture or economy emphasizing establishing equal rights and legal protections for women. Feminism has driven many subjects like political, cultural philosophical and sociological theories. It also refers to a movement in favor of gender equality and fight for women's rights and interests.
The real meaning of feminism, however, is often distorted and misunderstood. Absorbing equal number of male students and female students in every subject is not a genuine reflection of gender equality, as it imposes different subjects on both genders indiscriminately without considering the unique properties of each sex. The result would be nothing more than symbolic. In other words, equality is not illustrated by cold numbers, but genuine respect for women. It is undeniable that gender balance in every subject brings some benefits to women, allowing them to work with male classmates, to develop their abilities physically and psychologically, and to cultivate interpersonal relations.
All in all, universities decision makers should weight the requiring trait of a subject and evaluate the characteristics of each gender, and then assign appropriate quota. And the government should prudently reconsider the issue of gender equality and better the situation in real sense.解析： 暂无解析 -
第18题：
单选题The growth of two-income families in the United States _____ of people moving to a new social class.Ahas resulted in millions
Bresults of millions
Cmillions of results
Dresulting in millions
正确答案： A解析：
句意：美国双手入家庭数量的增多使得数以百万计的人们进入一个新的社会阶层。result in导致，使得。句子应该采用完成时，故A项正确。 -
第19题：
问答题Practice 4 If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition—wealth, distinction, control over one’s destiny—must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition’s behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared, and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition as an ideal. What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition, if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents.正确答案：
【参考译文】
雄心壮志若能被正确看待,那么,它所带来的回报——财富、荣誉、对命运的主宰——一定会被认为是值得为之做出牺牲的。雄心壮志的传统若是激发活力,那么,人们就应当广泛地拥有这种传统,尤其是那些自身受人羡慕之士更应给予其高度重视。当然,受过良好教育的人也同样包括在内。然而,正是那些受过良好教育的人却奇怪地声称,他们已经放弃把雄心壮志当作理想。奇怪是,他们已从雄心壮志中获益最多——如果不总是自己的雄心壮志,就是他们父母的和祖父母的。解析： 暂无解析 -
第20题：
问答题Practice 2Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Increasing numbers of people are virtually slaves to their schedules. We are not leading our lives, but merely following a dizzying timetable of duties, commitments and demands and options.” You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.正确答案：
【范文】
Stop Being Slaves to Schedules It is often said that people who has no plan for their work will easily mess up their life. Therefore, to some extent, a schedule is important. But if we overdo it with a rigid schedule, there will also lay some disadvantages for our life.
With a faster pace of social development, people have more work to do and more and more slaves to schedules show up. For these people, life is compared to a programmed computer. All they need to do is to do as the schedule. There will be little interest left and all the hours will become monotonous and dull. So, they are not working to live but living to work.
Moreover, colorful life is the main source for personal creativity. If we fill our life up with a dizzying timetable of duties, commitments and demands and options, how do we develop our innovation spirit and inject new blood for the improvement of society? Actually, improper schedules may even kill our passions for work with a lower and lower efficiency. These reverse effects are not what we want when planning the schedules.
In general, we need a flexible schedule in which emphasis is equally distributed both on work and personal life. So, if you feel arrested by your timetable, stop to give proper freedom to a more qualified life style.解析： 暂无解析 -
第21题：
问答题Practice 4 The other kind of bank—the Bank of the United States was simultaneously a commercial bank and a quasi-public central bank. The First Bank of the United States, chartered by the Congress in 1791, owed its existence to Alexander Hamilton who, shortly after becoming Secretary of the Treasury, showed remarkable insight into the financial problems of the young country and the economic implications of banking. The First Bank of the United States operated much like a private bank. But unlike a regular commercial bank, it had the federal government as a partner and number one customer. The Bank served as the fiscal agent for the government, holding government tax receipts, paying government bills, performing various financial housekeeping tasks. In return, the government kept its cash as deposits with the First Bank of the United States, giving it a huge financial base. The First Bank’s federal charter, moreover, allowed it to operate branches in all states, giving it a big competitive edge over regular state-chartered banks, which could operate only in the states that chartered them. Gradually the First Bank of the United States evolved into a sort of banker’s bank, gaining the power to police lesser commercial banks.正确答案： 【参考译文】
另外一种银行为美利坚银行,它既是商业银行又是准公共性质的中央银行。1791年,美利坚第一银行经国会特许成立,它的成立应归功于亚历山大·汉密尔顿。他就任财政部长后不久就对新生的美国面临的财政问题以及银行业的经济意义显示出极强的洞察力。美利坚第一银行在运作上很像是一家私人银行。与通常的商业银行不同的是,它拥有联邦政府为其合伙人和头号客户。它充当了联邦政府的财政代理:为政府保管税收收入、替政府办理账单支付以及为政府执行各种金融保管任务等。作为回报,政府将现金存入美利坚第一银行,从而使该银行有了巨大的金融基础。由于美利坚第一银行经联邦特许可在各州设立分行,而由各州特许成立的普通银行只能在其州内经营,所以相比之下,美利坚第一银行有很大的竞争优势。美利坚第一银行因而逐渐演化为某种“银行家的银行”,把握着监督较小的商业银行的权力。解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题The consequence of the three neutrality acts of the United States was（）Ato make the United States gain time to arm itself
Bto actually help the aggressors by making clear that the United States would not intervene
Cto get the United States involved in the war
Dto prevent the United States form being dragged into the war
正确答案： B解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
问答题Practice 8 The United States has long been known as a “melting pot”, because many of its people are descended from settlers who came from all over the world to make their homes in the new land. The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands. Attracted by reports of great economic opportunities and religious and political freedom, immigrants from many other countries flocked to the United States in increasing numbers, reaching a peak in the years 1880—1914. Between 1820 and 1980 the United States admitted almost 50 million immigrants. Some 1,360,000 American Indians, descendants of North America's first inhabitants, now reside in the United States. Most live in the West, but many are in the south and north central areas. Of the more than 300 separate tribes, the largest is the Navaho in the Southwest. Black people were first brought to America from Africa as slaves. Their descendants now make up nearly 12 percent of the population. They once lived mainly in the agricultural South but now are scattered throughout the nation.正确答案： 【参考译文】
美国历来以“民族熔锅”著称,因为许多美国人是移民的后裔,当年这些移民从世界各地来到这块新土地上安家落户。美国历史上首批移民来自英国和荷兰。许多其他国家的人听说在美国经济上有很大的发展机会,还有宗教自由和政治自由,于是便纷纷移居美国,移民人数越来越多,1880年至1914年达到了顶峰。在1820年到1980年间,美国接纳了近5000万移民。
现在约有1360000名印第安人居住在美国,他们是北美土著的后裔。大多数印第安人住在西部,也有许多住在中部的南北地区。美国印第安人分属300多个不同的部落,其中最大的是西南部的纳瓦霍部落。
黑人当初是被当作奴隶从非洲贩运到美国的,他们的后裔现在几乎占美国人口的百分之十二。从前,黑人主要聚居在南方农业地带,但如今则分散到美国各地。解析： 暂无解析