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Australia’s most famous horserace, the Melbourne Cup, is 3,200 meters of pure excitement. Each year 300 or 400 horses are nominated (提名), but only 24 can run. The competitors are chosen in terms of a number of factors, but winners of certain races qualify automatically.
Each racehorse receives a handicap—a certain weight it must carry to give each horse an equal chance of winning —two months before the race. Originally, horses that seemed likely to win were assigned larger handicaps. But the rules have changed, reducing the handicap for previous winners.
The first Melbourne Cup in 1861 drew a crowd of 4,000 spectators and the race’s popularity 27 (grow) ever since. Held on the first Tuesday of November, the cup has become a four-day festival with fine food and entertainment.
The Melbourne Cup began during a gold rush 28 a form of entertainment for the rich. Today it still attracts society’s upper class with the implication 29 whoever comes is a man of distinction. They come dressed in their finest to enjoy the event in comfort.
30 noble and distinct the horserace looks, it’s all about the race—the effort of horses and riders, the suspense and the thrill of victory.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. disturbing B. accustomed G. vaguely
For more than three centuries, the American colonies and later, the United States have been a place for many “have-nots” to make the “American Dream” come true for themselves and to become “haves.” And the optimism that people have, knowing that this miracle will always happen has grown out of some key elements in the history of the nation, a nation that has differed 31 from every other country in the world. The economic 32 of the nation are also very much tied to these success stories. Three characteristics have contributed to such attainments.
First, the United States had natural resources undreamed of in other parts of the world. For farmers and ranchers there was land, often to be had cheaply or even for free. There were endless forests to supply lumber and rich 33 of coal, oil, silver, copper and gold. Besides, critical to
H . bettering C. deposits I . flexible D. prospects J . dramatically E. inherited K .industry F. overcome the development of these resources was a population of both native-born Americans and immigrants who were connected by their common work ethic. This ethic held that 34 and thrift should be rewarded with ---- as Benjamin Franklin says ---- “a State of Affluence (富足) and some Degree of Reputation in the World.” These Americans believed in self improvement as well as in the nobility of all kinds of work. They also, if somewhat 35 , often linked material success with spiritual movement. Next, by and large, America was characterized by a 36 class structure. In contrast to England and other European countries with their history of aristocrats (贵族), this country was filled by numerous communities in which family connections or 37 money counted for little. However, the pursuit of American Dream sometimes also sometimes proved to be a source of tension and strain. At the beginning of the 20th century, writers like Jack London and F. Scott Fitzgerald depicted a lot of “have-not” characters whose fate is not a matter of free will. They are 38 by forces beyond their control. Often, in their works, children or young people are victimized by poverty that prevents them from 39 themselves. Convinced that a person’s destiny is the result of his or her heredity interacting with the environment, they employ many 40 details to explore the oppressive world in which their characters are trapped. Analyzing characters’ assumptions and values continued to illuminate the American experience.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Organized volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to __41__ to judge the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate’s resume, but now the university of Bristol has set up an award to formalize the achievements of students who __42__ time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly competitive job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside __43__ qualifications.
“Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn’t __44__ appreciate the value of what they did outside the lecture hall,” says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. “Employers are much more __45__ than they used to be. They used to look for __46__ employees and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant’s skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are __47__ to the job.”
Students who __48__ the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or
voluntary work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills-related activity and, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. __49__ efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who __50__ best on the sports field can take the Sporting PLuS Award which fosters employer-friendly sports accomplishments.
The experience does not have to be __51__ organized. “We’re not just interested in easily identifiable skills,” says Goodman. “__52__, one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so __53__ negotiation skills. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives.”
Goodman hopes the scheme will __54__ active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active peers to __55__ activities outside their academic area of work.
41. A. advisors 42. A. spend 43. A. artistic 44. A. dominantly 45. A. generous 46. A. origin 47. A. relevant 48. A. apply for 49. A. Occasional 50. A. perform 51. A. roughly 52. A. For instance 53. A. demonstrated 54. A. make 55. A. act in
B. specialists B. devote B. technical B. earnestly B. considerate B. initial B. responsive B. make up B. Exceptional B. convey B. randomly B. In essence B. determined B. enforce B. make out
C. critics C. consume C. academic C. necessarily C. enlightening C. popularity C. reluctant C. sign up for C. Informative C. circulate C. formally C. In contrast C. operated C. enable C. turn up
D. employers D. stimulate D. interactive D. gracefully D. demanding D. potential D. respective D. look over D. Relative D. formulate D. fortunately D. Of course D. involved D. promote D. take up
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
If you're a male and you're reading this, congratulations: you're a survivor. According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer as a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you'll die on average five years before a woman.
There are many reasons for this— typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke— but perhaps more importantly, men don't go to the doctor.
\for the over-40s, when disease tend to strike.\
Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year.
Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker's cough for a year.
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According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.
\lot of men think they're undefeatable,\Gullota says. \only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, ‘Geez, if it could happen to him, …’ \
Then there's the ostrich approach. \men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,\
\He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.
Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says. \