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《英美报刊选读》练习题一
I. Select from the lettered choice the one, which best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of your choice in the brackets.
1.The Bush administration wanted to have percent of Medicare patients in H.M.O.’s by
2005.
A. 13 B. 14 C. 30
D. 33 ( )
2.In a 2000 survey by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute, fewer than ______of college
freshman
rated
magazine
rankings
―very
important.‖
( )
A. 10% B. 15% C 20% D 25% 3.The author believes that the rankings have become ____in higher education .
( ) A. a healthy force B.an unhealthy force C. a great benefit D. an advantage
4.Many parents complain about _____when they talk about their children’s education. ( )
A. campus violence B. drug abuse C. after-school assignments D. basketball tryout
5.According to the spokeswoman for the American Association of Health Plans, has outstripped ( )
A. Medicare inflation B. drug cost C. Mediaid inflation D. medical service fee
6.The child born between 1947 and 1961 is frequently referred to as ______ ( )
A.― boom baby‖ B. ―boomer parents‖ C. ― booming child‖ D.‖booming girl‖
the increase in Medicare reimbursement.
7. The advantages of Harvard confer _____ benefits on the class slacker ( )
A. many B. few C. some D. any 8. In 1981, 6-8 –year-olds averaged ______minutes of homework per week. A. 45 B. 50 C. 44 D.60 9. From the article we know that many HMOs are leaving________. A. the medical a association B. Medicare
C. the General Accounting Office D. the United Health Group 10. The increase in Medicare payments ______ enough to make up for cuts made in 1997. A. had been B. will have been C. was not D. had not been 11Where was John Kundereri Moriarty transported when he was 4 years old?
A. South B. North C. East
12.、Who was responsible to the Stolen Generation in Australia?
A. Terrorism B. White parents C. State and federal government
13.、Who was awarded the Order of Australia, the country’s highest civil medal of honor?
A. Cathy B. Moriarty C. Ros
14.、About ____ Aboriginal and European parentage——were taken from their parents
from 1910 until the 1970’s.
A. 10,000 B. 100,000 C. 1,000,000
15.、The biggest problem for the continent’s Gypsies(or Roma) to be recognized as a nation is ____ .
A. lack of a defined territory B. without other countries’ recognition C. lack of a united government
16.、Gypsies’ language is related to ____.
A. Chinese B. English C. Hindi
17.、Nicholas Gheorge, an expert on Gypsy affairs at the OSCE, reckons that there
would be more ____ members in governments of European countries. A. Gypsy B. Jewish C. Romanian
18. The city hall auditorium in East London is a place for ____.
A. concert B. witness under Apartheid to release their pain C. police office
19. Who was hacked and shot to death in 1985 by unnamed members of apartheid-era security forces?
A. Nombwyselo Mhlawuli B. Sicelo Mhlawuli C. Monica Godolozi.
20. The duty of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is ____.
A. curing the pain under apartheid B. reconciling the survivals with the killers C. all above
21. Joseph Lieberman is ____________. a. Gore’s vice presidential running mate b. Bush’s vice presidential running mate c. governor of Texas
22. The candidate of the president of the United States often mention God, because
________
a. they are superstitious
b. they want to be blessed by God
c. they just make use of religion for their political purpose 23. ______ a Catholic among the following Presidents. a. Eisenhower was b. John F. Kennedy was c. Gorge W. Bush Jr. is
24. In the 2000presidential election, the most important state which decides the political fates of Bush and Gore is ________. a. California b. Florida c. Maine
25. Richard Nixon thinks that the cooperation between the East and the West will be
______.
a. possible b. impossible c. unknown 26. The reason that Nixon wrote Richard Nixon is _______. a. to make money b. he wants to be a famous people
c. to improve the odds that posterity will see things his way
27. The vice presidential running mate of Gorge W. Bush Jr. in the 2000 Election was ______
a. Gore b. Power c. Cheney
28. What do you think the people’s attitude to the rule ‖Don’t mention sex, politics
and religion‖?
a. People today still think it is right. b. Nobody cares about it.
c. People today strictly obey this rule during their social conversations.
29. Gorge W. Bush Jr. and Gorge W. Bush Sr. are the _____ father-and-son
president.
a. first b. second c. third
30. Which one do you think is more important during a Presidential Election after
having read the three pieces of news?
a. Financial support b. Religion policy c. Both A and B
II. March the following words or phases on the left column with their correspondent
explanations on the right
A B
1. scourg a. scattered fragments; wreckage 2. debris b. money or property left to sb in a will 3. expunge c. remove or wipe out
4. egacy d. person or thing that causes suffering 5 desperately e. to give little hope of success
A B
1. threw the inbounds pass a高难度进球
2. give and take b英国政府，英国内阁 3. hit big shots c英国王宫 4. Downing Street d平等交易
5. Buckingham Palace e球从界外投入界内