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A B
1. ANC a. extinction of one nation’s culture
2. Aborigines b. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
3. Cultural genocide c. the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
4. OSCE d. the African National Congress
5. SATRC e. relating to the original inhabitants in Australia
III. Write T in the bracket if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.
( )1. 1221 is located at 1221 Yan’an Xi Road. ( )2. Commemorative coins have been issued. ( )3. Dublin is the finalist city for 2008.
( )4. To build a highway is to bring visitors convenience and safety. ( )5. Many people want to make the sites as modern as possible.
( ) 6. The old rule for a polite conversation is: Never mention the topic of sex, religion and politics.
( ) 7. The reason Gore lost in the election is that he was not a devotional follower
of a religion.
( ) 8. The candidate often mentioned God during the election, because they wanted
to be blessed by God.
( ) 9. Nixon still believes that Communist party will be the enemy of the United
States forever.
( ) 10. Nixon thinks that the cooperation between the East and the West is
impossible.
11. An entrepreneurial is someone who starts or organizes a commercial enterprise ( )
12. ―Soothe‖ means to make someone uncomfortable ( ) 13. Poverty rates among Hispanics remain low ( )
14. An optimist is someone who expects the best to happen ( )
15. All the old woman of advanced age are living a happy and satisfying life ( )
IV．Fill in the blanks.
1. The EC named Glasgow as_____.
2. Officials said perhaps as many as six coup attempts after the 1991 Persian _____war ended in
failure.
3. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called____ ―the enemy of the entire free world‖.
4.In his speech on Sunday night, Mr. Sharon promised to strike ―the _____ infrastructure‖ at its foundations.
5. Mr. Arafat’s close aide Nabil Aburdeineh said that the Palestinian People would be ____ and would not surrender.
6As the academic year gets underway at our nation’s colleges, the student body will be fairly ________.
7The academy has long attributed the slow progress in diversifying faculty to a ―_______‖ —an undersupply of women and minorities enrolled in graduate programs.
8More provocative still might be a _______by top-ranked high school athletes and students of the one university, within each major athletic conference, with the worst record in faculty diversity
9This is a recipe for happiness for anyone at any age, but for _______the ingredients appear to be most readily available during middle age
10Many women of that era were bemused by the male medical establishment’s response to ―_______troubles.‖
11. Nearly 10 years passed before Moriarty was able to re-establish contact with his mother by ____.
12. Moriarty figures the meeting with his mother as beginning to complete _____.
13. The design depicts the movement of ______ people across the Australian landscape when it was being formed, eons ago in the Aboriginal Dreamtime.
14. The International Romany Union is probably the most representative of the outfits that speak for _____, but that is not saying a lot.
15. The city hall auditorium in _____ has become the theater of South Africa’s pain, its heavy, blood-red curtains a somber backdrop for the saga of the severed hand.
V. Explain the following terms very briefly.
1. crying jag: 2. SAT:
3. the non-partisan research: 4. prescription drug: 5. H.M.O.: 6. alma mater : 7. UCLA:
8. out-of –pocket costs: 9. the Medical program: 10. Sputnik:
Explain the following terms. 11Hispanic:
12Out-of-date stereotype of midlife: 13. Stolen generation
14. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
VI．Answer the following questions
1. What is the main problem for Gypsies in establishing a new country? 2. What can South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission do for South African people?
3Why is ―M on the Bund‖ so popular?
4 What are the reasons listed by the Bid Committee of Beijing for choosing it for the 2008 games?
5. Why do so many nominees often say in a religious way?
6. Do you think Mr. Al Gore will be nominated in the 2004 presidential election by the Democrats?
《英美报刊选读》练习题二
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. In an economic slump, who is more likely to bear the brunt?（ ）
A. the layoff workers B. the bosses C. the U.S. citizens D. the temps 2. The device used for the survey is（ ）
A. E-mail B. mail C. telephone D. telegraph
3. Since 1996, the number of people collecting food stamps has sunk by one-third, to （ ）million.
A. 3 B. 17 C. 22 D. 20
4. What cannot a couple resort to when their marriage was in trouble?（ ） A. churches B. community mental-health centers
C. marriage affair class D. therapist
5. Where can you get therapy for marital problems?（ ）
A. free counseling groups B. a doctor C. marriage-education course D. your neighbour
6. According to Clifford Notarius, ___ causes problems in marriage（ ） A.difference B.pressure
C. the misunderstanding D. the way to deal with the difference 7. Most supervisors are willing to meet employees’ （ ）
A. sensible requests B. any requirements C. all vacations D. paid leave time
8. If Sheila Lindsey’s going to be away for more than a day, she will.（ ） A. never be found B. change her mail
C. be contacted on very important affairs D. come back at once
9. A pink slip is （ ）
A. a notice of unemployment B. a notice of promotion C. a notice of employment D. a notice of pay increase
10. When the economy goes down, the most visible problem is probably to come with