53. A. glad B. lucky C. surprised D. satisfied 54. A. shaking B. struggling C. working D. fighting 55. A. turns up B. wells up C. opens up D. brings up 第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
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WHEN you think of a typical American, whom do you picture? A pretty blond white American like Taylor Swift? Or a handsome black American like President Barack Obama or basketball star Kobe Bryant? In fact, there was a time when the average American looked like none of these people.
Back in the year 1500, the average American was a brown-skinned hunter-gatherer who probably rode a horse and wore clothing made from animal skins. Today, these people－who usually identify themselves based on their individual tribes such as Iriquois, Apache and Navajo－are broadly referred to as “Native Americans”, “American Indians” or simply “Indians”.
There?s a chance that you?ve never even heard of American Indians. That?s because there aren?t very many left. When the European settlement of North America began, there were fierce conflicts between the settlers from overseas and these native peoples. After the British government and military were expelled (赶走) in the Revolutionary War, conflicts with natives continued as the states were created that would later make up the US. In these conflicts, millions of natives were killed.
In 1830, president Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. This act required all Indians to migrate to the west of the Mississippi River to allow for the expansion of the US. American Indians were treated as a military “enemy” until 1924, when the few Indians still alive at that point were granted US citizenship. That was the first time that the US government formally recognized Indians as human beings.
While the story of the American Indians has been a sad one, these peoples? legacies (遗产) are still felt every day in the US. Many US geographical names come from Indian languages, such as Ohio, Topeka, Kansas, and the Potomac River. At the same time, there are numerous successful academics and other important US leaders who are descended from Indians. And nowadays, more and more history classes in US public schools are educating students about how Indians suffered during the settlement of the US. I was lucky enough to take such a history class in high school. I sincerely believe that if we want a better future, we must look carefully and honestly at the past.
56. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Few American Indians have achieved success due to their poor living conditions.
B. Today few Americans know about how Indians suffered during the settlement of the US. C. In the past, most of the American Indians lived in the states of Ohio and Kansas. D. Since the year 1924, American Indians have been recognized as US citizens. 57. What does the article mainly talk about?
A. The sad story of American Indians. B. How the American Indians succeeded in the US. C. What a typical American is like. D. American Indians? economic impact on the US.
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58. How does the passage mainly develop? A. By providing examples. C. By following the order of time.
B. By making comparisons.
D. By following the order of importance. B
America?s love-hate relationship with China develops speedily. The latest setback in the bilateral relation is another fearsome “China Scare”. Actually, though, in America it is nothing new. The United States? politics seems to need a “China Scare” from time to time.
Recall that nearly a storm started around the book The Coming Conflict with China in 2007. Its author was two US journalists formerly working in Beijing. The debate was anything but positive about the Sino-US relationship. It is true that China?s strategic aims in Asia are not completely the same with those of the US. However, the authors seemed to worry far too much by putting much emphasis on China?s military strength.
American interest groups are afraid of competing with Chinese imports, because more and more American consumers begin to find Chinese goods a much cheaper choice. So they held this political view that China?s rapid growth is not a blessing for all concerned. Instead it was being thought of as a force threatening other Asia economies and America?s too.
“President Obama encourages the transfer of money, industrial capacity and technology to China that will help its development but still threaten the US and its allies”, charges William Hawkins, a supporter for protecting US business and industry. Then there?s also people saying that China?s gain is basically on everyone else?s loss. An increasingly globalized and modernized nation of 1.3 billion is not a win-win for almost everyone. It?s a losing situation for everyone, but for China.
That?s absurd, I think.
Sure, China?s neighbors in Asia are worried about Chinese competition and they know they have to work harder in order to compete with China. However, it is unnecessarily sending scare by imagining that economic growth will be greatly reduced, domestic stock markets will get ruined and employment levels will become lower. Certainly, China?s economic progress will cause some tense moments. But, on the whole, Asia and the rest of the world will benefit from China?s success.
Some people on the mainland who want to protect Chinese industries would interfere to slow down market opening. On the other hand, the Obama administration?s decision to cut down on import quotas on foreign steel brought about world wide anger. That decision has made US strategic and economic allies in Asia and Europe angrier at America than at anything China has done lately. So who is the greater threat—China or the United States—to the world economy? Let?s just say that what continues to be needed in America?s relationship with China is not another “red scare”, but the three facts all too often missing: common sense, political maturity and intellectual honesty.
59. Which of the following is not a true statement? A. China Scare is a fairly fresh phenomenon.
B. Sino-US relationship has aroused a negative debate.
C. Opinions on Chinese competition in economic progress vary.
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D. The world will generally benefit from China?s economic growth.
60. William Hawkin reacted ________ to President Obama?s policy on China. A. reasonably B. objectively C. respectfully D. negatively 61. Which may best serve as the title of the above passage?
A. America?s Love-hate Relationship with China B. Debate on Sino-US Relationship C. Benefits or Threats from China and US? D. China Scare, Is It Real?
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Rice wine has a history of more than 2,000 years as China?s favorite liquor and has been credited with having enhanced the health, among others, of the late Deng Xiaoping. But now native rice wine finds itself competing for market share with western style fruit wine.
Both foreign traders and local producers have in recent months observed a remarkable rise in the popularity of wine in China, at least in the country?s more prosperous cities and coastal regions. There are several reasons for this. One has been a sustained effort by the Chinese government to limit the use of staple grains (主食) for things as frivolous as spirits or beer. Another has been a lot of reports filtering out (过滤) via Hong Kong and Taiwan, citing scientific findings about red wine?s good effects on health in general and manliness in particular. Mr. St. Pierre, who imports western wines to China, says that his red wines outsell his whites by 20 to 1, leading him to conclude that Chinese drinkers are indeed choosing their beverages with good health in mind.
Mr. St. Pierre is toasting increases in sales of 25% a month. Carl Crook, another importer, recalls that, when he began selling wine in China four years ago, his clients were mainly “well-heeled and desperate expatriates（侨民）”. His company, Montrose, now sells more than 1,000 cases a month and expects sales to double this year, despite taxes and duties which add 121% to the price of imported wines. Its catalogue ranges from cheap Californian wines selling wholesale for 69 Yuan per bottle, to Chateau Lafitte Rothschild.
Domestic producers are also cottoning on to the joys of the grape. A few Chinese wineries are increasingly successful, in both international competitions and the domestic market. China?s largest wine producer, Dynasty, has overcome quality control problems to produce a well-received 1995 Chardonnay. The Huadong Winery in Qingdao (a city still more famous for its beer) has also yielded a successful Chardonnay. Local bottling of foreign wines, local production, and if they materialize, long rumored cuts in tariff duties(关税) may soon help bring the joys of wine to greater numbers of Chinese.
For the country?s growing class of the newly rich, however, a ridiculously high price tag is all part of the package. In recent years, China?s conspicuous(引人注目的) consumers have made the purchase of overpriced wines one of their favorite ways of showing off wealth, in some cases buying bottles priced at several hundred dollars only to smash them on the floor. There is now a new trend that may strike the world?s wine merchants as an even greater outrage. Some Chinese wine drinkers have decided that a good claret(干红) or Chardonnay goes down more smoothly when mixed with Sprite.
62. Grape wines become more popular than the traditional rice wine in China for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.
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A. rice wine consumes so many grains that its production has been discouraged. B. it is believed that grape wine does more good to health than rice wine.
C. drinking grape wine is a symbol of wealth and therefore is a fashion for some people.. D. grape wines are often less expensive and so more people can afford them. 63. The word “frivolous” in Para. 2 probably means ________.
A. significant. B. precious. C. authentic. D. unimportant. 64. Mr. St. Pierre and Mr. Carl Crook are cited as examples to show ________. A. market share of importing grape wines is increasing in China. B. well-heeled and desperate expatriates like to drink grape wines.
C. Chinese drinkers choose their company?s wine because of their boast. D. domestic producers also realize the joys of the grape wines. 65. Which of the following is an opinion of the author?s?
A. Domestic producers do not like their foreign counterparts.
B. Local bottling of foreign wines is not encouraged by local government in China.
C. The extremely high tariff duties on wine importing still affect the more popular consumption of foreign wines.
D. Most people are satisfied with the prices of foreign wines. 66. The author sounds ________ in the last paragraph. A. tolerant B. angry C. impatient D. conspicuous
D
Christmas was a quiet affair when I grew up. There were just my parents and I. I vowed that someday I?d marry and have six children, and at Christmas my house would vibrate with energy and love.
I found the man who shared my dream, but we had not reckoned on the possibility of infertility. Undaunted, we applied for adoption, and then he arrived.
We called him Our Christmas Boy because he came to us during that season of joy. Then nature surprised us again. We added two biological children to the family—not as many as we had hoped for, but three made an entirely satisfactory crowd.
As Our Christmas Boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the expertise to select and decorate the Christmas tree. He rushed the season, starting his gift list in November. He pressed us into singing carols, our froglike voices contrasting with his musical gift of perfect pitch. Each holiday he stirred us up, leading us through a round of merry chaos.
Then, on his 26th Christmas, he left us in a car accident on his way home to his wife and infant daughter. But first he had stopped by the family home to decorate our tree.
Grief-stricken, his father and I sold our home, where memories clung to every room, and moved away. Seventeen years later, we grew old enough to return home, and settled into a small quiet house, like the house of my childhood. Our other son and daughter had married and begun their own Christmas traditions in another part of the country.
One day, I heard the doorbell ring. There stood our granddaughter, and in her gray-green eyes I saw the reflection of Our Christmas Boy. Behind her, lugging a large pine tree, came her mother and stepfather. They swept past us in a flurry of laughter; and then decorated the tree.
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