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"A lost generation" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to______.
A．a generation full of hope
B．the sad and confused young men
C．a big crowd of young men
D．a group of people who have lost their way
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A.sons of liberty
B.fatherless children
C.a beat generation
D.a lost generation
Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a doctor's family in Oak Park, in the【4】of Chicago. The novel【5】established Hemingway's【6】was The Sun Also Rises (1926). The story described a group of【7】Americans and Britons living in France. That is to【8】, it described the life of the members of the【9】Lost Generation after World War I. Hemingway's second major novel was A Farewell to Arms (1929), a love story【10】in wartime Italy. That novel was【11】by Death in the Afternoon (1932) and Green Hills of Africa (1935). His two【12】of short stories Men without Women (1927) and Winner Take Nothing (1933) established his fame【13】the master of short stories.
In the late 1930's, Hemingway began to express【14】about social problems. His novel To Have and Have Not (1937)【15】economic and political injustices. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)【16】the conflict of the Spanish Civil War. In 1952, Hemingway published em＞The Old Man and the Sea, for【17】he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize. In 1954, Hemingway was【18】the Nobel Prize of Literature. Later, being【19】and ill, he shot【20】on July 2, 1961.
(1)
A．outstanding
B．monotonous
C．awkward
D．modest
The old always assume that they know best for the simple 【C8】______ that they have been 【C9】______ a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the 【C10】______ are doing. They are questioning the 【C11】______ of their elders and disturbing their complacency. They take leave to 【C12】______ that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than 【C13】______ is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and 【C14】______ ？ And what 【C15】______ the clothing？ Who said that all the men in the world should 【C16】______ drab grey suits？ If we turn our 【C17】______ to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means？ Why have the older generation so often used 【C18】______ to solve their problems？ Why are they are so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more 【C19】______ possessions？ Can anything be right with the rat-race？ Haven't the old lost 【C20】______ with all that is important in life？
【C1】______
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
In spite of "endless talk of difference", American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is "the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption "launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered ' vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere'" Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite, these were stores "anyone could enter, regardless of class or background". This turned shopping into a public anti democratic act". The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory-Rodriguez reports that today's immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation—language, home ownership and intermarriage.
The 1990 Census revealed that "a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English 'well' or 'very well' after ten years of residence". The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. "By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families". Hence the description of America as a graveyard for language. By 1996 foreign born immigrants who had arrive before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native born Americans.
Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics "have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born whites and blacks". By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.
Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet some Americans fear that immigrant living within, the United States remain somehow immune to the nation's assimilative power.
Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America？ Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of every thing. But particularly when viewed against America's turbulent past, today's social induces suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.
The word "homogenizing" (Line 1, Paragraph 1) most probably means ______.
A．identifying
B．associating
C．assimilating
D．monopolizing
In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming basic family economics. Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well. Today's families have budgeted to the limits of their new two-paycheck status. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once has in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. This "added-worker effect" could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times. But today, a disruption to family fortunes can no longer be made up with extra income from an otherwise-stay-at-home partner.
During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income. Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money. For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a savings-account model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns. For younger families, the picture is not any better. Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen—and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families' future healthcare. Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent—and all he attendant need for physical and financial assistance—have jumped eightfold in just one generation.
From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. The financial fallout has begun, and the political fallout may not be far behind.
Today's double-income families are at greater financial risk in that ______.
A．the safety net they used to enjoy has disappeared
B．their chances of being laid off have greatly increased
C．they are more vulnerable to changes in family economics
D．they are deprived of unemployment or disability insurance
In just one generation， millions of mothers have gone to work， transforming basic family economics. Scholars， policymakers， and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes， but few have looked at the side effect family risk has risen as well. Today's families have budgeted to the limits of their new two-paycheck status. As a result they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback- a back-up earner （usually Mom） who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times. But today， a disruption to family fortunes can not longer be made up with extra income from an otherwise-stay-at-home partner.
During the same period， families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income. Steelworkers， airline employees， and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates， stock market fluctuation， and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money. For much of the past year. President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a savings-account model， with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns. For younger families， the picture is not any better. Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen-and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers， with much higher deductibles and a large new does of investment risk for families‘ future healthcare. Even demographics are working against the middle class family， as the odds of having a weak elderly parent- and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance have jumped eightfold in just one generation.
From the middle-class family perspective， much of this， understandably， looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility， and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. The financial fallout has begun， and the political fallout may not be far behind.
第31题：Today\\\'s double-income families are at greater financial risk in that
A．the safety net they used to enjoy has disappeared.
B．their chances of being laid off have greatly increased.
C．they are more vulnerable to changes in family economics.
D．they are deprived of unemployment or disability insurance.
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
The long year of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing(定量供应) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness arid confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about？ Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay？ Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home？ No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export-surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain's overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.
Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home -produced variety. And now grain prices too are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.
The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 percent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 percent by 1956; but repeated ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion program is not working very well.
Why does the author mention "there is wide-spread uneasiness and confusion"(Para. 1)？______
A．The abundant food supply is not expected to last
B．Britain is importing less food
C．Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising
D．Britain will cut back on its production of food
The younger generation ______ greatly from the older generation in many ways.
A．differ
B．differed
C．different
D．differs
