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ThomaswastheonlywomanjournalisttravelingwiththenPresidentNixontoChinainJanuary,1972．ShehastraveledaroundtheworldseveraltimeswithPresidentsNixon,Ford,Carter,Reagan,Bush,andClinton，duringthecourseofwhichshecoveredeveryEconomicSummit．TheWorldAlmanacandBookofFacthascitedherasoneofthe25MostInfluentialWomeninAmerica．

OnMarch21,2006,ThomaswascalledupondirectlybyPresidentBushforthefirsttimeinthreeyears．ThomasaskedBushaboutIraq．HelenThomashaswrittenfourbooksandsheisalsoapopularspeakerateventsnationwide．

1.What’sthecorrectorderoftheevents?

a．ThomasjoinedtheUnitedPressInternationalandtheWashingtonPressCorps．

b．ThomastraveledwithPresidentNixontoChina．

c．ThomasservedaspresidentoftheWomen’sNationalPressClub．

d．Thomasresigned．

e．ThomaswascalleduponbyPresidentBush．

f．ThomasbecameaWhiteHousecorrespondentandacolumnist．

A．a,b,c,d,e,fB．a,c,b,d,f,eC．a,c,b,d,e,fD．a,d,e,f,c,b

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A．Thomasmadespeechesabouteventsnationwide．

B．Thomashaswrittenfourbooks．

C．ThomascoveredeveryEconomicSummitwhentravelingwithUSpresidents．

D．Thomasbecameacorrespondentaftershegraduatedfromuniversity．

3.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat_____________.

A．Thomasiscalled“FirstLadyofAmerica”．

B．PresidentBushreceivedThomasonceinhisterm．

C．ThomasisthemostinfluentialwomaninAmerica.

D．ThomastraveledtoChinawithpresidentNixonseveraltimes.

4.ThepassagetellsusthatThomas______________________.

A．wasverypoorwhenshewasyoung．

B．servedaspresidentoftheWomen’sNationalPressClubforthreeyears．

C．haswrittenmanybooksandispopularworldwide．

D．traveledwithPresidentNixontoChinawithoutanyotherwomanjournalist.

B

Onebitterlycoldday,asnowstormblewintoourarea.Needingfirewood,Iquicklysetoutwithmybestfriend,Bruce,tolookforatreetocutdown.IwasgladtohaveBrucealong.Cuttingdownatreeinasnowstormcanbedangerous.Soitwasimportanttohaveafriendwhocouldwarnmeofdangers.

WhenIchoseabig23-meter-talltreeandpreparedtocutitdown,mybestfriendsuddenlywarnedme,“Don’tcutdownthattree!

It’stooclosetothepowerline!

”Iwasn’tsureaboutit.SoIdecidedtodisregardhiswarning.Iwantedtofinishthejobquicklyandgohome.SoIbegancuttingdownthetree.Whenthetreefell,therewasnolongeranydoubtthatmyfriendwasright.

Thetreecaughtthepowerline,bringingittotheground.Iconsideredcuttingthetreeofftheline.Afterall,electricitycan’ttravelthroughwood,soIcouldsafelyremovethetree.AsIreachedoutmyfingertotouchthetree,painranupmyarmandthroughmyhead.Ihadbeenshocked!

AfterIreturnedhomeandtoldmymotherwhathadhappened,shequicklycalledthepowercompany.Workersfromthepowercompanysoonarrivedonthescene.OneofthemaskedifIhadtouchedthetree,andwhenItoldhimIhad,hisfaceturnedpale.

“Youshouldhavebeenkilled,”hesaid.

SowhyamIstillalive?

Itwasmybootsthatsavedmylife.

Withintwohours,theworkersremovedthetree.Soonthesnowstormcalmeddown—butnotmymother.

EventhoughshewasgladIwasn’thurt,mymotherwaswellseriouswithme.Afterall,Ishouldn’thavebrushedoffmyfriend’swarning.

Throughthisexperience,Ilearnedthatit’simportanttolistentopeoplewhoofferadifferentperspective.Takingthetimetolistenmightactuallysavealotoftimeandtrouble.Itcertainlywouldhavekeptmefromgettingthe“shockofmylife”.

5.Theunderlinedword“disregard”inthesecondparagraphmeans“________”.

A．paynoattentiontoB．takenoticeof

C．considerD．follow

6.InspiteofBruce’swarning,theauthorstillcutthetreebecause________.

A．hewasn’tsurewhetherBrucewasrightandwasanxioustogohome

B．hewassuretherewouldbenothingtohappen

C．hedidn’thearhisfriend’swarningatallbecauseoftheblowingwind

D．hewasangrywithhisfriendanddidn’twanttolistentohim

7.Theauthorwrotethepassagemainlyto_______.

A．giveanaccountofoneofhisterribleexperiences

B．makeusknowit’simportanttolistentopeoplewhoofferadifferentperspective（观点）throughhisexperience

C．tellusnottocuttreesdownanymore

D．remindustobecarefulwhileworking

8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A．Butforhisboots,thewriterwouldhavedied.

B．Thewriterregrettedhavingbrushedoffhisfriend’swarning.

C．Thewriterknewnothingaboutelectricity.

D．Whenthetreewascutdown,thewriterrealizedhisfriendwasright

C

PrincetonUniversity

Location

TheUniversityisinPrinceton,NewJersey.Itisanhour'

strainridesouthofNewYork

Cityandanhour'

strainridenorthofPhiladelphia.

Students

Thereare4,600undergraduates（本科生）.Therearealso1,900graduatestudents,but

Princetonisunusualamonguniversitiesinhavingastudentbodymadeuplargelyof

undergraduates.

Faculty

Princetonhasabout700full-timefacultymembers（教员）.Thereareanother3000rso

part-timeandvisitingfaculty.AllfacultymembersatPrincetonareexpectedtoteachand

research.

Degrees

Princetonofferstwoundergraduatedegrees:

thebachelor（学士）ofarts（A.B.）degree

andthebachelorofscienceinengineering（B.S.E.）degree.

AcademicYear

AnacademicyearrunsfromSeptembertolateMayandlaststwoterms（fallandspring）.

Anormalcourseloadisfourorfivecoursesperterm,althoughmanystudentstakeextra

courses.

Residences

Princetonprovideshousingforallundergraduatestudents.Freshmenandsecond-year

studentsarerequiredtospendtheirfirsttwoyearsinoneoffivecolleges.Eachcollegehas

itsowndininghall,commonroomsandcomputercenters.

FeesandExpenses（AcademicYear2004-2005）

Tuition（学费）:

$29,910

Roomandboard:

$8,387

Otherexpenses（books,telephone,etc.）:

$3,083

Total:

$41,380

9.HowmanykindsoffacultymembersarethereinPrincetonUniversity?

___________

A.One.B.Two.C.Four.D.Three.

10.InPrincetonUniversity,anundergraduatewillpayatleast__________fortheAcademic

Year2004-2005besidestuition.

A.$41,380B.$52,850C.$11,470D.$8,387

11.InwhatwayisPrincetonUniversitydifferentfromotherAmericanuniversities

accordingtothetext?

A.Ithasfivecolleges.

B.Itsstudentsaremainlyundergraduates.

C.Itprovideshousingforallundergraduatestudents.

D.AllthefacultymembersatPrincetonareexpectedtoteachandresearch.

12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Princetonofferstwoundergraduatedegrees.

B.AnacademicyearlastsaboutninemonthsinPrincetonUniversity.

C.Undergraduatesshouldspendtheirfirsttwoyearsinoneoffivecolleges.

D.It'

saboutanhour'

strainridefromPrincetonUniversitytothenorthofNewYorkCity.

D

Electriccarsaredirty.Infact,notonlyaretheydirty,theymightevenbemoredirtythantheirgasoline-poweredcousins.

PeopleinCalifornialovetotalkabout"

zero-emissionsvehicles,"

butpeopleinCaliforniaseemtobecluelessaboutwhereelectricitycomesfrom.Powerplantsmostallusefiretomakeit.Asidefromthefewfolkswhohavetheirroofscoveredwithsolarcells,wegetourelectricityfromgenerators.Generatorsarefueledbysomething-usuallycoal,oil,butalsobyheatgeneratedinnuclearpowerplants.Thereareafewwindfarmsandgeothermalplantsaswell,butbyfarwegetelectricitymainlybyburningsomething.

Inotherwords,those"

zero-emissions"

carsarelikelycoal-burningcars.It'

sjustthecoalisburnedsomewhereelsesoitlooksclean.Itisnot.It'

sasiftheCaliforniaGreensarecoveringtheireyes-"

IfIcan'

tseeit,it'

snothappening."

Gasolineisanincrediblyefficientwaytopoweravehicle;

agallonofgashasalotofenergyinit.Butwhenyoutakethatgas（oranotherfuel）andfirstuseittomakeelectricity,youwasteanicepartofthatenergy,mostlyintheformofwastedheat-atthegenerator,throughthetransmissionlines,etc.

Agallonofgasmaypropelyourcar25miles.Buttheelectricityyougetfromthatgallonofgaswon'

tgetyounearlyasfar-soelectriccarsburnmorefuelthangas-poweredones.Ifourelectricitycamemostlyfromnukes,orgeothermal,orhydro,orsolar,orwind,thenanelectriccartrulywouldbeclean.Butforpolitical,technical,andeconomicreasons,wedon'

tusemuchofthoseenergysources.

Inaddition,electriccars'

batterieswhicharepoisonousf