1、3. The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of _.A) simulation B) solitude C) seclusion D) servitude4. Doubt and mistrust could creep into our lives, _ personal and professional relationships.A) converting B) corresponding C) cons
2、oling D) corroding5. Dramatic literature often _ the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.A) confounds B) repudiates C) recapitulates D) anticipates6. Contrary to the popular conception that it is powered by consciou
3、s objectivity, science often operates through error, happy accidents, _ and persistence in spite of mistakes.A) fact B) controls C) hunches D) deductions7. Compared with their parties, politicians are _: they are considerably less enduring than the organizations in which they function.A) ubiquitous
4、B) autonomous C) transitory D) fickle8. Researchers _ that genes may determine the strength of the immune system, which could help explain how an infectious disease could have a hereditary link.A) evaluate B) estimate C) speculate D) anticipate9. The writer has gained such popularity with his reader
5、s that even his inanities are now considered _.A) trenchant B) vacuous C) speculative D) allusive10. The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval _ natural settings had been _ and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation.A) fea
6、r of.exorcised B) concerns about.regained C) affection for.surmounted D) disinterest in.alleviated11. The river was _ with industrial waste from the nearby factory.A) irradiated B) corrupted C) contaminated D) fragmented12. Nonviolent demonstrations often create such tensions that a community that h
7、as constantly refused to _ its injustices is forced to correct them: the injustices can no longer beA) acknowledge.ignored B) decrease.verifiedC) tolerate.accepted D) address.eliminated13. In order to be successful in life, one needs to _ in spite of lifes challenges. A) perpetuate B) persevere C) p
8、reserve D) pretend14. Despite the fact that the book promises a complete rethinking of the factors contributing to the conflict, the picture that the book paints is _: the causes it suggests are more orthodox than_.A) unique; innovative B) commonplace; imitative C) controversial; radical D) familiar
9、; revisionist15. The belief that science destroys the arts appears to be supported by historical evidence that the arts have _ only when the sciences have been _.A) declined.attacked B) flourished.neglected C) matured.unconcerned D) succeeded.developed16. _. Scholars hold differing opinions. Some tr
10、ace the roots of Chicanos in the United States all the way back to the earliest migrations across the Bering Strait. Others start with Aztec society to demonstrate the historical continuities between contemporary Chicanos and their Aztec ancestors. A third group identifies the “Spanish Borderlands”
11、period (1540-1820) as the earliest phase of Chicano history.A) When does Chicano history begin?B) There is continuing interest in Chicano history.C) Chicano history has fascinated scholars for many years.D) Few are concerned about setting a precise date for the origin of Chicano history.17. Many Eas
12、terners think that all California college students surf every day, wear sunglasses indoors as well as outdoors (even on rainy days), and mingle with the superstars daily. _. A recent survey of students on a large, urban CSU campus revealed that only 2 percent had surfed, and although 40 percent did
13、wear sunglasses, 15 percent of those were doing so on their doctors recommendations. As for the superstars, barely 10 percent had met a Hollywood actor.A) The possibilities of such stereotypes are endless. B) Stereotypes, however, are often misleading.C) Probably both Easterners and Californians wou
14、ld like to fit all of those stereotypes. D) Most California students do live up to those enviable stereotypes.18. Accompanying the article on humor were pictures of a leering Groucho Marx and a grinning Sigmund Freud, one a brilliant humorist and the other a brilliant analyst whose own study of humo
15、r has been largely ignored. The unlikely pair attracted readers to the article, whose author made two major points. Serious studies of humor are rarely undertaken. _.A) Comics would urge us to laugh, not soberly to study laughter.B) What a joke a Freudian analysis of the Marx Brothers would have bee
16、n. C) The studies that are made are rarely taken seriously.D) Freud was interested in all aspects of the human mind.19. Another area that technology is changing our way of life is entertainment. _. People listened to music in concert halls or at small social gatherings. For many people now however,
17、music is a solitary experience.A) Entertainment was once an activity enjoyed by a group of people. B) The changes in entertainment is only one case in point.C) Music was once favored by many people, old and young. D) Music, for instance, was once a group experience.20. As researchers on aging noted
18、recently, no treatment on the market today has been proved to slow human aging. _.Those findings suggest that caloric restriction could delay aging and increase longevity in humans, too.A) And scientists found that rats fed a low-calorie diet lived longer on average than free-feeding rats and also h
19、ad a reduced incidence of conditions that become increasingly common in old age.B) But one intervention, consumption of a low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet, works incredibly well in a broad range of animals, increasing longevity and prolonging good health.C) Whats more, animals eating low-
20、calorie diet survived longer than those eating normally, which means that the maximum life span increased.D) In addition, studies with monkeys demonstrated that calorie-restricted monkeys have lower blood pressure and a decreased likelihood of heart disease.II. Error spotting (20 points) Decide whic
21、h underlined part in each of the following sentences is incorrect and mark the correct answer on the Answer Sheet.21. So on that perfect October morning, I stopped Carlos and said, point-blank, “It doesntA Bseem to bother you to be short, I mean.”C D22. What is limiting the realization of the opport
22、unity are the absence of relevant idealsin the minds of the people who are using and developing and innovating these technologies.23. Bernstein and his colleagues assembled a group of liberally-minded citizens fromBoulder and a separate group of conservatives from Colorado Springs to discussclimate
23、change, same-sex civil unions, and affirmative action.24. A garden is an extension of oneselfor selvesand so it has to be an arena whereA B Cstriving does not cease, but continues in other means.D25. Only the gardener is capable of endlessly reviving so much hope that this year, regardlessof drought
24、, flood, typhoon, or his own stupidity, this year is going to do it fight!26. Unless a journalist for a major paper or TV network is found to have run a false storyperhaps because it was “too good to check”then his or her career is generally over.27. As it is, though, I cannot deny that when April c
25、omes I find myself go out to lean on thefence and look at that miserable plot of land, resolving with all my rational powers not toC D plant it again.28. There was the highly regarded, foreign correspondent who won a prize for articlesAwhich included an interview with a top Taleban official who turn
26、ed out not exist at all. B C D29. But then, both through some mistakes or lack of care, the plant began to wither and decline,and nothing I did would bring it back to health.30. This most important measurement has omitted in the studies of the quality of educationin this country, the only one, I thi
27、nk, that extends even to children the license to freely speak,B Cwrite and be creative.31. The No Child Left Behind law, which marks its sixth anniversary next month, isthe first federal effort to hold all public K-12 schools accountable to the performanceof their students.32. If that kind of thing
28、had happened when I had been young, the whole village would havecondemned such an ungrateful son, and his father would surely have given him a goodbeating.33. He sat in front of the young people, his dusty face masking his age, dressed in a plainbrown suit that did not fit for him.34. By studying ge
29、ometry, students can learn what to develop logical arguments throughA B C Ddeductive reasoning.35. So he could not resist the temptation to play a little joke on the education system, whichhad been thrown into such a panic by the successfully launching of the Russian Sputnik.36. Schools must meet their annual goals for all students and those same goals forspecified student subgroups, includes members of racial and ethnic minorities,Beconomically disadvantaged students, English-langua
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