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例 1： Hillary Rodham Clinton released the first television spot of her Senate campaign this morning, a 30-second commercial that will begin airing statewide on Thursday. The spot, titled “First,” uses numerous still photos to highlight landmarks in Mrs. Clintons career, while the voiceover says she is “more than a fist lady.” There is no mention of Mrs. Clintons rival for New Yorks Senate seat, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said the ad was “positive” and “biogra phical,” instead of focusing on the first ladys opponent. Mrs. Clinton has previously aired radio ads, but has generally stayed with a strategy of making extensive campaign appearances instead of using television spots, while Giuliani has already run statewide TV ads. Text of Hillary Commercial: First she became a lawyer, named one of the top hundred in America. Her first cause was children, fighting abuse and chairing the board of the Childrens Defense Fund. Her first priority was public schools, helping to establish teacher testing. More than a first lady. For 30 years, shes fought for children and families. As New Yorks senator, shell fight for better schools and heath care for children. Hillary, Put her to work for all of us. 1. What does the word “ air” in the first sentence mean? A. dry B. express C. breathe D. broadcast 2. What does “more than first lady” in the first paragraph suggest? A. Hillary is not a first lady. B. Hillary does much more than what a first lady is expected to do. C. There are more women in America who does better than Hillary does. D. Hillary is doing better than her husband. 3.Which of the following statement is true regarding the Senator campaign according the passage? A. Hillary has appeared on TV shot for mumerous times. B. Hillary rarely makes her public appearance. C. Giuliani has made TV advertisement for himself. D. Hillary has a bigger chance to win the campaign. 4. Hillarys campaign focuses on all the flooowing except_. A. childrens health care B. school education for children C. combating child abuse D. family planning policy 5.Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage? A. First Ladys Senator Campaign B. Hillarys TV Advertisement C. A Rivalry for New Yorks Senate Seat D. The Focuses of Hillary Campaign 例 2： America is in no immediate danger of “running out of water”. People in the West have been aware that water is a precious commodity and must be conserved. In the damp East, an excess of water led to complacency until two factors created concern over our water supply. First, the periods of drought from the 1961 to 1966 in the Northeast affected crop production and used up the surface and ground water supplies. Second, attention was called to rapid increases in the rates of pollution of these waters resulting from increased urban and industrial growth. As a result, there is an increasing awareness of the need for conserving the quantity and quality of our nations water supplies. Water is a renewable resource, but it is not exhaustible. When used for municipal, industrial, or agricultural purposes, it is not destroyed, but generally finds its way back into our water supply. This used water now carries some waste materials. These dirty waters are often dumped into large bodies of water or are disposed of on land. In the latter instance, evaporation concentrates some of the wastes on the soil surface. On the other hand, water moving through the soil will eventually carry some of the wastes down into the ground water supplies, Eventually, all water evaporates and later returns to the earth as rain or snow in a relatively purer state. Through this never-ending cycle, there is just as much water in this country now as there ever was. The amount, however, does not increase. Our rapid population growth and our agricultural and industrial expansion have caused our water needs to soar. By withdrawing water from streams too quickly, we have in some instances upset the balance of natures built-in renewal processes for conserving water. As a result, some of our streams and lakes have become “wet deserts.” There is still plenty of water in them, but its water is so polluted that it supports almost no life at all. 1.The passage is mainly about_. A. water resources of the United States B. the renewal processes of water in mature C. the importance of water conservation D.water pollution in America 2. The word “drought” in the sentence “First, the periods of drought ground water supplies.” Most probably means_. A. catastrophe of too much rain B. danger of running out of water C. calamity dry weather D. damage caused by typhoon 3. Water is relatively purer in_. A. fast moving streams and rivers B. underground water supplies C. mountainous areas D. rain and snow 4. When theauthor says that lakes have become “wet deserts”,._ A. he is being angry B. he is being optimistic C. he is being sad D. he is being humorous 5. It is implied in the passage that_ A. water can be polluted by deserts B. there are many water conservation programs in America C. water keeps evaporating from the earths surface D. water is not polluted by waster maberials 例 3： In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the early postwar era, there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction. Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone awry. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills. 1.What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To look back to the early days of computers. B. To explain what technical problems may occur with computers. C. To discourage unnecessary investment in computers. D. To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers. 2.According to the passage, initial concerns about compute