Mitsuaki recently arrived in the United States to enter university.
When Mitsuaki first arrived, he was really amazed at how young many
American drivers they were. Young people often get their driving 79. ______
licenses around the age of 16 by passing a writing test and a driving test 80. ______
In many cases, if they can get their licenses, they have to take a driver 81. ______
education course, This course gives students hands-on practice with
driving. It also helps to increase the high cost of insurance. For 82. ______
teenagers, being able to drive--and in some cases, have their own car--is
a good deal. It gives them a sense of power and freedom. Many young 83. ______
Americans consider a driver's license right, not a privilege. It's rare to 84. ______
find an American teenager without one.
However, Mitsuaki finally decides to buy needs a car. His host 85. ______
family helps him find a good used car to buy. Like a car owner, Mitsuaki 86. ______
has the responsibility for maintaining his car. He knows that regular
maintenance checkups can help to prevent many serious problems, But no
matter how carefully the maintenance, all vehicles need to be repaired 87. ______
sometimes. Many Americans take their cars to a garage for maintenance
or repairs. Others like to work out their own vehicles. Not Mitsuaki,. He 88. ______
decides that being a student is enough work for him.
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第1题
Although genetic mutations in bacteria and viruses
can lead to epidemics, some epidemics are caused by
bacteria and viruses that have undergone no significant
genetic change. In analyzing the latter, scientists have
(5) discovered the importance of social and ecological fac-
tors to epidemics. Poliomyelitis, for example, emerged
as an epidemic in the United States in the twentieth
century; by then, modern sanitation was able to delay
exposure to polio until adolescence or adulthood, at
(10) which time polio infection produced paralysis. Previ-
ously, infection had occurred during infancy, when it
typically provided lifelong immunity without paralysis.
Thus, the hygiene that helped prevent typhoid epidemics
indirectly fostered a paralytic polio epidemic. Another
(15) example is Lyme disease, which is caused by bacteria
that are transmitted by deer ticks. It occurred only spo-
radically during the late nineteenth century but has
recently become prevalent in parts of the United States,
largely due to an increase in the deer population that
(20) occurred simultaneously with the growth of the suburbs
and increased outdoor recreational activities in the
deer’s habitat. Similarly, an outbreak of dengue hemor-
rhagic fever became an epidemic in Asia in the 1950’s
because of ecological changes that caused Aedes aegypti,
(25) the mosquito that transmits the dengue virus, to proliferate
The stage is now set in the United States for a
dengue epidemic because of the inadvertent introduction
and wide dissemination of another mosquito, Aedes
albopictus.
The passage suggests that a lack of modern sanitation would make which of the following most likely to occur?
A.An outbreak of Lyme disease
B.An outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever
C.An epidemic of typhoid
D.An epidemic of paralytic polio among infants
E.An epidemic of paralytic polio among adolescents and adults
第2题
听力原文:M: Hi, Nancy. Could I borrow some money until payday?
W: Uh, yeah, I guess. How are things going anyway?
M: Well, not very well. I've used my credit cards to pay off a lot of things recently, but now, I can't seem to pay the money off.
W: Uh, do you have a budget? I mean, how do you keep track of your income and expenses?
M: No, but I guess I should have some financial plans.
W: Well, let me see if I can help you. How much money do you spend on your apartment?
M: Uh, I pay $890 on rent for the studio apartment downtown, not including utilities and cable TV. But the place has an awesome view of the city.
W: Uh, $890! Why are you paying so much for such a small place, when you could find a cheaper one somewhere outside of the downtown area?
M: Yeah, I guess.
W: How much money do you spend on entertainment a month?
M: Well, I spend a few dollars here and there on basketball and movie tickets, a concert or two, and ballroom dance lessons.
W: Uh, exactly how much do you spend on all of these?
M: Well, oh...about $400.
W: No wonder you're having money problems. You can't just blow your money on things like that! And what about transportation?
M: Oh, I commute to work everyday in my new sports car, but I got a great deal, and my monthly payments are only $450.
W: Well, I think you've got to reduce your spending, or you'll end up broke. I suggest you get rid of your credit cards, cut down on your entertainment expenses, and sell your car. Take public transportation from now on.
(20)
A.How to borrow money from friends.
B.How to reduce expenses on transportation.
C.How to work out a financial plan.
D.How to rent a cheap apartment.
第3题
The Seats Company recently made ______ because of financial troubles.
A.cuts
B.demands
C.omissions
D.orders
第5题
Recently the newspapers have reported several ______ on the boundaries of Israel and Jordan.
A.accidents
B.incidents
C.events
D.happenings
第7题
A.A discussion of air pollution.
B.Predictions of fuel surpluses.
C.Slides of recently discovered fossils.
D.A description of urban transportation patterns.
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