5) In the restaurant, after Mrs. Sommers tipped the waiter, he treated her as a ______.

Mr. Long was only thirty but drank for thirteen years. He spent much time in the restaurants and often drunk a lot there. He had a rich sister who often supplied him enough money. So he was never worried about food or clothes.

Once a young man began to work in his company. They met at a party and introduced themselves to each other. Mr. Long knew his name was Mr. Kidd and he came from another city. The young men liked to drink too and they became good friends. They always met in the restaurant at weekend and didn't leave there until they were drunk. Of course it was bad for their health. Their friends advised them to stop drinking, but they didn't listen.

It was Saturday again. Mr. Long called his friend and they decided to spend the evening in the restaurant. Mr. Kidd agreed to his opinion and got there in time. They drank one glass after another and they didn't stop until the men in the restaurant refused to sell the wine to them. They came out together and sat down at the side of the street.

Pointing at the moon, Mr. Kidd said, "Your sun is smaller than ours!"

"We have a bigger one, "said Mr. Long "But I wouldn't show it to you."

"I'll buy it for all the jewelry in world, "called out the first drunkard(醉鬼).

"What makes you think I'll sell it to you? the other drunkard asked in reply(反问).

Mr. Long began to drink when he was ______.

A．thirteen

B．sixteen

C．seventeen

D．eighteen

Mr. Long was only thirty but drank for thirteen years. He spent much time in the restaurants and often drunk a lot there. He had a rich sister who often supplied him enough money. So he was never worried about food or clothes.

Once a young man began to work in his company. They met at a party and introduced themselves to each other. Mr. Long knew his name was Mr. Kidd and he came from another city. The young men liked to drink too and they became good friends. They always met in the restaurant at weekend and didn't leave there until they were drunk. Of course it was bad for their health. Their friends advised them to stop drinking, but they didn't listen.

It was Saturday again. Mr. Long called his friend and they decided to spend the evening in the restaurant. Mr. Kidd agreed to his opinion and got there in time. They drank one glass after another and they didn't stop until the men in the restaurant refused to sell the wine to them. They came out together and sat down at the side of the street.

Pointing at the moon, Mr. Kidd said," Your sun is smaller than ours!"

"We have a bigger one,' said Mr. Long "But I wouldn't show it to you. "

"I'll buy it for all the jewelry in world , "called out the first drunkard(醉鬼).

"What makes you think I'll sell it to you?" the other drunkard asked in reply(反问).

Mr. Long began to drink when he was ______ .

A．thirteen

B．sixteen

C．seventeen

D．eighteen

How much money has been raised for the boy's treatment in the therapy center?

A．More than $10,000.

B．Less than $10,000.

C．More than $1,000.

D．Less than $1,000.

A nurse and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chicago. Buses came by, not the one they wanted. The woman finally half-entered one of the buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner.

The driver looked at her but made no answer, so she repeated the question. To her surprise, he then closed the door, on her arm, and drove off.

The woman, her arm stuck in the door, ran alongside the bus, shouting. Passengers said the driver stopped after almost a block only because they, too were shouting.

When the driver finally did stop and open the door, the woman jumped on the bus to get his bus number. Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.

After the driver' s bossed at a tax-support governmental company(CTA) heard of the incident, they looked into it and set his punishment: a five-day suspension (停职) without pay. That struck me as rather light.

But Bill Baxa, the company' s public-relation man, "That' s a pretty serious punishment.

Five days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm? Baxa said, "Any time you take money away from someone, it is a terrible punishment. The driver make $14 an hour. Multiply(乘)that by 40 and you can see that he lost."

Yes, that come to $560, a good sum. But we know that people in the private company are fired for far less every day. If the people who run the bus company think that the loss of a week' s pay is more than enough, I offer them a sporting suggestion: Give me a bus. Then have their arms in the doorway of the bus, and I' 11 slam the door shut, shut the bus quickly and take them for a fast one block run.

And I'll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it. Any takers? Mr Baxa? Anyone?

I didn't think so.

The nurse half-entered one of the buses because ______.

A．the bus they wanted didn't stop

B．She wanted the driver to stop the bus

C．She wanted to get some information from the driver

D．She and her uncle couldn't wait any longer at the corner

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Agnes Miller was one of the earliest leaders of the women's liberation movement in the United States. She was born on a farm in Missouri in 1892 and had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers always treated her as their favorite.

In 1896 the family moved to Chicago. Three years later they moved back to St. Louis, where Agnes spent the rest of her childhood. She enjoyed her years in school and was an outstanding student of mathematics. She was aslo quite skillful as a painter.

It was when Agnes went off to college that she first became aware that women were not treated as equals. She didn't like being treated unequally but she tried not to notice it. After graduating from college she tried to get a job in her major field--physics. She soon found it was almost impossible for a woman.

Agnes spent a full year looking for a job. Finally she gave up in anger. She began writing letters of protest to various newspapers. An editor in New York liked her ideas very much, and was especially impressed with her style. of writing. He asked her to do a series of stories about them. Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers. She decided to write a book in support of women's liberation. The book became a best seller. Although she never saw full equal rights for women, she never gave up her fight. And she showed many other women the way to continue the fight.

(27)

A．In Missouri.

B．In Chicago.

C．In New York.

D．In St. Louis and Chicago.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Agnes Miller was one of the earliest leaders of the women's liberation movement in the United States. She was (26) born on a farm in Missouri in 1892 and had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers always treated her as their favorite.

(26) In 1896 the family moved to Chicago. Three years later they moved back to St. Louis, where Agnes spent the rest of her childhood. She enjoyed her years in school and was an outstanding student of mathematics. She was aslo quite skillful as a painter.

It was when Agnes went off to college that she first became aware that women were not treated as equals. She didn't like being treated unequally but she tried not to notice it. (27) After graduating from college she tried to get a job in her major field--physics. She soon found it was almost impossible for a woman.

Agnes spent a full year looking for a job. Finally she gave up in anger. (28) She began writing letters of protest to various newspapers. An editor in New York liked her ideas very much, and was especially impressed with her style. of writing. He asked her to do a series of stories about them. Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers. (28)She decided to write a book in support of women's liberation. The book became a best seller. Although she never saw full equal rights for women, she never gave up her fight. And she showed many other women the way to continue the fight.

(27)

A．In Missouri.

B．In Chicago.

C．In New York.

D．In St. Louis and Chicago.

Better Day Coming: Civil Rights in America in the 20th Century

World War Two

In 1941, when America entered World War Two, most blacks still lived in the Southern States. There, they could not vote. Laws requiring separation of the races required black children to attend segregated schools that were grossly under-funded and, in many cases, consisted of falling-down shacks. Blacks traveling by bus were made to sit in the rear seats; if journeying by train, in separate carriages. Whites addressed blacks by their first names only and never used courtesy titles like "Mr." or "Mrs."

Racial discrimination infected the entire nation, not just the South. Blacks in the North lived in ghettos, because they were unable to buy or rent houses elsewhere. Many trade unions routinely excluded blacks from membership. Although no laws required them, segregated schools were common in Northern cities. Above all, racial segregation was still the official policy of the federal government.

Nevertheless, blacks had high hopes that World War Two would enable them to regain some of their lost rights. For one thing, they believed that if they fought for their country they should be rewarded with equal citizenship. In the second place, President Roosevelt defined the conflict as a war for democratic freedom. Blacks were quick to compare the racial theories of the Nazis with the racist beliefs of Southern whites. They vowed to conquer "Hitlerism without and Hitlerism within". Finally, the expansion of the wartime economy enabled blacks to enter industries that had previously barred them, leading them to hope for promotion and access to more decision-making positions.

The outcome of the war, however, proved a massive disappointment. The government refused to abandon racial segregation in the forces, and was even reluctant to send black troops into battle. Roosevelt did nothing to challenge the mass disenfranchisement of black voters in the South. And although the president ordered an end to discrimination in the defence industries, white workers stubbornly resisted the recruitment and promotion of blacks.

The Cold War

Yet only three years after the war ended, Roosevelt's successor, Harry S. Truman, embraced the cause of civil rights. He asked Congress to legislate against racial discrimination. He integrated the armed services.

Why this sudden about-turn by the federal government? One reason is that the war had helped to discredit theories of racial superiority. When Allied troops uncovered the full extent of the Holocaust, the world recoiled in horror. Racism, whether in the form. of anti-Semitism or proclamations of white supremacy, could never again be respectable.

Furthermore, the Cold War had made racial discrimination an international issue. As the colonial empires of Europe broke up, the United States and the Soviet Union jockeyed for influence among the non-white peoples of Asia and Africa. Soviet propaganda lashed the United States for its treatment of blacks. Racial segregation suddenly became an embarrassment to Washington. Anxious to erase this stain on America's reputation, the Supreme Court, declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional.

The Civil Rights Movement

Encouraged by a feeling that history was finally going their way, blacks in the South did what had once been unthinkable. They openly rebelled against racial discrimination. This new civil rights movement began in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to obey a bus driver who ordered her to surrender her seat to a white man. Her arrest prompted 50,000 blacks to boycott(联合抵制) the city buses for more than a year, until seating was finally integrated. Not only was the protest a triumphant success, garnering(存储) worldwide sympathy, but it also threw up a inspiring and eloquent leader, a young Baptist clergyman called Martin Luther King,

A．Y

B．N

C．NG