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1.In less than 60 years the people of my tribe have gone from being an independent nation,to cultural prisoners,to welfare recipients (享有者).Is it any wonder that there are so many problems facing indigenous (土著的) Australians today?
When I was growing up in Kowanyama there were 15people in my class,I am the only one who has gone to university.I'm also the only girl in my class who did not have a child at 15.Of the boys in my class,seven have been incarcerated,two for murder,five for robbery and rape.Only three of us are not alcoholics.Four of my classmates have committed suicide.
Life as a young aborigine is not easy,in any setting.The story of my fellow students is a lesson in the magnitude of the problems that young indigenous people in Cape York face.
The two issues that are central to changing this story are education and health.There is a huge gap between what we get in communities and what other kids get in cities.
One of the problems facing education in remote indigenous schools is that teachers tend to be just out of training and stay for only a year or two.Not one teacher stayed for the whole of my nine years at school-not even the principals.This seeming lack of commitment makes you feel they don't care.
We need to review the curriculum in these communities because it is pitched at a very low level.I have had to draw the conclusion that governments and educationalists see us as less than white people.
Education should be uplifting,not serve to reinforce lack of self-esteem and the heart-wrenching low expectations that our race suffer from.
We need a massive reassessment of,education policies and an equally massive investment in education.We have spent so long listening to some white fellows telling us we are stupid,lazy no-hopers that the majority of my people actually believe it.
The relationship between poor education and poor health is clear.People whose self-esteem and pride have been destroyed by a substandard education system and a social system that creates an addiction to passive welfare have little reason to live healthy lives.Our health is getting worse.
The policies that determine the delivery of health services are deeply flawed by a bureaucracy (官僚作风) that does not want to hear our voices.Health services are often confined to the clinic.
It is problems and challenges such as these that led me to stand in last October's ATSIC election.ATSITC is more than the board of commissioners and the Canberra bureaucracy.ATSIC is also people who are from community and work hard for community.
We recognize that governments cannot solve our problems for us.As young people we are trying to take responsibility for our future.I ask the Prime Minister,not that he fixes these problems for us but that he and his Government see us as equal partners in the huge task of rebuilding our families,communities and Cape York Peninsula.
He demonstrated his commitment by engaging his Government at the family and domestic violence summit.My view is that the level of domestic violence and child abuse sums up all that has been wrong with Aboriginal policy.
.We need a new relationship to address this frightening reality in our lives.Aboriginal people are reluctant to admit that young girls and women are being raped by their own people because of the blanket of shame.*
I am asking you to help lift that blanket.
I stand here as a proud Aboriginal woman,a Kokoberra woman as well as a criminologist,and I thank you for your time and attention.
Tania Major,22,is an ATSIC regional councilor and a trainee manager at her home community of Kowanyama on Cape York.
This is an edited version of an address she is scheduled to give at a meeting between the Prime Minister and Cape York leaders (full text at smh.com.an).

66.Which of the following words can best describe Tania's tone?C
A.Regretful     
B.Depressed      
C.Serious    
D.Humorous
67.The underlined word"incarcerated"in Paragraph 2is closest in meaning toA.
A.criticized  
B.killed  
C.dismissed  
D.imprisoned
68.We can infer from the passage that in AustraliaC.
A.few teachers are willing to work in indigenous schools because they are poorly paid
B.the curriculum in indigenous schools has to be easier otherwise the students will fail
C.the undereducated aborigines are considered to be lazy and dependent on welfare
D.a good education can help the aboriginal people to learn to set high expectations
69.Who.do you think are Tania's audience?D
A.Aboriginal people.
B.Young boys and girls in Kowanyama.
C.Teachers and principals.
D.The prime minister and the Cape York leaders..
70.What is the main idea of the passage?B
A.ATSIC doesn't serve the people because of its incompetence and bureaucracy.
B.The aboriginal people can learn to be responsible for their future if treated equally.
C.The government has adopted fresh policies related to the delivery of health services.
D.The biggest problems facing the aboriginal people are domestic violence and child abuse.

分析 文章主要讲述土著人如果被平等对待的话能够对自己的未来负责.

解答 66-70 CACDB
66题答案是C.考查判断推理题.A.regretful遗憾的;B.Depressed沮丧的;C.Serious严肃的,认真的;D.Humorous幽默的.通读全文可知作者的态度是严肃和认真的,故选C.
67题答案是A.考查猜测词义题.criticized批评; B.killed杀死;C.dismissed解雇;D.imprisoned囚禁.根据该单词后的two for murder,five for robbery and rape.Only three of us are not alcoholics.Four of my classmates have committed suicide推断该词的意思是"囚禁".故选D.
68题答案是C.推理判断题.根据文章的第七、八段的内容推断未受教育的土著人被认为是懒惰的且只知道依靠福利生活,关键词为lazy,passive welfare.故选C.
69题答案是D.细节理解题.根据文章的最后一句话This is an edited version of an address she is scheduled to give at a meeting between the Prime Minister and Cape York leaders可知选D.
70题答案是B.文章大意题.通读全文,并根据文章中的关键词可知该文主要讲述土著人如果被平等对待的话能够对自己的未来负责.故选B.

点评 本文是政治经济类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.

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49.The salesperson may try to sign you up for a higher interest rate than you could get elsewhere.F
50.Dealers often try to sellyou extras such as rust proofing,fabric protection,and paint protection or push etching your Vehicle Identification Number on windows to deter thieves.D.
11.For over 150years the blue whale has been the main target for whalers,who hunt the whale since it was a money-making catch because of its big size,which directly makes it now an endangered species.With a length of about 30meters,the blue whale tops the largest animal list in the world.It is believed that a full grown whale can be 30times the weight of a big elephant and live for 100years.There were as many as 100.000of these giant animals swimming in the oceans before hunting of the blue whale began,while now there might be only a small number of the blue whale.
Although hunting the blue whale has been forbidden,with the females giving birth to only one young whale every two to three years and a gestation (怀孕) period lasting for as long as 11months,it doesn't help work out the problem.The World Conservation Union considers the species to be on the edge of dying out.
Oil spilled into the ocean prevents the blue whale's survival through stopping the whale from getting to the surface to"blast off"the waste air it keeps under the water because with the oil on the surface its skin will get covered and as a result,the whale's blowholes,through which it breathes,can be bloked by the oil.
With global warming,krill,which are very important in the Antarctic food chain,become fewer than before,leading to a damage in the food chain,while the damage of the food chain is one of reasons for the fall in the population of the blue whale.
The fishing ships and nets are also problems for the blue whale.Even if the blue whale has a large and strong body,it can be killed if hit by a stream ship or a fishing boat.And the nets that fishermen use can tangle the blue whale.
However,what's worse,the problems mentioned above aren't only for the blue whale.

64.What plays a key role in making the blue whale an endangered species?D
A.Global warming           B.The oil pollution
C.Large ships and nets     D.Human beings'hunting
65.Why is the problem still unsolved though hunting the blue whale has been forbidden?A
A.Because the blue whale produces only one baby every a few years.
B.Because the ocean becomes unfit for the blue whale to live in.
C.Because the protection for the blue whale is unsuccessful
D.Because the blue whale becomes too weak to survive
66.What trouble will the spilled oil cause for the blue whale?B
A.The blue whale will die if it drinks the oil
B.It makes the blue whale have difficulty feel sick
C.The smell of oil makes the blue whale feel sick
D.It causes serious disease for the blue whale
67.It can be inferred from the passage thatC
A.most of the ocean is seriously polluted by the spilled oil
B.human beings should raise krill to feed he blue whale
C.human beings'activities influence the sea life greatly
D.the blue whale should move to a new place to live.

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