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20．I went to the American embassy and sought help．

分析我去美国大使馆求助．

解答答案是sought．本题考查语境中选用恰当的词或短语；seek vt．寻找；寻求；其过去式和过去分词是sought；seek help 求助；题干中需要的是与went并列的过去式，故答案是sought．

点评首字母填空必须在对语境整体理解的基础上抓住指向答案的关键线索、固定句型或搭配等，并联系首字母，同时注意所选词的形式变化．

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11．Marty has a muscle disease，（41）which makes him too weak to run or climb stairs as quickly as other people，but he has learned to adapt （42）toit．This disease started when he was about ten years old．He stayed at the hosptal for tests for nearly three months．（43）Unfortunately （fortunate），no one could give his disease a name after all the tests．Sometimes kids laugh at him．Sometimes he is too weak to go to school and he （44）feels（feel） stupid because of being behind the others after a long（45）absence （absent） from school．His life becomes much easier at high school．Now he has a busy and good life．He likes writing and computer programming．His ambition is（46）to work （work） in the computer industry（47）whenhe grows up．Besides （48）going （go） to the movies and football matches，he looks after his pets．He is growing stronger and（49）more independent．He hopes that healthy kids don't feel sorry for disabled people or make fun of （50）them．He also wishes the disabled not to be ignored，but to be accepted for who they are and given encouragement to live as rich and full a life as healthy kids do．

8．Kevin，badly injured in the accident，finally learn to live with his disability．

15．President Coolidge's statement，"The business of America is business"，still points to an important truth today-that business institutions have more prestige（威望） in American society than any other kind of organization，including the government．Why do business institutions possess this great prestige？
One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society．Since competition is seen as the major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans，competitive business institutions are respected．Competition is not only good in itself，it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom，equality of opportunity，and hard work are protected．
Competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly （垄断）of power．In contrast to one，all-powerful government，many businesses compete against each other for profits．Theoretically，if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers，it will lose to competing business which treats its customers more fairly．Where many businsses compete for the customers'dollar，they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves．
A contrast is often made between business，which is competitive，and government，which is a monopoly．Because business is competitive，many Americans believe that it is more supportive of freedom than government，even though government leaders are elected by the people and business leaders are not．Many Americans believe，then，that competition is as important，or even more important，than democracy in preserving freedom．
Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the ideal of equality of opportunity．Competition is seen as an open and fair race where succes goes to the swiftest person regardless of his or her social class background．Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on family background．Business is therefore viewed as and expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic （贵族的）idea of inherited privilege．

32．The underlined statement"The business of America is business"in paragraph one probably means"B"．
A．The business institutions in America are concerned with commerce．
B．Business is of primary concern to Americans．
C．Business problems are of great importance to the American government．
D．America is a great powerin world business．
33．Americans believe that they can realize their personal values onlyA．
A．by way of competition
B．through doing business
C．by protecting their individual freedom
D．when given equality of opportunity
34．Government is believed to differ strikingly from business in that government is characterized byD．
A．its democratic way of exercising leadership
B．its function in preserving personal freedom
C．its role in protecting basic American values．
D．its absolute control of power
35．Who can benefit from business competition？C
A．Honest businessmen．
B．People with ideas of equality and freedom．
C．Both businessmen and their customers．
D．Both business institution and government．

5．If you don't know the meaning of the new word，you can consult a dictionary．

12．On the day of college graduation，I announced to my friends and family：I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhood．"I just need a change，"I told them，but there was more．I was heartbroken．My relationship with the United States is the toughest one I have ever had，as a country I loved and believed in did not love me back．
Back in the 1990s'，my mother brought me from our home in the Caribbean islands to America when I was four．She worked as a live-in nanny（保姆）for two years，playing mommy for white kids whose parents had better things to do．She was thirsty to embrace her American dream，hoping that her children would be educated and she might have nannies of her own one day．
That was our path-get a"good education．"When the neighborhoods with quality schools became too expensive for my mom to afford as a single parent，we went across the United States with GreatSchools Net as our compass：New Jersey，elementary school； Texas，middle school； Florida，high school； New York City，private university．
For a long time I survived by covering myself in all kinds of labels so that people would ignore the color of my skin，yet I existed on the edge of ugly，ignorant and uncolored．"Black people don't really know how to swim，"a white lady told me when I worked as a swim instructor at my neighborhood's pool．"The black children don't like to read very much，"I overheard one librarian discussing with another while l was reading．
I was never able to make America my home．When I stripped myself of the labels painfully one by one，beneath them there is a wounded colored woman who refuses to be faceless anymore．My face may be disgusting to some since it bears proof that race continues to be a problem．My hope is that it will force Americans to reexamine their"post-racial"beliefs．

25．The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4to show thatD．
A．she needed to cover herself in all kinds of labels
B．Black people and children don't like swimming and reading at all
C．racial discrimination still exists in such a developed country
D．white people in America are ignorant and rude
26．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article？B
A．The author's mother was well educated and hoped the author could receive good education as her．
B．The author and her mother referred to GreatSchools Net when the author wanted to choose schools to attend in America．
C．The author once worked as a nanny as well as a swimming instructor．
D．The author found it easy to adapt to the life in America when she first arrived there．
27．The author writes the passage to hopeB．
A．immigrants get ready for more hardship
B．the US people reflect on how it treated the colored people
C．her family can understand her decision
D．the black people reexamine their ways of life．

14．Danny left word with my secretary ____________ he would call again in the afternoon．（　　）

15．We've been working hard to overcomeprejudice （偏见）against women in politics．

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