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　　High inflation (通货膨胀) has knocked out the traditional ways of saving money for college—the 5.5 percent savings accounts (银行账户) and 6.5 percent U. S. savings bonds. (债券) College costs have risen an average of 9.5 percent a year since 1970, according to the college scholarship service. It now costs 3,248 dollars a year to send a child to a four-year public university, counting tuition (学费), room, board, fees, books, transportation and personal expenses and 5,526 for a private college. By 1990, these figures could double.

　　When savings fall short, as they usually do, almost all families today should make a strong bid for college aid. Some of the better-endowed (捐赠) private colleges offer grants to families with incomes of $ 30,000 or more if they can show financial need. Among the upper-income families that might qualify for help are those with several children; with one child already in college or pre school; with usually large medical expenses or with alimony (赡养费) and child-support obligations (义务). A $ 30,000—income family where both parents work will get more consideration than a family where just one person produces that income.

　　Colleges vary (变化) enormously in the amount of aid they give to upper-middle-income families, and many applicants (申请) will be disappointed. But you should at least apply. Fill in the financial aid form available at the high-school guidance office, which covers your income, assets[(通常用复数)财产)] and expenses; a computer analysis of how much you should be able to contribute toward college will be sent to whichever colleges you specify.

　　If a parent is dead, retired or disabled, and was covered by Social Security, his or her unmarried child aged 18 through 21, who is a full-time student, is eligible (合格的) for monthly Social Security benefits. These are granted even if the student is being supported by the other parent.

1．After 1990, the amount of money that would be needed for private collage would be about ________.

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2．What is the meaning of the word “figure” in paragraph 1?

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A．Human form.

B．Person, esp. his character or influence.

C．Number.

D．Image in paintings.

3．What kind of upper-middle-income families can not get the financial aid from colleges?

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A．The family in which there has been one child in the college.

B．The single-parent family.

C．The family with two old people to support.

D．The family with a patient who need a lot of money to cure the disease.

4．Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

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A．The applicants can. get the financial aid form from the colleges they specify.

B．Most of the applicants who have got the financial aid form can not get the aid from the college they specify.

C．The student with a retired parent can not get the aid if he is being supported by the other parent.

D．Some of the better-endowed private colleges only give the financial aid to the lower-income families.

5．What is the main idea of the passage?

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A．High inflation sweeps the United States.

B．The financial ways for college are various in the United States.

C．The families can ask for financial aids from colleges since the costs of college have risen.

D．The costs of college have doubled by 1990.

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer（酿酒人）. He’d　 36　 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37  were his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me　 38　 near a vat （酿酒用的桶）of beer.
　　So I did as he asked. I got good　 39　 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that　 40　 me to study law and business at the same time.
　　In my second year of grade school, I began to realize that I’d　 41　 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out.　 42　 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
　　I packed my stuff into a bus and headed to Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to　 44　 . I finished Harvard and got a highly paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there five years, I　 45　 . Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50? At that time, Americans paid　 46　 money of beer in low quality. Why not make good beer for　 47　 ? I thought.
　　I decided to give up my job to become　 48　. When I told Dad, he was　 49　 , but in the end he　 50　 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams,　 51　 the brewer and patriot who helped to start the Boston Tea party.　 52　 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get 53　out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Samuel Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined to be a brewer. My 54　to the young is simple: Life is very　 55　 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.

Waller was a liked-by-all fellow full of fun who often went to coffee houses to tell people interesting stories, of which some even brought him some money. One day, asked by an office secretary who told Waller that hid boss was a never-seen-before serious man and he never even smiled. Waller would tell a most funny story. “Well, sir,” Waller said before he began the story, “what will be given in return of mine succeeds?” “$100,”replied the secretary. “I haven’t seen him have a bright face since I worked in his office”.

  “Then let’s make it.” Waller went to the man’s table and whispered to him, “Please tell your boss that the funny man Waller’s hen gave birth to a baby.”

  Three days later a letter reached Mr. Waller in which were $100 and a piece of yellow paper with the words, “Mr. Waller, you have succeeded—When I repeated your %100—worth sentence, my boss burst into frightening laughter,用saying that who ever has managed to make him laugh during the business hours will get dismissed(解雇)”！

1．Waller often went to coffee houses to tell people interesting stories in order to　　   .

A. make money　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. practice telling stories

C. enjoy himself　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. draw the secretary’s attention

2．The secretary asked Waller for a most funny story because he　　   .

A. was tired of his boss’s seriousness

B. tried to please his serious boss with it

C. wanted to improve his working conditions

D. wanted to  see his boss’s laughing face

3．Saying “Let’s make it”. Waller　　   .

A. was sure of his success

B. thought of nothing but the 100-dollar return

C. knew that he could make fun of the secretary

D. wondered whether he could make the boss smile or not

4．Which of the following ends is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The boss was never so strict with the secretary from then on.

B. the secretary lost his job in the office

C. the secretary dare not make his boss laugh any longer..

D. Mr. Waller was dismissed at last.

5．The best title for the passage is　　   .

A. Things Went Opposite to Wishes

B. Satisfying Both Sides

C. Killing Two Birds with One Stone

D. Either Is in His Proper Place

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children's health that isn't as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke。

　　That's the term being 21    to describe the invisible yet poisonous mixture of gases and particles(颗粒) clinging （依附）to smokers' hair and 22    , not to mention cushions and carpeting, that stays long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room. The remaining  23   heavy metals, carcinogens(致癌物) and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and take  in, 24  if they're crawling or playing on the floor。

　　Doctors from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston coined the term "third-hand smoke" to 25 these chemicals in a new study that 26    on the risks they pose to infants and children. The study was published in the  27    issue of the journal Pediatrics。

　　"Everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad, 28   they don't know about this," said Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School。

　　"When their kids are 29  the house, they might smoke. Or they smoke in the car. Or they strap(用带子捆扎) the kid in the car seat in the back and crack the window and 30   , and they think it's okay because the second-hand smoke isn't getting to their 31   . We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins that aren't 32   ."

　　The study reported on 33   toward smoking in 1,500 households across the United States. It found that the vast majority of both smokers and nonsmokers were 34   that second-hand smoke is harmful to children. Some 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers 35  with the statement that "inhaling smoke from a parent's cigarette can 36    the health of infants and children"。

　　But 37   fewer of those surveyed were aware of the  38   of third-hand smoke. Since the term is so new, the researchers asked people if they agreed with the statement that "breathing air in a room 39  where people smoked yesterday can harm the health of infants and children"。

　　Only 65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers agreed with that 40   , which researchers interpreted as acknowledgement of the risks of third-hand smoke.

21.A  told      B discussed     C  used       D  mentioned

22. A shoes      B clothing     C  body        D  mouth

23. A includes    B covers      C finds          D  improves

24. A especially   B specially    C immediately  D  regularly

25. A name       B call        C explain        D  describe

26. A focused     B  tended    C tried           D  worked

27. A later       B latest        C best           D  previous

28. A but        B and         C however        D   or 

29. A alongside   B out of       C in              D  beside

30. A cough     B  talk        C observe         D smoke 

31. A cars       B seats         C kids           D  windows

32. A visible    B  invisible     C poisonous       D concrete

33. A  policies  B  attitudes      C bans            D habits

34. A  told     B content       C  confident       D  aware

35. A opposed   B agreed        C fought          D  connected

36. A harm      B destroy       C improve         D confuse

37. A quite      B very        C far              D  too

38. A chances   B risks          C abilities          D conditions

39. A tomorrow   B today        C yesterday         D  weekend

40. A statement   B mark         C discussion        D prejudice