“Indeed”George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly,or bug,had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug.When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the Enlish were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to be the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity.Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs and the like.
Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burlar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install(安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others’ conversations.Since the 1840s,to bug has long meant “to cheat”,and since the 1994s it has been annoying.
We also know the bug as a flaw n a computer program or other design.That meaning dates back to the time of Tomas Edison.In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of stdy and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering′a bug′ in his invented record player.”
【小题1】We learn from Paragraph 1 that         .

“Indeed”George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly,or bug,had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug.When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the Enlish were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to be the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity.Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs and the like.

Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burlar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install(安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others’ conversations.Since the 1840s,to bug has long meant “to cheat”,and since the 1994s it has been annoying.

We also know the bug as a flaw n a computer program or other design.That meaning dates back to the time of Tomas Edison.In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of stdy and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering′a bug′ in his invented record player.”

1.We learn from Paragraph 1 that         .

A．American had difficulty in learning to use the word “bug”.

B．George Washinton was the first person to call the insect a bug.

C．the word bug was still popularly used in England in the nineteenth century.

D．both the Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the gighteen century.

2.What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph mean？

A．Explanation.

B．Finding.

C．Origin.

D．Fault.

3.The passage is mainly concerned with         .

A．the misunderstanding of thr word bug

B．the deveopment of the word bug

C．the public views of the word bug

D．the special characteristics of the word bug

“Indeed”George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly,or bug,had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug.When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the Enlish were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to be the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity.Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs and the like.
Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burlar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install(安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others’ conversations.Since the 1840s,to bug has long meant “to cheat”,and since the 1994s it has been annoying.
We also know the bug as a flaw n a computer program or other design.That meaning dates back to the time of Tomas Edison.In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of stdy and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering′a bug′ in his invented record player.”

1. 1.

   We learn from Paragraph 1 that______.

   1. A.
      American had difficulty in learning to use the word “bug”
   2. B.
      George Washinton was the first person to call the insect a bug
   3. C.
      the word bug was still popularly used in England in the nineteenth century
   4. D.
      both the Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the gighteen century
2. 2.

   What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph mean？

   1. A.
      Explanation
   2. B.
      Finding
   3. C.
      Origin
   4. D.
      Fault
3. 3.

   The passage is mainly concerned with______.

   1. A.
      the misunderstanding of thr word bug
   2. B.
      the deveopment of the word bug
   3. C.
      the public views of the word bug
   4. D.
      the special characteristics of the word bug

Hungry for the brightest students, many of the country's stronger universities are actively discounting tuition （学费）．And it's the high achievers, rather than the needy students, who are getting a good chunk of the money．The practice is remarkably widespread, reaching almost all but the 30 or so Ivy and other top colleges that forbid good grades-based financial aid．Schools are also becoming more aggressive in raising their discounts．At the DePauw University Website, enter an SAT or ACT score, grade point average and class rank, and a computer program immediately tells you what kind of "award"．Only "the real unlucky" pay full price any more．

About 76% of first-year students got some form of discount this year at 331 private schools．Average award per student: $7,000．At small schools with tuition under about $20,000, the average discount is even higher, with some schools returning over half their tuition．                                                          

Carnegie Mellon even tells students it will "negotiate（讨价还价）" and perhaps match financial-aid packages if kids are offered bigger awards at other schools．Much as banks and insurers offer special rates to their best customers, schools are giving the biggest breaks to their top students．Public four-year colleges, too, are offering discounts．

The flip side of big discounts is that less money is available to improve academic programs and keep school infrastructure （基础设施） up to date．Universities that have sharply increased their tuition discount rates have seen graduation rates fall, and that's true even among highly selective schools．They get the students in the door, but don't have the services to keep them．

From the first paragraph, we can judge that _______．

       A．all the universities don’t offer tuition discounts．

       B．Ivy and other top colleges offer financial aid to the high achievers

       C．the needy students get more money from the universities

       D．the graduation rates of the students from highly selected schools fall

The underlined words “flip side” in the last paragraph probably mean “_______”．

       A．advantage    B．disadvantage   C．bad practice        D．good function

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．The brightest students are not at all hungry for stronger universities．

       B．About 76% of first-year students got an award of $ 20,000 per year．

       C．Public colleges never offer discounts to the students．

       D．Colleges should concentrate more on the services to keep the students      

This passage mainly talks about _______．

       A．the great benefit of offering lower tuition

       B．college tuition discounts in popularity 

       C．the top students in need of tuition discounts

       D．reducing graduation rates due to big discounts 

       If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

?? 584 Asians

?? 124 Africans

?? 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

?? 84 Latin Americans

?? 55 former Soviets （ including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups）

?? 52 North Americans

?? 6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

?? 165 Mandarin

?? 86 English

?? 83 Hindu/Urdu

?? 64 Spanish

?? 58 Russian

?? 37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments.

This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can??cer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018.

In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re??ceive only 2 percent of the income.

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

The village has a total yearly budget （预算）, public and private, of over $3 million—$ 3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $3 million:

$ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

$ 159,000 to education

$ 132,000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

60. Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

B. About 8.25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

C. About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

61. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

A. Poverty.         B. Education.       C. Environment.    D. Marriage.

62. The underlined part “have access to” （in Para. 4（ means_____.

A. use        B. buy         C. produce           D. try

63. The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____.

A. a peaceful world             B. good education

C. better health care           D. a life without anxiety