73．What is the reason for the increase in the number of students?

　　　 A．The requirement of education workers by business.

　　　 B．Raising of the legal age for going to work.

　　　 C．The trend toward a shorter workday.

　　　 D．People’s concern for the future of the next generation.

72．What is the passage mainly about?

　　　 A．How to persuade local communities to provide more funds.

　　　 B．How to deal with the shortage of funds for public education.

　　　 C．How to solve the rising unemployment problem.

　　　 D．How to improve the public education system.

71．Which of the following is not true?

　　　 A．Both the United States and Russia took part in the World Cup in 1990.

　　　 B．Tunisia took part in the World Cup in 1998.

　　　 C．Portugal met the United States in 1992 in Portugal.

　　　 D．Tunisia has never met Russia before today’s game.

E

Take the case of public education alone. The chief difficulty faced by the schools has been the amazing increase in the number of pupils. This has been caused by the advance of the legal(合法的)age for going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when the legal age has been reached. In view of the technological improvements in the last few years, business will require in the future proportionately(均衡的)fewer workers than ever before. The result will be still further raising of the legal age for going into employment, and still further difficulty in finding employment when that age has been gained. If we cannot put our children to work, we must put them in school.

We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be kept up. We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped(淹没)by the tide that has swept over them since depression(萧条)began. They will be little better off when it is over. Their support must come from the taxpayer.

It is surely too much to hope that these increases in the cost of public education can be borne by the local communities. They cannot care for the present limited and not good enough system. The local communities have failed in their efforts to deal with unemployment. They cannot expect to deal with public education on the scale(规模)on which we must attempt it. The answer to the problem of unemployment has been Federal support. The answer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same, and properly so. If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of the country have an interest, it is in the good education of the citizens of all parts of the country. Our income tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive. It may have to go in part as well to make our neighbors clever. We are now attempting to save the present generation through Federal support of the extremely poor. Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federal funds(基金)as public education may require.

70．How many times have the team of the United States and Portugal team met before?

　　　 A．None B．One　 C．Two　 D．Four

69．The most capped current player among the four team is 　　　　　.

　　　 A．Cobi Jones　　　　　　　 B．Viktor Onopko　　　　 C．Zoubeir Baya　　　　　 D．Fernando Couto

68．Which of the following is true of the team’s coach?

　　　 A．Oleg Romantsev is the coach of Tunisia team.

　　　 B．Ammar Souayah is the coach of Russia team.

　　　 C．Fernando Couto is the coach of Portugal team.

　　　 D．Antonia Oliveira is the coach of Portugal team.

67．As used in this passage, the word “devised” means 　　　　　.

　　　 A．understood　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．wroteYCY　　　　　　　　　　 C．formed　　　　　　　　　 D．proved

D

Russia v Tunisia

Match venue(竞赛场): Kobe, Japan

Match referee(裁判员): Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Linemen: Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad),

　　　　 Paul Smith ( New Zealand)

Kick – off : 14:30

Coaches: Russia – Oleg Romantsev,

　　　　 Tunisia – Ammar Souayah

World ranking: Russia – 27, Tunisia – 30

Squad(队)average age: Russia – 27.3. Tunisia – 27.04

Most capped current player: Russia – Viktor Onopko 97

Tunisia – Zoubeir Baya 78

Population: Russia –145 million, Tunisia –9million

Previous meetings: NoneYCY

Previous World Cup appearances: Russia –1958, 1962,1966,1970,1982, 1986,1990,1994

Tunisia – 1978,1998

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Today’s game will be the 15^th of 64 matches at this year’s tournament.(比赛)

United States v Portugal

Match venue: Suwon, South Korea

Match referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

Linemen: Bomer Fierro (Ecuador)

　　　　 Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)

Kick – off :17:00

Coaches: United States – Bruce Arena,

　　　　 Portugal – Antonio Oliveira

World ranking: United States –13, Portugal –5

Squad average age: United States –28.26 Portugal –27.78

Most capped current player: United States – Cobi Jones 155

Portugal –Fernando Couto 83

Population: United States –278 million, Portugal – 10million

Previous meetings:

1978 – Portugal l United States 0 – Friendly in Portugal

1980 – Portugal l United States l – Friendly in Portugal

1990 – Portugal l United States 0 – Friendly in Portugal

1992 – United States l Portugal 0 – Friendly in US

Previous World Cup appearances:

United States –1930,1934,1950,1990,1994,1998

Portugal –1966,1986

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Portugal scored 33 goals in 10 qualifying matches, the most of any European nation

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Today’s game will be the 16^th of 64 matches at this year’s tournament.

66．Which of the following conclusions does the passage support?

　　　 A．Most of the time laziness is a virtue(美德)

　　　 B．Most factory workers are lazy.

　　　 C．The word “laziness’ is sometimes used incorrectly.”

　　　 D．Most insecure people are lazy.

65．We can learn from the passage that 　　　　　.

　　　 A．laziness is a disease

　　　 B．laziness is more useful than harmful

　　　 C．laziness is an emotional(情感的)illness

　　　 D．some people appear lazy because they feel insecure(缺乏安全感)

64．The main idea of this passage is that　 　　　　　.

　　　 A．laziness is a moral sin(道德上的罪恶)

　　　 B．there are advantages and disadvantages in being lazy

　　　 C．laziness is the sign of deep – seated emotional problems

　　　 D．lazy people do more careful work