1. Catherine Destivelle is called ‘a star’ because ________.

　 A. she won a competition in 1995 　 B. she loves rocks

　 C. she's a famous woman climber　　　 　 D. she found a new route up to the Dru Mountain

19. The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means ______.

A. mind　　　 B. admit　　　　 C. believe　　 D. expect

18. It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges ______.

A. receive too many visitors　　　　　　　　 B. mirror the rest of the nation

C. hide the truth of campus crime　　　　　　　 D. have too many watchdog groups

17. The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ______.

A. to express the opinions of many parents

B. to choose a right one for their daughter

C. to check the cost of college education

D. to find a right one near a large city

16. According to the passage, the FDA might be _________.

　 A. an organization which controls the safety of food　　

B. a producer which makes additives

C. a factory which processes (加工) food　　　　　　　　　　

D. a hospital which cures cancer　 (答案: CBAA)

　　　　　　　　 ( E )

　　　 Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s intended major (专业), one located near a large city, and a campus (大学校园) where their daughter would be safe.

　　　 “The safety issue (问题) is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns(担忧), and the same question was always asked: what about crime (犯罪)? But then college officials always gave the same answer - “That’s not a problem here.” - Mahoney began to feel uneasy.

　　　 “No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today. “I just don’t buy it.” Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to colleges,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors (反映) the rest of the nation.”

　　　 But getting accurate (准确的) information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics (统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity (声誉), leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be obvious,” warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group.

　　　 To help concerned (有关的) parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.

15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　 A. You can find out harmful additives on the packaging labels of food.

　 B. Drugs given to animals are not all for medical reasons.

　 C. Researchers knew about the harm of food additives about 60 years ago.

　 D. Food may cause forty percent of cancer in the world.

14. What are nitrates used for?

　 A. They help process packaged food.　　　　 　　　

B. They keep the color in meats.

　 C. They cure diseases of cows and chickens.

D. They cause the animals to become fatter.

13. How has science done a bad service to mankind?

A. Diseases caused by food have been done away with.

　 B. It has caused a lack of information about the value of food.

　 C. Some harmful materials have been added to our food.

　 D. Scientists have made food more expensive to eat.

12. According to some experts, the Opposition Party’s policy 　　　　.

　 A. can help fight against unemployment　　　　　　　　　

B. may protect kids from unhealthy food ads

　 C. should be brought back to the right track　　　　　　　　　

D. will work well to prevent traffic accidents (答案: BCCB)

　　　　　　　　 ( D )

The food we eat seems to have great effects on our health. Although science has made great steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to diet as well. Different cultures are subject to (容易引发)certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures.

That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to keep color in meats, and other food additives (添加剂)caused cancer. Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels (标签) of processed food (加工过的食品) are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin (青霉素) to cows and chick and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market. Although the FDA has tried repeatedly to control these, the practices (做法) continue.