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One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign（竞选）finance reform（改革）. The people who are 1 for reform usually want the 2 to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates（候选人）and their 3 can spend.
One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to 4 for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 5 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do their jobs since they must 6 so many money raising events.
Another 7 is the fear that candidates will be owned or 8 by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 9 .
On the 10 side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really 11 just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is 12 if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.
If one person or a group of people want to tell the 13 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy 14 on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of 15 .
Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of 16 or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control 17 discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 18 .
What do you think about this 19 ? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates 20 the most sense to you?
1.A.waiting B.calling C.standing D.preparing
2.A.government B.president C.candidates D.citizens
3.A.leaders B.bosses C.supporters D.states
4.A.pay B.compete C.wait D.work
5.A.raising B.earning C.giving D.getting
6.A.notice B.report C.guard D.attend
7.A.event B.cost C.reason D.office
8.A.encouraged B.forced C.controlled D.ordered
9.A.joke B.purpose C.case D.example
10.A.other B.same C.another D.different
11.A.worse B.better C.easier D.harder
12.A.meaningless B.unimportant C.unnecessary D.impossible
13.A.reporters B.truth C.story D.public
14.A.time B.copies C.rights D.advertising
15.A.energy B.effort C.time D.money
16.A.argument B.opinion C.speech D.election
17.A.common B.political C.general D.special
18.A.profit B.trouble C.plans D.decisions
19.A.quarrel B.problem C.issue D.affair
20.A.find B.make C.create D.produce
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A. energy B. source
C. power D. material
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Jason always wears old clothes and 4 a broken bag. He has to help his mother to do some washing and cleaning and has no 5 to do his lessons at home. So he usually 6 the teachers carefully in class and asks them some questions. It's 7 for him to finish his homework at school and he tries to do more 8 after school. But it doesn't interfere with his studies and he's always the top of our 9 .
Barry, whose father is a dentist, always wears expensive and 10 clothes. He likes to show off his riches to us though he often 11 in the examinations. He is jealous of Jason's 12 and tries his best to make fun of him. My friend knows him well and doesn't 13 it. Winter has come and we all wear new and 14 coat. But Jason's coat is old and his shoes are 15 . “How miserly (吝啬) your father is!” Barry 16 Jason in the classroom one day. “He's a shoemaker 17 you wear such shoes!”
“But I think your father is 18 miserly.” said Jason. “He's a rich dentist but your eight-month-old brother has only a few 19 !”
Having heard this, Barry's face turned red and 20 .
1．
A. paper B. shoe
C. lock D. TV
2．
A. much B. more
C. few D. little
3．
A. food B. drinks
C. salt D. fruit
4．
A. lends B. buys
C. uses D. sells
5．
A. energy B. money
C. interest D. time
6．
A. listens to B. hears
C. looks at D. sees
7．
A. impossible B. hard
C. necessary D. difficult
8．
A. games B. housework
C. exercises D. experiments
9．
A. world B. family
C. grade D. country
10．
A. bad B. old
C. simple D. modern
11．
A. fails B. passes
C. appears D. does well
12．
A. spelling B. success
C. luck D. pronunciation
13．
A. mind B. punish
C. hate D. discover
14．
A. thin B. thick
C. strange D. cheap
15．
A. small B. strong
C. nice D. worn out
16．
A. thanked B. helped
C. laughed at D. looked after
17．
A. and B. but
C. or D. then
18．
A. more B. the most
C. much D. little
19．
A. noses B. ears
C. mouths D. teeth
20．
A. stood up B. got up
C. hurried off D. smiled
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Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of__________.
A. energy B. source
C. power D. material
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My friend Jason is fourteen now. He has two brothers and three sisters. His father works in a 1 factory and his mother is a nurse. They work hard but are paid 2 and they're often worried about the 3 and clothes.
Jason always wears old clothes and 4 a broken bag. He has to help his mother to do some washing and cleaning and has no 5 to do his lessons at home. So he usually 6 the teachers carefully in class and asks them some questions. It's 7 for him to finish his homework at school and he tries to do more 8 after school. But it doesn't interfere with his studies and he's always the top of our 9 .
Barry, whose father is a dentist, always wears expensive and 10 clothes. He likes to show off his riches to us though he often 11 in the examinations. He is jealous of Jason's 12 and tries his best to make fun of him. My friend knows him well and doesn't 13 it. Winter has come and we all wear new and 14 coat. But Jason's coat is old and his shoes are 15 . “How miserly (吝啬) your father is!” Barry 16 Jason in the classroom one day. “He's a shoemaker 17 you wear such shoes!”
“But I think your father is 18 miserly.” said Jason. “He's a rich dentist but your eight-month-old brother has only a few 19 !”
Having heard this, Barry's face turned red and 20 .
1．
A. paper B. shoe
C. lock D. TV
2．
A. much B. more
C. few D. little
3．
A. food B. drinks
C. salt D. fruit
4．
A. lends B. buys
C. uses D. sells
5．
A. energy B. money
C. interest D. time
6．
A. listens to B. hears
C. looks at D. sees
7．
A. impossible B. hard
C. necessary D. difficult
8．
A. games B. housework
C. exercises D. experiments
9．
A. world B. family
C. grade D. country
10．
A. bad B. old
C. simple D. modern
11．
A. fails B. passes
C. appears D. does well
12．
A. spelling B. success
C. luck D. pronunciation
13．
A. mind B. punish
C. hate D. discover
14．
A. thin B. thick
C. strange D. cheap
15．
A. small B. strong
C. nice D. worn out
16．
A. thanked B. helped
C. laughed at D. looked after
17．
A. and B. but
C. or D. then
18．
A. more B. the most
C. much D. little
19．
A. noses B. ears
C. mouths D. teeth
20．
A. stood up B. got up
C. hurried off D. smiled
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