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阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案

　I don't often lose things and I'm especially careful with money, so I am quite surprised when I reached for my　　 　　　1 　and it wasn't there. At first I thought it was 　　　2 　that I could have 　　　3 　it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to 　　　4 　the taxi, so I knew I 　　　5 　it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered 　　　6 　it was possible that it could have slipped out of my pocket while I was 　　　7 　dinner. Thinking about that 　　　8 　, I turned and walked back to the table 　　　9 　I had been sitting.　　 　　　10 　, there were several people sitting at the table at the time, so I called the 　　　11 　and explained to him that my wallet had 　　　12 　out of my pocket while I was sitting at that table a few minutes 　　　13 　. I had the waiter go 　　　14 　to the table to 　　　15 　if my wallet was on the 　　　16 　. While the waiter was looking 　　　17 　it, the manager of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was 　　　18 　. I didn't want to get a lot of people involved (卷入) in the 　　　19 　, but I knew I had to get the wallet 　　　20 　. I told the manager what had happened. He had me describe (描述) the wallet to him, and then he insisted that I should report the 　　　21 　wallet to the police. I told him that I didn't want to get the police involved in it; 　　　22 　, I was in a hurry 　　　23 　I had an appointment (约会) with my doctor in a few hours. I explained to him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay my check. He told me not to 　　　24 　about that. He had me write down my name and 　　　25 　, and he said he would send me a bill.

All the recent news on AIDS is bad．The death of Rock Hudson ___1____ public concern about the ___2____ almost to the point of panic（紧张）．Now general concern is ___3____ not so much on personal risk but on the growing realization ____4_____ this disease is having a strong effect ___5_____ our society in a number of ways．

　　 For one thing, it is ____6_____ money and other resources．AIDS patients require long-term care in hospital．The Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta calculates that hospital expenditures for the first 10,000 AIDS patients were about $1．4 billion．The ____7____ economic cost to the nation of AIDS cases is estimated to ___8____ to $6 billion in health care, disability, and ___9___ productivity．

　　 Private insurers（保险人） were unprepared for the crisis（危机） ____10____ the deadly disease hits mainly young people．It is becoming increasingly ___11_____ for those in high-risk groups to get health and life insurance(保险), and in the __12_____ of private coverage, public funds（资金） must be used．In ___13____, many AIDS victims are ____14_____ by disapproving or frightened friends and family, without employment and ___15_____ need of emotional and psychological ?????___16_____．

　　 There is also bad news on the medical ___17____．In spite of a stepped-up research program there is no ____18___ of a forthcoming breakthrough(突破) to a cure．

　　 Yet the physicians and others continue to work and to hope．Others not directly ____19___ can help by giving support to public funding for research, hospital and support services．A public resolve(决心) to provide care now and an eventual cure for those who suffer is the best ____20___．

1．A．caused　　 B．raised　　　　 C．resulted　　　　 D．rose

2．A．disease　　 B．question　　　　 C．disaster　　　　 D．sickness

3．A．directed　 B．paid　　　　　　 C．focused 　　　　 D．devoted

4．A．when 　　　　 B．as　　　　　　 C．which　　　　 D．that

5．A．to 　　　　 B．for　　　　　 C．on　　　　　　 D．with

6．A．spending　 B．absorbing　　　　 C．connecting　　 D．emphasizing

7．A．general　　 B．common　　　　 C．complete　　　　 D．total

8．A．add　　　　 B．come　　　　　　 C．equal　　　　 D．sum

9．A．lost 　　　　 B．increased　　　　 C．missing　　　 D．gone

10．A．since　　　　 B．unless　　　　 C．although　　　　 D．before

11．A．available　　 B．profitable 　 C．unavoidable　　　 D．difficult

12．A．plenty 　 B．absence　　　 C．attendance　　 D．appearance

13．A．conclusion B．fact　　　　　　 C．addition　　　　 D．short

14．A．accepted　　 B．welcomed 　　 C．cared 　　　　 D．rejected

15．A．for　　　 B．in　　　　　　 C．with　　　　　　 D．at

16．A．satisfaction B．support　　　 C．convenience　　　 D．courage

17．A．field　　　　 B．area　　　　　　 C．world　　　　 D．front

18．A．hope　　　　 B．signal　　　　 C．sight　　　　　　 D．sign

19．A．interested B．observed　　　　 C．studied　　　 D．involved(卷入)

20．A．answer　　 B．response　　　　 C．key　　　　　 D．movement

MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) --- At least 335 people including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage crisis (人质危机) in a southern Russian school, Russia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said on Saturday.

　“We are still identifying the bodies. We have recovered 322 bodies, and 155 of them are children,” Fridinsky was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

　The prosecutor said the death toll would probably grow as the clean-up operation is continuing at the site, but it will not rise considerably.

　Emergency workers pulled the bodies out of the school on Saturday, after Russian special forces rescued more than 400 children and adults hostages in a special operation that has suppressed (平定)the hostage -taking standoff by Friday night.

　Valery Andreyev, regional chief of the Federal Security Service (FSS), said Friday that over 30 armed militants took part in the hostage-taking crisis and Russian troops captured three of them alive on Friday, according to the Interfax news agency.

　He said people of Russian origin and foreign nationals were among the killed hostage-takers. Earlier official information showed that ten Arab militants were killed in Friday’s raid (突袭).

　Andreyev said a large amount of explosives (爆炸物)and mines planted by hostage-takers in the school have been found.

　Rusian Presidnet Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit early Saturday to the southern Russian town of Beslan where commandos (突击队) stormed the school to end the hostage crisis. He accused the attackers of trying to spark an racial conflict that would engulf (卷入)Russia’s troubled Caucasus Mountains region.

1. It can be inferred that the Russian hostage crisis began on ________.

A. Wednesday　 　 B. Monday　　

C. Friday　 　　　 D. Saturday

2. The passage suggests that the terrorists _________.

A. hadn’t got any preparation before the attack

B. had informed the government to attack the school

C. had made a sudden attack to the school without any preparation

D. had prepared for the attack in advance

3. The underlined word “spark” in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A. speak out 　　 B. lead to

C. start 　　　　 D. make

4. The last sentence of the passage indirectly states _______.

A. the purpose of the attackers’ taking over the hostage

　 B. the fighting between attackers and special forces was very fierce

C. Russian President was very sad about the hostage

D. there were many attackers in Caucasus Mountains region