64．According to George Rhoden, which of the following factors contributes to so many young blacks turning to crime?

　　 A．That they are poorly educated．

　　 B．That they are influenced by their fathers．

　　 C．That many of them come from incomplete families．

　　 D．That their parents are too busy to take care of them．

63．Whatmeasurehasthegovernmenttakentodealwiththeproblemofknifecrime?

　　 A．Punishing the parents of teenagers carrying knives．

　　 B．Arresting the teenagers carrying knives．

　　 C．Forming a specialist knife crime unit．

　　 D．Fining the teenagers carrying knives．

62．What Sir Paul Stephenson said suggests that　　　 ．

　　 A．drug selling has replaced knife crime as the top concern for London police

　　 B．drug selling had been the top concern for London police in the past

　　 C．knife crime used to be the top concern for London police

　　 D．London police now pay no attention to drug selling

61．From the above, we can see that 　　　in knife crimes in London．

　　 A．there are more whites than Asians as victims

　　 B．there are more blacks than whites as victims

　　 C．Asians make up the smallest group of criminals

　　 D．blacks make up the second largest group of criminals

60．Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?

　　 A．Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase．

　　 B．Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions．

　　 C．Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return．

　　 D．Father Maurice Chase earned a lot of money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

B

Research by Scotland Yard published in a London newspaper, has proven that knife crime in London is a serious non – white phenomenon, with 165 of the 225 under- 18s accused of knife crime in the past three months being from the black or other non – white groups．

According to Scotland Yard, only 60 of the 225 crimes were white．Despite being a small minority of the knife holding criminals, whites did, however, make up the single largest group of victims of knife crime．

According to the Scotland Yard report, whites made up 222 of the 637 victims of knife crime over the last three months．This number could probably be higher, as 292 victims were not identified by race．

This month Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson suggested knife crime has replaced drug selling as the top concern for London police．

Sir Paul said so as he announced a specialist knife crime unit to deal with teenagers carrying knives in the capital．It will use a team of 75 specialist officers to find criminal group members and their supporters．

Detective Inspector, George Rhoden, president of the National Organisation of Black Law Enforcement Executives said, “In the black community we have all noticed that there is major concern about gun and knife crime．Clearly we are not the only part of the community affected by the problem of children who have no fathers, but parental responsibility should be of major concern.”

Around 59 percent of black Caribbean children and 54 percent of mixed – race youngsters are looked after by a 　　　　parent．In the white British population, the number is 22 percent．

59．Travis Kemp is mentioned in the text to show ．

　　 A．he was the luckiest person on that day

　　 B．the disabled need to be taken care of

　　 C．Chase is greatly appreciated by the needy

　　 D．even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday

58．What’s the source of the money Chase used to help people?

　　 A．All his savings．

　　 B．His earnings as a Catholic priest．

　　 C．Donations from the wealthy and celebrities．

　　 D．Donations from Loyola Marymount University．

57．Which of the following makes Chase feel the happiest?

　　 A．Celebrating his birthday with his neighbours．

　　 B．Working in Loyola Marymount University．

　　 C．Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped．

　　 D．Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row to help people there．

56．On his 90 th birthday, Chase　　　 ．

　　 A．handed out cash to the needy

　　 B．collected money for poor people

　　 C．visited poor people’s homes with gifts

　　 D．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row

47．A．similar 　　　 B．familiar 　　　 C．different　　　 D．interesting

SECTIONC (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．

My speech pathology (病理学) practice used to be successful．But by last year, 48. 　　people wanted to join in such practice. Icutmyownpayby20percent 49. 　　　　I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. My husband 50. 　　　to find a job, too.

We have1151．　　　 in all．Although our oldest four are already on their own, we couldn’t live on anything less than what we were making．We’ve always been interested in food safety and in teaching the kids 52.　　　 their food comes from．We love fresh vegetables from small farms．53. 　　　.

We began with two pigs．A local farmer suggested we get hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, so we got more animals. We were excited 54. 　　　　also nervous. What if no one bought anything from our farm?

But people did buy. The farmer who sells eggs to his customers buys about 20 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ markets, we sell out our eggs completely, earning $250 to $500 in a day．I once spent $160 a week 55. 　　　　food; now I spend just $ 40 to $50 a week．

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION(30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．

A

Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair – bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3 each．

“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that some one is concerned about them,” Chase said．

Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years．Several hundred people wait for him every week．

He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks．

　　 “ It’s the place that makes me the happiest．I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”

The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight．

Travis Kemp, a 51 – year – old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”