[D]She took over her father's position when he died.
32.[A]People came to see the role of women in the business world.
[B]Katharine played a major part in reshaping Americans'mind.
[C]American media would be quite different without Katharine.
[D]Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage yohave just heard.
33.[A]It'll enable them to enjoy the best medical care.[C]It'll protect them from possible financial crises.
[B]It'll allow them to receive free medical treatment.[D]It'll prevent the doctors from overcharging them.
34.[A]They can't immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost.
[B]They have to go through very complicated application procedures.
[C]They can only visit doctors who speak their native languages.
[D]They may not be able to receive timely medical treatment.
35.[A]They don't have to pay for the medical services.
[B]They needn't pay the entire medical bill at once.
[C]They must send the receipts to the insurance company promptly.
[D]They have to pay a much higher price to get an insurance policy.
Section C
Directions:In this section,yowill hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,yoshould listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,yoare required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words yohave just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 yoare required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks,yocan either use the exact words yohave jest heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,yoshould check what yohave written.
More and more of the world's population are living in towns or cities.The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is(36).Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries(37)two and a half times in size,but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
The(38)size of growth is bad enough,but there are now also very(39)signs of trouble in the(40)of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry.During the nineteenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry.In Europe,the(41)of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the(42)working in factories.Now,however,the(43)is almost always true in the newly industrialized world:(44)
Without a base of people working in industry,these cities cannot pay for their growth;(45)There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities.(46),a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
PartⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.Yoare required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Yomay not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
As war spreads to many comers of the globe,children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts.In Afghanistan,Bosnia,and Colombia,however,groups of children have been taking part in peace education(47).The children,after learning to resolve conflicts,took on the(48)of peacemakers.The Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated(提名)for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998.Groups of children(49)as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia,eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace.
The classroom(50)opportunities for children to replace angry,violent behaviors with(51),peaceful ones.It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step(52)toward becoming peacemakers.Fortunately,educators have access to many online resources that are(53)useful when helping children along the path to peace.The Young Peacemakers Club,started in 1992,provides a Website with resources for teachers and(54)on starting a Kindness Campaign.The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children's rights and how to help the(55)of war.Starting a Peacemakers'Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the(56)school.
A)victims I)forward
B)technology J)especially
C)role K)entire