In the early part of the twentieth century, racism was widespread in the United States. Many African Americans were not given equal opportunities in education or employment. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was an African American woman who gained fame as a concert singer in this climate of racism. She was born in Philadelphia and sang in church choirs during her childhood. When she applied for admission to a
local music school in 1917, she was turned down because she was black. Unable to attend music school, she began her career as a singer for church gatherings. In 1929, she went to Europe to study voice and spent several years performing there. Her voice was widely praised throughout Europe. Then she returned to the US in 1935 and became a top concert singer after performing at Town Hall in New York City.
Racism again affected Anderson in 1939. When it was arranged for her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed it because of her color. She sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial for over 75 000 people. In 1955, Anderson became the first black soloist to sing win the Metropolitan Opera of New York City. The famous conductor Toscanini praised her voice as “heard only once in a hundred years”. She was a US delegate to the United Nations in 1958 and won the UN peace prize in 1977. Anderson eventually triumphed over racism.
60．According to this passage, what did Marian Anderson do between 1917 and 1929?
A．She studied at a music school. B．She sang for religious activities.
C．She sang at Town Hall in New York. D．She studied voice in Europe.
61．Toscanini thought that Marian Anderson .
A．had a very rare voice B．sang occasionally in public
C．sang only once in many years D．was seldom heard by people
62．Anderson’s beautiful voice was first recognized .
A．at the Lincoln Memorial B．in Washington, DC.
C．in Europe D．at the United Nations
63．This passage shows that Anderson finally defeated racism in the US by .
A．protesting to the government B．appealing to the United Nations
C．demonstrating in the streets D．working hard to perfect her art
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.
The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29hours, respectively.
Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news; 62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet.
Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States.
56．Which of the following is not true?
A．Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV.
B．There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the internet.
C．There are more people using e-mail compared with those searching information on the internet.
D．There are more people using e-mail compared with those reading news on the internet.
57．The survey shows that__________.
A．Only 10.4% reported use the internet to send and receive email.
B．Less than half of the people use the internet for enter fain-ment.
C．All of the people reported like to play games on-line.
D．Most of the people reported read online news.
58．Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?
A．TV B．Sina C．telephone D．QQ
59．The underlined word “exceeded” means .
A．increased to B．increased by C．risen D．decreased
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
Time is the easiest thing in the world to waste—the most difficult to control. When
you look ahead, it may appear you have 36 you need. Yet it has a way of slipping 37 your fingers like quicksand. You may suddenly find that there is no way to stretch the little time you have 38 to cover all your obligations. For example,
39 a beginning student looking ahead to a full term you may feel that you have an oversupply of time on your hands.40 toward the end of the term you may be
41 because you are running out of time. How can you do? —Control!
Time is 42 . If you don't control it, it will control you. If you don't make it work for you, it will 43 you. You must become the master of time, not the servant. “Study hard and play hard” is an old saying, but it still 44 . You have plenty of time for classes, study, work, and play if you use your time 45 . It is not how much time you 46 for study that counts but how much you learn when you do study.
Too much wasted time is 47 medicine. The more time you waste, the easier it is to continue wasting time. Soon, doing nothing becomes a habit you can't 48 . You will be 49 to wasting time. When this happens, you 50 your feeling of accomplishment and you fall by the wayside. A full schedule is a good schedule. Some students 51 to hear the time message. They refuse to 52 the fact that college life demands some53 of time control. There is no escape. So what's the next step? If you seriously want to get the time message, the next passage will give it to you. 54 — it will not only improve your grades but also free you to 55 college life more.
36．A．less than B．more than C．rather than D．other than
37．A．by B．between C．through D．on
38．A．saved B．left C．remained D．wasted
39．A．since B．because C．for D．as
40．A．Although B．But C．Therefore D．Otherwise
41．A．angry B．brave C．worried D．eager
42．A．money B．friendly C．enough D．dangerous
43．A．work out B．work on C．work at D．work against
44．A．makes sense B．makes no use C．makes up D．makes it
45．A．immediately B．properly C．apparently D．shortly
46．A．allocate B．spend C．save D．take
47．A．bad B．good C．useful D．alternative
48．A．get along with B．get close to C．get rid of D．get down to
49．A．crazy B．achieve C．catch D．lose
51．A．hesitate B．refuse C．.like D．want
52．A．accept B．receive C．ignore D．imagine
53．A．disagreement B．agreement C．degree D．standard
54．A．Forget B．Remind C．Think D．Remember
55．A．hate B．enjoy C．dislike D．assess
They have _____ most carefully the time and money needed to complete the project.
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A．picked out |
B．left out |
C．figured out |
D．taken out |
— How about the concert last night?
— Well, at least it’s ____ the one I saw last time with Joan.
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A．no worse than |
B．no better than |
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C．not as good as |
D．as bad as |
The artist __ the judge gave a prize is the teacher __ I have been taught painting for over three years.
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A．from whom; by whom |
B．to whom; who |
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C．whom; who |
D．to whom; by whom |
