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（）means the Government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
A . Assembly
B . Organization
C . Company
D . Administratio
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The flood had robbed many people of everything, and they became _____. But the government gave them everything they needed to start a new life.
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The French gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States to ____________.
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An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service，a branch of the Department of State．
A．tree
B．division
C．root
D．leaf
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Since the Great Depression, the United States government hasprotected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A. slight
B. surprising
C. sudden
D. harmful
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The President gave the burglar dollars（）
A．80
B．32
C．48
D．112
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The United States was accused of driving out the Hamas-led government by______.
A．the Fatah minister
B．the Palestinian President
C．the Palestinian Prime Minister
D．the Israel Prime Minister
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The cost of elections in the United States is borne by both the government and the private sector.
A．known
B．fought
C．exposed
D．assumed
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听力原文： Under growing international pressure, U.S. authorities Tuesday seized a Cuban exile accused by Fidel Castro's government of masterminding a 1976 airliner bombing that killed 73 people. He had been seeking asylum in the United States.
Luis Posada Carriles, a 77-year-old former CIA operative and Venezuelan security official, was taken into custody by U.S. immigration authorities, the Homeland Security Department said in a statement.
The department did not say what it planned to do with Posada. Venezuela has asked for his extradition, and Cuba has asked that he be sent to Venezuela for retrial in the bombing or go before an international tribunal.
Generally, the U.S. government does not return people to countries acting on Cuba's behalf, the department said. It has 48 hours to determine his immigration status.
Luis Posada Carriles was detained______
A．because he had killed 73 Cuban 'civilians in 1976
B．because he had planned an airliner bombing in 1976
C．because he had worked as a spy on Cuba' s behalf
D．because of his illegal immigration status
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Which of the following statements about the role of government in the United States today is TRUE？
A．The limits imposed on the federal government by the Constitution are the same today as when it was written.
B．Although the federal government provides many more public services today, it is still forbidden to regulate private business in any way.
C．The roles of government — federal, state, and local — over economic activities has increased significantly since the 1880s.
D．The ideas introduced by Adam Smith influence the federal government as much today as they did when the Constitution was written.
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An important part of the national government is the ForeignService, a branch of the Department of the State.
A. a unity
B. a division
C. an embassy
D. an invitation
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翻译: Prosecutor is a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
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Founding Fathers of the United States created a government to defend rights for everyone. At that time “everyone” only meant____________.
A、white property-owners
B、women
C、people without property
D、slaves
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Zimbabweans cope with the shortage of the dollars that count in various ways. The government grabs them from other people. On February 9th, it told the country's banks to start selling all their hard- currency inflows to the central bank and the state petrol-importing monopoly, at the official rate. It said that Zimbabwean embassies abroad face power cuts because they cannot pay their bills. But if staff in Moscow felt chilly, the grab did not warm them. Exporters told their customers to delay payments.
Hard-currency inflows fell by some 90%, forcing the government to relent.
Business folk were relieved. The economy is so stormy that many exporters stay afloat only by selling American dollars on the black market. Others try to keep their foreign earnings offshore. This is not easy, since most sell tobacco, gold, roses and other goods that can be observed and recorded as they leave the country. But some quietly set up overseas subsidiaries to buy their own products at artificially low prices. The subsidiary then sells the goods m the real buyer, and keeps the proceeds abroad.
Since petrol, which must be imported, is scarce, some employers give their staff bicycles. But the two local bicycle makers have gone bankrupt, so bicycles must be imported too. Where possible, local products are replaced for imports. One firm, for example, has devised a way to make glue using oil from locally-grown castor beans instead of petroleum-based chemicals. But even the simplest products often have imported components. One manufacturer found it could not make first-aid kits, because it could not obtain zips for the bags. The local zip-maker had no dollars to import small but essential metal studs. An order worth $8,000 was lost for want of perhaps $100 in hard cash.
Rich individuals are putting their savings into tangible assets, though not houses or land, which they fear the government may seize. Instead, they buy movable goods such as cars or jewellery. Unlike the Zimbabwean dollar, such assets do not lose half their value every year. Jewellery is also an easy way m move money abroad. Wear it on the plane, sell it in London. and leave the money there. The poor have fewer options. A typical unskilled wage now buys a loaf of bread and a litre of milk a day, plus the bus fare to work. For most poor Zimbabweans, the only measure against inflation is to plant maize in the back yard and hope they can harvest it before their landlord expels them.
But if staff in Moscow felt chilly, the grab did not warm them means the measure government adopted is______.
A．funny
B．efficient
C．active
D．useless
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The further reform. of the wholly state-owned commercial banks will aim at introducing best modern banking practice, diversified ownership structure, advanced expertise in management, and intensified state control over the governance.
A．True
B．False
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Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the dubious distinction by establishing paid family leave starting in 2011. I wasn't surprised when this didn't make the news here in the United States—we're now the only wealthy country without such a policy.
The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It entitles workers to as much as 12 weeks' unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent". In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed.
As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is "no exit" when it comes to children. "Society expects—and needs—parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the intensive, intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects—and needs—parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed."
While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children' welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society imposes. To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不断积累) to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's productive citizenry (公民). In fact, by some estimates, the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money (including lost wages), is equal to 20-30% of gross domestic product. If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
What do we learn about paid family leave from the first paragraph？
A．America is now the only developed country without the policy.
B．It has now become a hot topic in the United States.
C．It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy.
D．Its meaning was clarified when it was established in Australia.
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听力原文： Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on a heavily guarded surprise trip to Iraq on Sunday, urged patience for the country' s fragile new government and said Iraqis have made remarkable political progress that can overcome a recent surge of violence.
The one-day trip was Rice's first visit to Iraq as the nation's top diplomat. Rice was a chief architect of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as White House national security adviser during President Bush's first term and she accompanied Bush on his own surprise visit to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day 2003.
Rice told reporters that she wanted to discuss the new government' s upcoming tasks including writing a constitution, as well as addressing the country's security and infrastructure needs.
From the news item, we are sure this was at least Rice's ______ trip to Iraq.
A．first
B．second
C．third
D．fourth
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InfraGard is a grass roots effort to respond to the need for cooperation and collaboration in countering the threat of cyber crime and terrorism to private businesses and the government. By the end of September, there will be InfraGard chapters in all 50 states, Calloway said. With advice from the FBI, each local chapter will be run by a board of directors that includes members of private industry, the academic community and public agencies. Banks, utilities, and other businesses and government agencies will use a secure Web site to share information about attempts to hack into their computer networks. Members can join the system free. A key feature of the system is a two-pronged method of reporting attacks.
A "sanitized" description of a hacking attempt or other incident--one that doesn't reveal the name or information about the victim--can be shared with the other members to spot trends. Then a mote detailed description also can be sent to the FBI's computer crimes unit to interfere if there are grounds for an investigation. Cyber crime has jumped in recent years across the nation, particularly in hotbeds of financial commerce and technology like Charlotte. "Ten years ago, all you needed to protect yourself was a safe, a fence and security officers," said Chris Swecker, who is in charge of the FBI's Charlotte office. "Now any business with a modem is subject to attack." FBI agents investigate computer hacking that disrupted popular Web sites including Amazon. com, CNN and Yahoo!
Several North Carolina victims have been identified this year. The investigation has also identified computer systems in North Carolina used by hackers to commit such attacks. Prosecutions of hackers have been hampered by the reluctance of companies to report security intrusions for fear of bad publicity and lost business. Meanwhile, too many corporations have made it too easy for criminals by sacrificing security for speed and accessibility. Jack Wiles, who will lead the local InfraGard chapter's board, said a recent report estimated 97 percent of all cyber crime goes undetected. Wiles, a computer security expert, has a firewall on his personal computer to prevent hackers from getting into his files. "I get at least one report a day that somebody was trying to get into my computer," he said, "the Net is a wonderful place, but it's also a dangerous one.
From the first paragraph, we know ______.
A．InfraGard is a protective measure against cyber crime
B．InfraGard is a measure of cooperation and collaboration
C．there will be 50 InfraGard chapters in all states
D．private business and the government are now committing cyber crime
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听力原文： The new US Trade Representative said today that the US will reactivate its complaint against European' subsidies for the aircraft maker Airbus. Both the US and the European Union had filed complaints with the World Trade Organization accusing each other of subsidizing aircraft companies. The US said the European governments were providing cheap loans to help Airbus develop new aircraft. The EU said that the US subsidizes the Boeing Company by giving it government contracts and Washington State tax breaks. Both sides had agreed to suspend their cases in January while they tried to find a negotiated settlement. Today Trade Representative Rob Portman said the EU has continued its cheap loans to Airbus forcing the US to go back to the WTO.
What's the main idea of the news？
A．The EU government provides cheap loans to help Airbus develop new aircraft.
B．The US government subsidizes the Boeing Company by giving it government contracts.
C．The Eli and the US try to find a negotiated settlement on trade war.
D．US make a new complaint against EU subsidies for the aircraft maker Airbus.
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In the United States, the first day-nursery was opened in 1854.@Nurseries were established in various areas during the (1)_____ half of the 19th century; most of them were (2)_____ Both in Europe and in the U. S., the day-nursery (3)_____ received great (4)_____ during the First World War, when (5)_____ of manpower caused the industrial employment (6)_____ numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established (7)_____ in munitions (军火)plants, under direct government (8)_____ Although the number of nurseries in the U. S. also rose (9)_____, this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, (10)_____, Federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control over the day-nurseries, chiefly by (11)_____ them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.
The (12)_____ of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day-nurseries in almost all countries, as women were again called upon to replace men in the factories. On this (13)_____ the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery school, (14)_____ $6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery school program for the children of working mothers. Many States and local communities (15)_____ this Federal aid. By the end of the war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared for in day-care centers receiving Federal (16)_____. Soon afterward, the Federal government (17)_____ cut down its (18)_____ for this purpose and later (19)_____ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the (20)_____ that most employed mothers would leave their jobs at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled.
A．latter
B．late
C．other
D．first
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The treasury issued an order stating that______land purchased from the government had to be paid for in gold and silver.
A．moreover
B．henceforth
C．whereby
D．however
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§ [C] As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of many countries. Unable to buy grain or grow their own, hungry people take to the streets. Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding. If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations will break down at an ever increasing rate. In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.
A．- Rather than superpower conflict, countries unable to cope with food shortages now constitute the main threat to world security．
B．- To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports． C
D．
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Some states have an income tax similar to ______ of the federal government。
A. tha。
B. those
C. this
D. these
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In the United States, a（n） general is the chief lawyer in a city or government department（）
A．senator
B．solicitor
C．councilor
D．inspector
