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What reality did the undocumented immigrants in Maryland have to confront？
A . It is impossible for them to get college education
B . They cannot afford to study in Montgomery College
C . They must pay more tuition than their peers to get high school diplomas
D . The must pay more tuition than their peers at the state’s public college
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In Epic and Novel,Bakhtin thinks that _____can link the contemporary reality.
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In reality, the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers.
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Practical writing has its own features in practicality, reality, certainty, formality, and informality.
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In Shelley's “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended (悬浮) between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant (狂喜的,非常高兴的) song which suggests to the poet _______.
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Why is the reality of AIDS brutally clear?
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原文：That so-called sale is a scheme to swindle the consumer.译文：所谓的大贱卖只是个欺诈消费者的骗局。
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The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____. What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.
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What does the author say about the so-called “soft” subjects?
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To Woolf , the “unconscious” state would allow her to bring her imagination into the fullest play, to see and express her reality in stream of consciousness, fragmentation, to develop her feminine method of writing.
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The main literary stream of the 18 th century was_____.What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.
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People select news in expectation of a reward. This reward may be either of two kinds. One isrelated to what Freud calls the Pleasure Principle， the other to what he calls the Reality Principle.
For want of better names， we shall call these two classes immediate reward and delayed reward.
In general， the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news ofcrime and corruption， accidents and disasters， sports， social events， and human interest. Delayedreward may be expected from news of public affairs， economic matters， social problems， science，
education， and health.
News of the first kind pays its rewards at once. A reader can enjoy an indirect experiencewithout any of the dangers or stresses involved. He can tremble wildly at an axe-murder， shake his head sympathetically and safely at a hurricane， identify himself with the winning team， laughunderstandingly at a warm little story of children or dogs.
News of the second kind， however， pays its rewards later. It sometimes requires the reader totolerate unpleasantness or annoyance — as， for example， when he reads of the threatening foreignituation， the mounting national debt， rising taxes， falling market， scarce housing， and cancer. It has a kind of “threat value.” It is read so that the reader may be informed and prepared. When a reader selects delayed reward news， he pulls himself into the world of surrounding reality to which he can adapt himself only by hard work. When he selects news of the other kind， he usually withdraws from the world of threatening reality toward the dream world.
For any individual， of course， the boundaries of these two classes are not stable. For example， asociologist may read news of crime as a social problem， rather than for its immediate reward. Acoach may read a sports story for its threat value: he may have to play that team next week. Apolitician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting， not for its delayed reward， but very much as his wife reads an account of a party. In any given story of corruption or disaster， a thoughtful reader may receive not only the immediate reward of indirect experience， but also the
delayed reward of information and preparedness. Therefore， while the division of categories holds in general， an individual’s tendency may transfer any story from one kind of reading to another， or
divide the experience between the two kinds of reward.
What news stories do you read？
Division of
news stories
People expect to get （71） ▲ from reading news. News stories are roughly divided into two classes. Some news will excite their readers instantly while others won’t. （72） ▲ of
the two classes
News of immediate reward will seemingly take their readers to the very frightening scene without actual （73） ▲ . Readers will associate themselves closely with what happens in the news stories and （74） ▲ similar feelings with those involved. News of delayed reward will make readers suffer， or present a（75） ▲ to them. News of delayed reward will induce the reader to （76） ▲ for the reality while news of immediate reward will lead the reader to （77） ▲ from the reality.
Unstable boundaries
of the two classes
What readers expect from news stories are largely shaped by their
（78） ▲ .
Serious readers will both get excited over what happens in some
news stories and （79） ▲ themselves to the reality.
Thus， the division， on the whole， （80） ▲ on the reader.
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With the high price of office _______ these days, many small businesses are turning to so-called all-in-one offices-ready-made office suites that include things like high-speed Internet connections, d
A．rent
B． staff
C． hours
D． Software
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听力原文： The former leader of the so-called Provisional Irish Republican Army, Sean Mac Stiofain, died Friday at the age of 73.
The IRA linked Sinn Fein party says he died in a hospital in Navan, northwest of Dublin.
Mac Stiofain was the first chief of staff of the Provisional IRA after the paramilitary group split from the more political official IRA.
He was a member of the IRA delegation that held secret peace negotiations with the British government in 1972.
Mac Stiofain was arrested in the same year and jailed for six months for IRA membership. He staged a hunger strike for 57 days before calling it elf.
He was born John Stephenson in London in 1928.
Mac Stiofain died _________.
A．on Saturday
B．when he was 73 years old
C．in 1972
D．in 1928
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Section G（每题2分，共10分） Directions: In this part, you will read five paragraphs. Choose the right topic for each paragraph. Paragraph 1 People often refer to taxes in terms of their being much too high. In reality, they are probably even higher than you think, because in addition to the federal income tax we are now studying, there are many other Federal, State, and local taxes, including sales taxes, inheritance taxes, state income taxes, personal
A．Taxes are much too high.
B．We pay more taxes than we may realize.
C．Inheritance taxes and real estate taxes are unfair.
D．Some taxes are hidden.
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Surgeons will soon be able to enter the eye to carry out operations—at least in a virtual sense. Techniques derived from virtual reality the computer system that immerses operations in an artificial computer-generated world—will allow surgeons to feel as if he could see the in side of the eye during an operation, creating the illusion that they are actually there.
Researchers at the Biorobotics (生物机械技术)Laboratory of McGill University in Montreal are building a robot , known as Micro Surgery robot-1(MSR- I for short), that will perform. delicate operations under the control of a human surgeon. The robot is specifically designed for performing eye surgery but could have other applications, such as the removal of brain tumors. The system could also be used to allow surgeons and their students to practise simulated surgery that feel like the real thing- without the real consequences for the patients.
During the operations, the surgeon manipulates a set of control known as the master. These are connected through a high- performance computer to the robot. Both the master and the robot have two limbs, When the surgeon moves the masters' limbs, the robots limbs move in exactly the same way, except that the movements can be scaled down as much as a thousand times. This will eliminate hand tremor and poor accuracy and thus reduce the damage to the eye that can occur with present microsurgery techniques. Each of the robots limbs has a minimum movement of one micrometer---more than one hundred times the precision of the human hand.
The computer also creates a three - dimensional robot' s eye view of the inside of the eye that the surgeon can see by wearing a virtual reality helmet (虚拟现实头盔) that has a small lens in front of each eye.
To provide the surgeon with such a realistic experience, MSR-I must be able to move rapidly, but this requires extremely fast computing. To handle the computational demands of instant interaction, the McGill team is constructing its own parallel-processing computer., It is al so studying areas such as muscle mechanism, artificial intelligence and optics, and has a already built another micro robot MR- I, capable of manipulating a single living cell.
Although commercial applications of the new system are not expected for several years, its basic mechanical components will be ready for testing in a few months, "The day when micro robots will be able to perform. surgery without human intervention is many years away," says Hunter, "in the meantime , a system such as MRS-I is a necessary precursor."
The so-called "virtual reality "mentioned in this passage is actually.
A．a surgical tool used for operations
B．a computer system used to produce life- like illusions
C．a new kind of applications in a visual technology.
D a way to carry out operations in a visual sense
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听力原文： Suitable for new or soon to be promoted management, the emphasis in this programme is on people management. We'll give you clear guidelines, explicit case studies, exercises, presentations and evening syndicate work. The focus is on reality and what can and cannot be done in the actual business environment.
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Much of the American anxiety about old age is a flight from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. In the more somber tradition of American literature—from Hawthorne and Melville and Poe to Faulkner and Hemingway—one finds a tragic depth that disguises the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the imagination, the great writers faced problems that the culture in action is reluctant to face—the fact of death, its mystery, and its place in the back-and-forth shuttling of the eternal recurrence. The unblinking confrontation of death in Greek time, the elaborate theological patterns woven around it in the Middle Ages, the ritual celebration of it in the rich, peasant cultures of Latin and Slavic Europe and in primitive cultures; these are difficult to find in American life.
Whether through fear of the emotional depths, or because of a drying up of the floodgates of religious intensity, the American avoids dwelling on death or even coming to terms with it; he finds it morbid and moves back from it, surrounding it with word avoidance (Americans never die; they "pass away") and various taboos of speech and practice. A "funeral parlor" is decorated to look like a bank; everything in a funeral ceremony is done in hushed tones, as if it were something secret, to be concealed from the world; there is so much emphasis on being dignified that the ceremony often loses its quality: of dignity. In some of the primitive cultures, there is difficulty in under-standing the causes of death; it seems puzzling and even unintelligible. Living in a scientific culture, Americans have a ready enough explanation of how it comes, yet they show little capacity to come to terms with the fact of death itself and with the grief that accompanies it.
"We jubilate over birth and dance at weddings," writes Margaret Mead, "but more and more deal with the death off the scene without ceremony, without an opportunity for young and old to realize that death is as much a fact of life as is birth." And one may add, even in its hurry and brevity, the last stage of an American's life m the last occasion of this relation to his society—is as standardized as the rest.
Unwillingness to face death is
A．a characteristic of American society.
B．a quality found in all civilizations.
C．a quality inherited from our Latin ancestors.
D．a quality of the American character.
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What is the author's opinion about the so-called Green Revolution？
A．It makes it possible to grow more crops.
B．It is useful but sometimes causes problems.
C．It can solve the food shortage problem.
D．It costs a lot but worth the effort.
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In computing, passwords are commonly used to limit access to official users. Yet the widespread use of passwords has serious drawbacks. Office workers now have to remember an average of twelve system passwords. In theory they should use different passwords for each site, but in reality these would be impossible to remember, so many people use the same password for all.
An additional problem is that the majority use simple words such as "hello", or names of family members, instead of more secure combinations of numbers and letters, such as 6ANV76Y. This permits computer hackers to download dictionaries and quickly find the word that allows them access.
When system users forget their passwords there is extra expense in supplying new ones, while if people are forced to change passwords frequently they often write them down, making systems even less secure. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of passwords, which have been used as security devices for thousands of years, may need rethinking.
One possible alternative has been developed by the American firm Real User, and is called "passfaces". In order to access the system a worker has to select a series of photographs of faces from a randomly (随机地) generated sequence. If the pictures are selected in the correct order, access is granted. This concept depends on the human ability to recognize and remember a huge number of different faces, and the advantage is that such a sequence cannot be told to anyone or written down, so is more secure. It is claimed that the picture sequence, which used photographs of university students, is easier to remember than passwords, and it has now been adopted for the United States Senate.
What is the disadvantage of passwords as mentioned in Paragraph 1？
A．They do not ensure security.
B．They are difficult to remember.
C．They have to be changed frequently.
D．They limit computer accessibility.
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Tile media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I re member experiencing the events related to the People's Park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impression of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media．I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinctions between these realities.
Electronic media are having a greater impact on the people's lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your consciousness and your contact. For example, the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on "live action" such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened．This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities.
In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, seemingly fed by video coverage from helicopters. This event was triggered by the verdict (裁定) in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgements, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand how the jury (陪审团) was able to acquit (宣布……无罪) the policemen involved．Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television plea ding, "Can we all get along？" By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that, many more people turned out to join the peaceful event they saw unfolding on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process.
The best title for the passage is______.
A．The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
B．The Impact of Media on Current Events
C．The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots
D．How Media Cover Events
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During virtual reality operations, the surgeon can have a better view of the cuts in the body because______.
A．he is looking at the cuts on a computer screen
B．the cuts can be examined from different angles
C．the cuts have been highly magnified
D．he is wearing 3-D glasses
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You must face the reality and know the environment__________.
A、that you get
B、where you have
C、when you stay
D、you are in
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In reality, however, some people are naturally fat.（)
是
否
