If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in the way of （ ）.

A.persuasion B.remedy C.encouragement D.compromise

If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply the world’s busiest air route between London and Paris have a flight on their hands.The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passengers, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%-20% of their London-Paris traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way. A similar service will start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-levels traveling between London and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals-Particularly Air France—as having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.The airlines’ optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.41.British airlines confide in the fact that （ ）.42.The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as （ ）.43.In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to （ ）.44.The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that （ ）.45.The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predict that in the following part the author is going to （ ）.

A.they are more powerful than other European airlines B.their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers C.their traffic levels will return in 2-3 years D.traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air
问题2：
A.worried. B.delighted C.puzzled D.unrivaled
问题3：
A.provide a comparison with Eurostar B.support the airlines’ optimism C.prove the inevitable drop of air passengers D.call for electrification and modernization of the railway
问题4：
A.the Eurostar train service is not doing good business B.the airlines can well compete with the railway C.the Eurostar train service only caused little damage D.only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering
问题5：
A.praise the airlines’ clear-mindedness B.warn the airlines of high-speed rail services C.propose a reduction of London/Paris flights D.advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model

Native-places, which transcend national boundaries to become central to the organization of emigrants communities, have historically been at the root of social organization with China. Native place has traditionally referred to the particular village or region where one’s ancestors originated. It signifies not only the physical place itself but also the deep attachments to the land, customs, and people from that place that are forged through generations of shared ancestry and history. It is through these bonds and sentiments, signified by genealogical connections to the ancestors buried there as well as contact with the soil and water, that space is turned into place. Ties to native place are inherited, so that even immigrants to other parts of China would still claim their grandfather’s native place as their own place of origin, even if they had never been there. As the second and third generations, many American-born Chinese Americans have learned about China only second-hand through family stories or media and popular culture images. For them China is at the same time a distant and foreign place and a place to which they have a connection. In this sense, ideas about China that came across in a highly mediated fashion are of central importance to the ways that Chinese Americans perceive their Chineseness.For many young overseas Chinese, ties to China carry little emotional or practical importance, and personal identity may only partly involve identification as Chinese. They distinguish between “cultural roots and citizenship”. Many Chinese overseas, removed from mainland China by time and cultural distance visit China without a desire to find their ancestral villages. For many Chinese Americans, Beijing represents the essence of Chinese civilization. They may identify more the Great Wall with their native villages. Images of China come in packaged representations through the media, history books, and documentaries. This phenomenon is represented in overseas Chinese tourism, which combines an interest in general Chinese history with a tenuous connection to home villages. Most visits to the mainland, organized by foreign travel agencies within Chinese communities abroad, involve a tour of major historical sites and famous cities in China, most often followed by a trip to the native village. Therefore, it is through their experiences in China that Chinese Americans reevaluate and reframe their ideas about Chineseness in relation to their identities as Chinese Americans. It is through interaction with their places of ancestral origin in China that Chinese Americans remake these places into transnational space connecting America and China. Chinese-American roots-searching trips to China must be viewed within a multi-layered political and historical context, and as more of a reterritorialization than a return to territory. Ideas of place can be transformed from afar from concrete notions of villages to abstract notions of nation, or they can be overlaid as geographies to tame an unfamiliar and hostile environment. Even from a distance, China remains relevant to Chinese Americans in numerous ways as a powerful influence shaping their identities.1.What would be the best title for this passage?2.It can be inferred that the packaged representations may be the ones that（ ）.3.How do young overseas Chinese look at their land of origin?4.What is the tone of the writer in interpreting the phenomenon about native-place ties?

A.The Significance of Native-place Ties to Chinese Immigrants. B.The Influence of Foreign Land on Chinese Overseas. C.The Dilemma of Cultural Roots and Citizenship. D.The Attractiveness of the Ancestry Villages.
问题2：
A.show shared history and ancestry among overseas Chinese B.would help overseas Chinese to search for their identities C.encompass everything in planning tourism for overseas Chinese D.have produced images from various sources for overseas Chinese
问题3：
A.Positively. B.Indifferently. C.Practically. D.Eagerly.
问题4：
A.Impartial. B.Confidential. C.Subjective. D.Reproachful.

The new documentary Bully is powerful stuff. Try to get through even just the opening sequence without tearing up. Hopefully it will wake up parents,teachers,and school administrators. But let’s also hope they respond thoughtfully to this burning film, because too often in our rush to address a problem, American educators and politicians have a well-intentioned overreaction that minimizes common sense in favor of blanket solutions.Many schools in the United States are genuinely trying to curb child-on-child abuse and,at long last,are paying more attention to the cruel,unpleasant remarks. But at the same time, we have to remember that not every unpleasant, or even adverse,interaction between students constitutes bullying. In some places, anti-bullying policies are now so expansive that they make eye-rolling a punishable offense,lumping it in with other forms of verbal and physical assault. Doing so not only takes a serious issue to the realm of the absurd,it also dilutes the importance of anti-bullying efforts in general. If everything is bullying, then nothing is.Some kids have already figured out how to turn the new system on its head. In some schools’ zeal to address bullying, every claim is immediately elevated beyond the classroom teacher to a meeting with the principal. A parent in California said that last month that an elementary-school bully began threatening to report her victims as bullies so they would have to suffer through such a meeting—and in effect creating a bullying hall of mirrors.We’ve been here before. Weapons and drugs in schools are a serious problem,too. In response,school districts, states,and the federal government began to favor zero-tolerance policies. In short order, “zero-tolerance” policies became the joking point for late-night comics as kids were suspended for bringing to school aspirin, acne medicine, or a G. I. Joe doll with a small plastic gun.The obvious lesson there and with bullying is that there is no substitute for discretion and judgment by the adults in charge. In some circumstances, eye-rolling could be abusive behavior just as aspirin can be used or abused. But adults shouldn’t give up the hard role of making nuanced judgment calls by creating ridiculously rigid discipline codes. Replacing thoughtless inaction with thoughtless action won’t solve the problem.1.What does the author say about people’s reaction to bullying?2.What is the strategy of the kids in dealing with anti-bullying policies?3.The “zero-tolerance” policies towards drugs and weapons ended up being（ ）.4.The word “there” in the first line of the last paragraph refers to（ ）.

A.They wake up thoughtfully. B.They demonstrate little common sense. C.They attach importance to the film. D.They go too far.
问题2：
A.To assault the principal at the meeting. B.To turn the classroom into a wall of mirrors. C.To pay attention to kids’ verbal remarks. D.To render them ineffective by abusing bullying.
问题3：
A.elevated B.suspended C.ridiculed D.condemned
问题4：
A.with eye-rolling and punishable offenses B.with verbal and physical assaut C.with aspirin and acne medicine D.with drugs and weapons

This year will difficult for this organization because （ ）.

A.they have less money and volunteers than they had last year B.it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year C.the last year it did not have as few volunteers and money D.there are fewer money and volunteers than in the last year there were

Many mental institutions throughout the country have been turned into dumping grounds for thousands of oldsters who have no place else to go. Most of them aren’t really mentally ill. In the jargon of the hospital bureaucracy, they are classified as “inappropriate admissions.” But since society has nothing better to offer, they are left to rot without hope, help, or dignity. The usual exit is death.Often through no fault of their own , understaffed and overcrowded mental hospitals handle their “geriatric cases” little better than cattle. There is a recurrent pattern of elderly patients locked into wards to prevent them from wandering about, given steady doses of tranquilizers to keep them “manageable”, left day and night without a trace of human warmth or companionship.Some hospitals have wards full of elderly, tranquilized patients, bodies bloated from their inactive, meaningless existences, sitting listlessly on hard benches or sprawled asleep on the floor. There are women, silent as statues, occupying chairs and rockers in the corridors. While the weather may be beautiful outdoors, old men may indifferently shuffle about a geriatric “cottage” with nowhere to go and nothing to do.Yet many of the people could be restored to human dignity, not by complicated therapeutic procedures, but among other things, by providing good medical care and reaching out a hand of kindness towards them.It is estimated that one half of the old people in state mental hospitals today could leave if proper community resources, services and programs were available. But an indifferent society has not made them available.1.The main idea of this passage is that（ ）.2.“Geriatric”in paragraph 2 refers to people who are（ ） .3.We may infer that the author（ ） .4.The author believes that the real blame lies with（ ）.

A.most old people need family care B.good care for the elderly is costly C.many old people are living out their last years in mental institutions D.old people should be taken out of doors when the weather is pleasant
问题2：
A.old B.lonely C.mentally ill D.physically sick
问题3：
A.is indifferent to the status quo of the hospitals B.is sympathetic to the situation of the elderly C.is optimistic towards the future of the elderly D.is hostile towards the mental hospital staff
问题4：
A.the society B.the mental institutions C.the elderly D.the hospital bureaucracy