[单项选择]From the passage we gather that the two speakers are in _________.


A. the West
B. the East
C. the Northwest
D. the South

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Passage 1
As Texas begins to recover from two weeks of devastating storms, a generally hidden truth about its economy will come to light again, Most of the builders and electricians who will have to repair the houses, remake the roads and re-establish the electrical power lines will have to take on undocumented workers in order to meet their contracts. In 1996 the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) conservatively estimated that Texas had over 600000 undocumented immigrants doing the jobs no one else wants: hauling carcasses in packing plants, picking fruit, cleaning hotel rooms, or sorting out the unspeakable damage caused by natural disasters.
Mention the issue of these workers to a Texan, and he is liable to fall uncharacteristically silent. Even state legislators avoid the issue. They know that many of their constituents employ undocumented workers. They also know that the booming Texas economy is driven in part by the ready supply of cheap, di
A. harvesting crops, working in hotels, repairing roads and packaging meat
B. harvesting crops, managing restaurants, cleaning roads and packaging meat
C. rebuilding homes, picking apples, cleaning roads and cutting meat
D. repairing power lines, working in hotels, and working in parks

[单项选择]From the passage we can gather that the author's approach to poetry ______.


A. has changed to reflect the times in which he has lived
B. has benefited from the reactions of others to his work
C. is still in tune with what he was taught at school
D. is heavily influenced by the landscape where he grew up

[单项选择]From the last two paragraphs we can conclude that ______.

[单项选择]From paragraph two, we can infer that ______.

[单项选择]From the last paragraph we can gather that ______.

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Passage Two
Do we need laws that prevent us from running risks with our lives If so, then perhaps laws are needed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks. Both products have been known to kill people. The hazards of drinking too much alcohol are as bad as or worse than the hazards of smoking too many cigarettes. All right then, let’s pass a law closing the liquor stores and the bars in this country. Let’s put an end once and for all to the ruinous disease from which as many as 10 million Americans currently suffer alcoholism.
But wait. We’ve already tried that. For 13 years, between 1920 and 1933 there were no liquor stores anywhere in the United States. They were shut down abolished by an amendment (修正案) to the Constitution (to 18th) and by a law of Congress (the Volstead Act). After January 20, 1920, there was supposed to be no more manufacturing, selling, or transporting of "intoxicating liquors." Without any m
A. sold openly
B. no longer a temptation
C. a major factor in the passage of the Volstead Act
D. brought across the Mexican and Canadian borders

[单项选择]What can we infer from the two poor homeless men


A. They were begging for something to drink.
B. They bought coffee so that they could find themselves a shelter.
C. They were so annoying and scared people away.
D. They were homeless and was asking the author for help.

[单项选择]What can we infer from the last two paragraphs


A. There are some women who prefer casual clothes to formal ones on business occasions.
B. There are some women who refuse to wear formal clothes.
C. There are some women who are reluctant to wear formal clothes on business occasions.
D. There are some women who tend to adjust their dress in accordance with the working situation.