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Passage Four
People are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants are having many problem between the first generation and the second generation because they don’t have the same native language. Also, the second generation is losing their identity. Especially in America, there are many immigrants that came from different countries to succeed in the States. Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a job and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more successful. Because of this situation, their children are losing their ethnic identity.
For example, my aunt, who has been living in Chicago for twenty-five years, has three children and they were all born in the States. The eighteen-year old daughter speaks English as a native language and she speaks Korean very well too. She has no problems talking with her parents, but she still doesn’t understand Kor
A. Her oldest daughter only.
B. Her two daughters only.
C. All of her children.
D. Only to her son.

[简答题]Passage Two Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds. Most people have plenty of insecurities,and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect,you are terrified of falling in the mostpublic of ways. Extroverts,on the contrary , will feel less fear before the or deal.It does not mean they will necessarily do it better . Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the Britishcomedian Julian Clary , he wasshy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect. In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like inreal life, the key seems to be toact yourself. Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of acharacter other t
A. A．theirupbringing veryearly on
B．their inability to appeal to the audience
C．their sense of greaterpublic pressure
D．their sense of greater humiliation.

[单项选择]Some people get used ______ and it is hard for them to stop.


A. to smoke
B. to smoking
C. smoking
D. for smoking

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E
In the past, many people used horses for traveling, farming and other kinds of work. A lot people still like to ride horses. And horse racing is also popular. So it is not surprising that Americans use this animal when they talk.
Long ago, rich or important people rode horses which were very tall. Today, if a girl acts like she is better than everyone else, you might say she should get off her high horse.
Yesterday my children wanted me to take them to the playground. But I had to finish my work, So I said," Hold your horses. Wait until I finish what I am doing. "My two boys like to compete against each other and play in a noisy and not very careful way. I always tell them to stop horsing around or someone could get hurt.
Last night, I got a telephone call while I was watching my favourite TV show. I decided not to answer it because wild horses could not drag (拖，曳)me away from the television. There was nothing that coul

[单项选择]Most disabled people used to die early because ______.


A. disabilities destroyed major bodily functions
B. they were not very well looked after
C. medical techniques were not available
D. they were too poor to get proper treatment

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People used to say, "The hand that rocks the cradle(摇篮)rules the world." and" (1)  every successful man there’s a woman."
(2) these saying mean the same thing. Men (3) the world, but their Wives rule them.
Most of the American women like (4) their husbands and (5) successful, (6) some of them want (7) for themselves. They want (8) jobs. When they work they want to be (9) paid. They want to be as successful as (10) 
The American women’s liberation(解放)movement was started by women who don’t want to (11) successful men. They want to stand (12) men, with the same chance for success. They don’t want to be told that certain jobs or offices are(13) to them. They refuse to work side by side with men who do the same work for (14) pay.
A (15) woman must be (16) of being a woman an
A. good
B. free
C. working
D. liberated