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Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
America’s recent history has been a persistent tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones. For most of the 20th century the home of Silicon Valley and Hollywood has been the brainier and trendier of the two. Texas has trailed behind: its stereotype has been a conservative Christian in cowboy boots. But twins can change places. Is that happening now
It is easy to find evidence that California is in a panic. At the start of this month the once golden state started paying creditors in IOUs（欠条）.The gap between projected outgoings and income for the current fiscal（财政的）year has leapt to a horrible $ 26 billion. With no sign of a new budget to close this gulf, one credit agency has already downgraded California’s debt. As budgets are cut, universities will let in fewer students, prisoners will be released ear
A. Its debts arc pushing it into bankruptcy.
B. Its budgets have been cut by $26 billion.
C. It is faced with a serious financial crisis.
D. It is trying hard to protect the vulnerable.
[单项选择]Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The tendency to look for some outside group to blame for our misfortunes is certainly common and it is often sustained by social prejudice. There seems to be little doubt that one of the principal causes of prejudice is fear: in particular the fear that the interests of our own group are going to be endangered by the actions of another. This is less likely to be the case in a stable, relatively unchanging society in which the members of different social and occupational groups know what to expect of each other, and know what to expect for themselves. In times of rapid racial and economic change, however, new occupations and new social roles appear, and people start looking jealously at each other to see whether their own group is being left behind.
Once prejudice develops, it is hard to stop, because there are often social forces at work which actively encourage unfounded
A. The distorted ideas which are believed as statement of fact.
B. Fear that personal interest will be invaded.
C. The dispute which is favorable to the opponents not one’s own part.
D. The concepts that a community takes for granted.
