Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions,_______ they Christi

A.newspaper

B.magazine

C.temple

D.church

A. wonder

B. wanted

C. wondered

D. wandered

It is a bit far from the church, so we have to set off at _______ （黎明) in order not to

be late for Tom and Lily’swedding ceremony.

A、down

B、dawn

C、dusk

D、dust

South Africa's 3.5m Coloured (mixed race) people, sells lace curtains at a street market in a bleak township outside Cape Town. In 1966 she and her family were driven out of District Six, in central Cape Town, by an apartheid government that wanted the area for whites. Most of the old houses and shops were bulldozed but a Methodist church, escaping demolition, has been turned into a little museum, with and old street plan stretched across the floor. On it, families have identified their old houses, writing names and memories in bright felt-tip pen. "We can forgive, but not forget," says one.

Up to a point. In the old days, trampled on by whites, they were made to accept a second-class life of scant privileges as a grim reward for being lighter-skinned than the third-class blacks. Today, they feel trampled on by the black majority. The white-led National Party; which still governs the Western Cape, the province where some 80% of Coloureds live, plays on this fear to good electoral effect. With no apparent irony, the party also appeals to the Coloured sense of common culture with fellow Afrikaans-speaking whites, a link the Nats have spent decades denying.

This curious courtship is again in full swing. A municipal election is to be held in the province on May 29th and the Nats need the Coloured vote if they are to win many local councils.

By most measures, Coloureds are still better-off than blacks. Their jobless rate is high, 21% according to the most recent figures available. But the black rate is 38%. Their average yearly income is still more than twice that of blacks. But politics turns on fears and aspirations. Most Coloureds fret that affirmative action, the promotion of non-whites into government-related jobs, is leaving them behind. Affirmative action is supposed to help Coloureds (and Indians) too. It often does not. They may get left off a shortlist because, for instance, a job requires the applicant to speak a black African language, such as Xhosa.

Some Coloureds think that the only way they will improve their lot is to launch their own, ethnically based, political parties, last year a group formed the Kleurling Weerstandsbeweging, or Coloured Resistance Movement. But in-fighting caused this to crumble: some members wanted it to promote Goloured interests and culture; others to press for an exclusive "homeland".

In fact, the coloureds' sense of collective identity is undefined, largely imposed by apartheid's twisted logic. They are descended from a mix of races, including the Khoi and San (two indigenous African peoples), Malay slaves imported by the Dutch, and white European settlers. And though they do indeed share much with Afrikaners-many belong to the Dutch Reformed Church and many speak Afrikaans-others speak English or are Muslim or worship spirits.

Under apartheid, being Coloured became something to try to escape from. Many tried to pass as white; some succeeded in getting "reclassified". Aspiring to whiteness and fearful of blackness, their identity is hesitant, even defensive. Many Coloureds feel most sure about what they are not: they vigorously resist any attempt to use the term "black" to embrace all nonwhite people. "My people are terrible racists, but not by choice," says Joe Marks, a Coloured member of the Western Cape parliament. "The blacks today have the political power, the whites have economic power. We just have anger."

The apartheid government ______.

A．made all the families leave District Six so that a new Methodist church would be built there

B．drove out all the residents in District Six so that a museum would be built there

C．forced all the families to leave District Six so that the buildings there would be largely pulled down

D．requested that all the residents leave District Six so that a street plan could be put forward

Our neighbour's son was getting married in 1991 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a 36 , and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. Thedress was a little 37 , but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and I would 38 a few pounds.

June 29 came and, of course, I hadn't lost a single pound; in fact I had 39 two, But I 40 a nice new girdle(紧身内衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city we 41 once again at the store. I ran in and told the clerk I needed a 42 large panty girdle. The clerk found the box with the 43 girdle marked "LG", and asked if I would like to try it on. “Oh, no, a la rge will fit just right. I 44 try it on.”

The next morning was rather hot, one of those thirty-four degree days, I suppose, so I __45 to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I popped open the box only 46 a new girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn't 47 right without a girdle, a fight 48 in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to 49 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag？ That's it. Finally my husband, 50 like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down into it. At once I put on the pink dress, which didn't 51 very well with my red face, and was ready to go.

Finally we got to the 52 . I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I turned to my husband and asked, "What is a High Mass？" He shrugged his 53 .

54 , I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight and one half seconds---the priest (神父) was going to bless 55 except my girdle.

36. A. hotel B. store C. church D. office

37. A. long B. tight C. little D. perfect

38. A. put on B. gain C. lose D. miss

39. A. won B. received C. gained D. lost

40. A. think B. suggested C. demanded D. figured

41. A. went B. arrived C. stopped D. entered

42. A. size B. length C. width D. depth

43. A. described B. bought C. sold D. talked

44. A. can’t B. needn't C. shouldn't D. mustn't

45. A. wanted B. expected C. tried D. waited

46. A. find B. notice C. search D. look

47. A. work B. use C. fit D. wear

48. A. broke down B. broke out C. broke up D. broke away

49. A. put B. lay C. push D. shake

50. A. laughing B. crying C. shouting D. smiling

51. A. do B. go C. work D. look

52. A. town B. store C. church D. hotel

53. A. shoulders B. arms C. head D. hands

54. A. Happily B. Generally C. Luckily D. Unfortunately

55. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

Passage Two

In 2000, with little but a bar and a church left to make it a destination, tiny St. James, Nebraska, was taken off state highway maps. Then the church closed, and the small farm village in the state’s northeast corner looked set to just disappear. Thanks to five devoted women, it didn’t.

In May 2001, after meeting with staff from the Center for Rural Affairs, the friends—Louis Guy, Vicky Koch, Jeanette Pinkelman, Mary Rose Pinkelman and Violet Pinkelman—opened a weekend market for vendors(小商贩) to sell handcrafts and local food.

“We felt like, what can we do to bring the community together？” says Mary Rose Pinkelman, “We decided to make a place to sell local goods.” They set up shop in the church school, which, though closed for nearly 40 years, had been well maintained. The first weekend, 16 vendors look over an old classroom. The result was an instant hit. Today, the market draws up to 70 vendors----who sell such items as homemade jellies, baked goods, hand-woven rugs, and farm-grown produce----and what Pinkelman calls an unexpected number of visitors. In the process, the market has made St. James a destination again, putting it back on the state road map.

40. According to Para. 1, what fate was St. James Nebraska suffering？

A The replacement of the church school

B The disappearance from highway maps

C The closedown of the bar

D The set-up of a market