Small communities，with their distinctive character—where life is stable and intensely

February 1, 2015 Dear Ms. Lin, Special Requirements for Packing (Order No. MI 063) With reference to the order of woolen gloves above, the packing instructions1 (list) as follows: The woolen gloves 2 (pack) in twenty boxes, and the boxes3 (pack) in a carton. All the boxes 4 (put) close together inorder to avoid being flattened. The carton 5 (line) with waterproof cloth inside and 6(strap) with metal bands outside, which is strong enough for seatransportation. Small holes 7 (make) in the waterproof cloth to let the moistureout. Please 8 (follow) the packing instructions above. Thank you foryour attention. Yours sincerely, Daniel Anderson

1. The woolen gloves should be .()

A. packed in a carton

B. strong enough

C. packed in twenty boxes

2. All the boxes were put close together .()

A. for sea transportation

B. to avoid being crushed

C. to be in good order

3. The carton was strapped with metal bands outside .()

A. to be strong enough

B. to let the moisture out

C. to be waterproof

4. To let the moisture out, small holes should be made .()

A. in twenty boxes

B. in the waterproof cloth

C. in the carton

5. The main purpose of the letter is to .()

A. order woolen gloves

B. follow packing instructions

C. make packing instructions

Educational attainment in rural America reached a historic

height in 2000, with nearly one in six rural adults holding a 【M1】______

4-year college degree, and more than three in four complete 【M2】______

high school. As the demand of workers with higher educational 【M3】______

qualifications rises, many rural policymakers

have come to view local educational levels as a critical

determinant of job and income growth in their communities.

But policymakers are facing with two key questions. 【M4】______

First, does a better educated population lead to greater

economic growth？ According to a recent study, rural counties

with higher educational levels saw rapid earnings and 【M5】______

income growth over the past two decades than counties with

lower educational levels. However, economic returns to

education for rural areas continue to lag that for urban areas. 【M6】______

Second, are there Ways to improve local educational attainment,

particularly through improvements in elementary and high

schools, It can enhance the economic well-being of rural 【M7】______

residents and communities？ In fact, preliminary research

demonstrates a connection between better schools and positive

outcomes in terms of earnings and Income growth for rural

workers and rural communities.

Ultimately, the strength of the tie between education and

economic outcomes is influenced in part by the extent which 【M8】______

small rural counties lose young adults through

outmigration. The loss of potential workers from rural areas, as

young adults leave college and work opportunities in urban 【M9】______

areas, has concerned rural observers for many decades. This

rural "brain drain" not only deprives rural employers of an

education workforce, but also depletes local resources because 【M10】______

communities that have invested in these workers' education

reap little return on that investment.

【M1】

Typically, these are concern with the establishment of(66)the network and with the control of the flow of messages across this channel. The provision of such facilities is only part of the network requirements, however, since in many applications the communicating computers may be of different types. This means that they may use different programming languages and, more importantly, different forms of(67)interface between user(application)program, normally referred to, as application processes or APs, and the underlying communication services may be(68)For example, one computer may be a small single -user computer, while another may be a large(69)system. In the earlier days of computer communication, these issues meantthat only closed communities of computers(that is, from the same manufacturer)could communicate with each other in a meaningful way. IBM’s Systems Network.

Architecture (SNA) and DEC's Digital Network Architecture (DNA) are just two examples of Communication software packages produced by manufacturers to allow their systems to be int erconnected together. These proprietary packages, however, of which there am still many inexistence, do not address the problem of universal interconnect ability, or open systems interconnection. In an attempt to alleviate this problem,(70), in the late 1970s, formulated a reference model to provide a common basis (or the coordination of standards developments and to allow existing and evolving standards activities to beplaced into perspective with one another.

A．communication channel access

B．protocols

C．data channel

D．public communication

Andrew Carnegie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States. And in this process, he became one of the (47) men in America. His success resulted in part from his ability to sell the product and in part from his policy of (48) during periods of economic decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their (49) .

Carnegie believed that individuals should progress through hard work, but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their (50) for the benefit of society. He opposed charity, (51) instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to (52) themselves.

Among his more (53) contributions to society are those that bear his name, including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a museum of fine arts, and a museum of national history. He also founded a school of technology that is (54) part of Carnegie-Mellon University. Other philanthropic gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to (55) understanding between nations, and the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research.

There are (56) Americans who have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie's generosity. His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2,500 libraries in small communities throughout the country and formed the nucleus of the public library system that we all enjoy today.

A) preferring

B) presently

C) wealthiest

D) previously

E) few

F) investments

G) fortune

H) expanding

I) noteworthy

J) promote

K) help

L) shrinking

M) opting

N) obstruct

O) many

请根据以下内容回答 76～85 题：

Directions: There are 10 blanks in fhe following passage. For each numbered blank,there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D． Choose one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

For reasons of safety and ease of maintenance, Washington and dozens of other communities are building rubber sidewalks made 76 ground-up tires of cars and bikes. The rubber squares are up to three times more expensive than concrete squares but 77 longer, because tree roots and freezing weather won't crack them. That, 78 , could reduce the number of slip-and-fall complaints made 79 uneven pavements. The shock absorbing surface also happens to be easier on the joints of slow runners and more forgiving when someone slips or falls, and the rubber sidewalks are considered more environmentally friendly. They 80 a way to recycle some of the estimated 290 million tires 81 out each year in the United States, and they do not restrict tree.roots the way concrete squares 82 . Since 2001, a company, Rubber sidewalks, has been grinding thousands of old tires into small pieces, 83 sticky substances and baking the material into sidewalk sections that weigh less than eleven pounds a square foot, or a quarter of the weight of concrete. The rubber squares are now 84 in two colors of gray and orange. The District of Columbia has spent about $60,000 to replace broken concrete with the rubber squares here and there in a residential 85 northeast of the Capital.

第 76 题

A． by

B． on

C． of

D． for

Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transitional corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important than the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets—with destructive impact on the have-nots.

For them the result is instability. Developing countries which rely on the production of a small range of goods for export are made to feel like small parts in the international economic machine. As "futures" are traded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies.

So what are the options for regaining control？ One alternative is for developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecommunications themselves—so-called "development communications" modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency and perhaps permanent constraints on developing countries' economies.

Communications technology is generally exported from the U. S. , Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries. It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit— credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain.

Furthermore, when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transitional corporations may benefit, those whose lives depend on access to the information are denied it.

From the passage we know that the development of high technology is in the interests of______.

A．the rich countries

B．scientific development

C．the elite

D．the world economy

They (45)a way to recycle some of the estimated 290 million tires(46)out each year in the United States, and they do not restrict tree roots the way concrete squares (47)Since 2001, a company, Rubber Sidewalks, has been grinding thousands of old tires into small pieces,(48)sticky substances and baking the material into sidewalk sections that weigh less than eleven pounds a square foot, or a quarter of the weight of concrete. The rubber squares are now (49)in two colors of gray and orange. The District of Columbia has spent about $ 60,000 to replace broken concrete with the rubber squares here and there in a residential (50)northeast of the capital.

41______

A.of

B.on

C.by

D.for

42A.stay

B.last

C.exist

D.survive

43A.by turns

B.by return

C.in turn

D.in return

44A.for

B.with

C.to

D.against

45A.furnish

B.offer

C.give

D.refer

46A.thrown

B.throwing

C.threw

D.throws

47A.doing

B.done

C.did

D.do

48A.add

B.added

C.adding

D.adds

49A.available

B.accessible

C.advisable

D.achievable

50A.zone

B.location

C.position

D.Neighborhood

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

Then came the 20th century and its burst of technology. Suddenly people were talking across oceans, flying across continents, hearing broadcasts that reverberated around the planet. Language spread faster than ever. The world wars carried American and British soldiers around the world, pollinating English as they went. When World War Ⅱ ended, the English language was barreling (高速行驶) forward on the shoulders of American capitalism — McDonald's and Coca-Cola, Rambo and MTV, munitions (军火) and computer technology.

Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.

What is the main topic of this passage？

A．The expansion of English as an international language.

B．The number of non-native users of English.

C．The French influence on the English language.

D．The use of English for science and technology.

The main objective of the Molecular Genealogy Research Group is to build a database containing over 100,000 DNA samples from individuals all over the world. These individuals will have provided a pedigree chart of at least four generations and a small blood sample. Once the database has enough samples to represent the world genetic make-up, it will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional written records. Theoretically, any individual will someday be able to trace his or her family origins through this database.

In the meantime, as the database is being created, molecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “For example, if two men sharing the same last name believe that they are related, but no written record proves this relationship, we can verify this possibility by collecting a sample of DNA from both and looking for common markers (in this case we can look primarily at the Y chromosome(染色体)),” explains Ugo A．Perego, a member of the BYU Molecular Genealogy research team.

People in a large area may possess the same DNA thread because______.

A．DNA is characteristic of a region

B．they are beyond doubt of common ancestry

C．DNA strand has the ability to identify individuals

D．their unique identification can be provided via DNA