单选题Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive alm

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Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.In Gade's opinion，the veterans who receive welfare from the government tend To_______.

save more trouble for the government

lead a miserable and unhappy life

increasingly depend on the government

suffer the humiliation of their combat injuries

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第1题：

From this passage we know that______.

A. every American cannot have guns.

B. only soldiers and police can have guns.

C. every American citizen can own guns.

D. teachers have no money to buy guns.

正确答案：C

45．答案为C 从文中介绍的校园枪击案的严重程度可知其中原因之一是美国对枪支的持有没有严格的限制，才造成枪击行为的失控。

第2题：

Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about Bauhaus?

A．It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

B．Its designing concept was affected by World War II.

C．Most American architects used to be associated with it.

D．It had a great influence upon American architectrue.

正确答案：D
解析：推理题。题干的Bauhaus定位在第三段第二句，因此答案指向第二句。第二句是个长难句，。

第3题：

Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come from other countries.

A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake is very old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.

Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe.

In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go.

Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战). After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.

41. This reading is mainly about _______.

A. famous places in the United States to eat breakfast

B. popular American breakfast foods coming from China

C. the most popular types of pancakes in the United States

D. the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States

正确答案：D

第4题：

At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery?made in Germany was displayed．It caught the eye of M．S．Hershey,who saw the potential for?chocolate．He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first?chocolate bars in 1594．
Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end?of the 1890′s and the early 1900′s．But it was World WarⅠthat really brought attention to the?candy bar．
The U．S．Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to?provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases．The blocks were?cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe．Eventually the task of making?smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers．By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived?home,the American candy bar business was assured．Why?Because the returning soldiers had?grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same．As a result,from that time on and?through the 1920′s,candy bar manufacturers became established throughout the United States,and?as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene．
The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia,Boston,and New York．The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials?such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available．Chicago became the seat of the candy bar?industry and is even today an important base．

Which event brought the booming of American candy bar business?《》（）

A.The adding of new materials．
B.The demand in the army during WWI．
C.The purchase of new machines．
D.The appearance of smaller candy bars．

答案：B

解析：

【考情点拨】事实细节题。
【应试指导】由文章第二段第二句“But it was World War that really brought attention to the candy bar．”可知，是第一次世界大战让糖块的生产迅速发展．故选B。

第5题：

From this passage we know that ______.

A. every American cannot have guns

B. only soldiers and police can have guns

C. every American citizen can own guns

D. teachers have no money to buy guns

正确答案：C

50．答案为C。从最后一段可知，学生拥有枪支情况非常严重。

第6题：

The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of ______________ to the outbreak of ____________.

A.the 17th century … the American War of Independence

B.the 18th century … the American Civil War

C.the 17th century … the American Civil War

D.the 18th century … the U.S.– Mexican War

正确答案: B

第7题：

根据下面材料，回答第 1～20 题：

Millions of Americans and foreigners see GI.Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that’s not how it used to be. To the men and women who 1 in World WarⅡand the people they liberated, the GI. was the 2 man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from his home, the guy who 3 all the burdens of battle, who slept in cold foxholes, who went without the 4 of food and shelter, who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder. This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, 5 an average guy up 6 the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.

His name isn't much. GI. is just a military abbreviation 7 .Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles 8 to soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guy who never 9 it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Palooka. Joe Magrac...a working class name. The United States has 10 had a president or vice-president or secretary of state Joe.

G.I. Joe had a 11 career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops. He appears as a character. or a 12 of American personalities, in the 1945 movie The Story of G.I. Joe, based on the last days of war correspondent Emie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle 13 portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the 14 side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers not how many miles were 15 or what towns were captured or liberated. His reports 16 the “Willie” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men 17 the dirt and exhaustion of war, the 18 of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep. 19 Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, G.I. Joe was any American soldier, 20 the most important person in their lives.

第 1 题 [A] performed

[B] served

[C] rebelled

[D] betrayed

正确答案：B

第8题：

Which of the following is true about doughnuts?

A. It was first made by the French.

B. The soldiers invented them in World War Ⅰ.

C. Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States.

D. It is round with a hole in the middle.

正确答案：A

第9题：

At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery?made in Germany was displayed．It caught the eye of M．S．Hershey,who saw the potential for?chocolate．He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first?chocolate bars in 1594．
Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end?of the 1890′s and the early 1900′s．But it was World WarⅠthat really brought attention to the?candy bar．
The U．S．Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to?provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases．The blocks were?cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe．Eventually the task of making?smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers．By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived?home,the American candy bar business was assured．Why?Because the returning soldiers had?grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same．As a result,from that time on and?through the 1920′s,candy bar manufacturers became established throughout the United States,and?as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene．
The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia,Boston,and New York．The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials?such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available．Chicago became the seat of the candy bar?industry and is even today an important base．

What does the underlined word"seat"in the last paragraph most probably mean?《》（）

A.Focus．
B.Position．
C.Chair．
D.Center．

答案：D

解析：

【考情点拨】词义判断题。
【应试指导】文章第四段讲的是生产糖块的主要城市，介绍了其优势条件，最后一句强调了芝加哥是糖块生产的重要基地，结合上下文可知。seat意为“中心，基地”。center意为“中心”，符合题意，故选D。

第10题：

A.A World Fair held in Chicago in 1893．
B.The popularity of the American candy bar industry．
C.The candy bar industry during World War I．
D.The spread of the candy bar business to the Midwest．

答案：B

解析：

【考情点拨】主旨大意题。
【应试指导】本文讲了美国糖块生产的发展，时间跨度从一战前到一战中，再到一战后，空间跨度从美国东部到中西部，整个过程中糖块越来越受欢迎，所以本文主要讲的是美国糖块产业的普及。

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