單項選擇題
1、 根據材料，回答題：
        With the unemployment rate topping 8% and the government $16 trillion in debt, it's easy to question why taxpayers are spending $ 2.5 billion on an SUV- sized Mars rover (探測車) named Curiosity, which landed successfully on the red planet in the early hours of Monday.  Couldn't this money go toward something closer to home, such as providing shelter for the homeless or building roads? Yes, it could. But this kind of thinking is shortsighted.
        The Mars project is the latest manifestation of America's restless desire to answer previously unanswerable questions and take on new challenges. To paraphrase President John F. Kennedy, America does things like this not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
        Getting the probe down safely on Mars, after a 350 million mile journey, was certainly no easy feat. Virtually all the technology used in the approach and landing was new, or used in new ways. Once settled in, Curiosity should be a particularly awe-inspiring project. It is designed to shed light on big questions: Could life forms have ever existed on Mars? Might they still exist? And are we alone in the universe ?
        When budgets are tight, space projects such as Curiosity come in for particular abuse. They are often portrayed as complicated flights of odd ideas. They are not. They are both inspirational and immensely practical. Technology is, after all, an engine of economic growth. If that is a goal, as well it should be, why not support a program that makes science exciting and showcases some of the most interesting things that. technology can do? One of the main benefits of projects like this one is to promote a confident America. Throughout history, nations that explore, and engage in science, lead the world. Beginning in the 15th century, for example, European nations sent sailors around the globe and provided the impetus for thinkers such as Copernicus, Galileo and Newton to invent modern physics and astronomy. Not coincidentally, Europe came to dominate the world until the dawn of the 20th century.
        Those who would slash space program budgets apparently haven't learned history's lessons and don't see the great possibilities that the future presents--possibilities reflected in every image transmitted back from the rover.

Why is it easy to question why taxpayers' money is spent on Curiosity?
A．Because Curiosity costs too much money.
B．Because the economic situation is depressed.
C．Because the money should be spent on the people.
D．Because Curiosity is meaningless and impractical.


2、聽音頻：
根據聽到的內容，回答題。

A．He wants to open an account．
B．He wants to withdraw some cash．
C．He wants to deal witll the problem with his bank statement．
D．BothB andC


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4、        沒有人知道中國的汽車市場終會有多大。對中國汽車年銷售量的估計從2 500萬輛變化到了7 500萬輛，是前面數據的三倍。但如果日益嚴重的交通堵塞超過了中國正在積極地進行公路建設的速度，中國汽車市場的需求可能將受到嚴重制約(be restrained)。此外，不斷上漲的進口油價格可能會迫使中國政府進一步限制公眾自駕汽車出行。

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I’ve won two dollars in this lottery! Who says we don’t live in an opportunity society?

6、“一年之計在于春，一日之計在于晨”。從這句耳熟能詳的俗語中可見早餐對人體健康的重要性。早晨應要有足夠的營養攝入(nutr i t i ona |jntake)。以保證有一個良好的工作和生活狀態。歐美人非常重視早餐。他們認為早餐若吃得舒服，即表示今天一天會有愉快、滿意的時光。有些人甚至利用早餐時間，邊吃邊談生意。然而根據營養學家的調查發現。目前還有很多人沒有養成吃早餐的習慣或是吃早餐過于隨意。


7、世界上寶貴的除了良好的心理素質，還有一個東西，那就是勤奮。寶貴的勤奮，不僅是身體上的勤奮，而且是精神上的勤奮。文學家說，勤奮是打開文學殿堂之門的一把鑰匙；科學家說，勤奮能使人聰明；政治家說，勤奮是實現理想的基石；而平凡的人則說，勤奮是一種傳統的美德。可見，勤奮富有了多么巨大的底蘊與魅力。人類如果丟棄了它。不行。


8、黃河是我國第二長河，世界第五長河，源于青海巴顏喀拉山，干流貫穿九個省區。早在80萬年前的舊石器時代，中華民族的祖先就在黃河流域過著狩獵、采集的生活。在中國歷史上，黃河及沿岸流域給人類文明帶來了巨大的影響，是中華民族主要的發源地之一。人們常說黃河是中華民族的搖籃，稱之為“母親河”。而如今黃河污染形勢十分嚴峻，保護黃河是每個人不可推卸的責任(i ncumbent ob I i gat；oll)。


9、中國是世界上發現與使用蠶絲早的國家，人們在四五千年前就已經開始養蠶了。隨著蠶絲的使用，刺繡工藝也逐漸興起。宋代時期，崇尚刺繡服裝的風氣已逐漸在民間廣泛流行，這也促使了中國刺繡工藝(Chi nese Embroj dery)的發展。刺繡的用途廣泛，包括生活和藝術裝飾等。刺繡作為中國的民族傳統工藝，在國外也享有很高的聲譽，是中國文化藝術的杰出代表之一。


10、中國高速客運鐵路。常被簡稱為“中國高鐵”。它作為現代社會的一種新的運輸方式。有著運載能力大、運輸效率高、運行速度快、節能環保等特點。在運載能力和效率上，一趟列車可以運送1000多人，每隔5分鐘就可以開出一趟列車；在運行速度上，目前設計時速可達350公里；在節能環保上，高速鐵路是綠色交通工具，非常適應節能減排(energy-say i ng and em i ss i on-reduct；on)的要求。