¢ò£®Reading Comprehension 20%

Directions£ºThere are two passages in this part£®Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements£®For each of them there are four choices marked A£¬B£¬C and D£®You should decide on the BEST CHOICE£®

Passage One

¡¡¡¡Lisa was running late£®Lisa£¬25£¬had a lot to do at work£¬plus visitors on the way£ºher parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown£®But as she hurried down the subway stairs£¬she started to feel uncomfortably warn£®By the time she got to the platform£¬Lisa felt weak and tired¡ªmaybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before£¬she thought£®She rested herself against a post close to the tracks£®Several yards away£¬Frank£¬43£¬and his girlfriend£¬Jennifer£¬found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop£®They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying£®But when he heard the scream£¬followed by someone yelling£¬¡°Oh£¬my God£¬she fell in!¡± Frank didn't hesitate£®He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails£®¡°No! Not you!¡± his girlfriend screamed after him£®She was right to be alarmed£®By the time Frank reached Lisa£¬he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming£®The train was about 20 seconds from the station£®

¡¡¡¡It was hard to lift her£®She was just out£®But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge£®That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness£¬felt herself being pulled along the ground£¬and saw someone else holding her purse£®Lisa thought she¬ðd been robbed£®A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head£®And she tried to talk but she couldn't£¬and that was when she realized how much pain she was in£®Police and fire officials soon arrived£¬and Frank told the story to an officer£®Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40ª²minute train ride downtown¡ªjust as he had been seconds after the rescue£¬which made her think about her reaction at the time£®¡°I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die¡±£¬she explained£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©1£®What was the most probable cause for Lisa's weakness?

A£®She had run a long way£®

B£®She felt hot in the subway£®

C£®She had done a 1ot of work£®

D£®She had donated blood the night before£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©2£®Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

A£®Because they would miss their train£®

B£®Because he didn't see the train coming£®

C£®Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift£®

D£®Because she was afraid the train would kill him£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©3£®How did Frank save Lisa?

A£®By lifting her to the platform£®

B£®By helping her rise to her feet£®

C£®By pulling her along the ground£®

D£®By dragging her away from the edge£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©4£®When did Lisa become conscious again?

A£®When the train was leaving£®

B£®After she was back on the platform£®

C£®After the police and fire officials came£®

D£®When a man was cleaning the blood from her head£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©5£®The passage is intended to _________£®

A£®warn us of the danger in the subway

B£®show us how to save people in the subway

C£®tell us about a subway rescue

D£®report a traffic accident

Passage Two

¡¡¡¡In a country that defines itself by ideals£¬not by shared blood£¬who should be allowed to work and live here? In the wake of the Sept£®11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing£®

¡¡¡¡On Dec£®11£¬2001£¬as part of the effort to increase homeland security£¬federal and local authorities in 14 states staged ¡°Operation Safe Travel¡± ¡ªraids on airports to arrest employees with false identification(Éí·ÝÖ¤Ã÷)£®In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests£®But those captured were anything but terrorists£¬most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South American£®Authorities said the undocumented worker's illegal status made them open to blank mall(¶ïÕ©)by terrorists£®Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods£®Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent£®¡°We¬ðre saying we want you to work in these places£®We¬ðre going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are£¬and then when it's convenient for us£¬or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security£¬especially after Sept£®11£¬then you¬ðre disposable£®There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons£®¡± Anderson said£®

¡¡¡¡If Sept£®11 had never happened£¬the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America£¬probably indefinitely£®Ana Castro£¬a manager at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop at the airport£¬had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid£®Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation£®Castro's case is currently waiting to be settled£®While she awaits the outcome£¬the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry's£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©6£®According to the author£¬the United States claims to be a nation _________£®

A£®composed of people having different values

B£®encouraging individual pursuits

C£®sharing common interests

D£®founded on shared ideals

£¨¡¡¡¡£©7£®How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about ¡°Operation Safe Travel¡±?

A£®Guilty£®

B£®Offended£®

C£®Disappointed£®

D£®Discouraged£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©8£®Undocumented workers became the target of ¡°Operation Safe Travel¡± because _________£®

A£®evidence was found that they were potential terrorists

B£®most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists

C£®terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status

D£®they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport

£¨¡¡¡¡£©9£®By saying ¡°¡­we¬ðre going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are¡±£¬Mayor Anderson means ¡°_________¡±£®

A£®we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status

B£®we will examine the laws in a different way

C£®there are other ways of enforcing the law

D£®the existing laws must not be ignored

£¨¡¡¡¡£©10£®What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?

A£®She will be deported sooner or later£®

B£®She is allowed to stay permanently£®

C£®Her case has been dropped£®

D£®Her fate remains uncertain£®

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