59. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman
A. achieved huge success
B. won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists 60. What is the text mainly about?
A. Arthur Miller and his family.
B. The awards Arthur Miller won.
C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play. 【解析】：56-60:BACAD
【语篇解读】本文是讲述了阿瑟.密勒的生平经历及他的代表作Death of a Salesman的内容及评价。 56. B。细节题。从第一段第二句话可知米勒的父亲已经从奥地利迁往美国，是和许多其他人一样受“伟
大的美国梦”的驱使。
57. A。细节推断题。从第二段第一句话可知米勒写《推销员之死》的目的是对美国制度的攻击，因为美
国商业制度的侵犯性和坚持将金钱和社会地位作为价值的显示。A 指出了, 暴露了美国商业世界的残酷。下文也提到了，in the cruel world of business。
58. C.推理判断题。从上文介绍情节中得知Willy Loman是戏剧中一个角色，而这个角色最终因为在这个
制度中屡遭失败自杀身亡，因此推断他是美国制度的受害者。
59. A.细节推断题。从第三段得知一上映便赢得许多奖项，因此获得巨大成功。 60. D。主旨大意题。A没有提及，BC都是片面的。 B
Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. \heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.
Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire,\recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, \
Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn?t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats?s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney?s Llama Llama series.
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Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I?ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
62.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?
A. Give out brochures. B .Do something similar.
C. Write books for children D. Retire from being a teacher. 63.According to the text, Dollly Parton is .
A. a well-known surgeon B. a mother of a four-year-old C. a singer born in Tennessee D .a computer programmer 64.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood? A. To avoid signing up online.
B. To meet Dollywood board members. C. To make sure the books were the newest. D. To see if the books were of good quality.
65.What can we learn from Tim?s words in the last paragraph? A. He needs more money to help the children. B. He wonders why some people are so busy. C. He tries to save those waiting to die. D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.
【解析】：61-65:ABCDD
【语篇解读】本文讲述了里克特作为教师的一家人在退休后又做出捐献书给儿童的决定，并且为此建立了基金会的事情，而且他们认为这使得他们的人生更为有意义。
61. A。细节理解题。由第一段最后两句话可知是Tim 得病导致他思考生命的意义。
62. B。细节理解题。从第二段Tim说的话中“I could do something like this when we retire”,知道他打算
在退休后做类似的事，是B选项。
63. C。细节理解题。从第二段的第一句话得出Dollly Parton 是singer.
64. D.。细节理解题。从第四段前两句话中得出，“We didn?t want to give the children rubbish“ 比喻指我
们不想要质量不好的东西。从本段首句主题句中也能得出the Richters 关心的是书的质量。
65. D。从最后一段Tim的话” 有些人坐而等待死亡，而有些人则在他的余生尽可能的忙碌着“ 可知，
他认为自己做出的事情是值得的有意义的。
C
Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
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“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ?come home,? but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,
“If we go on this way for another 25years, we won?t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
67. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem? A. They asked their kids to come home. B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.
C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.
D. They got help from the school and the federal government. 68. Financial aid administrators believe that _______.
A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses B. the government will receive more letters of complaint C. college tuition fees will double soon D. America?s unemployment will fall
69.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase. B. Their income remained steady in the last decade. C. They will try their best to send kids to college. D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.
70.According to the last paragraph, the government will .
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A. provide most students will scholarships B. dismiss some financial aid administrators C. stop the companies from making student loans D. go on providing financial support for college students 【解析】：66-70:BDACD
【语篇解读】本文介绍了今年学生贷款增多给家庭带来的压力和大学学费的不断增加的社会问题，提出政府对之做出的回应。
66.B． 推理判断题。第一段提到Diana Jacobs的家庭本来有一个可行的计划可以支付两个双胞胎儿子的大学费用，可由于丈夫的失业计划瓦解了。
67.D．推理判断题。第三段指出解决方案solution 是向学校索求更多的援助，每个儿子增加贷款到最大额度。如原文“They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program.”，也即是选项B。
68. A。细节推断题。由第四段“expect to hear more families like the Jacobs”可以得知 财政援助的管理员们预期会看到更多像Jacobs一家的情况，同义转换即选项A。而BD原文没有提到，C 从第五段“Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade”,可知在过去10年里已经长了一倍还多，因此是错的。 69. C。推理判断题。从第六段最后一句话“They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”可知，无论需要什么他们都会送孩子去上大学，即使那意味着大笔的债务。
70. D。细节推断题。由最后一段可知许多公司做出决定说学生贷款利润股沟因此不再做贷款，而好消息是联邦政府承担着四分之三的学生贷款。因此推断是D，政府将继续承担对大学生的资金援助。
D
Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.
Recently, two researchers, Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person?s thoughts.
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
“our brain has billions of nerve ceils. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓）to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”
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The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof. Milan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.
A. help to update computer systems B. link the human brain with computers
C. help the disabled to recover D. control a person's thoughts
72. How\ A. By controlling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine. C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind. 73. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5? A. scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair B. computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair C. scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair D. cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair
74. The team will test with real patients to
A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to them C. make them live longer D. learn about their physical condition 75. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center
B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries 【解析】：71-75:BDCBC
【语篇解读】本文是一则新闻报道，介绍了Brain-computer interface(BCI)技术的发明，原理和对残疾人带来的益处。
71. B。细节理解题。从第一段第一句话可知。
72.D．细节理解题。见第二段“Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band.”。
73.C.细节理解题。见第五段描述。
74.B．细节推断题。见最后一段“to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from.”，证明他们
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