第二篇

Milosevic's Death

　　Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead last Saturday in his cell at the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.The 64-year-old had been on trial there since February 2002.

　　Born in provincial Pozarevac in 1941,he was the second son of a priest and a school teacher.Both of his parents died when he was still a young adult.The young Milosevic was"untypical",says Slavoljub Djukic,his unofficial biographer.He was"not interested in sports,avoided excursions（短途旅行）and used to come to school dressed in the old-fashioned way-white shirt and tie."One of his old friends said,he could"imagine him as a station-master or punctilious（一丝不苟的）civil servant."

　　Indeed that is exactly what he might have become,had he not married Mira.She was widely believed to be his driving force.

　　At university and beyond he did well.He worked for various firms and was a communist party member.By 1986 he was head of Serbia's Central Committee.But still he had  not yet really been noticed.

　　It was Kosovo that gave him his chance.An autonomous province of Serbia,Kosovo was home to an Albanian majority and a Serbian minority.In 1989,he was sent there to calm fears of Serbians who felt they were discriminated against.But instead he played the nationalist card and became their champion.In so doing,he changed into a ruthless （无情的） and determined man.At home with Mira he plotted the downfall of his political enemies.Conspiring（密谋）with the director of Serbian TV,he mounted a modern media campaign which aimed to get him the most power in the country.

　　He was elected Serbian president in 1990.In 1997,he became president of Yugoslavia.The rest of the story is well-known:his nationalist card caused Yugoslavia's other ethnic groups to fight for their own rights,power and lands.Yugoslavia broke up when four of the six republics declared independence in 1991.War started and lasted for years and millions died.Then Western countries intervened.NATO bombed Yugoslavia,and he eventually stepped down as state leader in 2000.

　　Soon after this,Serbia's new government,led by Zoran Djindjic,arrested him and sent him to face justice at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

　　36.Where did Milosevic die?
　　A.In a basement.
　　B.In a prison.
　　C.In Kosovo.
　　D.In his own country.

　　37.Which of the following is NOT true of the young Milosevic?
　　A.He dressed in a pretty old-fashioned way.
　　B.He was not interested in sports.
　　C.He often avoided excursions.
　　D.He was extremely ambitious.

　　38.All of  the following persons changed his fate in one way or another except
　　A.Mira.
　　 parents.
　　C.Zoran Djindjic.
　　 Director of Serbian TV.

　　39.Why was Milosevic sent to Kosovo in 1989?
　　A.To handle economic issues.
　　B.To drive the Albanians back to their own country.
　　C.To remove the Serbians' fears of being discriminated against.
　　D.To launch an attack against his political enemies.

　　40.What happened in 1991?
　　A.Yugoslavia broke up.
　　B.Western countries intervened.
　　C.NATO bombed Yugoslavia.
　　D.Milosevic was arrested.

　　第三篇

The World Cup

　　This summer's World Cup competition will see teams competing to play the world's best football.But the football they play will not all be of the same kind.The fans expect different styles of play from Brazil,Germany,or Italy.

　　What makes Brazilian football Brazilian?Our style of playing football contrasts with the Europeans because of a combination of qualities of surprise,accuracy and good judgment.This style has won Brazil five world cups.Yet many Brazilian fans only count four of these victories.In 1994,the team abandoned this style for modern,scientific training and tactics.The team won the cup,but in a boring way.

　　The ltalians think differently."To many ltalians,the score 0-0 has a glorious quality,suggesting perfection,"says the British football writer Simon Kuper.In the ltalian culture,the idea of face is very important.This is why ltalian teams are traditionally built around strong defences.The Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff once said that ltalian teams never exactly beat you.It's just that you often lose to them.

　　In Holland,there is a tradition of decision making through argument and discussion.It is a society where everybody is expected to have a point of view."Every Dutch player wants to control the game,"says Arnold Muhren."You play football with your brains and not your feet."

　　"A Dutch player argues,"says Simon Kuper."An English player obeys his superior.He is a soldier."The qualities valued in English football are military-strength,aggression and courage.This can make for exciting football.But it also means that the English find it difficult to use skillful players.David Beckham is usually criticized for his failure to defend-despite the fact that he is an attacker.

　　If the English like to fight,the Germans like to win.In recent years,Germany has tried to change its image as a country of ruthless efficiency and a desire for victory at all costs.But Germans are quite happy for these qualities to remain in their national football team."Football is a simple game,"Gary Lineker once said."You kick a ball about for ninety minutes and in the end the Germans win."

　　It's difficult to predict who will win this year's World Cup.There is no strong favorite.But a look at the track record of previous winners shows that it is the nations with the strongest national characteristics in the football that perform best.It seems that you need to know where you come from if you want to get to the top.

　　41.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Brazilian style of playing football?
　　A.Accuracy.
　　B.Surprise.
　　C.Good judgment.
　　D.Ruthless  efficiency.

　　42.Why do many lialians think that the score 0-0 has a glorious quality?
　　A.Because it makes no one lose face.
　　B.Because the ltalian team is not very strong.
　　C.Because ltalians are nice people.
　　D.Because that score is what their team could obtain.

　　43.What is one expected to do in Holland?
　　A.To play football.
　　B.To express his or her opinion freely.
　　C.To make a fuss about nothing.
　　D.To beat his or her opponents ruthlessly.

　　44.Which of the following is NOT true of the British football players?
　　A.They are aggressive.
　　B.They are courageous.
　　C.They play football for friendship.
　　D.They obey their superiors.

　　45.Who will win this year's World Cup?
　　A.The Brazilian team.
　　B.The ltalian team.
　　C.The German Team.
　　D.It is unpredictable.

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American Dreams

　　There is a common response to America among foreign writers:the US is a land of extremes where the best of things qre just as easily found as the worst.This is a cliche（陈词滥调）.

　　In the land of black and white,people should not be too surprised to find some of the biggest gaps between the rich and the poor in the world.But the American Dream offers a way out to everyone.（46） No class system or govemment stands in the way.

　　Sadly,this old argument is no longer true.Over the past few decades there has been a fundamental shift in the structure of the American economy.

　　The gap between the rich and the poor has widened and widened.（47）

　　Over the past 25 years the median US family income has gone up 18 per cent.For the top 1 per cent,however,it has gone up 200 per cent.Twenty-five years ago the top fifth of Americans had an average income 6.7 times that of the bottom fifth.（48）

　　Inequalities have grown worse in different regions.In California,incomes for lower class families have fallen by 4 per cent since 1969.（49） This has led to an economy hugely in favor of a small group of very rich Americans.The wealthiest 1 per cent of households now control a third of the national wealth.There are now 37 million Americans living in poverty.At 12.7 per cent of the population,it is the highest percentage in the developed world.

　　Yet the tax burden on America's rich is falling,not growing.（50） There was an economic theory holding that the rich spending more would benefit everyone as a whole.But clearly that theory has not worked in reality.

　　A　Nobody is poor in the US.
　　B　The top 0.01 per cent of households has seen its tax bite fall by a full 25 percentage points since 1980.
　　C　For upper class families they have risen 41 per cent.
　　D　Now it is 9.8 times.
　　E　As it does so,the possibility to cross that gap gets smaller and smaller.
　　F　All one has to do is to work hard and climb the ladder towards  the top.