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1. Questions 55-22 are based on the following passage.  The man who invented Coca-cola was not a native Atlantan, but on the day of his funeral every drugstore in town testimonially shut up shop. He was John Styth Pemberton, born in 1833 in Knoxville, Georgia, eighty miles away. Sometimes known as Doctor, Pemberton was apharmacist (药剂师) who, during the Civil War, led a cavalry troop under General Joe Wheelrer.
  He settled in Atlanta in 1869, and soon began brewing such patent medicines as Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup. In 1885, he registered a trademark for Something called French Wine Coca-Ideal Nerve and Tonic Stimulant, a few months later he formed the Pemberton Chemical Company, and recruited the services of a bookkeeper named Frank M.
  Robinson, who not only had a good head for figures but, attached to it, so exceptional a nose that he could audit the composition of a batch of syrup (糖浆 ) merely by sniffling it.
  In 1886--a year in which, as contemporary Coca-Coca officials like to point out, Conan Doyle unveiled Sherlock Holmes and France unveiled the Statue of Liberty--Pemberton unveiled a syrup that he called Coca-Coca. It was a modification of his French Wine Coca. He had taken out the wine and added a pinch of caffeine, and, when the end product tasted awful, had thrown in some extract of cola nut and a few other oils, blending the mixture in a three-legged iron pot in his back yard and swishing it around with an oar. He distributed it to soda fountains in used beer bottles, and Robinson, with his glowing bookkeeper's script, presently devised a label, on which "Coca-Cola" was written in the fashion that is still employed.
  Pemberton looked upon his mixture less as a refreshment than as a headache cure, especially for people whose headache could be traced to over-indulgence.
  On a morning late in 1886, one such victim of the night before dragged himself into an Atlanta drugstore and asked for a doolop of Cola-Cola. Druggists customarily stirred a teaspoonful of syrup into a glass of water, but in this instance the man on duty was too lazy to walk to the fresh-water tap, a couple of feet off. Instead, he mixed the syrup with some soda water, which was closer at hand. The suffering customer perked up almost at once, and word quickly spread that the best Coca-Cola was a fizzy one.
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What does the passage tell us about John Styth Pemberton?
A. He was highly respected by Atlantan
B. He ran a drug store that also sells win
C. He had been a doctor until the Civil Wa
D. He made a lot of money with his pharmac
2. Directions : There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four Choices marked A., E B., E C.and D J . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter oh Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 22-62are based on the following passage.
  The United States is said to have a mixed economy because privately Owned business and government both play important roles. Indeed, some of the most enduring debates of American economic history focus on the relative roles of the public and private sectors.
  The American free enterprise system emphasizes private ownership. Private businesses produce most goods and services, and almost two-thirds of the nation's total economic output goes to individuals for personal use (the remaining one-third is bought by government and business). The consumer role is so great, in fact, that the nation is sometimes characterized as having a "consumer economy".
  This emphasis on private ownership arises, in part, froth American beliefs about personal freedom. From the time the nation was created, Americans have feared excessive government power, and they have sought to limit government's authority over individuals -- including its role in the economic realm. In addition, Americans generally believe that an economy characterized by private owner- ship is likely to operate more efficiently than one with substantial government ownership.
  When economic forces are unfettered, Americans believe, supply and demand determine the prices of goods and services. Prices, in turn, tell businesses what to produce; if people want more of particular goods than the economy is producing, the price of the goods rises. That catches the attention of new or other companies that, sensing an opportunity to earn profits, start producing more of that goods. On the other hand, if people want less of the goods, prices fall and less competitive producers either go out of business or start producing different goods.
  There are limits to free enterprise, however. Americans have always believed that some services are better performed by public rather than private enterprise. For instance, in the United States, government is primarily responsible for the administration of justice, education, the road system, and national defense.
  In this mixed economy, individuals Can help guide the economy not only through the choices they make as consumers but through the votes they cast for officials who Shape' economic policy. In recent years, consumers have voiced concerns about product safety, environmental threats posed by certain industrial practices, and potential health risks citizens may face; government has responded by creating agencies to protect consumer interests and promote the general public welfare.

According to the passage, the U. S. is sometimes called
3. 根据以下材料回答62-52题:


What does the first paragraph say about the "penny press?"

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4. You_____________ (无论多么小心都不为过) when you drive a car.
5. The membership of the House is distributed among the states__(根据这些州不同的人口).

6. Doctors should keep quiet and let patients explain their problems(而不是去打断他们).
7. Why autistics are less susceptible to contagious yawning?
[A] Autistics have difficulty feeling empathy.
[B] Autistics can't communicate with others.
[C] Autistics are not able to learn yawning.
[D] Autistics focus much on people's eyes.

8. Who lives with high risk lifestyles among the below?

9. We must consider each aspect of this question before __________ (做出后决定).
10. 阅读下列材料,回答第{TSE}题:


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