Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfin-ished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one andmark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.

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On November 19,1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.

It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, 'alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed".

Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.

Today, every American school child learns Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.

第11题单选 In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was__________

A.very critical

B.unpopular

C.very popular

D.very courteous

参考答案：B

第12题单选 Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was__________

A.a famous speaker

B.a very handsome man

C.President of the country

D.a popular statesman

参考答案：C

第13题单选 It can be inferred from the text that__________

A.Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg

B.Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech

C.Lincoln’s speech was full of rich words

D.Lincoln’s speech was very long

参考答案：B

第14题单选 It was a fact that Lincoln’s speech was__________

A.an immediately success

B.warmly applauded

C.a total failure

D.not well received at first

参考答案：D

第15题单选 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.

B.Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style.

C.Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.

D.Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.

参考答案：D

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As any rniddleelass parent knows, unpaid work experience can give youngsters a valuable introduction to a secure job. The government has recognized it too, abandoning rules in 2011 that had formerly stopped 16 to 24-year-olds from doing unpaid work while claiming unemployment benefit. But moving from that to forcing them to work without pay in order to collect these benefits has proved a big step.

More than one million young people in Britain are unemployed, the highest number since themid-1955s. Keen both to cut the welfare bill and to avoid the depressed future wages that may resuit from early unemployment, the government has introduced an ambitious program of reform to get youngsters off welfare and into work. A key part of it is ensuring that no one gets benefit from the government for long; ministers are keen to avoid what happened after the early-1955s recession(衰退), when unemployment continued in some parts of the country for a long time after the economy began to improve.

To help young people into work, ministers had persuaded lots of employers, including bakerychains, bookshops and supermarkets, to take on unemployed youths, who receive work experience but no pay, with the prospect of a proper job for those who shine. Some 35,000 youngsters participated last year; half found paid work soon after finishing the scheme.

The idea of getting young adults used to showing up for work is popular with voters: according to a survey published in February, about 60% of people support the program. Equally attractive was the option of compelling them to work. Under the existing arrangements youngsters could choose whether or not to accept a place, but if they dropped out after the end of the first week, they stood to lose up to two weeks’ benefits.

Yet the scheme has also polarized(两极分化的) opinion a third of people are consistently opposed. Following a noisy "Right to Work" campaign that accused employers of cooperating secretly with the government in "forced labor", several firms dropped out of the program. To pre-vent this from getting worse, Clads Grayling, an employment minister, admitted that young people could leave their work experience at any time without being punished for doing so. This not only halted the flight of employers ( for now, at least) but also enabled him to announce that new firrns have agreed to take part in the program.

第16题单选 According to the passage, young people in Britain________

A.are used to showing up for work

B.value unpaid work very much

C.are always opposed to unpaid work

D.could learn .something about job security through unpaid work

参考答案：D

第17题单选 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?________

A.Most voters support the government’s effort to help young people to work.

B.Some people protest against the government’s attempt to force young people to work.

C.There are more than one million young people who took part in the program.

D.There are more than one million young people who are jobless.

参考答案：C

第18题单选 According to the author, the British government is trying to ________

A.punish young people if they are not cooperating with it

B.reform the unemployed youngsters

C.avoid the economic slowdown

D.reduce welfare spending

参考答案：D

第19题单选 The word "shine" in Paragraph 3 means________

A.do well

B.reflect light

C.look happy

D.produce light

参考答案：A

第20题单选 Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?

A.Enjoy Work Without Pay

B.Can Work, Won’t Work

C.Should Work, Shouldn’t Play

D.Hate Work or Love Work

参考答案：A

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