Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.?

A．The Decade of Internet Revolution

B．The Era of National Misfortune

C．The Era of Misplaced Anxiety

D．The Decade of Great Feats

E. The Decade of Youth Heroism in Distress

F. The Decade of Great Imbalances

The first decade of the new millennium has come to an end. It’s become a sort of habit to give a representative name to each decade, so, once again, an effort is under way to find a term to fit the years from 2000 to 2009.

80. __________

That shouldn’t be too hard a job for us here in China. First, no country has seen economic growth in the last decade like this. The economy quadrupled, with almost double-digit annual growth, and GDP went from No.6 to No.3. It’s now only slight below that of Japan, and many are saying that it will only be another year or two before we have the world’s second largest economy. In addition, in 2008, China was host to the Olympics, possibly the best organized and hosted Games over, and that impressed the world and boosted Chinese confidence.

81. _________

The economy developed at a breakneck pace, and personal wealth mushroomed--- for many, anyway. Salaries multiplied, stock market investment and real estate were a bubble, then burst, then became a bubble again. China now has one of the largest collections of millionaires and billionaires in the world, and has helped keep the world’s luxury products industry from going under. Meanwhile, the earnings gap has widened in an unprecedented way. Millions are still living near the poverty line and the urban poor has become an obvious problem.

82. _________

Yet, how could we think of the changes without including the Internet? If one thing can be credited with making the most changes in people’s lives, it should be the World Wide Web. We learned to use e-mail, chatrooms, and BBS at the beginning of the decade, and, after witnessing one dotcom burst, it’s time for the second Internet entrepreneurial wave. This time, however, it’s in the form of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Kaixin, as well as video-sites like Youtube and Tudou.

83. __________

Oh, and who could forget the many misfortunes, and the tragedies, that befell China in the last 10 years: mining accidents that killed dozens at a time, a public health crisis like SARS, or the disastrous Wenchuan earthquake that destroyed towns and thousands of family. We seem to have a disproportionate share of tragic things happening here. At the same time, the Chinese, especially  younger ones, have shown an amazing ability to recover from these disasters and be stronger and more unified. Millions of young volunteers poured into Sichuan to offer their help, as they did in other emergencies.

84. ___________

The West has a generally darker view of this past decade. One of The New York Times articles in mid-November said that, in thinking about a name from the American point of view, it seems difficult to find the right expression for so much upheaval, change, and worry: the Y2K millennium bug, which never caused much damage and chaos, the alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which were never found; and so on. The United State launched two wars after 9/11, but never realized that the real threat to American interests lay in its own economy and finances until the sub-prime crisis, erupted in 2007.

Others find it an almost impossible job to name the decade, saying it will take many years to name the 2000s because it will take many years to figure out what we feel that we lost during that period.

 

People with disabilities make up a large part of the population．It is estimated that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities．About half of these disabilities are “developmental", i．e．, they occur before the individual's twenty-second birthday, often from genetic conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as mobility, communication, employment, etc．Most other disabilities are considered “adventitious", i．e．, accidental or caused by outside forces．

       Prior to the 20th century, only a small percentage of people with disabilities survived for long．Medical treatment for these disabilities was unavailable．Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which people with disabilities can expect to have such basic needs as food, shelter, and medical treatment．Unfortunately, these basics are often not available．Civil liberties such as the right to vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability．

       In recent decades, the disability rights movement has been organized to fight against these infringements（違反；侵犯）of civil rights．Congress responded by passing major legislation recognizing people with disabilities as a protected class under civil rights statutes．

       Still today, people with disabilities must fight to live their lives independently．It is estimated that more than half of qualified Americans with disabilities are unemployed, and a majority of those who do work are underemployed．About two-thirds live at or below the official poverty level．

       Significant barriers, especially in transportation and public awareness, prevent disabled people from taking part in society．For example, while no longer prohibited by law from marrying, a person with no access to transportation is effectively excluded from community and social activities which might lead to the development of long-term relationships．

       Only when public attitudes advance as far as laws have will disabled people be fully able to take their rightful place in society．

1．A “developmental" disability ______．

       A．develops very slowly over time

       B．is caused by forces

       C．occurs in youth and affects development

       D．is getting more and more severe

2．Most disabled people used to die early because ______．

       A．disabilities destroyed major bodily functions

       B．they were not very well looked after

       C．medical techniques were not available

       D．they were too poor to get proper treatment

3．In the author's opinion, to enable the disabled people to take their rightful place in society, ______．

       A．more laws should be passed

       B．public attitudes should be changed

       C．government should provide more aids

       D．more public facilities should be set up

4．Which of the following cannot be inferred（推斷）from the passage ?

       A．Many disabled people may remain single for their whole life．

       B．The public tends to look down upon the disabled people．

       C．The disabled people feel inferior to those surrounding them．

       D．Discriminatory laws prevent the disabled from mixing with others．

5．The best title for this passage might be ______．

       A．Handicaps（不利條件；障礙；）of People with Disabilities

       B．The physical difficulties of the Disabled

       C．The Causes for Disabilities

       D．Medical Treatments for Disabilities

National census to be taken in November

Officials call on the pubic for honesty,

accuracy in reporting

The Fifth National Census Office under the State Council has called on everyone for a factual report in the upcoming census due to be taken on November 1．

“Any action which may put down the accuracy of the census is forbidden and will receive severe punishment,” Liu Changsong, deputy director of the office, said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

    Almost at all the preparations for the census have been finished, 6 million census workers have been selected and trained and initial residence registration has been accomplished.

    The census will start at midnight on November 1．

    During the first 10 days of November, census takers will work from door to door.

    In order to get accurate (精確的)data on the population, the central government has permitted households who have not registered their children who are “more than family planning policy allows” to apply for lasting residence during the census.

    China’s family planning policy encourages urban citizens to have one child per family and rural families with one girl child may have a second child. The policy is more flexible among ethnic (種族的) minority(少數(shù))people and is dependent upon the local autonomous regional government.

    People who violate (違反) the regulation have to pay a fine in order to make up for the government’s expenditure (支出) in bringing up and educating the extra children.

    According to statistics available to China Daily, China’ s population reached 1.26 billion in 1999.And the central government expects that the figure will be below 1.3 billion in the census.

1. According to the passage, who are (is) going to take up the upcoming census?

A．the government

B．special census workers

C．citizens and peasants

D．statistician

2. China’s family planning policy encourages urban citizens to have ________child (or children).

A．only one

B．two

C．more than one

D．a boy and a girl

3. The word “fine” in “have to pay a fine” means________.

A．good

B．forfeit

C．ticket

D．goodness

 

National census to be taken in November

Officials call on the pubic for honesty,

accuracy in reporting

The Fifth National Census Office under the State Council has called on everyone for a factual report in the upcoming census due to be taken on November 1．

“Any action which may put down the accuracy of the census is forbidden and will receive severe punishment,” Liu Changsong, deputy director of the office, said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

    Almost at all the preparations for the census have been finished, 6 million census workers have been selected and trained and initial residence registration has been accomplished.

    The census will start at midnight on November 1．

    During the first 10 days of November, census takers will work from door to door.

    In order to get accurate (精確的)data on the population, the central government has permitted households who have not registered their children who are “more than family planning policy allows” to apply for lasting residence during the census.

    China’s family planning policy encourages urban citizens to have one child per family and rural families with one girl child may have a second child. The policy is more flexible among ethnic (種族的) minority(少數(shù))people and is dependent upon the local autonomous regional government.

    People who violate (違反) the regulation have to pay a fine in order to make up for the government’s expenditure (支出) in bringing up and educating the extra children.

    According to statistics available to China Daily, China’ s population reached 1.26 billion in 1999.And the central government expects that the figure will be below 1.3 billion in the census.

1. According to the passage, who are (is) going to take up the upcoming census?

A．the government

B．special census workers

C．citizens and peasants

D．statistician

2. China’s family planning policy encourages urban citizens to have ________child (or children).

A．only one

B．two

C．more than one

D．a boy and a girl

3. The word “fine” in “have to pay a fine” means________.

A．good

B．forfeit

C．ticket

D．goodness