正确答案： A 7. A) T B) F
Script: When I was young, I was a pacifist and protested war strongly.
正确答案： A 8.
A) T B) F
Script: To defend myself, I bought a gun reluctantly at last.
正确答案： A 9. A) T B) F
Script: When asked if he should use the gun if someone broke into our house, I told my son to just escape without using a gun.
正确答案： A 10. A) T B) F
Script: The gun gave me nightmares.
正确答案： A
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was joined at a press (11)_________________ on Monday by family members and friends of (12)_________________ victims, and by gun control (13)_________________ . Family members and friends of gun violence victims gathered at the New York City Hall rotunda to explain their support for Mayor
Michael Bloomberg in calling for more funding and (14)_________________ enforcement of (15)_________________ laws that require background checks on anyone (16)_________________ to purchase a gun.
\Bert, on December 4, 2010 to gun violence. I am part of a group of mothers of (17)_________________ children and I am here to find a solution so my group can become extinct,\killed every day by guns. The first major federal gun control legislation (法律) in the United States was passed in 1968 in the wake of the assassinations (谋杀) of (18)_________________ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton (19)_________________ the so-called Brady Bill that requires background checks for those wishing to buy a gun. But critics charge that the law has been weakly enforced.
The mayor supports lawful gun use for hunting, target practice and other sports activities. But he scoffs at those who claim that (20)_________________ are unconstitutional.
Script: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was joined at a press conference on Monday by family members and friends of gunshot victims, and by gun control activists. Family members and friends of gun violence victims gathered at the New York City Hall rotunda to explain their support for Mayor Michael Bloomberg in calling for more funding and rigorous enforcement of federal laws that require background checks on anyone attempting to purchase a gun.
\Bert, on December 4, 2010 to gun violence. I am part of a group of mothers of murdered children and I am here to find a solution so my group can become extinct,\guns. The first major federal gun control legislation (法律) in the United States was passed in 1968 in the wake of the assassinations (谋杀) of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the so-called Brady Bill that requires background checks for those wishing to buy a gun. But critics charge that the law has been weakly enforced.
The mayor supports lawful gun use for hunting, target practice and other sports activities. But he scoffs at those who claim that gun control measures are unconstitutional.
正确答案： conference
正确答案： gunshot
正确答案： activists
正确答案： rigorous
正确答案： federal
正确答案： attempting
正确答案： murdered
正确答案： civil rights leader
正确答案： signed into law
正确答案： gun control measures
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
All this is being done in the name of \are fearful, and so we 21 ways to lock the fear out, and that, we decide, is what security means.
But no; with all this \we are perhaps the most 22 nation in the history of 23 man. What better word to 24 the way in which we have been forced to live? What sadder 25 on all that we have become in this new and puzzling time?
We trust no one. 26 housewives wear rape whistles on their station wagon key chains. We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we have all 27 ourselves. We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in. That may be the 28 we remember best when we 29 this age: In dealing with the 30 horrors among us, we became prisoners of ourselves. All of us prisoners, in this time of our troubles.
A) describe
B) cultivated C) design D) Suburban
E) look back on F) legacy G) outsmarted H) unseen I) civilized J) reflection K) unforeseen L) prescribe M) secure
21. ______________________
正确答案： N
N) devise O) insecure
22. ______________________
正确答案： O
23. ______________________
正确答案： B
24. ______________________
正确答案： A
25. ______________________
正确答案： J
26. ______________________
正确答案： D
27. ______________________
正确答案： G
28. ______________________
正确答案： F
29. ______________________
正确答案： E
30. ______________________
正确答案： H
Section B
Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.